Local development

Use when: Repository exists — bootstrap runs on laptop before first staging deploy.
Source procedure: Peels S05-Local-Setup → setup-new phase 3.

Dependencies & assets 💻

• composer install exit 0
• npm ci / npm install exit 0
• npm run build exit 0 (or vendor-documented asset command)

Database & app 💻

• Local .env configured; APP_KEY generated
• Migrations run; seed if required
• Installer/wizard completes in browser
• Login as admin succeeds

Herd / local URL 💻

• Site resolves on .test with valid TLS (Herd)
• php artisan route:list shows expected routes

Pre-staging gate

• No blocking errors in storage/logs/laravel.log
• Incident response checklist started (Sentry optional locally)

Sign-off

• Demo path recorded (screenshot or short Loom)
• Ready for staging deploy checklist

→Next

Staging first deploy