Start Skill

Start all services for the Contably application in the correct order.

Purpose

This skill starts all required services for local development of the Contably platform:

• •PostgreSQL database with pgvector
• •Redis for caching and sessions
• •MinIO for S3-compatible object storage
• •ChromaDB vector database
• •Contably API (FastAPI backend)
• •Contably Dashboard (React frontend)
• •Celery Worker for workflow processing
• •Celery Beat for scheduled tasks
• •Flower for Celery monitoring

Usage

Simply invoke this skill and it will start all services using docker-compose.

Instructions

When this skill is invoked:

1. •Check if Docker is running
2. •Navigate to the project root (where docker-compose.yml is located)
3. •Start all services using docker-compose up -d
4. •Wait for services to be healthy
5. •Display the status of all services
6. •Provide access URLs for the key services:
   • •API: http://localhost:8000
   • •Dashboard: http://localhost:3000
   • •MinIO Console: http://localhost:9001
   • •Flower (Celery Monitor): http://localhost:5555
   • •PostgreSQL: localhost:5432
   • •Redis: localhost:6379

Error Handling

If any service fails to start:

• •Show the logs for the failed service using docker-compose logs <service-name>
• •Provide troubleshooting suggestions
• •Check for common issues like port conflicts or missing environment variables

Notes

• •All services are defined in docker-compose.yml
• •The services include proper health checks and dependencies
• •Data is persisted in Docker volumes
• •The API and dashboard have hot-reload enabled for development