Environment Setup Skill

Purpose

Creates comprehensive setup instructions for both local and remote environments, ensuring reproducible development and deployment environments.

Tier

Tier 1-2 - MVP Launch to Growth

Local Environment Setup

Backend (Django)

# Python environment
python -m venv venv
source venv/bin/activate  # Windows: venv\Scripts\activate
pip install -r requirements.txt

# Database
docker-compose up -d postgres redis

# Migrations
python manage.py migrate
python manage.py createsuperuser

# Run server
python manage.py runserver

Frontend (React)

# Install dependencies
npm install

# Environment variables
cp .env.example .env.local

# Run development server
npm run dev

Remote Environment Setup

Frontend (Render)

• •Deploy via GitHub integration
• •Environment variables in Render dashboard
• •Build command: npm run build
• •Publish directory: dist

Backend (Railway)

• •Deploy via GitHub integration
• •PostgreSQL and Redis provisioned
• •Environment variables in Railway dashboard
• •Start command: gunicorn config.wsgi

Docker Services

services:
  postgres:
    image: postgres:15
    environment:
      POSTGRES_DB: khujta_db
      POSTGRES_USER: khujta_user
      POSTGRES_PASSWORD: secure_password

  redis:
    image: redis:7-alpine
    ports:
      - "6379:6379"

Output

Generates markdown documentation in:

• •docs/setup/local-setup.md
• •docs/setup/remote-deployment.md