Local Development Setup

Disable Email Confirmation for Local Development

To allow instant signups without email confirmation when running locally:

Option 1: Supabase Dashboard (Recommended)

1. Go to your Supabase project dashboard
2. Navigate to Authentication > Settings
3. Scroll down to Email Auth section
4. Toggle OFF "Enable email confirmations"
5. Save changes

Now users can sign up and immediately sign in without email confirmation.

Option 2: Auto-Confirmation via Backend (Automatic)

The app includes automatic user confirmation in development mode:

• When NODE_ENV=development, the signup flow will attempt to auto-confirm users
• Requires SUPABASE_SERVICE_ROLE_KEY to be set in backend .env
• Falls back gracefully if confirmation fails

Testing

After disabling email confirmation:

1. Sign up with a new email
2. You should be automatically signed in and redirected to dashboard
3. No email confirmation needed!

Re-enable for Production

Important: Before deploying to production, make sure to:

1. Re-enable email confirmations in Supabase dashboard
2. Set NODE_ENV=production in your production environment
3. Configure proper email templates in Supabase

Other Local Development Tips

Supabase Local Development

You can also run Supabase locally using Docker:

# Install Supabase CLI
npm install -g supabase

# Start local Supabase
supabase start

This gives you a local Supabase instance without needing the cloud service.

Environment Variables

Make sure your .env.local (frontend) and .env (backend) files are set up correctly. See QUICKSTART.md for details.