## Prerequisites

- GitHub/GitLab account connected to Vercel

- PostgreSQL database (Railway, Supabase, or Vercel Postgres)

- Your repository pushed to GitHub

## Step 1: Import Project

1. Go to vercel.com and click "Add New Project"

2. Import your GitHub repository

3. Vercel auto-detects Next.js and Turborepo

## Step 2: Configure Build Settings

**Root Directory:** apps/web

**Build Command:** (auto-detected)

**Output Directory:** (auto-detected)

## Step 3: Environment Variables

Add these in Vercel dashboard:

- DATABASE_URL: Your PostgreSQL connection string

- PAYLOAD_SECRET: Generate with: openssl rand -base64 32

- NEXT_PUBLIC_SITE_URL: Your production domain

## Step 4: Deploy

Click "Deploy" and Vercel will:

1. Install dependencies

2. Run build with Turborepo caching

3. Deploy to edge network

4. Assign you a preview URL

## Step 5: Custom Domain

In Vercel dashboard:

1. Go to Settings > Domains

2. Add your custom domain

3. Update DNS records

4. SSL is automatic

## Post-Deployment

**Run database migrations:**

In Vercel dashboard, go to your project settings and set up a deploy hook to run migrations, or manually run:

```bash

DATABASE_URL=your_prod_url pnpm --filter=web db:migrate

```