Getting Started

This page walks through cloning the repository and running the site locally.

Prerequisites

Install these tools before you start.

Tool	Minimum version	Notes
Node.js	20	See .node-version
pnpm	9	Enable via corepack enable
Git	any recent version

Checking your versions

Run these commands to confirm your toolchain is ready.

node -v
pnpm -v
git --version

Install and run

Install dependencies from the repository root, then start the VitePress dev server.

pnpm install
pnpm run docs:dev

TIP

pnpm run docs:dev serves an ungated preview on http://localhost:5173. It does not go through the Payload login — use it for fast content iteration.

WARNING

Do not run pnpm run docs:dev on the production server. Production traffic goes through the Payload-gated app described in the system overview, not the raw VitePress dev server.

Next steps

Continue to Coding Conventions before writing your first page.