Usage & configuration overview

This section covers day-two operations: environment reference, access control, maintenance, and background processing.

Quick links

Topic	When you need it
Environment variables	Adding or rotating secrets
Roles & permissions	Onboarding staff or researchers
Maintenance mode	Planned downtime
Background jobs	Cron setup and exports

Configuration sources

Source	Contents
.env / Vercel env	Secrets and feature flags
prisma/schema.prisma	Data model
src/lib/site.ts	Public navigation
src/lib/docs-nav.ts	Documentation structure
src/lib/roles.ts	Role group definitions

Changing public navigation

Header nav is defined in src/lib/site.ts (headerNav). Footer links use footerNavLinks in the same file.

Changing documentation

1. Edit Markdown under content/docs/<section>/<page>.md
2. Update src/lib/docs-nav.ts if adding/removing pages or sections
3. Deploy — docs are static at build time via generateStaticParams

Getting help

• Admin dashboard — platform analytics at /admin
• Event log — /admin/events for research and system events
• Prisma Studio — npm run db:studio for direct data inspection (dev/staging only)