chore: enhance project baseline setup

[dmccarty666]

Summary

This PR enhances the project baseline setup with better configuration files and tooling:

Changes

• Enhanced .gitignore: Added comprehensive ignore patterns for:

  • Dependencies (node_modules)
  • Build output (dist/)
  • Environment & Secrets (.env, .env.local, *.key, *.pem, etc.)
  • Database files (*.db, *.sqlite, *.sqlite3)
  • Logs (.log, npm-debug.log)
  • Coverage reports (coverage/, .nyc_output/)
  • System files (.DS_Store, Thumbs.db)
  • Runtime progress files (progress.txt, progress*.txt)

• Added .env.example: Template for environment variables including:

  • OpenAI API Key configuration
  • Server configuration (PORT, HOST)
  • Log level settings
  • Database path configuration

• Added tsx dev dependency: TypeScript execution utility for development workflows

Why

These changes establish a cleaner project baseline that:

1. Prevents accidental commits of sensitive data
2. Provides clear documentation for required environment variables
3. Adds tooling support for TypeScript execution during development

Testing

• Build passes: "npm run build"
• TypeScript compilation succeeds
• Package installation works correctly

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[dmccarty666]

Reviewer Agent Review Complete ✅

Findings:

• ✅ .gitignore additions are comprehensive and security-focused - excellent for preventing secret leakage
• ✅ .env.example provides clear, well-commented documentation for environment setup
• ✅ tsx dev dependency is appropriate for TypeScript execution workflows
• ✅ All changes match PR description
• ✅ Build and TypeScript compilation verified

Security Impact: Significantly improved - prevents accidental commits of sensitive files (.env, keys, certificates)

Recommendation: APPROVE - PR is ready to merge. The Vercel authorization failure is an environment issue, not a code issue.