diff --git a/.github/workflows/neon-preview-branch.yml b/.github/workflows/neon-preview-branch.yml
new file mode 100644
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+++ b/.github/workflows/neon-preview-branch.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,117 @@
+name: Neon preview branch
+
+# Creates (or reuses) a Neon branch for each PR, applies pending Drizzle
+# migrations to it, and points the Vercel preview deployment for this git
+# branch at it. Teardown lives in neon-preview-cleanup.yml.
+
+on:
+  pull_request:
+    types: [opened, reopened, synchronize]
+
+concurrency:
+  group: neon-preview-${{ github.event.pull_request.number }}
+  cancel-in-progress: false
+
+permissions:
+  contents: read
+
+jobs:
+  preview-db:
+    # Forked PRs cannot read secrets, so every API call below would fail.
+    if: github.event.pull_request.head.repo.full_name == github.repository
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    env:
+      NEON_BRANCH: preview/pr-${{ github.event.pull_request.number }}
+      GIT_BRANCH: ${{ github.event.pull_request.head.ref }}
+      VERCEL_API: https://api.vercel.com
+      VERCEL_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.VERCEL_TOKEN }}
+      VERCEL_PROJECT_ID: ${{ vars.VERCEL_PROJECT_ID }}
+      VERCEL_ORG_ID: ${{ vars.VERCEL_ORG_ID }}
+
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+
+      - name: Create Neon branch
+        id: neon
+        uses: neondatabase/create-branch-action@v6.4.0
+        with:
+          project_id: ${{ vars.NEON_PROJECT_ID }}
+          branch_name: ${{ env.NEON_BRANCH }}
+          api_key: ${{ secrets.NEON_API_KEY }}
+          # database/role default to neondb/neondb_owner, which match production.
+
+      # NOTE: do not add an "::add-mask::" step here. Actions echoes a run
+      # block's script into the log before executing it, so masking a literal
+      # prints the very secret it is protecting. create-branch-action already
+      # registers its connection strings as masked values.
+
+      - uses: oven-sh/setup-bun@v2
+        with:
+          bun-version: latest
+
+      - name: Install dependencies
+        run: bun install --frozen-lockfile
+
+      - name: Apply migrations to the preview branch
+        # Direct (unpooled) endpoint — DDL should not go through the pooler.
+        env:
+          DATABASE_URL: ${{ steps.neon.outputs.db_url }}
+        run: bun db:migrate
+
+      - name: Point Vercel preview at the Neon branch
+        id: vercel_env
+        env:
+          DB_URL_POOLED: ${{ steps.neon.outputs.db_url_pooled }}
+        run: |
+          set -euo pipefail
+
+          existing=$(curl -sS -f \
+            -H "Authorization: Bearer $VERCEL_TOKEN" \
+            "$VERCEL_API/v10/projects/$VERCEL_PROJECT_ID/env?teamId=$VERCEL_ORG_ID&decrypt=true&gitBranch=$GIT_BRANCH" \
+            | jq -r --arg b "$GIT_BRANCH" \
+              'first(.envs[]? | select(.key == "DATABASE_URL" and .gitBranch == $b) | .value) // ""')
+
+          if [ "$existing" = "$DB_URL_POOLED" ]; then
+            echo "DATABASE_URL for $GIT_BRANCH is already correct; skipping redeploy."
+            echo "changed=false" >> "$GITHUB_OUTPUT"
+            exit 0
+          fi
+
+          jq -n \
+            --arg value "$DB_URL_POOLED" \
+            --arg branch "$GIT_BRANCH" \
+            --arg comment "Neon branch $NEON_BRANCH (managed by neon-preview-branch.yml)" \
+            '{key: "DATABASE_URL", value: $value, type: "encrypted",
+              target: ["preview"], gitBranch: $branch, comment: $comment}' \
+          | curl -sS -f -X POST \
+              -H "Authorization: Bearer $VERCEL_TOKEN" \
+              -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
+              --data @- \
+              "$VERCEL_API/v10/projects/$VERCEL_PROJECT_ID/env?teamId=$VERCEL_ORG_ID&upsert=true" \
+              > /dev/null
+
+          echo "Set DATABASE_URL for preview branch $GIT_BRANCH."
+          echo "changed=true" >> "$GITHUB_OUTPUT"
+
+      - name: Redeploy preview with the new DATABASE_URL
+        # Vercel's own build for this push already started with the previous
+        # (project-level) DATABASE_URL. Env changes only take effect on a new
+        # build, so force one. Only needed when the value actually changed —
+        # i.e. the first run for this PR.
+        if: steps.vercel_env.outputs.changed == 'true'
+        run: |
+          set -euo pipefail
+
+          jq -n \
+            --arg name "${{ github.event.repository.name }}" \
+            --arg ref "$GIT_BRANCH" \
+            --arg sha "${{ github.event.pull_request.head.sha }}" \
+            --argjson repoId '${{ github.event.repository.id }}' \
+            '{name: $name,
+              gitSource: {type: "github", repoId: $repoId, ref: $ref, sha: $sha}}' \
+          | curl -sS -f -X POST \
+              -H "Authorization: Bearer $VERCEL_TOKEN" \
+              -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
+              --data @- \
+              "$VERCEL_API/v13/deployments?teamId=$VERCEL_ORG_ID&forceNew=1&skipAutoDetectionConfirmation=1" \
+            | jq -r '"Triggered preview deployment: https://" + .url'
diff --git a/.github/workflows/neon-preview-cleanup.yml b/.github/workflows/neon-preview-cleanup.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..42b1394
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/neon-preview-cleanup.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,61 @@
+name: Neon preview cleanup
+
+# Tears down everything neon-preview-branch.yml created for a PR: the
+# branch-scoped Vercel env var and the Neon branch itself.
+
+on:
+  pull_request:
+    types: [closed]
+
+concurrency:
+  group: neon-preview-${{ github.event.pull_request.number }}
+  cancel-in-progress: false
+
+permissions:
+  contents: read
+
+jobs:
+  cleanup:
+    if: github.event.pull_request.head.repo.full_name == github.repository
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    env:
+      NEON_BRANCH: preview/pr-${{ github.event.pull_request.number }}
+      GIT_BRANCH: ${{ github.event.pull_request.head.ref }}
+      VERCEL_API: https://api.vercel.com
+      VERCEL_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.VERCEL_TOKEN }}
+      VERCEL_PROJECT_ID: ${{ vars.VERCEL_PROJECT_ID }}
+      VERCEL_ORG_ID: ${{ vars.VERCEL_ORG_ID }}
+
+    steps:
+      - name: Remove the branch-scoped Vercel env var
+        run: |
+          set -euo pipefail
+
+          ids=$(curl -sS -f \
+            -H "Authorization: Bearer $VERCEL_TOKEN" \
+            "$VERCEL_API/v10/projects/$VERCEL_PROJECT_ID/env?teamId=$VERCEL_ORG_ID&gitBranch=$GIT_BRANCH" \
+            | jq -r --arg b "$GIT_BRANCH" \
+              '.envs[]? | select(.key == "DATABASE_URL" and .gitBranch == $b) | .id')
+
+          if [ -z "$ids" ]; then
+            echo "No branch-scoped DATABASE_URL found for $GIT_BRANCH."
+            exit 0
+          fi
+
+          for id in $ids; do
+            curl -sS -f -X DELETE \
+              -H "Authorization: Bearer $VERCEL_TOKEN" \
+              "$VERCEL_API/v9/projects/$VERCEL_PROJECT_ID/env/$id?teamId=$VERCEL_ORG_ID" \
+              > /dev/null
+            echo "Deleted env var $id."
+          done
+
+      - name: Delete the Neon branch
+        # Best-effort teardown: a failure removing the Vercel env var must not
+        # strand the Neon branch, since that is the piece that costs storage.
+        if: always()
+        uses: neondatabase/delete-branch-action@v3.2.1
+        with:
+          project_id: ${{ vars.NEON_PROJECT_ID }}
+          branch: ${{ env.NEON_BRANCH }}
+          api_key: ${{ secrets.NEON_API_KEY }}
diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 7531726..becf597 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -33,3 +33,6 @@ next-env.d.ts
 
 # clerk configuration (can include secrets)
 /.clerk/
+
+# local claude code settings
+/.claude/