msd-core/gsd-core/templates/user-setup.compact.md

User Setup Template

Template for .planning/phases/XX-name/{phase}-USER-SETUP.md - human-required configuration that Claude cannot automate.

Purpose: Document setup tasks that literally require human action - account creation, dashboard configuration, secret retrieval. Claude automates everything possible; this file captures only what remains.

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File Template

# Phase {X}: User Setup Required

**Generated:** [YYYY-MM-DD]
**Phase:** {phase-name}
**Status:** Incomplete

Complete these items for the integration to function. Claude automated everything possible; these items require human access to external dashboards/accounts.

## Environment Variables

| Status | Variable | Source | Add to |
|--------|----------|--------|--------|
| [ ] | `ENV_VAR_NAME` | [Service Dashboard → Path → To → Value] | `.env.local` |
| [ ] | `ANOTHER_VAR` | [Service Dashboard → Path → To → Value] | `.env.local` |

## Account Setup

[Only if new account creation is required]

- [ ] **Create [Service] account**
  - URL: [signup URL]
  - Skip if: Already have account

## Dashboard Configuration

[Only if dashboard configuration is required]

- [ ] **[Configuration task]**
  - Location: [Service Dashboard → Path → To → Setting]
  - Set to: [Required value or configuration]
  - Notes: [Any important details]

## Verification

After completing setup, verify with:

```bash
# [Verification commands]

Expected results:

• [What success looks like]

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Once all items complete: Mark status as "Complete" at top of file.

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## When to Generate

Generate `{phase}-USER-SETUP.md` when plan frontmatter contains `user_setup` field.

**Trigger:** `user_setup` exists in PLAN.md frontmatter and has items.

**Location:** Same directory as PLAN.md and SUMMARY.md.

**Timing:** Generated during execute-plan.md after tasks complete, before SUMMARY.md creation.

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## Frontmatter Schema

In PLAN.md, `user_setup` declares human-required configuration:

```yaml
user_setup:
  - service: stripe
    why: "Payment processing requires API keys"
    env_vars:
      - name: STRIPE_SECRET_KEY
        source: "Stripe Dashboard → Developers → API keys → Secret key"
      - name: STRIPE_WEBHOOK_SECRET
        source: "Stripe Dashboard → Developers → Webhooks → Signing secret"
    dashboard_config:
      - task: "Create webhook endpoint"
        location: "Stripe Dashboard → Developers → Webhooks → Add endpoint"
        details: "URL: https://[your-domain]/api/webhooks/stripe, Events: checkout.session.completed, customer.subscription.*"
    local_dev:
      - "Run: stripe listen --forward-to localhost:3000/api/webhooks/stripe"
      - "Use the webhook secret from CLI output for local testing"

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The Automation-First Rule

USER-SETUP.md contains ONLY what Claude literally cannot do.

Claude CAN Do (not in USER-SETUP)	Claude CANNOT Do (→ USER-SETUP)
npm install stripe	Create Stripe account
Write webhook handler code	Get API keys from dashboard
Create .env.local file structure	Copy actual secret values
Run stripe listen	Authenticate Stripe CLI (browser OAuth)
Configure package.json	Access external service dashboards
Write any code	Retrieve secrets from third-party systems

The test: "Does this require a human in a browser, accessing an account Claude doesn't have credentials for?"

• Yes → USER-SETUP.md
• No → Claude does it automatically

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Service-Specific Example

<stripe_example>

# Phase 10: User Setup Required

**Generated:** 2025-01-14
**Phase:** 10-monetization
**Status:** Incomplete

Complete these items for Stripe integration to function.

## Environment Variables

| Status | Variable | Source | Add to |
|--------|----------|--------|--------|
| [ ] | `STRIPE_SECRET_KEY` | Stripe Dashboard → Developers → API keys → Secret key | `.env.local` |
| [ ] | `NEXT_PUBLIC_STRIPE_PUBLISHABLE_KEY` | Stripe Dashboard → Developers → API keys → Publishable key | `.env.local` |
| [ ] | `STRIPE_WEBHOOK_SECRET` | Stripe Dashboard → Developers → Webhooks → [endpoint] → Signing secret | `.env.local` |

## Account Setup

- [ ] **Create Stripe account** (if needed)
  - URL: https://dashboard.stripe.com/register
  - Skip if: Already have Stripe account

## Dashboard Configuration

- [ ] **Create webhook endpoint**
  - Location: Stripe Dashboard → Developers → Webhooks → Add endpoint
  - Endpoint URL: `https://[your-domain]/api/webhooks/stripe`
  - Events to send:
    - `checkout.session.completed`
    - `customer.subscription.created`
    - `customer.subscription.updated`
    - `customer.subscription.deleted`

- [ ] **Create products and prices** (if using subscription tiers)
  - Location: Stripe Dashboard → Products → Add product
  - Create each subscription tier
  - Copy Price IDs to:
    - `STRIPE_STARTER_PRICE_ID`
    - `STRIPE_PRO_PRICE_ID`

## Local Development

For local webhook testing:
```bash
stripe listen --forward-to localhost:3000/api/webhooks/stripe

Use the webhook signing secret from CLI output (starts with whsec_).

Verification

After completing setup:

# Verify build passes
npm run build

# Test webhook endpoint (should return 400 bad signature, not 500 crash)
curl -X POST http://localhost:3000/api/webhooks/stripe \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{}'

Expected: Build passes, webhook returns 400 (signature validation working).

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Once all items complete: Mark status as "Complete" at top of file.

</stripe_example>

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## Guidelines

**Never include:** Actual secret values. Steps Claude can automate (package installs, code changes).

**Naming:** `{phase}-USER-SETUP.md` matches the phase number pattern.
**Status tracking:** User marks checkboxes and updates status line when complete.
**Searchability:** `grep -r "USER-SETUP" .planning/` finds all phases with user requirements.