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+# Random Links Project
+
+## Project Purpose
+
+The purpose of the Random Links project is to provide a modern, full-stack platform for managing, sharing, and organizing web links with advanced features such as tagging, authentication, permissions. The project aims to:
+
+- Help users save, categorize, and search their favorite links efficiently
+- Enable secure access and sharing of links with robust authentication and permission controls
+- Offer a user-friendly web interface and a scalable backend API
+- Support collaborative features and extensibility for future enhancements
+
+This is a monorepo for the **Random Links** project, containing both backend and frontend applications, as well as shared packages.
+
+## Project Structure
+
+- **apps/backend/**: Node.js backend service (authentication, API, migrations, Prisma ORM)
+- **apps/web-app/**: React web application (Vite, Storybook, UI components)
+- **packages/**: Shared packages (type-safe errors, lint config)
+
+## Getting Started
+
+### Prerequisites
+- [Node.js](https://nodejs.org/) (v18+ recommended)
+- [pnpm](https://pnpm.io/)
+
+### Install Dependencies
+
+```bash
+pnpm install
+```
+
+### Running the Backend
+
+```bash
+cd apps/backend
+pnpm dev
+```
+
+### Running the Web App
+
+```bash
+cd apps/web-app
+pnpm dev
+```
+
+### Database Migrations
+
+- Migration files are in `apps/backend/migrations/`.
+- Use the CLI tools in `apps/backend/src/cli/` to apply or create migrations.
+
+### Storybook
+
+```bash
+cd apps/web-app
+pnpm storybook
+```
+
+## Packages
+
+- **type-safe-errors**: Utilities for type-safe error handling.
+- **oxlint-config**: Shared lint configuration.
+
+## Development
+
+- Use [pnpm workspaces](https://pnpm.io/workspaces) for managing dependencies across packages and apps.
+- Lint, format, and test scripts are defined in each package/app as needed.
+
+## License
+
+MIT License