Verify

Verifying job-finder changes

Launch

• Dev server: yarn app:dev (nodemon) or yarn server:start; serves at http://localhost:8000 (PORT env, default 8000). Check first — it's often already running.
• In dev mode the UI is bundled from src/ui per request via esbuild middleware, so UI edits are picked up on page reload — no rebuild step.

Drive

• The app blocks on onboarding unless localStorage has ai-job-finder-storage with {"isOnboarded":true,...}. To skip onboarding in a fresh Playwright profile: localStorage.setItem('ai-job-finder-storage', JSON.stringify({ isOnboarded: true, settings: {} })) then reload. Restore {"isOnboarded":false,"partialSettings":{}} when done.
• Jobs data comes from /api/jobs, companies from /api/companies — both already populated locally.
• Jobs-list view prefs persist under localStorage key ai-job-finder-ui-prefs.

Gotchas

• Playwright MCP screenshots with relative paths land in the repo root, not .playwright-mcp/ — use absolute scratchpad paths.
• Job cards animate in (cardIn, staggered by index); screenshot right after reload catches half-faded cards. Wait a beat before capturing.
• The server on :8000 is usually the user's own dev server — never kill or restart it. Close the Playwright browser when done.