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Who published DB Seed?

forever-efficient (@forever-efficient) published this skill. Their other Agent Skills are listed on their SkillMD profile.

DB Seed by forever-efficient — Agent Skill

Name: DB Seed
Author: forever-efficient

DB Seed

Seed the DynamoDB database with sample data for development and testing. Populates galleries, inquiries, and admin tables. Use when setting up local dev environment or resetting test data. WARNING - never run in production.

File contents

Seed Database

Populate DynamoDB tables with sample data for development/testing.

WARNING

This skill modifies database data. ALWAYS verify the environment before proceeding.

Pre-checks

Verify environment (NEVER run in production!):

echo "Current AWS Profile: $AWS_PROFILE"
aws sts get-caller-identity --profile pitfal

Confirm with user before proceeding

Seed Commands

Seed All Tables (Recommended Order)

# 1. Seed admin users and settings first
aws dynamodb batch-write-item \
  --request-items file://scripts/seed-admin.json \
  --profile pitfal

# 2. Seed galleries and images
aws dynamodb batch-write-item \
  --request-items file://scripts/seed-galleries.json \
  --profile pitfal

# 3. Seed sample inquiries
aws dynamodb batch-write-item \
  --request-items file://scripts/seed-inquiries.json \
  --profile pitfal

Seed Individual Tables

Admin Users & Settings

aws dynamodb batch-write-item \
  --request-items file://scripts/seed-admin.json \
  --profile pitfal

Galleries & Images

aws dynamodb batch-write-item \
  --request-items file://scripts/seed-galleries.json \
  --profile pitfal

Inquiries

aws dynamodb batch-write-item \
  --request-items file://scripts/seed-inquiries.json \
  --profile pitfal

Verify Seeding

# Count items in galleries table
aws dynamodb scan \
  --table-name pitfal-galleries \
  --select COUNT \
  --profile pitfal

# Count items in inquiries table
aws dynamodb scan \
  --table-name pitfal-inquiries \
  --select COUNT \
  --profile pitfal

# Count items in admin table
aws dynamodb scan \
  --table-name pitfal-admin \
  --select COUNT \
  --profile pitfal

Seed Data Contents

File	Contents
`seed-admin.json`	Admin user, site settings, services, testimonials, FAQs
`seed-galleries.json`	Sample galleries (brand, portrait, event) with images
`seed-inquiries.json`	Sample booking inquiries in various statuses

Default Admin Credentials

Username: admin
Password: admin123 (change immediately in production!)
Note: Password hash in seed file is bcrypt with cost factor 12

Clear Data (Development Only)

To remove all seed data:

# This is destructive - confirm before running
aws dynamodb delete-table --table-name pitfal-galleries --profile pitfal
aws dynamodb delete-table --table-name pitfal-inquiries --profile pitfal
aws dynamodb delete-table --table-name pitfal-admin --profile pitfal
# Then re-run terraform apply to recreate tables

---name: db-seeddescription: Seed the DynamoDB database with sample data for development and testing. Populates galleries, inquiries, and admin tables. Use when setting up local dev environment or resetting test data. WARNING - never run in production.---# Seed DatabasePopulate DynamoDB tables with sample data for development/testing.## WARNINGThis skill modifies database data. ALWAYS verify the environment before proceeding.## Pre-checks1. Verify environment (NEVER run in production!): ```bash echo "Current AWS Profile: $AWS_PROFILE" aws sts get-caller-identity --profile pitfal ```2. Confirm with user before proceeding## Seed Commands### Seed All Tables (Recommended Order)```bash# 1. Seed admin users and settings firstaws dynamodb batch-write-item \ --request-items file://scripts/seed-admin.json \ --profile pitfal# 2. Seed galleries and imagesaws dynamodb batch-write-item \ --request-items file://scripts/seed-galleries.json \ --profile pitfal# 3. Seed sample inquiriesaws dynamodb batch-write-item \ --request-items file://scripts/seed-inquiries.json \ --profile pitfal```### Seed Individual Tables#### Admin Users & Settings```bashaws dynamodb batch-write-item \ --request-items file://scripts/seed-admin.json \ --profile pitfal```#### Galleries & Images```bashaws dynamodb batch-write-item \ --request-items file://scripts/seed-galleries.json \ --profile pitfal```#### Inquiries```bashaws dynamodb batch-write-item \ --request-items file://scripts/seed-inquiries.json \ --profile pitfal```## Verify Seeding```bash# Count items in galleries tableaws dynamodb scan \ --table-name pitfal-galleries \ --select COUNT \ --profile pitfal# Count items in inquiries tableaws dynamodb scan \ --table-name pitfal-inquiries \ --select COUNT \ --profile pitfal# Count items in admin tableaws dynamodb scan \ --table-name pitfal-admin \ --select COUNT \ --profile pitfal```## Seed Data Contents| File | Contents ||------|----------|| `seed-admin.json` | Admin user, site settings, services, testimonials, FAQs || `seed-galleries.json` | Sample galleries (brand, portrait, event) with images || `seed-inquiries.json` | Sample booking inquiries in various statuses |## Default Admin Credentials- Username: `admin`- Password: `admin123` (change immediately in production!)- Note: Password hash in seed file is bcrypt with cost factor 12## Clear Data (Development Only)To remove all seed data:```bash# This is destructive - confirm before runningaws dynamodb delete-table --table-name pitfal-galleries --profile pitfalaws dynamodb delete-table --table-name pitfal-inquiries --profile pitfalaws dynamodb delete-table --table-name pitfal-admin --profile pitfal# Then re-run terraform apply to recreate tables```

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