Harden backend and contracts, add tests, CI and docs

.github/workflows/ci.yml

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+name: CI
+
+on:
+  push:
+    branches: [main]
+  pull_request:
+
+jobs:
+  frontend:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+      - uses: actions/setup-node@v4
+        with:
+          node-version: 22
+          cache: npm
+      - run: npm ci
+      - run: npm run lint -w frontend
+      - run: npm test -w frontend
+      - run: npm run build -w frontend
+
+  backend:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    services:
+      mongo:
+        image: mongo:7
+        ports: ["27017:27017"]
+    env:
+      MONGODB_TEST_URI: mongodb://localhost:27017/authentick_test
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+      - uses: actions/setup-node@v4
+        with:
+          node-version: 22
+          cache: npm
+      - run: npm ci
+      - run: npm run lint -w backend
+      - run: npm test -w backend
+      - run: npm run build -w backend
+
+  contracts:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+      - uses: actions/setup-node@v4
+        with:
+          node-version: 22
+          cache: npm
+      - run: npm ci
+      - run: npm run lint -w contracts
+      - run: npm test -w contracts

.gitignore

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-# Node modules
-/node_modules
+node_modules/
+dist/
+coverage/
+.env
+.env.*
+!.env.example
+.vercel/
+*.log
+.DS_Store
 
-# Compilation output
-/dist
-
-# pnpm deploy output
-/bundle
-
-# Hardhat Build Artifacts
-/artifacts
-
-# Hardhat compilation (v2) support directory
-/cache
-
-# Typechain output
-/types
-
-# Hardhat coverage reports
-/coverage
+# hardhat
+contracts/artifacts/
+contracts/cache/
+contracts/types/
+contracts/ignition/deployments/
+contracts/deployedAddresses.json

CONTRIBUTING.md

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 1. **Fork the repository** on GitHub.
 2. **Clone your fork** locally:
    ```bash
-   git clone https://github.com/your-username/authentick.git
-   cd authentick
+   git clone https://github.com/Phantom8420/AuthenTick.git
+   cd AuthenTick
    ```
 3. **Set up the upstream remote**:
    ```bash
-   git remote add upstream https://github.com/your-org/authentick.git
+   git remote add upstream https://github.com/Phantom8420/AuthenTick.git
    ```
 
 ## 🛠️ Development Environment
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 npm install
 ```
 
-Make sure you copy `.env.example` to `.env` and configure any necessary external credentials (such as your Firebase settings or Gemini keys).
+Copy `backend/.env.example` to `backend/.env` if you want to change the defaults. Without MongoDB the API uses an in-memory store, so this is enough to start:
+```bash
+npm run dev
+```
 
-You can run the entire local testing stack (including the database) with:
+Before opening a pull request, run everything CI runs:
 ```bash
-npm run dev:stack
+npm run lint && npm test && npm run build
 ```
 
 ## 🧑‍💻 Code Style & Standards
 
 - **TypeScript Standard**: We use TypeScript across the entire off-chain stack. Ensure you compile successfully before committing (`npm run lint`).
-- **Formatting**: Please adhere to the configured Prettier formatting standard.
 - **Smart Contracts**: Solidity files should adhere strictly to standard conventions; run `npm run test:contracts` to ensure all tests pass. Maintain security standard methodologies using standard OpenZeppelin extensions.
 - **Commit Messages**: We encourage conventional commit messages (e.g., `feat: Add ZK Verifier`, `fix: Patch metadata ingestion bug`).
 

LICENSE

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+MIT License
+
+Copyright (c) 2026 AuthenTick contributors
+
+Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy
+of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal
+in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights
+to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell
+copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is
+furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:
+
+The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in all
+copies or substantial portions of the Software.
+
+THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR
+IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY,
+FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE
+AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER
+LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM,
+OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE
+SOFTWARE.