chore: bump CI artifact action and improve setup guide

[michellepace]

Summary

• Bump actions/upload-artifact from v6 to v7 in both E2E workflow files
• Expand the project setup guide with clearer steps, CLI alternatives, and Claude Code prompts
• Add npm run dev to the README quick-start block
• Allow read-only Vercel CLI commands in Claude settings

Test plan

• Build passes
• Playwright E2E tests pass
• Verify setup guide reads well end-to-end
• Confirm Vercel CLI allowlist entries work in Claude Code

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Project	Deployment	Actions	Updated (UTC)
nextjs-base	Ready	Preview, Comment	Mar 30, 2026 2:56pm

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Release Notes

• Documentation

  • Enhanced local setup instructions with clearer command descriptions and inline guidance.
  • Improved project setup documentation with refined examples and expanded Vercel deployment guidance.

• Chores

  • Updated GitHub Actions dependencies for improved artifact handling in CI/CD workflows.

Walkthrough

Configuration and documentation updates to enhance Vercel integration testing and local development experience. Extends Claude Code CLI allowlist for Vercel commands, updates GitHub Actions artifact upload version, clarifies setup instructions, and improves project setup documentation with better examples and automation guidance.

Changes

Cohort / File(s)	Summary
Claude Code Permissions .claude/settings.json	Extended Bash allowlist with multiple Vercel CLI commands including vercel --help, subcommands (env, git, integration), and operations (whoami, open, list:*, env ls:*, project ls:*), plus npx vercel:*.
GitHub Actions Version Updates .github/workflows/test-e2e-vercel.yml, .github/workflows/test-e2e.yml	Updated "Upload test report" step from actions/upload-artifact@v6 to actions/upload-artifact@v7 in both E2E test workflows.
Documentation Updates README.md	Added inline comments clarifying npm install (dependencies) and npm run dev (app launch at http://localhost:3000) in local setup command block.
Project Setup Guide x_docs/project-setup.md	Renamed example project identifier from my_proj to my-project, added installation/dev-start command block, expanded Vercel E2E deployment protection bypass instructions with explicit secret value guidance and alternative GitHub secret-setting command, clarified Dependabot behaviour, augmented workflow trigger section with commit/push steps and optional Claude Code commands, and added alternative gh api-based workflow for branch ruleset creation.

Estimated code review effort

🎯 2 (Simple) | ⏱️ ~12 minutes

Possibly related PRs

• ci: add Vercel deployment with E2E tests on Preview #2: Modifies the same Vercel E2E workflows and related configuration—direct overlap in test-e2e-vercel.yml changes.
• chore: update config and dependencies #27: Updates the same .claude/settings.json allowlist for permitted CLI commands—adds complementary Vercel CLI allowlist entries.
• docs: add setup guide and refresh README #8: Modifies README and project setup documentation with Vercel automation guidance—overlapping documentation improvements and Vercel integration focus.

Poem

🐰 Hop to it with Vercel's might,
CLI commands now in sight!
Settings unlock the dev way,
Actions updated, docs astray—
*npm install, then npm run dev,
Local setup's quite the cleave! ✨

✨ Finishing Touches

🧪 Generate unit tests (beta)

• Create PR with unit tests
• Commit unit tests in branch chore/bump-ci-improve-setup-guide

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