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+import type { Page } from 'playwright';
+import { generateBretzelPng, generateSaltShakerPng } from './bretzel-pixel';
+import { BASE_URL, ADMIN, COLLABORATOR } from './constants';
+
+type HttpMethod = 'post' | 'patch' | 'get' | 'delete';
+
+async function api(page: Page, method: HttpMethod, path: string, data?: unknown) {
+	const res = await page.request[method](
+		`${BASE_URL}${path}`,
+		data !== undefined ? { data } : undefined
+	);
+	if (!res.ok()) {
+		throw new Error(`${method.toUpperCase()} ${path} failed: ${res.status()} ${await res.text()}`);
+	}
+	const text = await res.text();
+	return text ? JSON.parse(text) : {};
+}
+
+async function uploadAttachment(
+	page: Page,
+	noteId: string,
+	filename: string,
+	pngBuffer: Buffer,
+	featured: boolean
+): Promise<void> {
+	const res = await page.request.post(`${BASE_URL}/api/notes/${noteId}/attachments`, {
+		multipart: {
+			file: {
+				name: filename,
+				mimeType: 'image/png',
+				buffer: pngBuffer
+			}
+		}
+	});
+	if (!res.ok()) {
+		throw new Error(`Upload ${filename} failed: ${res.status()} ${await res.text()}`);
+	}
+	if (featured) {
+		const attachment = await res.json();
+		await api(page, 'patch', `/api/notes/${noteId}/attachments?attachmentId=${attachment.id}`, {
+			featured: true
+		});
+	}
+}
+
+interface NoteData {
+	key: string;
+	title: string;
+	content: string;
+	color: string;
+	pinned?: boolean;
+	checklistMode?: boolean;
+}
+
+function getNotesData(): NoteData[] {
+	// Created in reverse display order so newest (first created) appears last,
+	// and the grid reads naturally with pinned "Bretzel Ingredients" at top-left
+	return [
+		{
+			key: 'bakingcode',
+			title: 'Baking code for the...',
+			content: `A developer's checklist where code meets dough.
+
+- [x] Set up CI/CD pipeline
+- [x] Write the CRDT sync logic
+- [ ] Bake the docker image
+- [ ] Deploy to the homelab
+- [ ] Celebrate with a bretzel
+
+#dev #bretzel`,
+			color: 'clay',
+			checklistMode: true
+		},
+		{
+			key: 'flute',
+			title: 'Ancient Flute Harmonica Discovered',
+			content: `Archaeologists found a 40,000-year-old flute carved from vulture bone.
+
+The oldest known musical instrument.
+Imagine the first song ever played.
+
+#reading`,
+			color: 'chalk'
+		},
+		{
+			key: 'weekend',
+			title: 'Weekend Plans',
+			content: `Saturday:
+- Farmer's market (get sourdough starter)
+- Fix the Dokploy SSL cert renewal
+- Bake a batch of bretzels
+
+Sunday:
+- Retro gaming marathon
+- Update the self-hosting stack
+- Plan next trip on 42
+
+#personal #weekend`,
+			color: 'mint'
+		},
+		{
+			key: 'manifesto',
+			title: 'The Best Software Is the Software You Own',
+			content: `Self-host everything. Trust no cloud.
+
+The best software is the software you own.
+Your data. Your server. Your rules.
+
+If it can't run on your hardware, it's not really yours.
+
+#personal #bretzel`,
+			color: 'coral'
+		},
+		{
+			key: 'retro',
+			title: 'Back to Retro Gaming',
+			content: `Games to replay this summer:
+
+Chrono Trigger (SNES) — best RPG ever made
+The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening (GB)
+Castlevania: Symphony of the Night (PS1)
+Advance Wars (GBA)
+Final Fantasy Tactics (PS1)
+
+The pixel art era was peak game design.
+
+#reading #personal`,
+			color: 'peach'
+		},
+		{
+			key: 'selfhosting',
+			title: 'Self-Hosting Stack',
+			content: `Current homelab setup:
+
+**Crumbs** — notes (obviously)
+**Vaultwarden** — passwords
+**Nextcloud** — files & calendar
+
+Just getting started. More to come.
+
+#homelab #devops`,
+			color: 'fog'
+		},
+		{
+			key: 'bretzel',
+			title: 'Bretzel Ingredients',
+			content: `The perfect Alsatian bretzel recipe:
+
+- [x] 500g bread flour
+- [x] 300ml warm water
+- [x] 10g salt
+- [ ] 7g dry yeast
+- [ ] 30g butter (softened)
+- [ ] Baking soda for the bath
+- [ ] Coarse salt for topping
+
+#baking #bretzel`,
+			color: 'sand',
+			pinned: true,
+			checklistMode: true
+		}
+	];
+}
+
+function getVersionHistoryContents(): string[] {
+	return [
+		// Version 2: Add Dokploy + Outline
+		`Current homelab setup:
+
+**Crumbs** — notes (obviously)
+**Dokploy** — deployment platform
+**Outline** — team wiki
+**Vaultwarden** — passwords
+**Nextcloud** — files & calendar
+
+Growing the stack.
+
+#homelab #devops`,
+
+		// Version 3: Add Navidrome + Plausible
+		`Current homelab setup:
+
+**Crumbs** — notes (obviously)
+**Dokploy** — deployment platform
+**Outline** — team wiki
+**Navidrome** — music streaming
+**Vaultwarden** — passwords
+**Nextcloud** — files & calendar
+**Plausible** — analytics
+
+The stack is getting serious.
+
+#homelab #devops`,
+
+		// Version 4: Add 42, final version
+		`Current homelab setup:
+
+**Crumbs** — notes (obviously)
+**42** — holiday budget tracking
+**Dokploy** — deployment platform
+**Outline** — team wiki
+**Navidrome** — music streaming
+**Vaultwarden** — passwords
+**Nextcloud** — files & calendar
+**Plausible** — analytics
+
+Everything below daily reverse proxy.
+
+#homelab #devops`
+	];
+}
+
+export async function seed(page: Page): Promise<void> {
+	// 1. Setup admin (sets session cookie)
+	await api(page, 'post', '/api/auth/setup', {
+		email: ADMIN.email,
+		displayName: ADMIN.displayName,
+		password: ADMIN.password
+	});
+	console.log('  admin created');
+
+	// 2. Create collaborator user
+	const alice = await api(page, 'post', '/api/admin/users', {
+		email: COLLABORATOR.email,
+		displayName: COLLABORATOR.displayName,
+		password: COLLABORATOR.password,
+		role: 'user'
+	});
+	const aliceId: number = alice.id;
+	console.log('  collaborator created (id:', aliceId, ')');
+
+	// 3. Create notes (order matters — newest appear first in grid)
+	const noteData = getNotesData();
+	const noteIds: Record<string, string> = {};
+	for (const note of noteData) {
+		const created = await api(page, 'post', '/api/notes', {
+			title: note.title,
+			content: note.content,
+			color: note.color,
+			pinned: note.pinned ?? false,
+			checklistMode: note.checklistMode ?? false
+		});
+		noteIds[note.key] = created.id;
+		console.log('  note created:', note.title);
+	}
+
+	// 4. Share "Weekend Plans" with Alice
+	await api(page, 'post', `/api/notes/${noteIds['weekend']}/collaborators`, {
+		userId: aliceId
+	});
+	console.log('  shared "Weekend Plans" with Alice');
+
+	// 5. Create version history for "Self-Hosting Stack"
+	const versionContents = getVersionHistoryContents();
+	for (let i = 0; i < versionContents.length; i++) {
+		await api(page, 'patch', `/api/notes/${noteIds['selfhosting']}`, {
+			content: versionContents[i]
+		});
+		console.log(`  version ${i + 2} created for "Self-Hosting Stack"`);
+	}
+
+	// 6. Upload pixel-art images to "Bretzel Ingredients"
+	await uploadAttachment(page, noteIds['bretzel'], 'bretzel.png', generateBretzelPng(), true);
+	console.log('  uploaded bretzel.png (featured)');
+	await uploadAttachment(
+		page,
+		noteIds['bretzel'],
+		'salt-shaker.png',
+		generateSaltShakerPng(),
+		false
+	);
+	console.log('  uploaded salt-shaker.png');
+
+	// 7. Create API keys
+	await api(page, 'post', '/api/settings/api-keys', { name: 'Claude Code' });
+	await api(page, 'post', '/api/settings/api-keys', { name: 'N8N' });
+	console.log('  API keys created');
+}
+
+export async function login(page: Page): Promise<void> {
+	await page.goto(`${BASE_URL}/login`);
+	await page.getByTestId('email-input').fill(ADMIN.email);
+	await page.getByTestId('password-input').fill(ADMIN.password);
+	await page.getByTestId('login-btn').click();
+	await page.waitForURL('**/');
+	await page.waitForLoadState('networkidle');
+}