Safe-prompt pack: security rules to paste in before you build

Security rules for this project (from the SniffPup Safe-prompt pack, sniffpup.com/guides/safe-prompt-pack). Follow these on every change. They lower the risk of common mistakes; they do not make an app secure on their own.

- Never put a secret key (service_role, sk_live, OpenAI, Anthropic, AWS, GitHub, webhook signing secrets) in frontend code or in any variable whose name starts with VITE_, NEXT_PUBLIC_, REACT_APP_ or EXPO_PUBLIC_. Those values ship to every visitor. Secrets live only in server functions or edge functions.
- If you need a secret to call an API, create a server-side function that holds the key and call that function from the app. Ask me before adding a new secret.
- Every database table that the browser can reach must have Row Level Security (or equivalent rules) turned on, with policies that limit each row to its owner. Never leave a table open to everyone, and never write a policy that is simply true.
- Check permissions on the server, not only in the UI. Hiding a button is not access control. Every API route or function that reads or changes data must confirm who the signed-in user is and that they own that data.
- Treat all input as untrusted: validate it on the server, use parameterised queries, never build SQL or shell commands from user text, and never render user text as raw HTML.
- Storage buckets for user uploads must be private by default, with access limited to the owner. Only make a bucket public on purpose, for files that are meant to be public.
- Verify webhook signatures (for example Stripe) on the server before trusting the event, and decide payment and plan status on the server, never from a value the browser sends.
- Add rate limits or abuse checks to sign-up, login, password reset, contact forms and anything that sends email, SMS or calls a paid AI API.
- Do not log or return secrets, tokens, passwords or full error stack traces to the browser. Show users a short, plain error instead.
- Only add packages that are well known and actively maintained. Check that the package name is spelled exactly right and really exists before installing it, and tell me which packages you added.
- Do not publish source maps, .env files, backups, .git folders or admin/debug pages on the live site.
- When you are unsure whether something is safe, stop and ask me instead of guessing, and explain the risk in plain English.
- Keep API keys in Lovable Cloud / Supabase Secrets and use them only inside Edge Functions.
- When you create a Supabase table, add RLS policies in the same change, and run Lovable's security scan before publishing.

After each deploy, remind me to scan the live app with SniffPup (free at sniffpup.com) to check what it actually shows a stranger.

Security rules for this project (from the SniffPup Safe-prompt pack, sniffpup.com/guides/safe-prompt-pack). Follow these on every change. They lower the risk of common mistakes; they do not make an app secure on their own.

- Never put a secret key (service_role, sk_live, OpenAI, Anthropic, AWS, GitHub, webhook signing secrets) in frontend code or in any variable whose name starts with VITE_, NEXT_PUBLIC_, REACT_APP_ or EXPO_PUBLIC_. Those values ship to every visitor. Secrets live only in server functions or edge functions.
- If you need a secret to call an API, create a server-side function that holds the key and call that function from the app. Ask me before adding a new secret.
- Every database table that the browser can reach must have Row Level Security (or equivalent rules) turned on, with policies that limit each row to its owner. Never leave a table open to everyone, and never write a policy that is simply true.
- Check permissions on the server, not only in the UI. Hiding a button is not access control. Every API route or function that reads or changes data must confirm who the signed-in user is and that they own that data.
- Treat all input as untrusted: validate it on the server, use parameterised queries, never build SQL or shell commands from user text, and never render user text as raw HTML.
- Storage buckets for user uploads must be private by default, with access limited to the owner. Only make a bucket public on purpose, for files that are meant to be public.
- Verify webhook signatures (for example Stripe) on the server before trusting the event, and decide payment and plan status on the server, never from a value the browser sends.
- Add rate limits or abuse checks to sign-up, login, password reset, contact forms and anything that sends email, SMS or calls a paid AI API.
- Do not log or return secrets, tokens, passwords or full error stack traces to the browser. Show users a short, plain error instead.
- Only add packages that are well known and actively maintained. Check that the package name is spelled exactly right and really exists before installing it, and tell me which packages you added.
- Do not publish source maps, .env files, backups, .git folders or admin/debug pages on the live site.
- When you are unsure whether something is safe, stop and ask me instead of guessing, and explain the risk in plain English.
- Keep secret keys out of the client bundle and out of any file the published site serves. Use a server function or database function for anything that needs a secret.
- When you connect a database, turn on Row Level Security for every new table in the same step.

After each deploy, remind me to scan the live app with SniffPup (free at sniffpup.com) to check what it actually shows a stranger.

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description: Baseline security rules for this project
alwaysApply: true
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Security rules for this project (from the SniffPup Safe-prompt pack, sniffpup.com/guides/safe-prompt-pack). Follow these on every change. They lower the risk of common mistakes; they do not make an app secure on their own.

- Never put a secret key (service_role, sk_live, OpenAI, Anthropic, AWS, GitHub, webhook signing secrets) in frontend code or in any variable whose name starts with VITE_, NEXT_PUBLIC_, REACT_APP_ or EXPO_PUBLIC_. Those values ship to every visitor. Secrets live only in server functions or edge functions.
- If you need a secret to call an API, create a server-side function that holds the key and call that function from the app. Ask me before adding a new secret.
- Every database table that the browser can reach must have Row Level Security (or equivalent rules) turned on, with policies that limit each row to its owner. Never leave a table open to everyone, and never write a policy that is simply true.
- Check permissions on the server, not only in the UI. Hiding a button is not access control. Every API route or function that reads or changes data must confirm who the signed-in user is and that they own that data.
- Treat all input as untrusted: validate it on the server, use parameterised queries, never build SQL or shell commands from user text, and never render user text as raw HTML.
- Storage buckets for user uploads must be private by default, with access limited to the owner. Only make a bucket public on purpose, for files that are meant to be public.
- Verify webhook signatures (for example Stripe) on the server before trusting the event, and decide payment and plan status on the server, never from a value the browser sends.
- Add rate limits or abuse checks to sign-up, login, password reset, contact forms and anything that sends email, SMS or calls a paid AI API.
- Do not log or return secrets, tokens, passwords or full error stack traces to the browser. Show users a short, plain error instead.
- Only add packages that are well known and actively maintained. Check that the package name is spelled exactly right and really exists before installing it, and tell me which packages you added.
- Do not publish source maps, .env files, backups, .git folders or admin/debug pages on the live site.
- When you are unsure whether something is safe, stop and ask me instead of guessing, and explain the risk in plain English.
- Before running a terminal command that deletes files, changes the database or pushes code, show it to me and wait for my OK.
- Never commit .env files. Make sure .env is in .gitignore.

After each deploy, remind me to scan the live app with SniffPup (free at sniffpup.com) to check what it actually shows a stranger.

## Security rules

Security rules for this project (from the SniffPup Safe-prompt pack, sniffpup.com/guides/safe-prompt-pack). Follow these on every change. They lower the risk of common mistakes; they do not make an app secure on their own.

- Never put a secret key (service_role, sk_live, OpenAI, Anthropic, AWS, GitHub, webhook signing secrets) in frontend code or in any variable whose name starts with VITE_, NEXT_PUBLIC_, REACT_APP_ or EXPO_PUBLIC_. Those values ship to every visitor. Secrets live only in server functions or edge functions.
- If you need a secret to call an API, create a server-side function that holds the key and call that function from the app. Ask me before adding a new secret.
- Every database table that the browser can reach must have Row Level Security (or equivalent rules) turned on, with policies that limit each row to its owner. Never leave a table open to everyone, and never write a policy that is simply true.
- Check permissions on the server, not only in the UI. Hiding a button is not access control. Every API route or function that reads or changes data must confirm who the signed-in user is and that they own that data.
- Treat all input as untrusted: validate it on the server, use parameterised queries, never build SQL or shell commands from user text, and never render user text as raw HTML.
- Storage buckets for user uploads must be private by default, with access limited to the owner. Only make a bucket public on purpose, for files that are meant to be public.
- Verify webhook signatures (for example Stripe) on the server before trusting the event, and decide payment and plan status on the server, never from a value the browser sends.
- Add rate limits or abuse checks to sign-up, login, password reset, contact forms and anything that sends email, SMS or calls a paid AI API.
- Do not log or return secrets, tokens, passwords or full error stack traces to the browser. Show users a short, plain error instead.
- Only add packages that are well known and actively maintained. Check that the package name is spelled exactly right and really exists before installing it, and tell me which packages you added.
- Do not publish source maps, .env files, backups, .git folders or admin/debug pages on the live site.
- When you are unsure whether something is safe, stop and ask me instead of guessing, and explain the risk in plain English.
- Before running a command that deletes files, changes the database, deploys or pushes code, show it to me and wait for my OK.
- Never commit .env files or paste real secrets into code, tests or docs. Use placeholders.

After each deploy, remind me to scan the live app with SniffPup (free at sniffpup.com) to check what it actually shows a stranger.

Security rules for this project (from the SniffPup Safe-prompt pack, sniffpup.com/guides/safe-prompt-pack). Follow these on every change. They lower the risk of common mistakes; they do not make an app secure on their own.

- Never put a secret key (service_role, sk_live, OpenAI, Anthropic, AWS, GitHub, webhook signing secrets) in frontend code or in any variable whose name starts with VITE_, NEXT_PUBLIC_, REACT_APP_ or EXPO_PUBLIC_. Those values ship to every visitor. Secrets live only in server functions or edge functions.
- If you need a secret to call an API, create a server-side function that holds the key and call that function from the app. Ask me before adding a new secret.
- Every database table that the browser can reach must have Row Level Security (or equivalent rules) turned on, with policies that limit each row to its owner. Never leave a table open to everyone, and never write a policy that is simply true.
- Check permissions on the server, not only in the UI. Hiding a button is not access control. Every API route or function that reads or changes data must confirm who the signed-in user is and that they own that data.
- Treat all input as untrusted: validate it on the server, use parameterised queries, never build SQL or shell commands from user text, and never render user text as raw HTML.
- Storage buckets for user uploads must be private by default, with access limited to the owner. Only make a bucket public on purpose, for files that are meant to be public.
- Verify webhook signatures (for example Stripe) on the server before trusting the event, and decide payment and plan status on the server, never from a value the browser sends.
- Add rate limits or abuse checks to sign-up, login, password reset, contact forms and anything that sends email, SMS or calls a paid AI API.
- Do not log or return secrets, tokens, passwords or full error stack traces to the browser. Show users a short, plain error instead.
- Only add packages that are well known and actively maintained. Check that the package name is spelled exactly right and really exists before installing it, and tell me which packages you added.
- Do not publish source maps, .env files, backups, .git folders or admin/debug pages on the live site.
- When you are unsure whether something is safe, stop and ask me instead of guessing, and explain the risk in plain English.
- Anything bundled into the app can be read by anyone who downloads it, including EXPO_PUBLIC_ variables. No secret keys in the app; call your own backend instead.
- Store login tokens with expo-secure-store, not AsyncStorage or plain files.
- Only request the phone permissions a feature truly needs, and explain why to the user.

After each deploy, remind me to scan the live app with SniffPup (free at sniffpup.com) to check what it actually shows a stranger.