setup:

1. Create an .env.local file in the main folder.
2. Set NEXT_PUBLIC_SUPABASE_URL to the Supabase URL
3. Set NEXT_PUBLIC_SUPABASE_ANON_KEY to the anon public key
4. Set SUPABASE_SERVICE_ROLE to the service_role

the final format of .env.local should be: NEXT_PUBLIC_SUPABASE_URL= NEXT_PUBLIC_SUPABASE_ANON_KEY=<anon_key> SUPABASE_SERVICE_ROLE=<service_role>

all three values can be found in the supabase settings by going to project settings and data api

5. ensure that react and next js are installed. run npm i to initialize all packages and npm run dev to start.

the project should be ready to work on from here.