Runbooks
Operational how-to guides for GiveLink systems
These are the playbooks GiveLink engineers follow when refreshing the demo, rotating credentials, responding to common incidents, and handling other recurring operational tasks. Runbooks are how-tos — for the why behind design decisions, see Architecture Decision Records.
Admin Panel — Basics
How the Datawake-staff-only admin panel works — access, navigation, and what each page shows. Read-only tour; operations covered in admin-operations.mdx.
Last reviewed April 18, 2026
Admin Panel — Hard Deletes
When and how to permanently delete a user or org. Destructive and irreversible. Read admin-operations.mdx for reversible soft-delete instead — that's the right tool for most scenarios.
Last reviewed April 19, 2026
Admin Panel — Operations
How to impersonate users, reset onboarding, test with alternate domains, edit org metadata, soft-delete users and orgs, and manage super-admin promotions. Destructive hard-deletes live in admin-hard-delete.mdx (Spec D).
Last reviewed April 18, 2026
Changelog Playbook
When, how, and in what tone to post GiveLink changelog entries.
Last reviewed April 7, 2026
Contributor Onboarding
How to onboard a non-developer team member as a Contributor, assign them GSD phases, and review their PRs. The architect-side and contributor-side daily flows for the role system defined in ADR-0044.
Last reviewed April 7, 2026
Demo Environment
How to use, refresh, share, and troubleshoot the public GiveLink demo at demo.givelink.ai.
Last reviewed April 8, 2026
E2E Signup Testing
How to run the Playwright signup test suite locally and in CI, what each scenario covers, and how to debug preview failures. CI blocks merges when these fail.
Last reviewed April 19, 2026
Preview Environment Testing
How preview environments are created, what data they contain, how to authenticate, and how to test every major feature surface.
Last reviewed April 14, 2026