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+# kohngrüti app
+
+kohngrüti employs Large Language Model ("LLM") semantic grouping functionality to cluster large volumes of "to dos" or issue tags in development (or other) settings, according to thematic or topical similarity.
+
+(To learn more about this topic, see, e.g., [Kozlowski A., Boutyline A., Semantic Structure in Large Language Model Embeddings Aug. 2025, arXiv:2508.10003v1:04 Aug 2025](https://arxiv.org/html/2508.10003v1)).
+
+In the world of kohngrüti, these "to dos" are called "sticky notes."  kohngrüti's React/Vite UI views a board of seemingly chaotic "sticky notes".  But with one click, they are transformed into manageable, actionable groups, each with a header that explains the group semantic interrelation.
+
+The backend is an Express API that serves "sticky note" data and proxies semantic grouping requests to Antrhopic Claude.  
+
+Developers may feel free to install other LLM SDKs and alter the syntax at backend/services/clustering.service.js to experiment with any LLM model/platform they prefer.
+
+## Prerequisites
+
+- Node.js (v18 or later recommended)
+- An [Anthropic API key](https://console.anthropic.com/)
+
+## Setup
+
+### 1. Unzip the project
+
+```bash
+unzip kohngrüti.zip
+cd kohngrüti
+```
+
+### 2. Create a secrets file
+
+The backend expects a `.secrets.js` file containing an Anthropic API key in the root `backend/` directory. This file is git-ignored and must be created manually:
+
+```bash
+echo 'export const anthropicApiKey = "<your Anthropic API key>"' > backend/.secrets.js
+```
+
+Replace `<your Anthropic API key>` with your actual key.
+
+### 3. Install dependencies
+
+```bash
+cd backend
+npm install
+```
+
+```bash
+cd frontend
+npm install
+```
+
+## Run the app
+
+### Start the backend - Production Mode
+
+From the `backend/` directory:
+
+```bash
+npm run start
+```
+
+The API server starts on **http://localhost:3001** (configurable via the `PORT` environment variable).
+
+### Start the backend - Development mode
+
+To start using Nodemon for "hot reloads," if developing your own features:
+
+```bash
+npm run dev
+```
+
+### Build the frontend - Production mode
+
+From the `frontend/` directory:
+
+```bash
+npm run build
+```
+
+### Start the frontend - Development mode
+
+From the `frontend/` directory:
+
+```bash
+npm run dev
+```
+The Vite dev server starts on **http://localhost:5173** by default. Open that URL in a browser.
+
+## Running tests
+
+### Backend tests
+
+From the `backend/` directory:
+
+```bash
+npm test
+```
+Backend tests use Supertest for HTTP assertions.
+
+### Frontend tests
+
+From the `frontend/` directory:
+
+```bash
+npm test
+```
+
+This runs `vitest run` with jsdom. For watch mode, during development:
+
+```bash
+npm run test:watch
+```