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 # STAR Phase 1 — Tier 1 Auth System
-## Technical Documentation
-
 **Version:** 1.0.0  
 **Date:** October 6, 2025  
 **Stack:** Node.js · Express · Sequelize (PostgreSQL) · JWT · Google OAuth 2.0 · Nodemailer
-**Deployment** DigitalOcean Droplet (3 Droplets for API + S3 and Postgres)
+**Deployment** DigitalOcean Droplet (2 Droplets for API + S3 and Postgres)
+
+## Contributing
+We remind everyone to work with `dev/safe` branch and we recommend to have your own forked repository here's breakdown:
+
+```
+BRANCH_NAME | DESCRIPTION
+-------------------------
+main - Protected branch supposedly maintain by creators
+staging-qa - Everytime na may Pull Requests (PR) from your forked repository dito mismo sa branch na ito kami mag-check per feature, per modification and also bug.
+staging-uat - Supposedly has working Github Action so I will tell about it.
+dev/safe - In your forked repository always use this branch
+```
 
 ## Self-hosting
-See [SELF_HOSTING.md](./SELF_HOSTING.md) for the full Docker Compose setup guide.
-
-## TODO
-Branchings and Tags (Backups)
-```
-main (protected)     → prod
-qas (protected)      → staging
-dev (protected*)     → integration/playground
-feature/xyz           → short-lived, deleted after merge
-hotfix/xyz             → for urgent prod patches
-+ tags (v1.0.9...)    → released snapshots
-```
+See [SELF_HOSTING.md](./SELF_HOSTING.md) for the full Docker Compose setup guide.
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