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 # html2rss-web
 
-html2rss-web converts arbitrary websites into RSS 2.0 feeds with a slim Ruby backend and a Preact frontend.
+`html2rss-web` serves RSS/JSON feeds from website sources using a Ruby (Roda) backend and a Preact frontend.
 
-## Links
+## Use This Repo For
 
-- Docs & feed directory: https://html2rss.github.io
-- Contributor Guide: [docs/README.md](docs/README.md)
+- Running a self-hosted `html2rss-web` instance with Docker Compose.
+- Creating signed, per-account feed URLs through `POST /api/v1/feeds`.
+- Local development inside the repository Dev Container.
+
+## Quick Links
+
+- Public docs + feed directory: https://html2rss.github.io
+- Docker Hub image: https://hub.docker.com/r/html2rss/web
+- OpenAPI file in this repo: [public/openapi.yaml](public/openapi.yaml)
+- Contributor guide: [docs/README.md](docs/README.md)
 - Discussions: https://github.com/orgs/html2rss/discussions
 - Sponsor: https://github.com/sponsors/gildesmarais
 
-## Highlights
-
-- Responsive Preact interface for demo, sign-in, conversion, and result flows.
-- Automatic source discovery with token-scoped permissions.
-- Signed public feed URLs that work in standard RSS readers.
-- Built-in URL validation, scoped feed access controls, and HMAC-protected tokens.
+## Architecture Snapshot
 
-## Architecture Overview
+- Backend: Ruby + Roda (`app.rb`, `app/web/**`)
+- Frontend: Preact + Vite (built assets served from `frontend/dist`)
+- Feed extraction: `html2rss` gem
+- Distribution baseline: `docker-compose.yml`
 
-- **Backend:** Ruby + Roda, backed by the `html2rss` gem for extraction.
-- **Frontend:** Preact app built with Vite into `frontend/dist` and served at `/`.
-- **Distribution:** Docker Compose by default.
+For detailed architecture and contributor rules, see [docs/README.md](docs/README.md).
 
-For detailed architecture and internal rules, see [docs/README.md](docs/README.md).
+## Trial Run (Docker Compose)
 
-## Trial Run (Docker Pull And Run)
+Prerequisite: Docker Engine + Docker Compose.
 
-The published image already includes a sample `config/feeds.yml`, so you can try the app without creating or mounting one first.
+Run from the repository root:
 
 ```bash
-docker run --rm \
-  -p 4000:4000 \
-  -e RACK_ENV=production \
-  -e HTML2RSS_SECRET_KEY=$(openssl rand -hex 32) \
-  html2rss/web
+BUILD_TAG="$(date +%F)" \
+GIT_SHA="trial" \
+HTML2RSS_SECRET_KEY="$(openssl rand -hex 32)" \
+HEALTH_CHECK_TOKEN="$(openssl rand -hex 24)" \
+BROWSERLESS_IO_API_TOKEN="trial-browserless-token" \
+docker compose up -d
 ```
 
 Then open:
 
-- `http://localhost:4000/` for the web UI
-- `http://localhost:4000/microsoft.com/azure-products.rss` for a built-in Azure updates feed
+- `http://localhost:4000/` (UI)
+- `http://localhost:4000/api/v1` (API metadata)
+- `http://localhost:4000/openapi.yaml` (OpenAPI document)
+
+Stop with:
+
+```bash
+docker compose down
+```
+
+## Deploy With Docker Compose
+
+The checked-in [`docker-compose.yml`](docker-compose.yml) requires these environment variables for `html2rss-web`:
+
+- `BUILD_TAG`
+- `GIT_SHA`
+- `HTML2RSS_SECRET_KEY`
+- `HEALTH_CHECK_TOKEN`
+- `BROWSERLESS_IO_API_TOKEN`
 
-This trial run is intentionally minimal. Use Docker Compose for Browserless, auto-updates, or local feed overrides.
+Optional runtime variables:
 
-## Deploy (Docker Compose)
+- `SENTRY_DSN`
+- `SENTRY_ENABLE_LOGS` (defaults to `false`)
 
-Quick start:
+Example:
 
 ```bash
 export HTML2RSS_SECRET_KEY="$(openssl rand -hex 32)"
@@ -56,25 +79,43 @@ export BROWSERLESS_IO_API_TOKEN="replace-with-your-browserless-token"
 export BUILD_TAG="local"
 export GIT_SHA="$(git rev-parse --short HEAD 2>/dev/null || echo dev)"
 export AUTO_SOURCE_ENABLED=true
-docker-compose up
+
+docker compose up -d
 ```
 
-Optional:
+## Runtime Behavior That Affects Operations
 
-```bash
-export SENTRY_DSN="https://examplePublicKey@o0.ingest.sentry.io/0"
-export SENTRY_ENABLE_LOGS=true
-```
+- In production, missing `HTML2RSS_SECRET_KEY` stops startup.
+- `BUILD_TAG` and `GIT_SHA` are expected in production; missing values produce a startup warning.
+- `POST /api/v1/feeds` requires a bearer token and only works when `AUTO_SOURCE_ENABLED=true`.
+- `AUTO_SOURCE_ENABLED` defaults to `true` in development/test and `false` otherwise.
+- Strategy support comes from `Html2rss::RequestService` (`faraday` and `browserless` availability is runtime-dependent).
+
+## Stable Integration Entry Points
+
+- OpenAPI: `/openapi.yaml` (or [`public/openapi.yaml`](public/openapi.yaml) in-repo)
+- API metadata: `/api/v1`
+- Feed creation endpoint: `POST /api/v1/feeds`
+- Health endpoints: `/api/v1/health`, `/api/v1/health/ready`, `/api/v1/health/live`
 
-UI + API run on `http://localhost:4000`. The app exits if the secret key is missing.
+For feed config authoring/validation, use the `html2rss` schema:
 
-## Development
+- https://github.com/html2rss/html2rss/blob/master/schema/html2rss-config.schema.json
+- `html2rss schema`
 
-Use the repository's [Dev Container](.devcontainer/README.md) for all local development and tests.
-Running the app directly on the host is not supported.
+## Development (Dev Container Only)
+
+All local development and test execution should run inside the repository Dev Container.
+
+```bash
+make setup
+make dev
+make ready
+```
 
-See the [Contributor Guide](docs/README.md) for setup commands, testing strategy, and backend structure rules.
+See [docs/README.md](docs/README.md) for contributor workflows, verification gates, and architectural constraints.
 
 ## Contributing
 
-See the [html2rss project guidelines](https://html2rss.github.io/get-involved/contributing).
+- Project guidelines: https://html2rss.github.io/get-involved/contributing
+- Repo contributor guide: [docs/README.md](docs/README.md)