scaffold laravel 12 backend

composer create-project laravel/laravel + artisan install:api.
sanctum removed (custom session-cookie auth per ai/backend-context).
personal_access_tokens migration + config/sanctum.php deleted.
default .gitignore excludes vendor/, .env, etc - composer install
recreates vendor at setup time.

backend/public/index.php

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+<?php
+
+use Illuminate\Foundation\Application;
+use Illuminate\Http\Request;
+
+define('LARAVEL_START', microtime(true));
+
+// Determine if the application is in maintenance mode...
+if (file_exists($maintenance = __DIR__.'/../storage/framework/maintenance.php')) {
+    require $maintenance;
+}
+
+// Register the Composer autoloader...
+require __DIR__.'/../vendor/autoload.php';
+
+// Bootstrap Laravel and handle the request...
+/** @var Application $app */
+$app = require_once __DIR__.'/../bootstrap/app.php';
+
+$app->handleRequest(Request::capture());