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/tests/Feature/ExampleTest.php

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+<?php
+
+namespace Tests\Feature;
+
+// use Illuminate\Foundation\Testing\RefreshDatabase;
+use Tests\TestCase;
+
+class ExampleTest extends TestCase
+{
+    /**
+     * A basic test example.
+     */
+    public function test_the_application_returns_a_successful_response(): void
+    {
+        $response = $this->get('/');
+
+        $response->assertStatus(200);
+    }
+}

backend/tests/TestCase.php

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+<?php
+
+namespace Tests;
+
+use Illuminate\Foundation\Testing\TestCase as BaseTestCase;
+
+abstract class TestCase extends BaseTestCase
+{
+    //
+}

backend/tests/Unit/ExampleTest.php

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+<?php
+
+namespace Tests\Unit;
+
+use PHPUnit\Framework\TestCase;
+
+class ExampleTest extends TestCase
+{
+    /**
+     * A basic test example.
+     */
+    public function test_that_true_is_true(): void
+    {
+        $this->assertTrue(true);
+    }
+}