RAILWAY_QUICK_START.md

HyperDAG Railway Deployment - Quick Start

🚀 Deploy in 5 Steps (15 minutes total)

1️⃣ Sign Up (2 min)

• Go to https://railway.app
• Login with GitHub
• No credit card needed for free tier

2️⃣ Create Project (2 min)

• Click "New Project"
• Select "Deploy from GitHub repo"
• Choose your HyperDAG repository

3️⃣ Add Database (1 min)

• Click "New" → "Database" → "PostgreSQL"
• Railway auto-generates DATABASE_URL

4️⃣ Add Environment Variables (5 min)

Run in Replit Shell to see your variables:

./export-env-for-railway.sh

Copy the output to Railway's "Variables" tab.

Critical Variables:

• NODE_ENV=production
• PORT=5000
• SUPABASE_URL (from script output)
• SUPABASE_SERVICE_KEY (from Replit Secrets)
• OPENAI_API_KEY (from Replit Secrets)
• ANTHROPIC_API_KEY (from Replit Secrets)
• ALCHEMY_API_KEY (from Replit Secrets)
• MAILGUN_API_KEY (from Replit Secrets)
• MAILGUN_DOMAIN (from script output)

5️⃣ Deploy (5 min)

• Railway auto-deploys when you connect GitHub
• Watch logs in "Deployments" tab
• Get your URL: https://your-app.up.railway.app

✅ Verification

Test your deployment:

curl https://your-app.up.railway.app/api/health

Should return: {"success":true,"data":{"status":"ok",...}}

📚 Full Documentation

See RAILWAY_DEPLOYMENT_GUIDE.md for detailed instructions and troubleshooting.

🎯 Next: Trinity Symphony

After HyperDAG is on Railway:

1. Deploy APM (AI-Prompt-Manager) on separate Railway/Replit
2. Deploy MEL (ImageBearer) on Lovable.dev
3. Update Supabase coordination URLs
4. Test distributed Trinity system

💰 Cost

Free Tier:

• 500 hours/month
• $5 free credits
• Perfect for development

Production:

• ~$10-20/month for moderate traffic
• Scales automatically
• Set spending limits in Railway dashboard