Feature/ab#33397 applicant portal auto UI cypress configuration

applications/Grants.AutoUI/.gitignore

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 # Local Cypress env overrides (pipeline uses cypress.pipeline.env.json)
 cypress.env.json
 
+# Local environment config files — create from the .example files in cypress/config/
 cypress/config/dev.json
 cypress/config/dev2.json
 cypress/config/test.json

applications/Grants.AutoUI/cypress/config/README-gitignore-config-json-files.md

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+# Cypress Environment Config Files
+
+The `*.json` config files in this folder are **excluded from git** (via `.gitignore`) because they contain credentials.  
+Each developer must create their own local copies from the `.example` files provided.
+
+## Setup
+
+Copy the example file(s) for the environment(s) you need and fill in your credentials:
+
+```bash
+# Windows (PowerShell)
+Copy-Item cypress/config/dev.json.example   cypress/config/dev.json
+Copy-Item cypress/config/dev2.json.example  cypress/config/dev2.json
+Copy-Item cypress/config/test.json.example  cypress/config/test.json
+Copy-Item cypress/config/uat.json.example   cypress/config/uat.json
+Copy-Item cypress/config/prod.json.example  cypress/config/prod.json
+
+# macOS / Linux
+cp cypress/config/dev.json.example  cypress/config/dev.json
+cp cypress/config/test.json.example cypress/config/test.json
+# etc.
+```
+
+Then open the file and fill in your credentials:
+
+```json
+{
+    "baseUrl": "https://dev-grants.apps.silver.devops.gov.bc.ca/",
+    "environment": "dev",
+    "test1username": "your-test-username",
+    "test1password": "your-test-password",
+    "test2username": "your-second-test-username",
+    "test2password": "your-second-test-password",
+    "bcscUsername": "your-bcsc-username",
+    "bcscPassword": "your-bcsc-password",
+    "workspaceName": "your-workspace-name",
+    "providerName": "your-provider-name"
+}
+```
+
+## Available example files
+
+| Example file | Creates | Environment URL |
+|---|---|---|
+| `dev.json.example` | `dev.json` | https://dev-grants.apps.silver.devops.gov.bc.ca/ |
+| `dev2.json.example` | `dev2.json` | https://dev2-grants.apps.silver.devops.gov.bc.ca/ |
+| `test.json.example` | `test.json` | https://test-grants.apps.silver.devops.gov.bc.ca/ |
+| `uat.json.example` | `uat.json` | https://uat-grants.apps.silver.devops.gov.bc.ca/ |
+| `prod.json.example` | `prod.json` | https://prod-grants.apps.silver.devops.gov.bc.ca/ |
+
+## Important
+
+- **Never commit your `*.json` files** — they are gitignored to protect credentials.
+- **Do commit changes to `*.json.example` files** if the config structure or base URLs change.

applications/Grants.AutoUI/cypress/config/dev.json → applications/Grants.AutoUI/cypress/config/dev.json.example

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     "bcscPassword": "",
     "workspaceName": "",
     "providerName": ""
-}
+}

applications/Grants.AutoUI/cypress/config/test.json → applications/Grants.AutoUI/cypress/config/test.json.example

@@ -9,4 +9,4 @@
     "bcscPassword": "",
     "workspaceName": "",
     "providerName": ""
-}
+}

applications/Grants.AutoUI/cypress/config/uat.json → applications/Grants.AutoUI/cypress/config/uat.json.example

@@ -9,4 +9,4 @@
     "bcscPassword": "",
     "workspaceName": "",
     "providerName": ""
-}
+}