Extract SWISS_DOMAINS to backend/swiss_domains.json; FAQ links it

Canonical institution whitelist now lives in backend/swiss_domains.json,
loaded by auth_service. The FAQ "Is my institution enabled?" entry links to
that file on GitHub so the list stays single-sourced in the backend.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>

Author: robmsmt

backend/services/auth_service.py

@@ -1,4 +1,7 @@
+import json
 import secrets
+from pathlib import Path
+
 import requests
 from sqlmodel import Session, select
 from backend.config import get_settings
@@ -13,18 +16,11 @@
 DEV_EMAIL = "dev@localhost"
 
 
-SWISS_DOMAINS = [
-    "ethz.ch",
-    "cscs.ch",
-    "unibas.ch",
-    "unibe.ch",
-    "uzh.ch",
-    "epfl.ch",
-    "unil.ch",
-    "unige.ch",
-    "hevs.ch",
-    "fhnw.ch",
-]
+# Institutions whose members are auto-enabled (active budget on first sign-in).
+# Canonical list — referenced from the public FAQ via its GitHub URL.
+_SWISS_DOMAINS_FILE = Path(__file__).resolve().parent.parent / "swiss_domains.json"
+with open(_SWISS_DOMAINS_FILE) as f:
+    SWISS_DOMAINS = json.load(f)
 
 
 def get_or_create_apikey(engine, owner_email: str) -> APIKey:

backend/swiss_domains.json

@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+[
+  "ethz.ch",
+  "cscs.ch",
+  "unibas.ch",
+  "unibe.ch",
+  "uzh.ch",
+  "epfl.ch",
+  "unil.ch",
+  "unige.ch",
+  "hevs.ch",
+  "fhnw.ch"
+]

frontend/src/pages/faq.astro

@@ -17,6 +17,10 @@ const faqs = [
     q: "Can I launch any model?",
     a: 'Yes, see <a class="text-indigo-600 dark:text-indigo-400 underline" href="https://github.com/swiss-ai/model-launch" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">model launch</a>. This usually requires a CSCS GPU grant. Compute grants come in two tiers: small (&lt;32k GPU hrs) and large (&gt;500k GPU hrs). See the <a class="text-indigo-600 dark:text-indigo-400 underline" href="https://www.swiss-ai.org/compute-grants" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">compute grants process</a>.',
   },
+  {
+    q: "Is my institution enabled?",
+    a: 'Members of supported Swiss institutions are auto-enabled, getting an active budget on first sign-in. See the current list of <a class="text-indigo-600 dark:text-indigo-400 underline" href="https://github.com/swiss-ai/serving-api/blob/main/backend/swiss_domains.json" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">enabled institutions</a>. If yours is not listed, please <a class="text-indigo-600 dark:text-indigo-400 underline" href="https://apertvs.ai/contact/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">contact us</a>.',
+  },
   {
     q: "I'm at a non-Swiss university, can I get access?",
     a: "Yes, but service is prioritised in this order: <br /><br />(1) ETH and EPFL Apertus-related projects, <br />(2) Swiss AI-related institutions, <br />(3) other global academic institutions.",