feat: introduce Gatekeeper application, Directus utilities, and monorepo configuration for linting, testing, and husky hooks.

packages/next-utils/src/directus.ts

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+import {
+  createDirectus,
+  rest,
+  authentication,
+  DirectusClient,
+  RestClient,
+  AuthenticationClient,
+} from "@directus/sdk";
+
+export type MintelDirectusClient = DirectusClient<any> &
+  RestClient<any> &
+  AuthenticationClient<any>;
+
+/**
+ * Creates a Directus client configured with Mintel standards
+ */
+export function createMintelDirectusClient(url?: string): MintelDirectusClient {
+  const directusUrl =
+    url || process.env.DIRECTUS_URL || "http://localhost:8055";
+
+  return createDirectus(directusUrl).with(rest()).with(authentication());
+}
+
+/**
+ * Ensures the client is authenticated using either a static token or admin credentials
+ */
+export async function ensureDirectusAuthenticated(
+  client: MintelDirectusClient,
+) {
+  const token = process.env.DIRECTUS_API_TOKEN || process.env.DIRECTUS_TOKEN;
+  const email = process.env.DIRECTUS_ADMIN_EMAIL;
+  const password = process.env.DIRECTUS_ADMIN_PASSWORD;
+
+  if (token) {
+    client.setToken(token);
+    return;
+  }
+
+  if (email && password) {
+    try {
+      await client.login({ email, password });
+    } catch (e) {
+      console.error("Failed to authenticate with Directus:", e);
+      throw e;
+    }
+  }
+}