feat: persistent payload storage and automated db migrations

scripts/seed-payload.ts

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+import { getPayload } from 'payload';
+import configPromise from '../payload.config';
+
+async function seed() {
+  console.log('🌱 Starting PayloadCMS seed process...');
+
+  try {
+    const payload = await getPayload({ config: configPromise });
+
+    // Check if any users exist
+    const { totalDocs } = await payload.find({
+      collection: 'users',
+      limit: 1,
+    });
+
+    if (totalDocs === 0) {
+      console.log('👤 No users found. Creating default admin user...');
+      await payload.create({
+        collection: 'users',
+        data: {
+          email: 'admin@mintel.me',
+          password: 'klz-admin-setup',
+          firstName: 'KLZ',
+          lastName: 'Admin',
+          role: 'admin',
+        },
+      });
+      console.log('✅ Default admin user created successfully.');
+    } else {
+      console.log(`ℹ️ Database already contains ${totalDocs} users. Skipping user creation.`);
+    }
+
+    console.log('✅ PayloadCMS seed completed successfully!');
+    process.exit(0);
+  } catch (error) {
+    console.error('❌ Failed to seed PayloadCMS database:', error);
+    process.exit(1);
+  }
+}
+
+seed();