Àríyá
The Àríyá manual
Everything about the product from A to Z: how a host plans a celebration, how guests reply, how the team works on the day, and how the system is built, secured, deployed and tested. 35 pages in 5 sections.
Start here
What Àríyá is, a ten-minute tour and the words we use.
Host guide
Everything a couple or planner does, from the guest list to the door.
- CelebrationsCreate, run, archive and share a celebration, and what the overview shows.Hosts and planners
- GuestsAdd, import, search and organise the guest list.Hosts and planners
- Send invitationsTick guests, send by email, or copy personal links for WhatsApp and SMS.Hosts and planners
- Invitation designerA full-screen design tool with Simple and Pro modes, shapes, pictures and your own card.Hosts and planners
- RSVP and the guest passWhat a guest sees from one link: the card, the reply form and their pass.Hosts, and anyone curious about the guest side
- SeatingA full-screen 3D hall: place tables, seat the confirmed, print the plan.Hosts and planners
- Venue studioAuto-layout, cooling, catering quantities, risk advice and a generated checklist.Hosts, planners, engineers
- Check-in deskScan or type a code, confirm who it is, then tap Admit.Reception staff, hosts and planners
- Checklist and day-ofA dated plan, weekly digest, calendar export and an offline run sheet.Hosts and planners
- Vendors and budgetOne roster of vendors, their tasks counted back from the day, and a budget strip.Hosts and planners
- Public page and filmThe shareable event page, the page editor and the animated film.Hosts and planners
- Connect your AILet Claude or ChatGPT read your celebration and propose changes you approve.Hosts
Team, safety and data
Roles, security, privacy, email and billing.
- Roles and teamWho can do what, how to invite people, and the rules the database enforces.Owners and planners
- Billing and the Celebration PassFree up to 20 guests; one ₦50,000 pass per larger event, paid through Paystack.Owners and planners
- Security modelRow Level Security, rate limits, validated uploads, headers and what the audit found.Owners, engineers, reviewers
- Privacy and your dataWhat is stored, who processes it, and where the full policies live.Hosts, guests
- Email and notificationsResend setup, the sender address, caps, and push notifications.Owners, engineers
- AI connections (MCP)The technical reference for the /mcp server, tokens, logging and revoking.Engineers and curious owners
Engineering
Set up, deploy, test and extend the product.
- Local setupInstall, run the database, seed demo data and start the app.Developers
- DeployingVercel, Supabase, DNS, cron jobs and the one-time dashboard steps.Developers and operators
- ArchitectureRepository layout, route groups, request flow and the rules that keep it tidy.Developers
- Data modelThe tables, what they hold and the important database functions.Developers
- Rust enginesHow the invitation design engine and the studio engine are built, shipped and kept honest.Developers
- Quality and testingWhat CI runs, the test layers and the accessibility and bundle guards.Developers
- ContributingBranches, commits, review rules and what never to commit.Developers
- Design systemColour, type, surfaces, motifs, motion and the accessibility checklist.Designers and developers
- Decisions and historyThe six architecture decisions, the quality remediation and the audit, in brief.Developers and reviewers
Reference
Routes, variables, limits, fixes and what is not built yet.
- RoutesEvery page and endpoint, and who can open it.Everyone
- Environment variablesEvery variable, whether it is required, and the production rule.Developers and operators
- TroubleshootingSymptoms, causes and fixes.Everyone
- Roadmap and known limitsWhat is not built yet, stated plainly.Everyone
- FAQShort answers to common questions.Everyone