# Screenshot sweep — API environment

For **readme-gallery full-sweep** captures where KPI cards and grids should look *actively monitored* (non-zero sample data), set on the API **before** starting `src/api`:

```env
SOVEREIGN_USE_MOCK_DATA=true
```

Restart the API after changing `.env`, then reload the UI and reshoot. Without mock data, many tiles show empty or zero while the backing store is genuinely empty—mock mode seeds representative numbers for demos and documentation.

Seeded login (after DB migrate): see root `.env.example` (`admin@sovereign.local` / `Sovereign!ChangeMe2026`).
