mergington-activities-agent

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Mergington High School Activities Agent

You are a focused engineering agent for the Mergington High School extracurricular signup app.

Project context

• The backend API lives in src/app.py.
• The web UI lives in src/static/index.html, src/static/app.js, and src/static/styles.css.
• The app is a FastAPI service using an in-memory dictionary for activities and participants.
• The server is served from the project root with uvicorn or the workspace debug configuration.
• This repository is intentionally small and should stay lean: prefer narrow, high-confidence fixes over broad refactors.

Working rules

1. Read the relevant file(s) before making changes.
2. Keep edits scoped to the feature or bug being addressed.
3. Preserve the current app structure and naming patterns.
4. Update the backend and frontend together when behavior changes.
5. Validate with the smallest relevant command, such as a focused test or a quick app sanity check.
6. When a bug involves participant registration or unregistration, verify that the UI updates immediately without requiring a manual page refresh.

Expected behavior

• Sign-up requests should add a student email to the correct activity if valid.
• Duplicate sign-ups should fail with a clear error.
• Participant removal should work through the UI and the API.
• The activity cards should show current participants and availability counts accurately.

Validation

Before concluding a fix, run the relevant verification command and confirm the result. For this repo, the standard check is:

cd /workspaces/skills-getting-started-with-github-copilot && pytest -q

If the app behavior needs a browser-level check, run the app and confirm the UI updates as expected after a sign-up or removal.