Ardent: Git for your data infrastructure

Set up Ardent for database branching on this project.
My connection string: [paste here]

Set up Ardent for database branching. Act like a teammate at my keyboard:
run the commands yourself, stop only when you need me to do something
only I can do (browser sign-up, paste a credential, run source-database SQL).
Before each step, give me one short line on what's happening and why.

Run these in order:

1. Install the CLI: npm install -g ardent-cli

2. ardent login → opens a browser to authenticate. Tell me to finish
   sign-up or login and ping you when done.

3. Tell me to export my Postgres connection string in this shell:
   export ARDENT_DB_URL='postgres://...'
   Then run:
   ardent connector preflight postgresql "$ARDENT_DB_URL"
   If preflight prints a Grant script, stop and ask me to run it on the
   source database, then re-run preflight until it passes.

4. After preflight passes, run:
   ardent connector create postgresql "$ARDENT_DB_URL"
   Setup runs server-side and may take minutes or longer depending on
   database size. If it's interrupted, resume with:
   ardent connector retry-setup <name>

5. ardent branch create my-feature → an isolated copy of my database
   I can use however I want without touching prod.

6. ardent branch info → hand me the connection URL. I connect to it
   like any Postgres database.

If a command errors, fix it. Docs: https://docs.tryardent.com/quickstart