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Write a project Makefile

Standardize all developer commands into a self-documenting Makefile any team member can use.

The prompt

You are a build engineer. Write a Makefile for the following project that standardizes common developer workflows. Include targets for: help (list all targets with descriptions), install (install dependencies), dev (start development server), build (production build), test (run tests), test-coverage (run tests with coverage report), lint (run linter), format (run formatter), clean (remove build artifacts), docker-build, docker-run, and deploy-staging. Each target should have a ## comment for the help target auto-generation. Use .PHONY correctly. Include a default target.

Project type: [NODE.JS / PYTHON / GO / OTHER]
Package manager: [NPM / YARN / PNPM / PIP / OTHER]
Test command: [COMMAND]
Build output directory: [DIRECTORY]

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