diff --git a/app/notification/Dockerfile b/app/notification/Dockerfile
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e69de29
diff --git a/app/notification/backend/application/notification_hub.py b/app/notification/backend/application/notification_hub.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..1323e4e
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+++ b/app/notification/backend/application/notification_hub.py
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+from app.notification.backend.business.notification_manager import (
+    NotificationManager,
+)
+
+
+class NotificationHub:
+    def __init__(
+        self,
+    ):
+        self.notification_manager = NotificationManager()
+        return
diff --git a/app/notification/backend/business/notification_manager.py b/app/notification/backend/business/notification_manager.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..57e663b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/notification/backend/business/notification_manager.py
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+from app.notification.backend.services.sms_service import SmsService
+from app.notification.backend.services.in_app_notif_service import InAppNotifService
+from app.notification.backend.services.email_service import EmailService
+
+
+class NotificationManager:
+    def __init__(self) -> None:
+        self.sms_service = SmsService()
+        self.in_app_notif_service = InAppNotifService()
+        self.email_service = EmailService()
diff --git a/app/notification/backend/infra/email_handler.py b/app/notification/backend/infra/email_handler.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..a91276c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/notification/backend/infra/email_handler.py
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+class EmailHandler:
+    pass
diff --git a/app/notification/backend/infra/in_app_notif_handler.py b/app/notification/backend/infra/in_app_notif_handler.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..3d36c86
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/notification/backend/infra/in_app_notif_handler.py
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+class InAppNotifHandler:
+    pass
diff --git a/app/notification/backend/infra/sms_handler.py b/app/notification/backend/infra/sms_handler.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..95c84dc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/notification/backend/infra/sms_handler.py
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+class SmsHandler:
+    pass
diff --git a/app/notification/backend/models/models.py b/app/notification/backend/models/models.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e69de29
diff --git a/app/notification/backend/readme.md b/app/notification/backend/readme.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..f6f0396
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/notification/backend/readme.md
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+You can put code for backend logic here.
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/app/notification/backend/services/email_service.py b/app/notification/backend/services/email_service.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..89270ee
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/notification/backend/services/email_service.py
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+class EmailService:
+    pass
diff --git a/app/notification/backend/services/in_app_notif_service.py b/app/notification/backend/services/in_app_notif_service.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..c9f03b2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/notification/backend/services/in_app_notif_service.py
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+class InAppNotifService:
+    pass
diff --git a/app/notification/backend/services/sms_service.py b/app/notification/backend/services/sms_service.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..ed18408
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/notification/backend/services/sms_service.py
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+class SmsService:
+    pass
diff --git a/app/notification/common/config/app_settings.py b/app/notification/common/config/app_settings.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..a0ec4dd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/notification/common/config/app_settings.py
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+import os
+from pydantic_settings import BaseSettings
+
+
+class AppSettings(BaseSettings):
+    NAME: str = "notification"
+
+    AZURE_STORAGE_DOCUMENT_API_ENDPOINT: str = (
+        "https://freeleaps1document.blob.core.windows.net/"
+    )
+    AZURE_STORAGE_DOCUMENT_API_KEY: str = ""
+
+    class Config:
+        env_file = ".myapp.env"
+        env_file_encoding = "utf-8"
+
+
+app_settings = AppSettings()
diff --git a/app/notification/common/config/log_settings.py b/app/notification/common/config/log_settings.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..55a36da
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/notification/common/config/log_settings.py
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+## This would be the app specific log setting file
+class LogSettings:
+    LOG_LEVEL: str = "DEBUG"
+    LOG_PATH_BASE: str = "./logs"
+    LOG_PATH: str = LOG_PATH_BASE + "/" + "app" + ".log"
+    LOG_RETENTION: str = "14 days"
+    LOG_ROTATION: str = "00:00"  # mid night
+
+    class Config:
+        env_file = ".log.env"
+        env_file_encoding = "utf-8"
+
+
+log_settings = LogSettings()
diff --git a/app/notification/requirements.txt b/app/notification/requirements.txt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e69de29
diff --git a/app/notification/webapi/bootstrap/application.py b/app/notification/webapi/bootstrap/application.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..7a38aa7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/notification/webapi/bootstrap/application.py
@@ -0,0 +1,75 @@
+import logging
+from fastapi import FastAPI
+from fastapi.openapi.utils import get_openapi
+
+from webapi.providers import common
+from webapi.providers import logger
+from webapi.providers import router
+from webapi.providers import database
+from webapi.providers import scheduler
+from webapi.providers import exception_handler
+from .freeleaps_app import FreeleapsApp
+
+
+def create_app() -> FastAPI:
+    logging.info("App initializing")
+
+    app = FreeleapsApp()
+
+    register(app, exception_handler)
+    register(app, database)
+    register(app, logger)
+    register(app, router)
+    register(app, scheduler)
+    register(app, common)
+
+    # Call the custom_openapi function to change the OpenAPI version
+    customize_openapi_security(app)
+    return app
+
+
+# This function overrides the OpenAPI schema version to 3.0.0
+def customize_openapi_security(app: FastAPI) -> None:
+
+    def custom_openapi():
+        if app.openapi_schema:
+            return app.openapi_schema
+
+        # Generate OpenAPI schema
+        openapi_schema = get_openapi(
+            title="FreeLeaps API",
+            version="3.1.0",
+            description="FreeLeaps API Documentation",
+            routes=app.routes,
+        )
+
+        # Ensure the components section exists in the OpenAPI schema
+        if "components" not in openapi_schema:
+            openapi_schema["components"] = {}
+
+        # Add security scheme to components
+        openapi_schema["components"]["securitySchemes"] = {
+            "bearerAuth": {
+                "type": "http",
+                "scheme": "bearer",
+                "bearerFormat": "JWT"
+            }
+        }
+
+        # Add security requirement globally
+        openapi_schema["security"] = [{"bearerAuth": []}]
+
+        app.openapi_schema = openapi_schema
+        return app.openapi_schema
+
+    app.openapi = custom_openapi
+
+
+def register(app, provider):
+    logging.info(provider.__name__ + " registering")
+    provider.register(app)
+
+
+def boot(app, provider):
+    logging.info(provider.__name__ + " booting")
+    provider.boot(app)
diff --git a/app/notification/webapi/bootstrap/freeleaps_app.py b/app/notification/webapi/bootstrap/freeleaps_app.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..496633a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/notification/webapi/bootstrap/freeleaps_app.py
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+from fastapi import FastAPI
+
+
+class FreeleapsApp(FastAPI):
+    def __init__(self, *args, **kwargs):
+        super().__init__(*args, **kwargs)
diff --git a/app/notification/webapi/config/site_settings.py b/app/notification/webapi/config/site_settings.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..43d05d6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/notification/webapi/config/site_settings.py
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+import os
+
+from pydantic_settings import BaseSettings
+
+
+class SiteSettings(BaseSettings):
+    NAME: str = "appname"
+    DEBUG: bool = True
+
+    ENV: str = "dev"
+
+    SERVER_HOST: str = "0.0.0.0"
+    SERVER_PORT: int = 8103
+
+    URL: str = "http://localhost"
+    TIME_ZONE: str = "UTC"
+
+    BASE_PATH: str = os.path.dirname(os.path.dirname((os.path.abspath(__file__))))
+
+    class Config:
+        env_file = ".devbase-webapi.env"
+        env_file_encoding = "utf-8"
+
+
+site_settings = SiteSettings()
diff --git a/app/notification/webapi/main.py b/app/notification/webapi/main.py
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..df0c604
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/notification/webapi/main.py
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+from webapi.bootstrap.application import create_app
+from webapi.config.site_settings import site_settings
+from fastapi.responses import RedirectResponse
+from fastapi.middleware.cors import CORSMiddleware
+from strawberry.fastapi import GraphQLRouter
+from strawberry.fastapi.handlers import GraphQLTransportWSHandler, GraphQLWSHandler
+import uvicorn
+from typing import Any
+
+
+app = create_app()
+
+@app.get("/", status_code=301)
+async def root():
+    """
+    TODO: redirect client to /doc#
+    """
+    return RedirectResponse("docs")
+
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    uvicorn.run(app="main:app", host=site_settings.SERVER_HOST, port=site_settings.SERVER_PORT)
+
+def get_context() -> Any:
+    # Define your context function. This is where you can set up authentication, database connections, etc.
+    return {}
+
+def get_root_value() -> Any:
+    # Define your root value function. This can be used to customize the root value for GraphQL operations.
+    return {}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/app/notification/webapi/providers/common.py b/app/notification/webapi/providers/common.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..1dd849f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/notification/webapi/providers/common.py
@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+from fastapi.middleware.cors import CORSMiddleware
+from webapi.config.site_settings import site_settings
+
+
+def register(app):
+    app.debug = site_settings.DEBUG
+    app.title = site_settings.NAME
+
+    add_global_middleware(app)
+
+    # This hook ensures that a connection is opened to handle any queries
+    # generated by the request.
+    @app.on_event("startup")
+    def startup():
+        pass
+
+    # This hook ensures that the connection is closed when we've finished
+    # processing the request.
+    @app.on_event("shutdown")
+    def shutdown():
+        pass
+
+
+def add_global_middleware(app):
+    app.add_middleware(
+        CORSMiddleware,
+        allow_origins=["*"],
+        allow_credentials=True,
+        allow_methods=["*"],
+        allow_headers=["*"],
+    )
diff --git a/app/notification/webapi/providers/database.py b/app/notification/webapi/providers/database.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..59ed3ab
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/notification/webapi/providers/database.py
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+from webapi.config.site_settings import site_settings
+from beanie import init_beanie
+from motor.motor_asyncio import AsyncIOMotorClient
+
+
+def register(app):
+    app.debug = site_settings.DEBUG
+    app.title = site_settings.NAME
+
+    @app.on_event("startup")
+    async def start_database():
+        await initiate_database()
+
+
+async def initiate_database():
+    #init your database here
+    pass
diff --git a/app/notification/webapi/providers/exception_handler.py b/app/notification/webapi/providers/exception_handler.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..21117a5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/notification/webapi/providers/exception_handler.py
@@ -0,0 +1,39 @@
+from fastapi import FastAPI, HTTPException
+from fastapi.exceptions import RequestValidationError
+from starlette.requests import Request
+from starlette.responses import JSONResponse
+from starlette.status import (
+    HTTP_400_BAD_REQUEST,
+    HTTP_401_UNAUTHORIZED,
+    HTTP_403_FORBIDDEN,
+    HTTP_404_NOT_FOUND,
+    HTTP_422_UNPROCESSABLE_ENTITY,
+    HTTP_500_INTERNAL_SERVER_ERROR,
+)
+
+
+async def custom_http_exception_handler(request: Request, exc: HTTPException):
+    return JSONResponse(
+        status_code=exc.status_code,
+        content={"error": exc.detail},
+    )
+
+
+
+async def validation_exception_handler(request: Request, exc: RequestValidationError):
+    return JSONResponse(
+        status_code=HTTP_400_BAD_REQUEST,
+        content={"error": str(exc)},
+    )
+
+async def exception_handler(request: Request, exc: Exception):
+    return JSONResponse(
+        status_code=HTTP_500_INTERNAL_SERVER_ERROR,
+        content={"error": str(exc)},
+    )
+
+
+def register(app: FastAPI):
+    app.add_exception_handler(HTTPException, custom_http_exception_handler)
+    app.add_exception_handler(RequestValidationError, validation_exception_handler)
+    app.add_exception_handler(Exception, exception_handler)
diff --git a/app/notification/webapi/providers/logger.py b/app/notification/webapi/providers/logger.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..4a3f1e7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/notification/webapi/providers/logger.py
@@ -0,0 +1,60 @@
+import logging
+import sys
+from loguru import logger
+from common.config.log_settings import log_settings
+
+
+def register(app=None):
+    level = log_settings.LOG_LEVEL
+    file_path = log_settings.LOG_PATH
+    retention = log_settings.LOG_RETENTION
+    rotation = log_settings.LOG_ROTATION
+
+    # intercept everything at the root logger
+    logging.root.handlers = [InterceptHandler()]
+    logging.root.setLevel(level)
+
+    # remove every other logger's handlers
+    # and propagate to root logger
+    for name in logging.root.manager.loggerDict.keys():
+        logging.getLogger(name).handlers = []
+        logging.getLogger(name).propagate = True
+
+    # configure loguru
+    logger.add(
+        sink=sys.stdout
+    )
+    logger.add(
+        sink=file_path,
+        level=level,
+        retention=retention,
+        rotation=rotation
+    )
+
+    logger.disable("pika.adapters")
+    logger.disable("pika.connection")
+    logger.disable("pika.channel")
+    logger.disable("pika.callback")
+    logger.disable("pika.frame")
+    logger.disable("pika.spec")
+    logger.disable("aiormq.connection")
+    logger.disable("urllib3.connectionpool")
+
+
+class InterceptHandler(logging.Handler):
+    def emit(self, record):
+        # Get corresponding Loguru level if it exists
+        try:
+            level = logger.level(record.levelname).name
+        except ValueError:
+            level = record.levelno
+
+        # Find caller from where originated the logged message
+        frame, depth = logging.currentframe(), 2
+        while frame.f_code.co_filename == logging.__file__:
+            frame = frame.f_back
+            depth += 1
+
+        logger.opt(depth=depth, exception=record.exc_info).log(
+            level, record.getMessage()
+        )
diff --git a/app/notification/webapi/providers/router.py b/app/notification/webapi/providers/router.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..3ad11ae
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/notification/webapi/providers/router.py
@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+from webapi.routes import api_router
+
+from starlette import routing
+
+
+def register(app):
+    app.include_router(
+        api_router,
+        prefix="/api",
+        tags=["api"],
+        dependencies=[],
+        responses={404: {"description": "no page found"}},
+    )
+
+    if app.debug:
+        for route in app.routes:
+            if not isinstance(route, routing.WebSocketRoute):
+                print(
+                    {
+                        "path": route.path,
+                        "endpoint": route.endpoint,
+                        "name": route.name,
+                        "methods": route.methods,
+                    }
+                )
+            else:
+                print(
+                    {
+                        "path": route.path,
+                        "endpoint": route.endpoint,
+                        "name": route.name,
+                        "type": "web socket route",
+                    }
+                )
diff --git a/app/notification/webapi/providers/scheduler.py b/app/notification/webapi/providers/scheduler.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..7ea8d6c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/notification/webapi/providers/scheduler.py
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+import asyncio
+
+
+def register(app):
+    @app.on_event("startup")
+    async def start_scheduler():
+        #create your scheduler here
+        pass
diff --git a/app/notification/webapi/routes/__init__.py b/app/notification/webapi/routes/__init__.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..3237813
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/notification/webapi/routes/__init__.py
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+from fastapi import APIRouter
+
+api_router = APIRouter()
+
+websocket_router = APIRouter()
diff --git a/app/notification/webapi/routes/api.py b/app/notification/webapi/routes/api.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..6545552
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/notification/webapi/routes/api.py
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+from fastapi.routing import APIRoute
+from starlette import routing
+
+
+def post_process_router(app) -> None:
+    """
+    Simplify operation IDs so that generated API clients have simpler function
+    names.
+
+    Should be called only after all routes have been added.
+    """
+    for route in app.routes:
+        if isinstance(route, APIRoute):
+            if hasattr(route, "operation_id"):
+                route.operation_id = route.name  # in this case, 'read_items'
diff --git a/sites/authentication/.env b/sites/authentication/.env
index d8a6620..4df0fdd 100644
--- a/sites/authentication/.env
+++ b/sites/authentication/.env
@@ -1 +1,2 @@
-export AZURE_STORAGE_DOCUMENT_API_KEY=xbiFtFeQ6v5dozgVM99fZ9huUomL7QcLu6s0y8zYHtIXZ8XdneKDMcg4liQr/9oNlVoRFcZhWjLY+ASt9cjICQ==
\ No newline at end of file
+export AZURE_STORAGE_DOCUMENT_API_KEY=xbiFtFeQ6v5dozgVM99fZ9huUomL7QcLu6s0y8zYHtIXZ8XdneKDMcg4liQr/9oNlVoRFcZhWjLY+ASt9cjICQ==
+export JWT_SECRET_KEY=ea84edf152976b2fcec12b78aa8e45bc26a5cf0ef61bf16f5c317ae33b3fd8b0
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/sites/central_storage/.env b/sites/central_storage/.env
index d8a6620..4df0fdd 100644
--- a/sites/central_storage/.env
+++ b/sites/central_storage/.env
@@ -1 +1,2 @@
-export AZURE_STORAGE_DOCUMENT_API_KEY=xbiFtFeQ6v5dozgVM99fZ9huUomL7QcLu6s0y8zYHtIXZ8XdneKDMcg4liQr/9oNlVoRFcZhWjLY+ASt9cjICQ==
\ No newline at end of file
+export AZURE_STORAGE_DOCUMENT_API_KEY=xbiFtFeQ6v5dozgVM99fZ9huUomL7QcLu6s0y8zYHtIXZ8XdneKDMcg4liQr/9oNlVoRFcZhWjLY+ASt9cjICQ==
+export JWT_SECRET_KEY=ea84edf152976b2fcec12b78aa8e45bc26a5cf0ef61bf16f5c317ae33b3fd8b0
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/sites/notification/.env b/sites/notification/.env
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..7a825c1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/sites/notification/.env
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+export SENDGRID_API_KEY='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'
+export EMAIL_FROM=freeleaps@freeleaps.com
+export TWILIO_ACCOUNT_SID=ACf8c9283a6acda060258eadb29be58bc8
+export TWILIO_AUTH_TOKEN=ef160748cc22c8b7195b49df4b8eca7e
+export JWT_SECRET_KEY=ea84edf152976b2fcec12b78aa8e45bc26a5cf0ef61bf16f5c317ae33b3fd8b0
\ No newline at end of file