diff --git a/.claude/settings.local.json b/.claude/settings.local.json
index d09ec082..fcd8bc4a 100644
--- a/.claude/settings.local.json
+++ b/.claude/settings.local.json
@@ -30,7 +30,9 @@
       "Bash(git *)",
       "Bash(dir C:\\\\Proyectos\\\\SistemaEducativoLaravel\\\\public *)",
       "Bash(findstr \"APP_URL\" \"C:\\\\Proyectos\\\\SistemaEducativoLaravel\\\\.env.example\")",
-      "Bash(findstr \"APP_URL\" \"C:\\\\Proyectos\\\\SistemaEducativoLaravel\\\\.env\")"
+      "Bash(findstr \"APP_URL\" \"C:\\\\Proyectos\\\\SistemaEducativoLaravel\\\\.env\")",
+      "Bash(Select-Object -First 50)",
+      "PowerShell(git *)"
     ]
   }
 }
diff --git a/.cpanel.yml b/.cpanel.yml
index e7e30139..9f9ce86b 100644
--- a/.cpanel.yml
+++ b/.cpanel.yml
@@ -1,8 +1,24 @@
 deployment:
   tasks:
-    - export DEPLOYPATH=/home/inventario/public_html
+    - export DEPLOYPATH=/home/inventario
 
-    - /bin/cp -R public/build $DEPLOYPATH
-    - /bin/cp -R public/assets $DEPLOYPATH
+    # Sync application files to home directory (one level above public_html)
+    - /bin/rsync -az --exclude='.git' --exclude='node_modules' --exclude='.env' --exclude='public' . $DEPLOYPATH/
 
-    - /opt/cpanel/ea-php83/root/usr/bin/php artisan optimize
+    # Sync public directory to public_html, preserving storage symlink
+    - /bin/rsync -az --delete --exclude='storage' public/ $DEPLOYPATH/public_html/
+
+    # Install PHP dependencies
+    - /opt/cpanel/ea-php83/root/usr/bin/php /usr/local/bin/composer install --no-dev --optimize-autoloader --no-interaction --working-dir=$DEPLOYPATH
+
+    # Set writable permissions for Laravel
+    - /bin/chmod -R 755 $DEPLOYPATH/storage
+    - /bin/chmod -R 755 $DEPLOYPATH/bootstrap/cache
+
+    # Create storage symlink (public_html/storage -> storage/app/public)
+    - /bin/ln -sfn $DEPLOYPATH/storage/app/public $DEPLOYPATH/public_html/storage
+
+    # Rebuild Laravel caches
+    - /opt/cpanel/ea-php83/root/usr/bin/php $DEPLOYPATH/artisan optimize:clear
+    - /opt/cpanel/ea-php83/root/usr/bin/php $DEPLOYPATH/artisan optimize
+    - /opt/cpanel/ea-php83/root/usr/bin/php $DEPLOYPATH/artisan migrate --force
diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 3e955473..e5ace9df 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,8 +1,14 @@
-*.log
-.DS_Store
+# Composer dependencies (se instalan en el servidor con composer install)
+/vendor/
+
+# Environment & secrets
 .env
 .env.backup
 .env.production
+
+# IDE & editor files
+.DS_Store
+Thumbs.db
 .phpactor.json
 .phpunit.result.cache
 /.fleet
@@ -11,32 +17,31 @@
 /.phpunit.cache
 /.vscode
 /.zed
-/auth.json
 /.claude
+/auth.json
+
+# Laravel local dev
 /node_modules
 /public/hot
 /public/storage
 /storage/*.key
 /storage/pail
-
 Homestead.json
 Homestead.yaml
-Thumbs.db
 
-
-# Laravel storage
-/storage/*.key
+# Laravel storage (content generated at runtime)
 /storage/app/*
 !/storage/app/public
-
 /storage/app/public/*
 !/storage/app/public/.gitignore
-
 /storage/framework/*
 /storage/logs/*
 
 # Livewire temp
 /storage/app/private/livewire-tmp
 
-# Archivos subidos
+# Uploaded files
 /storage/app/public/documentos
+
+# Logs
+*.log