diff --git a/config/env/dev.env.example b/config/env/dev.env.example
index b8e195cf..7960c654 100644
--- a/config/env/dev.env.example
+++ b/config/env/dev.env.example
@@ -10,13 +10,14 @@ SQL_PASSWORD=balancer
 
 # Connection Type Examples:
 # 
-# CloudNativePG (Kubernetes service within cluster):
-#   SQL_HOST=balancer-postgres-rw
-#   SQL_HOST=balancer-postgres-rw.balancer.svc.cluster.local
+# CloudNativePG (primary — Philthy Civic Cloud shared cluster):
+#   SQL_HOST=shared-cluster-rw.cloudnative-pg.svc.cluster.local
+#   SQL_DATABASE=balancer
 #   (SSL typically not required within cluster)
 #
-# AWS RDS (External database):
+# AWS RDS (legacy — for migration contexts):
 #   SQL_HOST=balancer-db.xxxxx.us-east-1.rds.amazonaws.com
+#   SQL_DATABASE=balancer_dev
 #   (SSL typically required - set SQL_SSL_MODE if needed)
 #
 # Local development:
diff --git a/deploy/manifests/balancer/base/secret.template.yaml b/deploy/manifests/balancer/base/secret.template.yaml
index e003a6ce..42b86d9a 100644
--- a/deploy/manifests/balancer/base/secret.template.yaml
+++ b/deploy/manifests/balancer/base/secret.template.yaml
@@ -6,6 +6,9 @@
 # repository. Secrets should be created in each target cluster using cluster-specific
 # tools (e.g., SealedSecrets in the cfp-sandbox-cluster).
 #
+# CloudNativePG is the primary database target (Philthy Civic Cloud shared cluster).
+# AWS RDS was used previously and may still be referenced for migration contexts.
+#
 apiVersion: v1
 kind: Secret
 metadata:
@@ -20,8 +23,10 @@ stringData:
   REACT_APP_API_BASE_URL: https://balancer.sandbox.k8s.phl.io/
   SECRET_KEY: randomly_generated_key_ere
   SQL_ENGINE: django.db.backends.postgresql
-  SQL_HOST: sql_host_here
+  # CloudNativePG (primary): shared-cluster-rw.cloudnative-pg.svc.cluster.local
+  # AWS RDS (legacy):        balancer-db.xxxxx.us-east-1.rds.amazonaws.com
+  SQL_HOST: shared-cluster-rw.cloudnative-pg.svc.cluster.local
   SQL_PORT: '5432'
-  SQL_DATABASE: balancer_dev
+  SQL_DATABASE: balancer
   SQL_USER: balancer
   SQL_PASSWORD: sql_password_here
diff --git a/server/api/views/assistant/eval_assistant.py b/server/api/views/assistant/eval_assistant.py
index b44a2174..7584ae18 100644
--- a/server/api/views/assistant/eval_assistant.py
+++ b/server/api/views/assistant/eval_assistant.py
@@ -33,11 +33,9 @@
 import django
 django.setup()
 
-from django.contrib.auth import get_user_model
+from django.contrib.auth import get_user_model  # noqa: E402
 
-from api.views.assistant.assistant_services import run_assistant
-# TODO: remove unused import or use INSTRUCTIONS to record an instructions_hash column
-from api.views.assistant.assistant_prompts import INSTRUCTIONS
+from api.views.assistant.assistant_services import run_assistant  # noqa: E402
 
 logging.basicConfig(level=logging.INFO, format="%(asctime)s - %(levelname)s - %(message)s")
 logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
diff --git a/server/balancer_backend/urls.py b/server/balancer_backend/urls.py
index 55bd2032..999dee48 100644
--- a/server/balancer_backend/urls.py
+++ b/server/balancer_backend/urls.py
@@ -6,6 +6,9 @@
 # Import TemplateView for rendering templates
 from django.views.generic import TemplateView
 import importlib  # Import the importlib module for dynamic module importing
+import os
+from django.conf import settings
+from django.http import HttpResponseNotFound
 from drf_spectacular.views import SpectacularAPIView, SpectacularSwaggerView, SpectacularRedocView
 
 
@@ -58,10 +61,6 @@
     path("api/redoc/", SpectacularRedocView.as_view(url_name="schema"), name="redoc"),
 ]
 
-import os
-from django.conf import settings
-from django.http import HttpResponseNotFound
-
 
 def spa_fallback(request):
     """Serve index.html for SPA routing when build is present; otherwise 404."""