Copy the environment variables (and fill them out): cp .env.example .env
Try running some of the following tasks:
npx hardhat accounts # or the shorthand via `hh accounts`
npx hardhat compile
npx hardhat clean
npx hardhat test
npx hardhat help
We use Ignition for contract deployments.
hh node # start a local node
hh ignition deploy ./ignition/modules/Latent.ts --network localhost