diff --git a/backend/Gemfile b/backend/Gemfile
index 3d823f0..9bac9c1 100644
--- a/backend/Gemfile
+++ b/backend/Gemfile
@@ -134,6 +134,9 @@ group :development do
 
   # Speed up commands on slow machines / big apps [https://github.com/rails/spring]
   gem "spring"
+
+  # Annotate Rails classes with schema and routes info
+  gem "annotate"
 end
 
 group :test do
diff --git a/backend/Gemfile.lock b/backend/Gemfile.lock
index 3417b9a..ef4eeed 100644
--- a/backend/Gemfile.lock
+++ b/backend/Gemfile.lock
@@ -106,6 +106,9 @@ GEM
       kaminari (~> 1.2.2)
       sassc-rails (~> 2.1)
       selectize-rails (~> 0.6)
+    annotate (3.2.0)
+      activerecord (>= 3.2, < 8.0)
+      rake (>= 10.4, < 14.0)
     ast (2.4.2)
     base64 (0.1.1)
     bcrypt (3.1.20)
@@ -573,6 +576,7 @@ DEPENDENCIES
   active_model_serializers
   acts_as_paranoid
   administrate
+  annotate
   bootsnap
   brakeman
   bullet
diff --git a/backend/app/models/user.rb b/backend/app/models/user.rb
index 1ebe037..44ac7d4 100644
--- a/backend/app/models/user.rb
+++ b/backend/app/models/user.rb
@@ -1,5 +1,28 @@
 # frozen_string_literal: true
 
+# == Schema Information
+#
+# Table name: users
+#
+#  id                     :bigint           not null, primary key
+#  admin                  :boolean          default(FALSE), not null
+#  deleted_at             :datetime
+#  email                  :string           default(""), not null
+#  encrypted_password     :string           default(""), not null
+#  oauth_provider         :string
+#  oauth_uid              :string
+#  remember_created_at    :datetime
+#  reset_password_sent_at :datetime
+#  reset_password_token   :string
+#  created_at             :datetime         not null
+#  updated_at             :datetime         not null
+#
+# Indexes
+#
+#  index_users_on_deleted_at            (deleted_at)
+#  index_users_on_email                 (email) UNIQUE
+#  index_users_on_reset_password_token  (reset_password_token) UNIQUE
+#
 class User < ApplicationRecord
   update_index("users") { self }
 
diff --git a/backend/config/initializers/devise.rb b/backend/config/initializers/devise.rb
index ad223dc..dff7449 100644
--- a/backend/config/initializers/devise.rb
+++ b/backend/config/initializers/devise.rb
@@ -311,7 +311,9 @@
 # To avoid DEPRECATION WARNING: `application.secrets` is deprecated in favor of `Rails.application.credentials`
 # and will be removed in Rails 7.2.
 module Devise
+  # :reek:InstanceVariableAssumption
   class SecretKeyFinder
+    # :reek:UtilityFunction and :reek:InstanceVariableAssumption
     def find
       @application.secret_key_base
     end
diff --git a/backend/lib/tasks/auto_annotate_models.rake b/backend/lib/tasks/auto_annotate_models.rake
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..6946705
--- /dev/null
+++ b/backend/lib/tasks/auto_annotate_models.rake
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+# frozen_string_literal: true
+
+# NOTE: only doing this in development as some production environments (Heroku)
+# NOTE: are sensitive to local FS writes, and besides -- it's just not proper
+# NOTE: to have a dev-mode tool do its thing in production.
+if Rails.env.development?
+  require "annotate"
+  # rubocop:disable Metrics/BlockLength
+  task set_annotation_options: :environment do
+    # You can override any of these by setting an environment variable of the
+    # same name.
+    Annotate.set_defaults(
+      "active_admin" => "false",
+      "additional_file_patterns" => [],
+      "routes" => "false",
+      "models" => "true",
+      "position_in_routes" => "before",
+      "position_in_class" => "before",
+      "position_in_test" => "before",
+      "position_in_fixture" => "before",
+      "position_in_factory" => "before",
+      "position_in_serializer" => "before",
+      "show_foreign_keys" => "true",
+      "show_complete_foreign_keys" => "false",
+      "show_indexes" => "true",
+      "simple_indexes" => "false",
+      "model_dir" => "app/models",
+      "root_dir" => "",
+      "include_version" => "false",
+      "require" => "",
+      "exclude_tests" => "true",
+      "exclude_fixtures" => "true",
+      "exclude_factories" => "false",
+      "exclude_serializers" => "true",
+      "exclude_scaffolds" => "true",
+      "exclude_controllers" => "true",
+      "exclude_helpers" => "true",
+      "exclude_sti_subclasses" => "false",
+      "ignore_model_sub_dir" => "false",
+      "ignore_columns" => nil,
+      "ignore_routes" => nil,
+      "ignore_unknown_models" => "false",
+      "hide_limit_column_types" => "integer,bigint,boolean",
+      "hide_default_column_types" => "json,jsonb,hstore",
+      "skip_on_db_migrate" => "false",
+      "format_bare" => "true",
+      "format_rdoc" => "false",
+      "format_yard" => "false",
+      "format_markdown" => "false",
+      "sort" => "false",
+      "force" => "false",
+      "frozen" => "false",
+      "classified_sort" => "true",
+      "trace" => "false",
+      "wrapper_open" => nil,
+      "wrapper_close" => nil,
+      "with_comment" => "true"
+    )
+  end
+  # rubocop:enable Metrics/BlockLength
+
+  Annotate.load_tasks
+end
diff --git a/backend/packs/demo_pack/app/demo_pack/controllers/hello_world_controller.rb b/backend/packs/demo_pack/app/demo_pack/controllers/hello_world_controller.rb
index 071ea04..ce14da5 100644
--- a/backend/packs/demo_pack/app/demo_pack/controllers/hello_world_controller.rb
+++ b/backend/packs/demo_pack/app/demo_pack/controllers/hello_world_controller.rb
@@ -15,8 +15,8 @@ def private_method
 
       def search
         query = search_params[:query]
-        @users = UsersIndex.query(query_string: { fields: [:email], query: query, default_operator: "and" })
-        render json: @users.objects.to_json, status: :ok
+        users = UsersIndex.query(query_string: { fields: [:email], query: query, default_operator: "and" })
+        render json: users.objects.to_json, status: :ok
       end
 
       private
diff --git a/backend/packs/oauth/app/oauth/actors/find_or_create_user.rb b/backend/packs/oauth/app/oauth/actors/find_or_create_user.rb
index 8b505df..1ee7d3d 100644
--- a/backend/packs/oauth/app/oauth/actors/find_or_create_user.rb
+++ b/backend/packs/oauth/app/oauth/actors/find_or_create_user.rb
@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@ def find_or_create_with_oauth_provider(auth)
         end
       end
 
+      # :reek:UtilityFunction
       def strava_generated_email(oauth_provider)
         "#{oauth_provider.uid}@strava_unknown_email.com"
       end
diff --git a/backend/spec/factories/users.rb b/backend/spec/factories/users.rb
index f2f70b1..1a75b0d 100644
--- a/backend/spec/factories/users.rb
+++ b/backend/spec/factories/users.rb
@@ -1,5 +1,28 @@
 # frozen_string_literal: true
 
+# == Schema Information
+#
+# Table name: users
+#
+#  id                     :bigint           not null, primary key
+#  admin                  :boolean          default(FALSE), not null
+#  deleted_at             :datetime
+#  email                  :string           default(""), not null
+#  encrypted_password     :string           default(""), not null
+#  oauth_provider         :string
+#  oauth_uid              :string
+#  remember_created_at    :datetime
+#  reset_password_sent_at :datetime
+#  reset_password_token   :string
+#  created_at             :datetime         not null
+#  updated_at             :datetime         not null
+#
+# Indexes
+#
+#  index_users_on_deleted_at            (deleted_at)
+#  index_users_on_email                 (email) UNIQUE
+#  index_users_on_reset_password_token  (reset_password_token) UNIQUE
+#
 FactoryBot.define do
   factory :user do
     sequence(:email) { |n| "user#{n}@email.com" }
diff --git a/backend/spec/support/devise.rb b/backend/spec/support/devise.rb
index f8e7fb1..b16551c 100644
--- a/backend/spec/support/devise.rb
+++ b/backend/spec/support/devise.rb
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 # frozen_string_literal: true
 
 module Devise
+  # :reek:UtilityFunction
   def auth_headers_for(user)
     Devise::Api::TokensService::Create.new(resource_owner: user).call
     token = Devise::Api::Token.find_by(resource_owner_id: user).access_token