diff --git a/.erdconfig b/.erdconfig
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..35a3644
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.erdconfig
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+attributes:
+  - content
+filename: erd
+filetype: pdf
+indirect: true
+title: Northwhale ERD
+markup: true
diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index bdce412..06d41c8 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -37,3 +37,6 @@ yarn-debug.log*
 
 # Ignore environment variables file
 /.env
+
+# ignore ERD pdf
+/erd.pdf
diff --git a/Gemfile b/Gemfile
index e907b83..93cf39e 100644
--- a/Gemfile
+++ b/Gemfile
@@ -81,6 +81,8 @@ group :development do
   gem 'solargraph'
   # Use Pry as your rails console
   gem 'pry-rails', '~> 0.3.9'
+  # Automatically generate an entity-relationship diagram (ERD) for your Rails models.
+  gem 'rails-erd'
 end
 
 group :test do
diff --git a/Gemfile.lock b/Gemfile.lock
index 83065fc..0a03c7e 100644
--- a/Gemfile.lock
+++ b/Gemfile.lock
@@ -90,6 +90,7 @@ GEM
       regexp_parser (>= 1.5, < 3.0)
       xpath (~> 3.2)
     childprocess (3.0.0)
+    choice (0.2.0)
     coderay (1.1.3)
     concurrent-ruby (1.1.8)
     connection_pool (2.2.5)
@@ -223,6 +224,11 @@ GEM
     rails-dom-testing (2.0.3)
       activesupport (>= 4.2.0)
       nokogiri (>= 1.6)
+    rails-erd (1.6.1)
+      activerecord (>= 4.2)
+      activesupport (>= 4.2)
+      choice (~> 0.2.0)
+      ruby-graphviz (~> 1.2)
     rails-html-sanitizer (1.3.0)
       loofah (~> 2.3)
     rails-i18n (6.0.0)
@@ -285,6 +291,8 @@ GEM
       activesupport (>= 4.2.0)
       rack (>= 1.1)
       rubocop (>= 0.90.0, < 2.0)
+    ruby-graphviz (1.2.5)
+      rexml
     ruby-progressbar (1.11.0)
     ruby2_keywords (0.0.4)
     rubyzip (2.3.0)
@@ -403,6 +411,7 @@ DEPENDENCIES
   puma (~> 5.0)
   rack-mini-profiler (~> 2.0)
   rails (~> 6.1.3, >= 6.1.3.1)
+  rails-erd
   rails-i18n (~> 6.0.0)
   rbattlenet (~> 2.2.4)!
   redis (~> 4.2.5)