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-FROM python:3.11-slim
-
-WORKDIR /app
-ENV PYTHONDONTWRITEBYTECODE=1 \
-    PYTHONUNBUFFERED=1
-
-# deps first
-COPY requirements.txt .
-RUN pip install --no-cache-dir -r requirements.txt
-
-# app code
-COPY . /app
-
-# runtime dirs + seed default config path (actual seeding done in entrypoint)
-RUN mkdir -p /config /data
-
-# runtime env defaults (can be overridden by compose/env)
-ENV SHAI_CONFIG=/config/settings.conf \
-    SHAI_DATA=/data/data.json
-
-# small, explicit entrypoint
-COPY docker-entrypoint.sh /usr/local/bin/entrypoint
-RUN chmod +x /usr/local/bin/entrypoint
-
-ENTRYPOINT ["entrypoint"]
-CMD ["python","-u","/app/bot.py"]