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+# Multi-stage build for chatsbt application
+FROM denoland/deno:alpine AS frontend-builder
+
+# Set working directory for frontend build
+WORKDIR /app/frontend
+
+# Copy frontend package files
+COPY frontend/package.json frontend/deno.lock ./
+
+# Install dependencies with script permissions
+RUN deno install --allow-scripts
+
+# Copy frontend source code
+COPY frontend/ ./
+
+# Build the frontend
+RUN deno run build
+
+# Backend stage
+FROM python:3.11-slim AS backend-builder
+
+# Install uv
+COPY --from=ghcr.io/astral-sh/uv:latest /uv /uvx /bin/
+
+# Set working directory
+WORKDIR /app
+
+# Copy Python project files
+COPY pyproject.toml uv.lock ./
+
+# Install Python dependencies
+RUN uv sync --frozen --no-dev
+
+# Copy backend source code
+COPY app.py chatgraph.py controllers.py ./
+
+# Final stage
+FROM python:3.11-slim
+
+# Install uv in final stage
+COPY --from=ghcr.io/astral-sh/uv:latest /uv /uvx /bin/
+
+# Set working directory
+WORKDIR /app
+
+# Copy backend dependencies and source
+#COPY --from=backend-builder /app/.venv ./.venv
+COPY --from=backend-builder /app/app.py /app/chatgraph.py /app/controllers.py ./
+
+# Copy built frontend
+COPY --from=frontend-builder /app/frontend/dist ./frontend/dist
+
+# Make sure the virtual environment is activated
+#ENV PATH="/app/.venv/bin:$PATH"
+
+# Expose port
+EXPOSE 8000
+
+# Health check
+HEALTHCHECK --interval=30s --timeout=30s --start-period=5s --retries=3 \
+  CMD python -c "import requests; requests.get('http://localhost:8000/health', timeout=10)"
+
+# Run the application
+CMD ["uv", "run", "app.py"]