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+FROM python:3.10-slim
+
+WORKDIR /code
+
+# Install system dependencies
+RUN apt-get update && apt-get install -y \
+    gcc \
+    g++ \
+    git \
+    wget \
+    && rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/*
+
+# Set environment variables
+ENV TRANSFORMERS_CACHE=/code/cache
+ENV HF_HOME=/code/cache
+ENV TOKENIZERS_PARALLELISM=false
+
+# Copy requirements first for better caching
+COPY requirements.txt /code/requirements.txt
+
+# Install Python dependencies
+RUN pip install --no-cache-dir --upgrade pip
+RUN pip install --no-cache-dir --upgrade -r /code/requirements.txt
+
+# Download models at build time to avoid runtime delays
+RUN python -c "from sentence_transformers import SentenceTransformer; SentenceTransformer('sentence-transformers/all-MiniLM-L6-v2')"
+
+# Copy the application code
+COPY . /code
+
+# Create cache directory
+RUN mkdir -p /code/cache
+
+# Expose port 7860 for Hugging Face Spaces
+EXPOSE 7860
+
+# Run the application
+CMD ["python", "app.py"]