diff --git a/justfile b/justfile
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+++ b/justfile
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+set shell := ["bash", "-c"]
+
+default: run
+
+[private]
+_ensure_tools:
+    @mise trust --yes . 2>/dev/null; mise install --quiet
+
+# Run the AI bot
+run *args: _ensure_tools
+    @uv run ai_bot.py {{args}}
+
+# Run all checks (fmt, lint)
+check: fmt-check lint
+
+# Format code
+fmt: _ensure_tools
+    @uv run ruff format .
+
+# Check formatting without changing files
+fmt-check: _ensure_tools
+    @uv run ruff format --check .
+
+# Lint
+lint: _ensure_tools
+    @uv run ruff check .
diff --git a/mise.toml b/mise.toml
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+[tools]
+python = "3.14"
+uv = "latest"
+just = "latest"
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
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+[project]
+name = "donglora-ai-bot"
+version = "0.1.0"
+description = "MeshCore AI chatbot — default mesh name 'Orac'"
+license = "MIT"
+requires-python = ">=3.10"
+authors = [{ name = "Stephen Waits" }]
+dependencies = [
+    "donglora-python",
+    "anthropic",
+    "cobs",
+    "pyserial",
+    "pycryptodome",
+    "pynacl",
+]
+
+[dependency-groups]
+dev = ["ruff"]
+
+[tool.uv]
+package = false