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+/**
+ * agentify.help — standalone Express server
+ * Deployed on Fly.io (fra region), database on Fly.io Postgres.
+ * DNS: Bunny DNS → agentify.help
+ * Git: git.wellspr.ing/wellspring/agentify-help
+ */
+import express from "express";
+import { pool } from "./db.js";
+import { registerAgentifyHelpRoutes } from "./routes/agentify-help.js";
+import { registerAgentifyRoutes } from "./routes/agentify.js";
+import { registerStage5Routes } from "./routes/stage5.js";
+import { registerSkillsAgentifyHelpRoutes } from "./routes/skills.js";
+import { registerCorpusRoutes } from "./routes/corpus.js";
+import { registerCorpusGatherRoutes } from "./routes/corpus-gather.js";
+import { registerPersonaForgeRoutes, initPersonaForge } from "./routes/personaforge.js";
+import { registerStewardRoutes, initStewardDash } from "./routes/steward.js";
+
+const app = express();
+const PORT = parseInt(process.env.PORT || "3000");
+
+app.set("trust proxy", true);
+app.use(express.json({ limit: "10mb" }));
+app.use(express.urlencoded({ extended: true, limit: "10mb" }));
+
+app.get("/health", (_req, res) => {
+  res.json({ ok: true, app: "agentify-help", ts: new Date().toISOString() });
+});
+
+registerAgentifyHelpRoutes(app);
+registerAgentifyRoutes(app);
+registerStage5Routes(app);
+registerSkillsAgentifyHelpRoutes(app);
+registerCorpusRoutes(app);
+registerCorpusGatherRoutes(app);
+
+async function start() {
+  try {
+    await pool.query("SELECT 1");
+    console.log("[db] pool connected");
+  } catch (e: any) {
+    console.error("[db] connection failed:", e.message);
+    process.exit(1);
+  }
+
+  await initPersonaForge().catch((e: any) => console.error("[personaforge] init:", e.message));
+  await initStewardDash().catch((e: any) => console.error("[steward] init:", e.message));
+
+  await registerPersonaForgeRoutes(app).catch((e: any) =>
+    console.error("[personaforge] routes:", e.message)
+  );
+  registerStewardRoutes(app);
+
+  app.listen(PORT, "0.0.0.0", () => {
+    console.log(`[agentify-help] listening on :${PORT}`);
+  });
+}
+
+start().catch((err) => {
+  console.error("Fatal startup error:", err);
+  process.exit(1);
+});