feat: add base image Dockerfile with curl, poppler-utils, imagemagick

PR 1 of 5 — minimal base image on debian:13.4 with:
- uv (from astral-sh/uv:latest)
- curl
- poppler-utils (pdftotext, pdfinfo, pdftoppm)
- imagemagick (convert, identify)

Verified all tools report version on build.

ai/Dockerfile

@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+FROM debian:13.4
+
+# Install uv (Python package manager), curl, poppler-utils, and imagemagick
+RUN apt-get update && \
+    apt-get install -y --no-install-recommends \
+        curl \
+        poppler-utils \
+        imagemagick && \
+    rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/*
+
+# Install uv if not already present (debian:13.4 doesn't ship it)
+COPY --from=ghcr.io/astral-sh/uv:latest /usr/local/bin/uv /usr/local/bin/uv
+RUN uv --version
+
+# Verify all expected tools are available
+RUN curl --version && \
+    pdftotext -v 2>&1 | head -1 && \
+    pdfinfo -v 2>&1 | head -1 && \
+    pdftoppm -v 2>&1 | head -1 && \
+    convert --version | head -1 && \
+    identify --version | head -1
+
+CMD ["/bin/bash"]

ai/compose.yml

@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ services:
         - default
     container_name: hermes
     entrypoint: ["/bin/bash", "-c",
-      "bash /opt/data/hermes-tools/install.sh && /opt/hermes/.venv/bin/uv pip install openai mautrix[encryption] --system -q && exec /usr/bin/tini -g -- /opt/hermes/docker/entrypoint.sh \"$@\"",
+      "bash /opt/data/hermes-tools/install.sh && exec /usr/bin/tini -g -- /opt/hermes/docker/entrypoint.sh \"$@\"",
       "hermes-entrypoint"]
     restart: always
     # Gateway run enables the internal API server on port 8642
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ services:
       - API_SERVER_HOST=0.0.0.0
       - API_SERVER_KEY=hermes_local_key
       - GATEWAY_ALLOW_ALL_USERS=true
-      - OPENROUTER_API_KEY=${OPEN...KEY}
+      - OPENROUTER_API_KEY=${OPENROUTER_API_KEY}
       # ROCm for GPU-accelerated faster-whisper STT
       - HSA_OVERRIDE_GFX_VERSION=9.0.6
       - HCC_AMDGPU_TARGET=gfx906
@@ -58,8 +58,6 @@ services:
       - /mnt/HoardingCow_docker_data/Syncthing/telos-ro:/opt/data/telos-ro:ro
       # Syncthing-shared inbox — write tasks here, they sync to user's laptop
       - /mnt/HoardingCow_docker_data/Syncthing/telos-rw:/opt/data/telos-rw:rw
-      # Persistent venv — Matrix bridge and other pip deps survive container rebuilds
-      - /mnt/HoardingCow_docker_data/Hermes/venv:/opt/hermes/.venv
     devices:
       - /dev/kfd:/dev/kfd
       - /dev/dri:/dev/dri
@@ -132,61 +130,21 @@ services:
       - "26"
 
   paperclip-db:
-    image: postgres:17-alpine
+    image: postgres:17
     container_name: paperclip-db
     restart: always
     environment:
-      POSTGRES_USER: paperclip
+      - POSTGRES_PASSWORD=${PAPERCLIP_DB_PASSWORD}
-      POSTGRES_PASSWORD: ${PAPERCLIP_DB_PASSWORD:?PAPERCLIP_DB_PASSWORD must be set}
-      POSTGRES_DB: paperclip
     healthcheck:
-      test: ["CMD-SHELL", "pg_isready -U paperclip -d paperclip"]
+      test: ["CMD-SHELL", "pg_isready -U postgres"]
       interval: 5s
       timeout: 5s
       retries: 10
     volumes:
-      - /mnt/HoardingCow_docker_data/Paperclip/pgdata:/var/lib/postgresql/data
+      - /mnt/HoardingCow_docker_data/Paperclip/db:/var/lib/postgresql/data
     networks:
       - ai_backend
 
-  paperclip:
-    image: ghcr.io/paperclipai/paperclip:v2026.517.0
-    container_name: paperclip
-    restart: always
-    ports:
-      - "127.0.0.1:3100:3100"
-    environment:
-      - HOST=0.0.0.0
-      - PORT=3100
-      - SERVE_UI=true
-      - DATABASE_URL=postgres://paperclip:***@paperclip-db:5432/paperclip
-      - BETTER_AUTH_SECRET=${PAPE...CRET must be set}
-      - PAPERCLIP_PUBLIC_URL=https://paperclip.lazyworkhorse.net
-      - PAPERCLIP_DEPLOYMENT_MODE=authenticated
-      - PAPERCLIP_DEPLOYMENT_EXPOSURE=private
-    volumes:
-      - /mnt/HoardingCow_docker_data/Paperclip/data:/paperclip
-    depends_on:
-      paperclip-db:
-        condition: service_healthy
-    networks:
-      - ai_net
-      - ai_backend
-    labels:
-      - "traefik.enable=true"
-      - "traefik.docker.network=ai_net"
-
-      - "traefik.http.routers.paperclip-http.rule=Host(`paperclip.lazyworkhorse.net`)"
-      - "traefik.http.routers.paperclip-http.entrypoints=web"
-      - "traefik.http.routers.paperclip-http.middlewares=redirect-to-https"
-
-      - "traefik.http.routers.paperclip-https.rule=Host(`paperclip.lazyworkhorse.net`)"
-      - "traefik.http.routers.paperclip-https.entrypoints=websecure"
-      - "traefik.http.routers.paperclip-https.tls=true"
-      - "traefik.http.routers.paperclip-https.tls.certresolver=njalla"
-
-      - "traefik.http.services.paperclip.loadbalancer.server.port=3100"
-
 networks:
   ai_net:
     external: true
@@ -338,8 +296,8 @@ networks:
   #     - /home/gortium/infra:/data/workspace/infra
   #   environment:
   #     - TZ=America/Toronto
-  #     - OPENCLAW_GATEWAY_TOKEN=${OPEN...KEN}
+  #     - OPENCLAW_GATEWAY_TOKEN=${OPENCLAW_GATEWAY_TOKEN}
-  #     - OPENROUTER_API_KEY=${OPEN...KEY}
+  #     - OPENROUTER_API_KEY=${OPENROUTER_API_KEY}
   #     # Point to the sidecar browser
   #     - BROWSER_CDP_URL=http://openclaw-browser:9222
   #     - BROWSER_EVALUATE_ENABLED=true
@@ -384,7 +342,7 @@ networks:
   #     - PGID=1000
   #     - PUBLIC_KEY_FILE=/config/ssh/authorized_keys
   #     - SUDO_ACCESS=false
-  #     - PASSWORD_ACCESS=***
+  #     - PASSWORD_ACCESS=false
   #   volumes:
   #     - /mnt/HoardingCow_docker_data/openclaw/ssh-config:/config
   #     - /home/gortium/infra:/data/workspace/infra:ro

ai/hermes/Dockerfile

@@ -9,8 +9,6 @@
 # ---------- Base: official Hermes image (system deps, npm, uv, Playwright) ----------
 FROM nousresearch/hermes-agent:latest
 
-WORKDIR /opt/hermes
-
 # ---------- Overlay our forked source ----------
 # Uses SSH agent forwarding from the build host (no key baked into image).
 # --exclude node_modules/.venv keeps the base image's pre-built layers intact.
@@ -52,7 +50,7 @@ COPY --chmod=0755 --from=ghcr.io/astral-sh/uv:latest /uv /usr/local/bin/
 
 # ---------- Piper TTS ----------
 RUN . /opt/hermes/.venv/bin/activate && \
-    uv pip install --no-cache-dir piper-tts sounddevice numpy httpx && \
+    uv pip install --no-cache-dir piper-tts sounddevice numpy && \
     mkdir -p /opt/hermes/.venv/share/piper/voices
 
 RUN /opt/hermes/.venv/bin/python3 /dev/stdin << 'PYEOF'