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

@@ -31,6 +31,9 @@ services:
       ssh:
         - default
     container_name: hermes
+    entrypoint: ["/bin/bash", "-c",
+      "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
     command: gateway run
@@ -51,6 +54,10 @@ services:
       - TZ=America/Montreal
     volumes:
       - /mnt/HoardingCow_docker_data/Hermes/data:/opt/data
+      # Syncthing-shared org files — read-only view of user's agenda
+      - /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
     devices:
       - /dev/kfd:/dev/kfd
       - /dev/dri:/dev/dri
@@ -60,6 +67,35 @@ services:
     networks:
       - ai_backend
 
+  syncthing:
+    image: syncthing/syncthing:latest
+    container_name: syncthing
+    hostname: syncthing
+    restart: always
+    ports:
+      - "8384:8384"
+      - "22000:22000"
+      - "21027:21027/udp"
+    environment:
+      - TZ=America/Montreal
+    volumes:
+      - /mnt/HoardingCow_docker_data/Syncthing/config:/var/syncthing/config
+      - /mnt/HoardingCow_docker_data/Syncthing/telos-ro:/telos-ro
+      - /mnt/HoardingCow_docker_data/Syncthing/telos-rw:/telos-rw
+    networks:
+      - ai_backend
+      - ai_net
+    labels:
+      - "traefik.enable=true"
+      - "traefik.http.routers.syncthing-http.rule=Host(`syncthing.lazyworkhorse.net`)"
+      - "traefik.http.routers.syncthing-http.entrypoints=web"
+      - "traefik.http.routers.syncthing-http.middlewares=redirect-to-https"
+      - "traefik.http.routers.syncthing-https.rule=Host(`syncthing.lazyworkhorse.net`)"
+      - "traefik.http.routers.syncthing-https.entrypoints=websecure"
+      - "traefik.http.routers.syncthing-https.tls=true"
+      - "traefik.http.routers.syncthing-https.tls.certresolver=njalla"
+      - "traefik.http.services.syncthing.loadbalancer.server.port=8384"
+
   ollama:
     build:
       context: ./ollama
@@ -93,6 +129,22 @@ services:
       - "303"
       - "26"
 
+  paperclip-db:
+    image: postgres:17
+    container_name: paperclip-db
+    restart: always
+    environment:
+      - POSTGRES_PASSWORD=${PAPERCLIP_DB_PASSWORD}
+    healthcheck:
+      test: ["CMD-SHELL", "pg_isready -U postgres"]
+      interval: 5s
+      timeout: 5s
+      retries: 10
+    volumes:
+      - /mnt/HoardingCow_docker_data/Paperclip/db:/var/lib/postgresql/data
+    networks:
+      - ai_backend
+
 networks:
   ai_net:
     external: true

ai/hermes/Dockerfile

@@ -86,7 +86,8 @@ ENV PATH="/opt/data/.local/bin:${PATH}"
 # Point browser tool to Playwright's Chromium (already in base image)
 ENV CHROME_EXECUTABLE=/opt/hermes/.playwright/chromium/chrome-linux/chrome
 
-VOLUME [ "/opt/data" ]
+# Ensure tools directory and toolsets.py are writable by the hermes runtime user
+# so custom tools can be injected from the persistent volume at startup.
+RUN chown -R hermes:hermes /opt/hermes/tools /opt/hermes/toolsets.py
 
-COPY --chmod=0755 fix-permissions.sh /opt/hermes/fix-permissions.sh
+VOLUME [ "/opt/data" ]
-ENTRYPOINT [ "/usr/bin/tini", "-g", "--", "/opt/hermes/fix-permissions.sh" ]

ai/hermes/fix-permissions.sh

@@ -1,38 +0,0 @@
-#!/bin/bash
-# Startup permission fix + TTS patch.
-# Runs as root before the entrypoint drops to the hermes user.
-set -e
-
-HERMES_HOME="${HERMES_HOME:-/opt/data}"
-
-# Fix ownership on critical writable directories
-chown -R hermes:hermes \
-  "$HERMES_HOME/sessions" \
-  "$HERMES_HOME/checkpoints" \
-  "$HERMES_HOME/skills" \
-  "$HERMES_HOME/memories" \
-  "$HERMES_HOME/workspace" \
-  "$HERMES_HOME/pastes" \
-  "$HERMES_HOME/logs" \
-  "$HERMES_HOME/cron" \
-  "$HERMES_HOME/plans" \
-  "$HERMES_HOME/hooks" \
-  "$HERMES_HOME/cache" \
-  2>/dev/null || true
-
-# Fix data volume root ownership
-if [ "$(stat -c %u "$HERMES_HOME" 2>/dev/null)" != "$(id -u hermes)" ]; then
-  chown hermes:hermes "$HERMES_HOME" 2>/dev/null || true
-fi
-
-# ---------- Patch tts_tool.py: replace Edge TTS with Piper ----------
-# Fallback runtime patch in case the volume's site-packages differ from the image.
-# Idempotent: if already patched, the script does nothing.
-PATCH_SCRIPT="/opt/hermes/patch_tts_tool.py"
-if [ -f "$PATCH_SCRIPT" ]; then
-  echo "Applying TTS patch (Piper only, no Edge fallback)..."
-  /opt/hermes/.venv/bin/python3 "$PATCH_SCRIPT" 2>&1 || true
-fi
-
-# Chain to the official Hermes entrypoint
-exec /opt/hermes/docker/entrypoint.sh "$@"

versioncontrol/compose.yml

@@ -8,13 +8,10 @@ services:
       - USER_GID=1000
       - GITEA__server__ROOT_URL=https://code.lazyworkhorse.net
       - GITEA__actions__ENABLED=true
-      - GITEA__actions__DEFAULT_ACTIONS_URL=off
       - SSH_PORT=2222
       - SSH_LISTEN_PORT=2222
       # Enable Gitea Actions (act_runner required on host)
       - GITEA__actions__ENABLED=true
-      # Don't fetch actions from GitHub (offline mode + local only)
-      - GITEA__actions__DEFAULT_ACTIONS_URL=off
     volumes:
       - /mnt/HoardingCow_docker_data/Gitea:/data
     networks:

vpn/Dockerfile

@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+# Custom wg-easy with iptables-nft (nftables-backed iptables)
+# Fixes crash-loop when host kernel lacks legacy iptable_nat module.
+FROM ghcr.io/wg-easy/wg-easy:latest
+
+# The upstream image registers only iptables-legacy with update-alternatives.
+# iptables-nft binary exists but isn't registered as an alternative key.
+# Override the alternatives-managed symlinks directly.
+RUN ln -sf /usr/sbin/iptables-nft /usr/sbin/iptables && \
+    ln -sf /usr/sbin/ip6tables-nft /usr/sbin/ip6tables

vpn/compose.yml

@@ -2,7 +2,10 @@ version: "3.8"
 
 services:
   wireguard:
-    image: weejewel/wg-easy:latest
+    build:
+      context: .
+      dockerfile: Dockerfile
+    image: wg-easy-iptables-nft:latest
     container_name: wireguard
     cap_add:
       - NET_ADMIN