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+name: Deploy Research Workbench
+
+on:
+  push:
+    branches: [main]
+
+jobs:
+  deploy:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+      - name: Pull latest code
+        working-directory: /home/ken/workspace/research-workbench
+        run: |
+          git pull origin main
+
+      - name: Build frontend
+        working-directory: /home/ken/workspace/research-workbench/frontend
+        run: |
+          npm ci
+          npm run build
+
+      - name: Stop old containers
+        working-directory: /home/ken/workspace/research-workbench
+        run: |
+          # Stop the old car-help container if still running
+          docker rm -f car-help 2>/dev/null || true
+          # Stop any existing workbench container
+          docker compose down 2>/dev/null || true
+
+      - name: Build and start container
+        working-directory: /home/ken/workspace/research-workbench
+        env:
+          ANTHROPIC_API_KEY: ${{ secrets.ANTHROPIC_API_KEY }}
+          AUTH_USER: ${{ secrets.AUTH_USER }}
+          AUTH_PASS_HASH: ${{ secrets.AUTH_PASS_HASH }}
+        run: |
+          docker compose up --build -d
+
+      - name: Wait for healthy
+        run: |
+          echo "Waiting for container to start..."
+          for i in $(seq 1 60); do
+            if curl -sf http://localhost:8080/ > /dev/null 2>&1; then
+              echo "App is up at http://localhost:8080/"
+              exit 0
+            fi
+            sleep 2
+          done
+          echo "ERROR: App did not respond within 120s"
+          docker compose -f /home/ken/workspace/research-workbench/docker-compose.yml logs --tail=50
+          exit 1
+
+      - name: Verify new UI is served
+        run: |
+          BODY=$(curl -sf http://localhost:8080/ || echo "FETCH_FAILED")
+          if echo "$BODY" | grep -qi "car-help"; then
+            echo "ERROR: Still serving old car-help UI!"
+            exit 1
+          fi
+          echo "Deploy successful - new UI is live at https://research.ampbox.io"