🔨 chore: use pyproject for deps in docker, remove requirement.txt

Dockerfile

@@ -1,20 +1,4 @@
 # MCPMark Docker image with optimized layer caching
-# Stage 1: Builder for Python dependencies only
-FROM python:3.12-slim AS builder
-
-RUN apt-get update && apt-get install -y --no-install-recommends \
-    gcc \
-    g++ \
-    libpq-dev \
-    && rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/*
-
-WORKDIR /build
-
-# Copy and install Python dependencies
-COPY requirements.txt ./
-RUN pip install --no-cache-dir --user -r requirements.txt
-
-# Stage 2: Final image with all runtime dependencies
 FROM python:3.12-slim
 
 # Layer 1: Core system dependencies (very stable, rarely changes)
@@ -67,13 +51,6 @@ RUN apt-get update && \
 RUN pip install --no-cache-dir pipx && \
     pipx ensurepath
 
-# Layer 7: Copy Python packages from builder (changes with dependencies)
-COPY --from=builder /root/.local /root/.local
-
-# Layer 8: Playwright browsers (changes with browser versions)
-RUN python3 -m playwright install chromium && \
-    npx -y playwright install chromium
-
 # Layer 9: Install PostgreSQL MCP server (Python, used via `pipx run postgres-mcp`)
 RUN pipx install postgres-mcp
 
@@ -86,6 +63,13 @@ RUN mkdir -p /app/results
 # Layer 10: Application code (changes frequently)
 COPY . .
 
+# Install Python package and dependencies from pyproject (editable mode)
+RUN pip install --no-cache-dir -e .
+
+# Install Playwright browsers after Playwright is available
+RUN python3 -m playwright install chromium && \
+    npx -y playwright install chromium
+
 # Set environment
 ENV PATH="/root/.local/bin:/root/.local/pipx/venvs/*/bin:${PATH}"
 ENV PYTHONPATH="/app"

README.md

@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ See `docs/introduction.md` and the service guides below for more details.
 
 Local (Recommended)
 ```bash
-pip install -e .
+pip install --no-cache-dir -e .
 # If you'll use browser-based tasks, install Playwright browsers first
 playwright install
 ```

pyproject.toml

@@ -9,8 +9,7 @@ dependencies = [
   "seaborn>=0.12.0",
   "matplotlib>=3.7.0",
   "numpy>=1.23.0",
-  "openai-agents>=0.2.3,<0.3",
-  "openai==1.96.1",
+  "openai>1.96.1",
   "python-dotenv>=1.1.1,<2",
   "ruff>=0.12.4,<0.13",
   "psycopg2-binary>=2.9.10,<3",
@@ -19,7 +18,7 @@ dependencies = [
   "pixi",
   "pipx>=1.7.1,<2",
   "pgdumplib>=3.1.0,<4",
-  "litellm==1.76.0"
+  "litellm>=1.76.0"
 ]
 
 [build-system]

src/errors.py

@@ -16,7 +16,6 @@
     "ratelimit",              # e.g., RateLimitError, too many requests
     "connection",             # connection refused/reset/error
     "unavailable",            # service unavailable
-    "execution timed out",    # timeout
     "internal server error",  # 500s
     "network error",          # generic network issue
     "quota",                  # budget/quota exceeded