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+.SILENT:
+
+SHELL = /bin/bash
+
+PORT = 3847
+NODE = node
+LOG_FILE = /tmp/codedash.log
+PID_FILE = /tmp/codedash.pid
+
+.PHONY: help run stop status restart test
+
+help:
+	@echo "CodeDash - Dashboard for AI coding agents"
+	@echo ""
+	@echo "Available commands:"
+	@echo "  make run      - Start CodeDash"
+	@echo "  make stop     - Stop CodeDash"
+	@echo "  make status   - Check if CodeDash is running"
+	@echo "  make restart  - Restart CodeDash"
+	@echo "  make log      - View logs"
+	@echo "  make test     - Test server is responding"
+
+run:
+	@if curl -m 2 -s http://localhost:$(PORT)/api/version > /dev/null 2>&1; then \
+		echo "CodeDash is already running at http://localhost:$(PORT)"; \
+	else \
+		echo "Starting CodeDash..."; \
+		setsid $(NODE) bin/cli.js run > $(LOG_FILE) 2>&1 & \
+		sleep 2; \
+		if curl -m 2 -s http://localhost:$(PORT)/api/version > /dev/null 2>&1; then \
+			echo "✓ CodeDash started at http://localhost:$(PORT)"; \
+		else \
+			echo "✗ Failed to start (check $(LOG_FILE))"; \
+		fi; \
+	fi
+
+stop:
+	@pkill -f "node bin/cli.js run" 2>/dev/null || true
+	@sleep 1
+	@if curl -m 1 -s http://localhost:$(PORT)/api/version > /dev/null 2>&1; then \
+		pkill -9 -f "cli.js" 2>/dev/null || true; \
+		echo "✓ CodeDash stopped"; \
+	else \
+		echo "✓ CodeDash stopped"; \
+	fi
+
+status:
+	@if curl -m 2 -s http://localhost:$(PORT)/api/version > /dev/null 2>&1; then \
+		echo "✓ CodeDash is running at http://localhost:$(PORT)"; \
+		curl -m 1 -s http://localhost:$(PORT)/api/version 2>/dev/null | grep -o '"current":"[^"]*"' | head -1; \
+	else \
+		echo "✗ CodeDash is not running"; \
+	fi
+
+restart: stop run
+
+log:
+	@tail -f $(LOG_FILE)
+
+test:
+	@curl -m 2 -s http://localhost:$(PORT)/api/version 2>/dev/null || echo "Server not responding"
+