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+{
+  "name": "Claude Engineer",
+  "image": "mcr.microsoft.com/devcontainers/python:1-3.11-bullseye",
+  "postCreateCommand": "python -m pip install --upgrade pip && pip install -r requirements.txt && cp -n .env.example .env",
+  "forwardPorts": [
+    5000
+  ],
+  "remoteEnv": {
+    "ANTHROPIC_API_KEY": "${localEnv:ANTHROPIC_API_KEY}"
+  },
+  "customizations": {
+    "vscode": {
+      "extensions": [
+        "ms-python.python",
+        "ms-python.vscode-pylance"
+      ]
+    }
+  }
+}