diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
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--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -1,20 +1,58 @@
-# Use the official Python image as a base
-FROM python:3.11-slim
+# -------------------------------------------------------------
+# Stage 1: Build the MkDocs site
+# -------------------------------------------------------------
+FROM python:3.11-slim AS builder
+
+# 1) Install build prerequisites
+RUN apt-get update \
+ && apt-get install -y --no-install-recommends \
+      gcc git rsync \
+ && rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/*
 
-# Set the working directory in the container
 WORKDIR /app
 
-# Copy the requirements file if you have one
-COPY requirements.txt .
+# 2) Copy and install dependencies (including mkdocs)
+COPY requirements.txt mkdocs.yml ./
+RUN pip install --no-cache-dir -r requirements.txt mkdocs
 
-# Install MkDocs and any other dependencies
-RUN pip install --no-cache-dir -r requirements.txt
+# 3) Copy your docs source
+COPY docs/ ./docs
+# If you have extra markdown or assets outside docs/, add more COPY lines here
 
-# Copy the entire MkDocs project into the container
-COPY . .
+# 4) Build the static site into /app/site
+RUN mkdocs build --clean --site-dir site
 
-# Expose the port that MkDocs will run on
-EXPOSE 80
 
-# Command to run MkDocs
-CMD ["mkdocs", "serve", "--addr=0.0.0.0"]
+# -------------------------------------------------------------
+# Stage 2: Deployer
+# -------------------------------------------------------------
+FROM alpine:3.18 AS deployer
+
+# we need rsync in this stage
+RUN apk add --no-cache rsync
+
+WORKDIR /app
+
+# Bring the built site in
+COPY --from=builder /app/site ./site
+
+# container will expect you to bind-mount your local nginx docroot into /deploy
+VOLUME ["/deploy"]
+
+COPY --chmod=+x << 'EOF' /usr/local/bin/deploy.sh
+#!/bin/sh
+set -e
+
+SRC="/app/site/"
+DST="/deploy/"
+
+echo "Deploying site from $SRC to $DST …"
+
+# simple sync, deletes stale files on DEST
+rsync -av --delete "$SRC" "$DST"
+
+echo "✅ Deployment complete."
+EOF
+
+ENTRYPOINT ["/usr/local/bin/deploy.sh"]
+CMD [""]  # no-op; all logic in entrypoint