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-[project]
-name = "triage-backend"
-version = "0.1.0"
-description = "Backend API for language-independent triage pre-assessment."
-requires-python = ">=3.11"
-
-dependencies = [
-  "fastapi>=0.115.0",
-  "uvicorn[standard]>=0.29.0",
-  "pydantic>=2.6.0"
-]
-
-[build-system]
-requires = ["setuptools", "wheel"]
-build-backend = "setuptools.build_meta"