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+name: Publish Docker Image (split-base)
+
+# Two-phase split-base build pipeline. Lives ALONGSIDE the original
+# docker-publish.yml during the migration window. Triggers only on
+# workflow_dispatch (manual) so it doesn't conflict with the production
+# tag-trigger pipeline.
+#
+# Once we've validated 1-2 successful runs and verified output
+# byte-for-byte against the original, this workflow takes over `on:
+# push: tags: v*` and the original is retired.
+#
+# Pipeline shape:
+#   1. base-decide      compute base hash from Dockerfile.base + rootfs/
+#                       + entrypoints; probe Docker Hub for existing tag.
+#   2. build-base       only if probe missed; multi-arch push of base-<hash>.
+#   3. smoke-* (×4)     amd64-only build of each variant FROMing the base
+#                       tag; runs scripts/smoke-test.sh.
+#   4. build-variant-*  multi-arch push of each variant tag (the user-
+#       (×4)            facing release tags, unchanged in shape).
+#   5. promote-base-latest  re-tag base-<hash> → base-latest with `crane copy`
+#                       (manifest copy, no rebuild).
+#   6. update-description   patch Docker Hub description (unchanged).
+
+on:
+  workflow_dispatch:
+    inputs:
+      release_tag:
+        description: 'Release tag to publish (e.g. v1.14.42-split). Pushed to Docker Hub as both the literal tag and `latest*`-aliases.'
+        required: true
+        default: 'v0.0.0-split-test'
+      promote_latest:
+        description: 'Update latest/latest-omos/latest-with-pi/latest-omos-with-pi aliases (set false for test runs)'
+        required: false
+        default: 'false'
+
+concurrency:
+  group: ${{ github.workflow }}-${{ github.ref }}
+  cancel-in-progress: false
+
+env:
+  BUILDKIT_PROGRESS: plain
+  IMAGE: ${{ vars.DOCKERHUB_USERNAME }}/opencode-devbox
+
+# ───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
+# Reusable disk-reclaim snippet — strips catthehacker toolchains and
+# stale docker state. Identical to the production workflow's pattern.
+# ───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
+
+jobs:
+  # ── Phase 1: decide whether base needs rebuilding ──────────────────
+  base-decide:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    container:
+      image: catthehacker/ubuntu:act-latest
+    outputs:
+      base_tag: ${{ steps.compute.outputs.base_tag }}
+      need_build: ${{ steps.probe.outputs.need_build }}
+    steps:
+      - name: Checkout
+        uses: actions/checkout@v4
+
+      - name: Compute base tag from Dockerfile.base + dependencies
+        id: compute
+        run: |
+          # Hash inputs that determine the base image's contents.
+          # Order is fixed via `find -print0 | sort -z` for reproducibility.
+          HASH=$(
+            {
+              cat Dockerfile.base
+              find rootfs -type f -print0 2>/dev/null | sort -z | xargs -0 cat 2>/dev/null
+              cat entrypoint.sh entrypoint-user.sh
+            } | sha256sum | cut -c1-12
+          )
+          BASE_TAG="base-${HASH}"
+          echo "base_tag=${BASE_TAG}" >> "$GITHUB_OUTPUT"
+          echo "Computed base tag: ${BASE_TAG}"
+
+      - name: Force IPv4 for Docker Hub
+        run: echo 'precedence ::ffff:0:0/96  100' >> /etc/gai.conf
+
+      - name: Probe Docker Hub for existing base tag
+        id: probe
+        run: |
+          set +e
+          docker manifest inspect "${IMAGE}:${{ steps.compute.outputs.base_tag }}" \
+            > /dev/null 2>&1
+          PROBE_RC=$?
+          set -e
+          if [ "${PROBE_RC}" = "0" ]; then
+            echo "need_build=false" >> "$GITHUB_OUTPUT"
+            echo "Base tag ${IMAGE}:${{ steps.compute.outputs.base_tag }} exists — skipping rebuild."
+          else
+            echo "need_build=true" >> "$GITHUB_OUTPUT"
+            echo "Base tag ${IMAGE}:${{ steps.compute.outputs.base_tag }} missing — will build."
+          fi
+
+  # ── Phase 2: build & push base (multi-arch), only when needed ──────
+  build-base:
+    needs: [base-decide]
+    if: needs.base-decide.outputs.need_build == 'true'
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    container:
+      image: catthehacker/ubuntu:act-latest
+    steps:
+      - name: Checkout
+        uses: actions/checkout@v4
+
+      - name: Force IPv4 for Docker Hub
+        run: echo 'precedence ::ffff:0:0/96  100' >> /etc/gai.conf
+
+      - name: Reclaim runner disk
+        run: |
+          set -x
+          df -h / || true
+          rm -rf \
+            /opt/hostedtoolcache /opt/microsoft /opt/az /opt/ghc \
+            /usr/local/.ghcup /usr/share/dotnet /usr/share/swift \
+            /usr/local/lib/android /usr/local/share/powershell \
+            /usr/local/share/chromium /usr/local/share/boost \
+            /usr/lib/jvm 2>/dev/null || true
+          apt-get clean || true
+          rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/* /tmp/* /var/tmp/* || true
+          docker system prune -af --volumes || true
+          docker builder prune -af || true
+          df -h / || true
+
+      - name: Set up QEMU
+        uses: docker/setup-qemu-action@v3
+        with:
+          platforms: arm64
+
+      - name: Set up Docker Buildx
+        uses: docker/setup-buildx-action@v4
+        with:
+          driver-opts: network=host
+
+      - name: Login to Docker Hub
+        uses: docker/login-action@v3
+        with:
+          username: ${{ vars.DOCKERHUB_USERNAME }}
+          password: ${{ secrets.DOCKERHUB_TOKEN }}
+
+      - name: Build and push base (multi-arch)
+        uses: docker/build-push-action@v7
+        with:
+          context: .
+          file: Dockerfile.base
+          platforms: linux/amd64,linux/arm64
+          push: true
+          tags: ${{ env.IMAGE }}:${{ needs.base-decide.outputs.base_tag }}
+          # Registry cache for faster repeat base rebuilds (e.g. Node bump).
+          cache-from: type=registry,ref=${{ env.IMAGE }}:base-buildcache
+          cache-to: type=registry,ref=${{ env.IMAGE }}:base-buildcache,mode=max
+
+  # ── Phase 3: amd64 smoke per variant (gates the multi-arch publish) ─
+  # Each smoke job builds amd64-only against the base tag and runs
+  # scripts/smoke-test.sh. base-decide.outputs.base_tag is always set;
+  # build-base may have been skipped (cache hit) but the tag exists either way.
+
+  smoke-base:
+    needs: [base-decide, build-base]
+    if: |
+      always() &&
+      needs.base-decide.result == 'success' &&
+      (needs.build-base.result == 'success' || needs.build-base.result == 'skipped')
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    container:
+      image: catthehacker/ubuntu:act-latest
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+      - name: Force IPv4 for Docker Hub
+        run: echo 'precedence ::ffff:0:0/96  100' >> /etc/gai.conf
+      - name: Reclaim runner disk
+        run: |
+          rm -rf /opt/hostedtoolcache /opt/microsoft /opt/az /opt/ghc \
+            /usr/local/.ghcup /usr/share/dotnet /usr/share/swift \
+            /usr/local/lib/android /usr/local/share/powershell \
+            /usr/local/share/chromium /usr/local/share/boost \
+            /usr/lib/jvm 2>/dev/null || true
+          docker system prune -af --volumes || true
+          docker builder prune -af || true
+      - uses: docker/setup-buildx-action@v4
+        with: {driver-opts: network=host}
+      - uses: docker/login-action@v3
+        with:
+          username: ${{ vars.DOCKERHUB_USERNAME }}
+          password: ${{ secrets.DOCKERHUB_TOKEN }}
+      - name: Build amd64 variant for smoke
+        uses: docker/build-push-action@v7
+        with:
+          context: .
+          file: Dockerfile.variant
+          platforms: linux/amd64
+          push: false
+          load: true
+          tags: opencode-devbox:smoke-base
+          build-args: |
+            BASE_IMAGE=${{ env.IMAGE }}:${{ needs.base-decide.outputs.base_tag }}
+            INSTALL_OPENCODE=true
+            INSTALL_OMOS=false
+            INSTALL_PI=false
+      - name: Smoke test (amd64)
+        run: bash scripts/smoke-test.sh opencode-devbox:smoke-base --variant base
+
+  smoke-omos:
+    needs: [base-decide, build-base]
+    if: |
+      always() &&
+      needs.base-decide.result == 'success' &&
+      (needs.build-base.result == 'success' || needs.build-base.result == 'skipped')
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    container:
+      image: catthehacker/ubuntu:act-latest
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+      - run: echo 'precedence ::ffff:0:0/96  100' >> /etc/gai.conf
+      - run: |
+          rm -rf /opt/hostedtoolcache /opt/microsoft /opt/az /opt/ghc \
+            /usr/local/.ghcup /usr/share/dotnet /usr/share/swift \
+            /usr/local/lib/android /usr/local/share/powershell \
+            /usr/local/share/chromium /usr/local/share/boost \
+            /usr/lib/jvm 2>/dev/null || true
+          docker system prune -af --volumes || true
+          docker builder prune -af || true
+      - uses: docker/setup-buildx-action@v4
+        with: {driver-opts: network=host}
+      - uses: docker/login-action@v3
+        with:
+          username: ${{ vars.DOCKERHUB_USERNAME }}
+          password: ${{ secrets.DOCKERHUB_TOKEN }}
+      - uses: docker/build-push-action@v7
+        with:
+          context: .
+          file: Dockerfile.variant
+          platforms: linux/amd64
+          push: false
+          load: true
+          tags: opencode-devbox:smoke-omos
+          build-args: |
+            BASE_IMAGE=${{ env.IMAGE }}:${{ needs.base-decide.outputs.base_tag }}
+            INSTALL_OPENCODE=true
+            INSTALL_OMOS=true
+            INSTALL_PI=false
+      - run: bash scripts/smoke-test.sh opencode-devbox:smoke-omos --variant omos
+
+  smoke-with-pi:
+    needs: [base-decide, build-base]
+    if: |
+      always() &&
+      needs.base-decide.result == 'success' &&
+      (needs.build-base.result == 'success' || needs.build-base.result == 'skipped')
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    container:
+      image: catthehacker/ubuntu:act-latest
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+      - run: echo 'precedence ::ffff:0:0/96  100' >> /etc/gai.conf
+      - run: |
+          rm -rf /opt/hostedtoolcache /opt/microsoft /opt/az /opt/ghc \
+            /usr/local/.ghcup /usr/share/dotnet /usr/share/swift \
+            /usr/local/lib/android /usr/local/share/powershell \
+            /usr/local/share/chromium /usr/local/share/boost \
+            /usr/lib/jvm 2>/dev/null || true
+          docker system prune -af --volumes || true
+          docker builder prune -af || true
+      - uses: docker/setup-buildx-action@v4
+        with: {driver-opts: network=host}
+      - uses: docker/login-action@v3
+        with:
+          username: ${{ vars.DOCKERHUB_USERNAME }}
+          password: ${{ secrets.DOCKERHUB_TOKEN }}
+      - uses: docker/build-push-action@v7
+        with:
+          context: .
+          file: Dockerfile.variant
+          platforms: linux/amd64
+          push: false
+          load: true
+          tags: opencode-devbox:smoke-with-pi
+          build-args: |
+            BASE_IMAGE=${{ env.IMAGE }}:${{ needs.base-decide.outputs.base_tag }}
+            INSTALL_OPENCODE=true
+            INSTALL_OMOS=false
+            INSTALL_PI=true
+      - run: bash scripts/smoke-test.sh opencode-devbox:smoke-with-pi --variant with-pi
+
+  smoke-omos-with-pi:
+    needs: [base-decide, build-base]
+    if: |
+      always() &&
+      needs.base-decide.result == 'success' &&
+      (needs.build-base.result == 'success' || needs.build-base.result == 'skipped')
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    container:
+      image: catthehacker/ubuntu:act-latest
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+      - run: echo 'precedence ::ffff:0:0/96  100' >> /etc/gai.conf
+      - run: |
+          rm -rf /opt/hostedtoolcache /opt/microsoft /opt/az /opt/ghc \
+            /usr/local/.ghcup /usr/share/dotnet /usr/share/swift \
+            /usr/local/lib/android /usr/local/share/powershell \
+            /usr/local/share/chromium /usr/local/share/boost \
+            /usr/lib/jvm 2>/dev/null || true
+          docker system prune -af --volumes || true
+          docker builder prune -af || true
+      - uses: docker/setup-buildx-action@v4
+        with: {driver-opts: network=host}
+      - uses: docker/login-action@v3
+        with:
+          username: ${{ vars.DOCKERHUB_USERNAME }}
+          password: ${{ secrets.DOCKERHUB_TOKEN }}
+      - uses: docker/build-push-action@v7
+        with:
+          context: .
+          file: Dockerfile.variant
+          platforms: linux/amd64
+          push: false
+          load: true
+          tags: opencode-devbox:smoke-omos-with-pi
+          build-args: |
+            BASE_IMAGE=${{ env.IMAGE }}:${{ needs.base-decide.outputs.base_tag }}
+            INSTALL_OPENCODE=true
+            INSTALL_OMOS=true
+            INSTALL_PI=true
+      - run: bash scripts/smoke-test.sh opencode-devbox:smoke-omos-with-pi --variant omos-with-pi
+
+  # ── Phase 4: multi-arch publish per variant ────────────────────────
+
+  build-variant-base:
+    needs: [base-decide, smoke-base]
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    container:
+      image: catthehacker/ubuntu:act-latest
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+      - run: echo 'precedence ::ffff:0:0/96  100' >> /etc/gai.conf
+      - run: |
+          rm -rf /opt/hostedtoolcache /opt/microsoft /opt/az /opt/ghc \
+            /usr/local/.ghcup /usr/share/dotnet /usr/share/swift \
+            /usr/local/lib/android /usr/local/share/powershell \
+            /usr/local/share/chromium /usr/local/share/boost \
+            /usr/lib/jvm 2>/dev/null || true
+          docker system prune -af --volumes || true
+          docker builder prune -af || true
+      - uses: docker/setup-qemu-action@v3
+        with: {platforms: arm64}
+      - uses: docker/setup-buildx-action@v4
+        with: {driver-opts: network=host}
+      - uses: docker/login-action@v3
+        with:
+          username: ${{ vars.DOCKERHUB_USERNAME }}
+          password: ${{ secrets.DOCKERHUB_TOKEN }}
+      - name: Compute version-specific tags
+        id: tags
+        run: |
+          VERSION="${{ inputs.release_tag }}"
+          TAGS="${IMAGE}:${VERSION}"
+          if [ "${{ inputs.promote_latest }}" = "true" ]; then
+            TAGS="${TAGS}\n${IMAGE}:latest"
+          fi
+          echo -e "tags<<EOF\n${TAGS}\nEOF" >> "$GITHUB_OUTPUT"
+      - uses: docker/build-push-action@v7
+        with:
+          context: .
+          file: Dockerfile.variant
+          platforms: linux/amd64,linux/arm64
+          push: true
+          build-args: |
+            BASE_IMAGE=${{ env.IMAGE }}:${{ needs.base-decide.outputs.base_tag }}
+            INSTALL_OPENCODE=true
+            INSTALL_OMOS=false
+            INSTALL_PI=false
+          tags: ${{ steps.tags.outputs.tags }}
+
+  build-variant-omos:
+    needs: [base-decide, smoke-omos]
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    container:
+      image: catthehacker/ubuntu:act-latest
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+      - run: echo 'precedence ::ffff:0:0/96  100' >> /etc/gai.conf
+      - run: |
+          rm -rf /opt/hostedtoolcache /opt/microsoft /opt/az /opt/ghc \
+            /usr/local/.ghcup /usr/share/dotnet /usr/share/swift \
+            /usr/local/lib/android /usr/local/share/powershell \
+            /usr/local/share/chromium /usr/local/share/boost \
+            /usr/lib/jvm 2>/dev/null || true
+          docker system prune -af --volumes || true
+          docker builder prune -af || true
+      - uses: docker/setup-qemu-action@v3
+        with: {platforms: arm64}
+      - uses: docker/setup-buildx-action@v4
+        with: {driver-opts: network=host}
+      - uses: docker/login-action@v3
+        with:
+          username: ${{ vars.DOCKERHUB_USERNAME }}
+          password: ${{ secrets.DOCKERHUB_TOKEN }}
+      - name: Compute version-specific tags
+        id: tags
+        run: |
+          VERSION="${{ inputs.release_tag }}"
+          TAGS="${IMAGE}:${VERSION}-omos"
+          if [ "${{ inputs.promote_latest }}" = "true" ]; then
+            TAGS="${TAGS}\n${IMAGE}:latest-omos"
+          fi
+          echo -e "tags<<EOF\n${TAGS}\nEOF" >> "$GITHUB_OUTPUT"
+      - uses: docker/build-push-action@v7
+        with:
+          context: .
+          file: Dockerfile.variant
+          platforms: linux/amd64,linux/arm64
+          push: true
+          build-args: |
+            BASE_IMAGE=${{ env.IMAGE }}:${{ needs.base-decide.outputs.base_tag }}
+            INSTALL_OPENCODE=true
+            INSTALL_OMOS=true
+            INSTALL_PI=false
+          tags: ${{ steps.tags.outputs.tags }}
+
+  build-variant-with-pi:
+    needs: [base-decide, smoke-with-pi]
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    container:
+      image: catthehacker/ubuntu:act-latest
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+      - run: echo 'precedence ::ffff:0:0/96  100' >> /etc/gai.conf
+      - run: |
+          rm -rf /opt/hostedtoolcache /opt/microsoft /opt/az /opt/ghc \
+            /usr/local/.ghcup /usr/share/dotnet /usr/share/swift \
+            /usr/local/lib/android /usr/local/share/powershell \
+            /usr/local/share/chromium /usr/local/share/boost \
+            /usr/lib/jvm 2>/dev/null || true
+          docker system prune -af --volumes || true
+          docker builder prune -af || true
+      - uses: docker/setup-qemu-action@v3
+        with: {platforms: arm64}
+      - uses: docker/setup-buildx-action@v4
+        with: {driver-opts: network=host}
+      - uses: docker/login-action@v3
+        with:
+          username: ${{ vars.DOCKERHUB_USERNAME }}
+          password: ${{ secrets.DOCKERHUB_TOKEN }}
+      - name: Compute version-specific tags
+        id: tags
+        run: |
+          VERSION="${{ inputs.release_tag }}"
+          TAGS="${IMAGE}:${VERSION}-with-pi"
+          if [ "${{ inputs.promote_latest }}" = "true" ]; then
+            TAGS="${TAGS}\n${IMAGE}:latest-with-pi"
+          fi
+          echo -e "tags<<EOF\n${TAGS}\nEOF" >> "$GITHUB_OUTPUT"
+      - uses: docker/build-push-action@v7
+        with:
+          context: .
+          file: Dockerfile.variant
+          platforms: linux/amd64,linux/arm64
+          push: true
+          build-args: |
+            BASE_IMAGE=${{ env.IMAGE }}:${{ needs.base-decide.outputs.base_tag }}
+            INSTALL_OPENCODE=true
+            INSTALL_OMOS=false
+            INSTALL_PI=true
+          tags: ${{ steps.tags.outputs.tags }}
+
+  build-variant-omos-with-pi:
+    needs: [base-decide, smoke-omos-with-pi]
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    container:
+      image: catthehacker/ubuntu:act-latest
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+      - run: echo 'precedence ::ffff:0:0/96  100' >> /etc/gai.conf
+      - run: |
+          rm -rf /opt/hostedtoolcache /opt/microsoft /opt/az /opt/ghc \
+            /usr/local/.ghcup /usr/share/dotnet /usr/share/swift \
+            /usr/local/lib/android /usr/local/share/powershell \
+            /usr/local/share/chromium /usr/local/share/boost \
+            /usr/lib/jvm 2>/dev/null || true
+          docker system prune -af --volumes || true
+          docker builder prune -af || true
+      - uses: docker/setup-qemu-action@v3
+        with: {platforms: arm64}
+      - uses: docker/setup-buildx-action@v4
+        with: {driver-opts: network=host}
+      - uses: docker/login-action@v3
+        with:
+          username: ${{ vars.DOCKERHUB_USERNAME }}
+          password: ${{ secrets.DOCKERHUB_TOKEN }}
+      - name: Compute version-specific tags
+        id: tags
+        run: |
+          VERSION="${{ inputs.release_tag }}"
+          TAGS="${IMAGE}:${VERSION}-omos-with-pi"
+          if [ "${{ inputs.promote_latest }}" = "true" ]; then
+            TAGS="${TAGS}\n${IMAGE}:latest-omos-with-pi"
+          fi
+          echo -e "tags<<EOF\n${TAGS}\nEOF" >> "$GITHUB_OUTPUT"
+      - uses: docker/build-push-action@v7
+        with:
+          context: .
+          file: Dockerfile.variant
+          platforms: linux/amd64,linux/arm64
+          push: true
+          build-args: |
+            BASE_IMAGE=${{ env.IMAGE }}:${{ needs.base-decide.outputs.base_tag }}
+            INSTALL_OPENCODE=true
+            INSTALL_OMOS=true
+            INSTALL_PI=true
+          tags: ${{ steps.tags.outputs.tags }}
+
+  # ── Phase 5: promote base-<hash> → base-latest (manifest copy only) ─
+  promote-base-latest:
+    needs:
+      - base-decide
+      - build-variant-base
+      - build-variant-omos
+      - build-variant-with-pi
+      - build-variant-omos-with-pi
+    if: inputs.promote_latest == 'true'
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    container:
+      image: catthehacker/ubuntu:act-latest
+    steps:
+      - uses: imjasonh/setup-crane@v0.4
+      - name: Login (crane)
+        run: |
+          crane auth login docker.io \
+            -u ${{ vars.DOCKERHUB_USERNAME }} \
+            -p "${{ secrets.DOCKERHUB_TOKEN }}"
+      - name: Re-tag base-<hash> as base-latest
+        run: |
+          crane copy \
+            ${{ env.IMAGE }}:${{ needs.base-decide.outputs.base_tag }} \
+            ${{ env.IMAGE }}:base-latest
+
+  # ── Phase 6: update Hub description (only on real release runs) ────
+  update-description:
+    needs:
+      - build-variant-base
+      - build-variant-omos
+      - build-variant-with-pi
+      - build-variant-omos-with-pi
+    if: inputs.promote_latest == 'true'
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    container:
+      image: catthehacker/ubuntu:act-latest
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+      - name: Update Docker Hub description
+        run: |
+          TOKEN=$(curl -s -X POST https://hub.docker.com/v2/auth/token \
+            -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
+            -d '{"identifier":"${{ vars.DOCKERHUB_USERNAME }}","secret":"${{ secrets.DOCKERHUB_TOKEN }}"}' \
+            | jq -r .access_token)
+          if [ "$TOKEN" = "null" ] || [ -z "$TOKEN" ]; then
+            echo "::error::Failed to authenticate with Docker Hub API"
+            exit 1
+          fi
+          HTTP_CODE=$(jq -n \
+            --rawfile full DOCKER_HUB.md \
+            --arg short "Portable AI dev environment for opencode. Debian-based with git, Node.js, AWS CLI, and SSH support." \
+            '{"full_description": $full, "description": $short}' | \
+            curl -s -o /tmp/hub-response.txt -w "%{http_code}" -X PATCH \
+              "https://hub.docker.com/v2/repositories/${{ vars.DOCKERHUB_USERNAME }}/opencode-devbox/" \
+              -H "Authorization: Bearer $TOKEN" \
+              -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
+              -d @-)
+          if [ "$HTTP_CODE" != "200" ]; then
+            echo "Response body:"
+            cat /tmp/hub-response.txt
+            echo "::error::Docker Hub description update failed with HTTP $HTTP_CODE"
+            exit 1
+          fi
diff --git a/AGENTS.md b/AGENTS.md
index f8db447..8cd39a5 100644
--- a/AGENTS.md
+++ b/AGENTS.md
@@ -6,7 +6,8 @@ Docker image packaging [opencode](https://opencode.ai) into a production-ready d
 
 ## File roles
 
-- `Dockerfile` — single multi-stage build. Variants are gated by build args: `INSTALL_OMOS` (Bun + multi-agent layer), `INSTALL_OPENCODE` (default true), `INSTALL_PI` (default false), `INSTALL_MEMPALACE` (default true). All GitHub-sourced binaries are pinned with version ARGs.
+- `Dockerfile` — production single-Dockerfile build. Variants are gated by build args: `INSTALL_OMOS` (Bun + multi-agent layer), `INSTALL_OPENCODE` (default true), `INSTALL_PI` (default false), `INSTALL_MEMPALACE` (default true). All GitHub-sourced binaries are pinned with version ARGs.
+- `Dockerfile.base` and `Dockerfile.variant` — **WIP, branch `feat/split-build` only.** Two-Dockerfile split-base build: base contains all variant-independent layers; variant `FROM`s the base and adds only opencode/omos/pi installs. Used by `docker-publish-split.yml` (workflow_dispatch only) for parallel testing alongside the production pipeline. See CHANGELOG `Unreleased` for the migration plan and trade-offs.
 - `entrypoint.sh` — runs as root: UID/GID adjustment, SSH permissions, volume ownership fixes (skipped via `.devbox-owner` sentinel when ownership is already correct). Then drops to developer via gosu. Volume ownership loop covers `~/.pi/` when `INSTALL_PI=true`.
 - `entrypoint-user.sh` — runs as developer: git config, opencode.jsonc generation (delegated to `generate-config.py`), pi-toolkit + pi-extensions deploy (when pi installed), pi settings.json bootstrap, mempalace pi-bridge symlink, skillset auto-deploy from mounted skillset repo, OMOS setup.
 - `rootfs/usr/local/lib/opencode-devbox/generate-config.py` — generates `~/.config/opencode/opencode.jsonc` from env vars. Never overwrites an existing config (checks both `.json` and `.jsonc`). Auto-registers MCP servers for detected tools (mempalace via `mempalace-mcp`, gitea-mcp, context7 remote endpoint).
@@ -15,7 +16,8 @@ Docker image packaging [opencode](https://opencode.ai) into a production-ready d
 - `DOCKER_HUB.md` — **auto-generated** from `HUB_TEMPLATE` in `scripts/generate-dockerhub-md.py`. Do not edit directly. Pushed to Docker Hub description via CI API call. Must stay under 25 kB. Short description field must be ≤100 bytes.
 - `README.md` — authoritative source documentation for everything in this repo. Independent of `DOCKER_HUB.md`: the Hub doc is hand-maintained in the generator's `HUB_TEMPLATE` and intentionally slim, linking back to the gitea README for depth.
 - `.gitea/workflows/validate.yml` — lightweight amd64 build + smoke test on push to main and PRs. Also runs the DOCKER_HUB.md sync check.
-- `.gitea/workflows/docker-publish.yml` — CI pipeline on tag push: smoke-test each variant on amd64, then full multi-arch (amd64 + arm64) build-and-push, then update Docker Hub description.
+- `.gitea/workflows/docker-publish.yml` — production CI pipeline on tag push: smoke-test each variant on amd64, then full multi-arch (amd64 + arm64) build-and-push, then update Docker Hub description.
+- `.gitea/workflows/docker-publish-split.yml` — **WIP, branch `feat/split-build` only.** Two-phase split-base pipeline. Triggers on `workflow_dispatch` only so it runs alongside the production pipeline without conflict. Pushes to user-supplied `release_tag` input (e.g. `v0.0.0-split-test`); `latest*` aliases only updated when `promote_latest: true`. Compute base hash, conditionally build base, then 4 variant deltas in parallel.
 
 ## Versioning scheme
 
diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 57ea9f9..9aabbbb 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -19,6 +19,10 @@ Image changes (will ship in the next tagged release):
 
 - **Fix:** `pi install npm:<pkg>` (and any `npm install -g`) by the `developer` user no longer EACCES against the system npm prefix. `NPM_CONFIG_PREFIX` is now `/home/developer/.pi/npm-global` and the prefix's `bin/` is prepended to `PATH`. The directory lives on the `devbox-pi-config` named volume, so user-installed pi packages (themes, skills, extensions) survive container recreation and image rebuilds. Build-time `npm install -g` calls (opencode, pi, oh-my-opencode-slim) are unaffected because the new ENVs are declared after those steps in the Dockerfile, so the baked binaries still install to `/usr` and are not shadowed by the volume mount.
 
+Build pipeline (branch `feat/split-build`, not yet merged):
+
+- **New: split-base build pipeline.** `Dockerfile.base` (variant-independent layers — apt, locales, AWS CLI, Node.js, mempalace, gitea-mcp, user setup, chromadb prewarm, ENVs, entrypoints) builds once and is published as `joakimp/opencode-devbox:base-<sha>`. `Dockerfile.variant` `FROM`s that base and adds only opencode/omos/pi installs (or skips them per build-args). Companion workflow `.gitea/workflows/docker-publish-split.yml` runs as a `workflow_dispatch`-only pipeline alongside the existing `docker-publish.yml` so they don't conflict. Hash-driven base reuse: a content hash of `Dockerfile.base + rootfs/ + entrypoint*.sh` becomes the base tag; if the tag already exists on Docker Hub, the base build is skipped entirely. Estimated wall clock: version-bump-only release ~30–40 min (vs ~165–180 min today); base-touching release ~60–70 min. Trade-off: two Dockerfiles to maintain, and `npm install -g` in the variant must override `NPM_CONFIG_PREFIX=/usr` per-RUN to keep baked binaries off the volume-shadowed path. Once 1–2 successful workflow_dispatch runs validate the output against the existing pipeline, the new workflow takes over `on: push: tags: v*` and the original is retired.
+
 Docs-only (the DOCKER_HUB.md change can be patched live to Hub without a CI rebuild; AGENTS.md change is repo-internal):
 
 - **Hub doc rewrite:** `DOCKER_HUB.md` is now generated from a hand-maintained `HUB_TEMPLATE` constant in `scripts/generate-dockerhub-md.py` instead of a section-by-section transformation of `README.md`. Drops from 24 997 bytes (3 byte headroom) to 5 551 bytes (~78% headroom). The old derive-from-README mechanism (`SECTION_RULES`, `TRIM_SUBSECTIONS`, `REPLACEMENTS`, `split_sections`, `trim_subsections`) is gone — README and Hub doc are now independent surfaces. Hub copy stays slim and links out to the gitea README for full depth (build args, multi-user setup, AWS Bedrock walkthrough, MemPalace deep-dive, language-specific dev sections). Trade-off: image-variants table and quick-start flow are now coupled to `HUB_TEMPLATE` and need a manual edit when they change — explicit and local rather than spread across rules.
diff --git a/Dockerfile.base b/Dockerfile.base
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..65583ce
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Dockerfile.base
@@ -0,0 +1,330 @@
+# opencode-devbox — base image (variant-independent layers)
+#
+# This Dockerfile produces an image tagged base-<hash>, used as the parent
+# for all four published variants (base, omos, with-pi, omos-with-pi).
+# It contains everything that does not depend on variant-specific
+# build-args (INSTALL_OPENCODE, INSTALL_OMOS, INSTALL_PI). The variant
+# Dockerfile (Dockerfile.variant) FROMs the base and adds only those
+# deltas.
+#
+# The base is rebuilt only when this file or anything it COPYs in
+# changes (rootfs/, entrypoint*.sh). Version bumps to OPENCODE_VERSION,
+# OMOS_VERSION, PI_VERSION, etc. do NOT trigger a base rebuild.
+#
+# See the project README's "Build pipeline" section for the rationale.
+
+ARG DEBIAN_VERSION=trixie-slim
+FROM debian:${DEBIAN_VERSION} AS base
+
+ARG TARGETARCH
+
+LABEL maintainer="joakimp"
+LABEL description="opencode-devbox — base image (variant-independent)"
+LABEL org.opencontainers.image.source="https://gitea.jordbo.se/joakimp/opencode-devbox"
+
+# Avoid interactive prompts during build
+ENV DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive
+
+# ── Core system packages ─────────────────────────────────────────────
+# apt-get upgrade picks up any security/CVE fixes published between
+# debian:trixie-slim base-image rebuilds. Paired with the index update
+# and the install in the same layer so we don't bloat image history.
+RUN apt-get update && \
+    apt-get upgrade -y --no-install-recommends && \
+    apt-get install -y --no-install-recommends \
+    ca-certificates \
+    curl \
+    wget \
+    git \
+    openssh-client \
+    gnupg \
+    jq \
+    ripgrep \
+    fd-find \
+    tree \
+    less \
+    htop \
+    tmux \
+    make \
+    patch \
+    diffutils \
+    git-crypt \
+    age \
+    file \
+    sudo \
+    locales \
+    procps \
+    unzip \
+    gcc \
+    g++ \
+    rsync \
+    python3-pip \
+    python3-venv \
+    && ln -s /usr/bin/fdfind /usr/local/bin/fd \
+    && apt-get clean \
+    && rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/*
+
+# ── Go-compiled tools (install from GitHub to avoid CVEs in Debian's old Go builds)
+#
+# Version policy for the binaries below:
+#   • Default is `latest` — resolved at build time by following the
+#     /releases/latest redirect on GitHub and reading the tag from the
+#     Location header. This means every base rebuild picks up the newest
+#     upstream release, with no risk of running months-old CVE-affected
+#     binaries.
+#   • Explicit pins still work: pass `--build-arg GOSU_VERSION=1.19` etc.
+#   • Resolved versions are printed during build and re-checked by the
+#     smoke test (scripts/smoke-test.sh), so drift is visible in CI logs.
+
+# gosu — privilege de-escalation
+ARG GOSU_VERSION=latest
+RUN ARCH=$(case "${TARGETARCH}" in amd64) echo "amd64" ;; arm64) echo "arm64" ;; *) echo "amd64" ;; esac) && \
+    V="${GOSU_VERSION}" && \
+    if [ "$V" = "latest" ]; then \
+      V=$(curl -sI --retry 5 --retry-delay 5 --retry-all-errors "https://github.com/tianon/gosu/releases/latest" | awk 'tolower($1)=="location:" { sub(/\r$/,"",$2); n=split($2,a,"/"); print a[n] }'); \
+    fi && \
+    V="${V#v}" && \
+    [ -n "$V" ] && \
+    echo "Installing gosu ${V}" && \
+    curl -fsSL --retry 5 --retry-delay 5 --retry-all-errors "https://github.com/tianon/gosu/releases/download/${V}/gosu-${ARCH}" -o /usr/local/bin/gosu && \
+    chmod +x /usr/local/bin/gosu && \
+    gosu --version
+
+# fzf — fuzzy finder
+ARG FZF_VERSION=latest
+RUN ARCH=$(case "${TARGETARCH}" in amd64) echo "amd64" ;; arm64) echo "arm64" ;; *) echo "amd64" ;; esac) && \
+    V="${FZF_VERSION}" && \
+    if [ "$V" = "latest" ]; then \
+      V=$(curl -sI --retry 5 --retry-delay 5 --retry-all-errors "https://github.com/junegunn/fzf/releases/latest" | awk 'tolower($1)=="location:" { sub(/\r$/,"",$2); n=split($2,a,"/"); print a[n] }'); \
+    fi && \
+    V="${V#v}" && \
+    [ -n "$V" ] && \
+    echo "Installing fzf ${V}" && \
+    curl -fsSL --retry 5 --retry-delay 5 --retry-all-errors "https://github.com/junegunn/fzf/releases/download/v${V}/fzf-${V}-linux_${ARCH}.tar.gz" | tar -xz -C /usr/local/bin fzf && \
+    fzf --version
+
+# git-lfs — Git Large File Storage
+ARG GIT_LFS_VERSION=latest
+RUN ARCH=$(case "${TARGETARCH}" in amd64) echo "amd64" ;; arm64) echo "arm64" ;; *) echo "amd64" ;; esac) && \
+    V="${GIT_LFS_VERSION}" && \
+    if [ "$V" = "latest" ]; then \
+      V=$(curl -sI --retry 5 --retry-delay 5 --retry-all-errors "https://github.com/git-lfs/git-lfs/releases/latest" | awk 'tolower($1)=="location:" { sub(/\r$/,"",$2); n=split($2,a,"/"); print a[n] }'); \
+    fi && \
+    V="${V#v}" && \
+    [ -n "$V" ] && \
+    echo "Installing git-lfs ${V}" && \
+    curl -fsSL --retry 5 --retry-delay 5 --retry-all-errors "https://github.com/git-lfs/git-lfs/releases/download/v${V}/git-lfs-linux-${ARCH}-v${V}.tar.gz" | tar -xz -C /tmp && \
+    install /tmp/git-lfs-${V}/git-lfs /usr/local/bin/git-lfs && \
+    rm -rf /tmp/git-lfs-${V} && \
+    git lfs install --system && \
+    git-lfs --version
+
+# neovim — modern text editor
+ARG NVIM_VERSION=latest
+RUN ARCH=$(case "${TARGETARCH}" in amd64) echo "x86_64" ;; arm64) echo "arm64" ;; *) echo "x86_64" ;; esac) && \
+    V="${NVIM_VERSION}" && \
+    if [ "$V" = "latest" ]; then \
+      V=$(curl -sI --retry 5 --retry-delay 5 --retry-all-errors "https://github.com/neovim/neovim/releases/latest" | awk 'tolower($1)=="location:" { sub(/\r$/,"",$2); n=split($2,a,"/"); print a[n] }'); \
+    fi && \
+    V="${V#v}" && \
+    [ -n "$V" ] && \
+    echo "Installing neovim ${V}" && \
+    curl -fsSL --retry 5 --retry-delay 5 --retry-all-errors "https://github.com/neovim/neovim/releases/download/v${V}/nvim-linux-${ARCH}.tar.gz" | tar -xz -C /opt && \
+    ln -s /opt/nvim-linux-${ARCH}/bin/nvim /usr/local/bin/nvim && \
+    nvim --version | head -1
+
+# bat — syntax-highlighted cat replacement
+ARG BAT_VERSION=latest
+RUN ARCH=$(case "${TARGETARCH}" in amd64) echo "x86_64" ;; arm64) echo "aarch64" ;; *) echo "x86_64" ;; esac) && \
+    V="${BAT_VERSION}" && \
+    if [ "$V" = "latest" ]; then \
+      V=$(curl -sI --retry 5 --retry-delay 5 --retry-all-errors "https://github.com/sharkdp/bat/releases/latest" | awk 'tolower($1)=="location:" { sub(/\r$/,"",$2); n=split($2,a,"/"); print a[n] }'); \
+    fi && \
+    V="${V#v}" && \
+    [ -n "$V" ] && \
+    echo "Installing bat ${V}" && \
+    curl -fsSL --retry 5 --retry-delay 5 --retry-all-errors "https://github.com/sharkdp/bat/releases/download/v${V}/bat-v${V}-${ARCH}-unknown-linux-musl.tar.gz" | tar -xz -C /tmp && \
+    install /tmp/bat-v${V}-${ARCH}-unknown-linux-musl/bat /usr/local/bin/bat && \
+    rm -rf /tmp/bat-v${V}-* && \
+    bat --version
+
+# eza — modern ls replacement
+ARG EZA_VERSION=latest
+RUN ARCH=$(case "${TARGETARCH}" in amd64) echo "x86_64" ;; arm64) echo "aarch64" ;; *) echo "x86_64" ;; esac) && \
+    V="${EZA_VERSION}" && \
+    if [ "$V" = "latest" ]; then \
+      V=$(curl -sI --retry 5 --retry-delay 5 --retry-all-errors "https://github.com/eza-community/eza/releases/latest" | awk 'tolower($1)=="location:" { sub(/\r$/,"",$2); n=split($2,a,"/"); print a[n] }'); \
+    fi && \
+    V="${V#v}" && \
+    [ -n "$V" ] && \
+    echo "Installing eza ${V}" && \
+    curl -fsSL --retry 5 --retry-delay 5 --retry-all-errors "https://github.com/eza-community/eza/releases/download/v${V}/eza_${ARCH}-unknown-linux-gnu.tar.gz" | tar -xz -C /usr/local/bin && \
+    eza --version | head -1
+
+# zoxide — smarter cd command
+ARG ZOXIDE_VERSION=latest
+RUN ARCH=$(case "${TARGETARCH}" in amd64) echo "x86_64" ;; arm64) echo "aarch64" ;; *) echo "x86_64" ;; esac) && \
+    V="${ZOXIDE_VERSION}" && \
+    if [ "$V" = "latest" ]; then \
+      V=$(curl -sI --retry 5 --retry-delay 5 --retry-all-errors "https://github.com/ajeetdsouza/zoxide/releases/latest" | awk 'tolower($1)=="location:" { sub(/\r$/,"",$2); n=split($2,a,"/"); print a[n] }'); \
+    fi && \
+    V="${V#v}" && \
+    [ -n "$V" ] && \
+    echo "Installing zoxide ${V}" && \
+    curl -fsSL --retry 5 --retry-delay 5 --retry-all-errors "https://github.com/ajeetdsouza/zoxide/releases/download/v${V}/zoxide-${V}-${ARCH}-unknown-linux-musl.tar.gz" | tar -xz -C /usr/local/bin zoxide && \
+    zoxide --version
+
+# uv — fast Python package manager (replaces pip, venv, pyenv)
+# Note: uv releases don't prefix tags with "v" (e.g. tag is "0.11.8").
+ARG UV_VERSION=latest
+RUN ARCH=$(case "${TARGETARCH}" in amd64) echo "x86_64" ;; arm64) echo "aarch64" ;; *) echo "x86_64" ;; esac) && \
+    V="${UV_VERSION}" && \
+    if [ "$V" = "latest" ]; then \
+      V=$(curl -sI --retry 5 --retry-delay 5 --retry-all-errors "https://github.com/astral-sh/uv/releases/latest" | awk 'tolower($1)=="location:" { sub(/\r$/,"",$2); n=split($2,a,"/"); print a[n] }'); \
+    fi && \
+    V="${V#v}" && \
+    [ -n "$V" ] && \
+    echo "Installing uv ${V}" && \
+    curl -fsSL --retry 5 --retry-delay 5 --retry-all-errors "https://github.com/astral-sh/uv/releases/download/${V}/uv-${ARCH}-unknown-linux-musl.tar.gz" | tar -xz -C /tmp && \
+    install /tmp/uv-${ARCH}-unknown-linux-musl/uv /usr/local/bin/uv && \
+    install /tmp/uv-${ARCH}-unknown-linux-musl/uvx /usr/local/bin/uvx && \
+    rm -rf /tmp/uv-* && \
+    uv --version
+
+# ── MemPalace — local-first AI memory system ─────────────────────────
+# Provides semantic search over conversation history via 29 MCP tools.
+# Always installed in the base (variant-independent). Set
+# INSTALL_MEMPALACE=false at base-build time to shave ~300 MB.
+ARG INSTALL_MEMPALACE=true
+ENV UV_TOOL_DIR=/opt/uv-tools
+ENV UV_TOOL_BIN_DIR=/usr/local/bin
+RUN if [ "${INSTALL_MEMPALACE}" = "true" ]; then \
+      mkdir -p /opt/uv-tools && \
+      uv tool install --no-cache mempalace && \
+      /opt/uv-tools/mempalace/bin/python -c "import mempalace; print('mempalace', mempalace.__version__ if hasattr(mempalace, '__version__') else 'installed')" ; \
+    fi
+
+# ── mempalace-toolkit — bash wrappers for session/docs mining ────────
+ARG INSTALL_MEMPALACE_TOOLKIT=true
+ARG MEMPALACE_TOOLKIT_REF=main
+RUN if [ "${INSTALL_MEMPALACE}" = "true" ] && [ "${INSTALL_MEMPALACE_TOOLKIT}" = "true" ]; then \
+      git clone --depth 1 --branch "${MEMPALACE_TOOLKIT_REF}" \
+        https://gitea.jordbo.se/joakimp/mempalace-toolkit.git /opt/mempalace-toolkit && \
+      ln -sf /opt/mempalace-toolkit/bin/mempalace-session /usr/local/bin/mempalace-session && \
+      ln -sf /opt/mempalace-toolkit/bin/mempalace-docs    /usr/local/bin/mempalace-docs && \
+      chmod +x /opt/mempalace-toolkit/bin/mempalace-session /opt/mempalace-toolkit/bin/mempalace-docs && \
+      mempalace-session --help >/dev/null && \
+      mempalace-docs    --help >/dev/null && \
+      echo "mempalace-toolkit installed at $(cd /opt/mempalace-toolkit && git rev-parse --short HEAD)" ; \
+    fi
+
+# rustup — Rust toolchain manager (init binary only; toolchains installed at runtime)
+RUN ARCH=$(case "${TARGETARCH}" in amd64) echo "x86_64" ;; arm64) echo "aarch64" ;; *) echo "x86_64" ;; esac) && \
+    curl -fsSL --retry 5 --retry-delay 5 --retry-all-errors "https://static.rust-lang.org/rustup/dist/${ARCH}-unknown-linux-gnu/rustup-init" -o /usr/local/bin/rustup-init && \
+    chmod +x /usr/local/bin/rustup-init
+
+# gitea-mcp — MCP server for Gitea API
+ARG GITEA_MCP_VERSION=latest
+RUN ARCH=$(case "${TARGETARCH}" in amd64) echo "x86_64" ;; arm64) echo "arm64" ;; *) echo "x86_64" ;; esac) && \
+    V="${GITEA_MCP_VERSION}" && \
+    if [ "$V" = "latest" ]; then \
+      V=$(curl -sI --retry 5 --retry-delay 5 --retry-all-errors "https://gitea.com/gitea/gitea-mcp/releases/latest" | awk 'tolower($1)=="location:" { sub(/\r$/,"",$2); n=split($2,a,"/"); print a[n] }'); \
+    fi && \
+    V="${V#v}" && \
+    [ -n "$V" ] && \
+    echo "Installing gitea-mcp ${V}" && \
+    curl -fsSL --retry 5 --retry-delay 5 --retry-all-errors "https://gitea.com/gitea/gitea-mcp/releases/download/v${V}/gitea-mcp_Linux_${ARCH}.tar.gz" \
+    | tar -xz -C /usr/local/bin/ gitea-mcp && \
+    chmod +x /usr/local/bin/gitea-mcp && \
+    gitea-mcp --version
+
+# Set locale — generate common UTF-8 locales (override via LANG/LC_ALL env vars)
+RUN sed -i -E '/(en_US|en_GB|sv_SE|da_DK|nb_NO|fi_FI|de_DE|fr_FR|es_ES|it_IT|pt_BR|nl_NL|pl_PL|ja_JP|ko_KR|zh_CN)\.UTF-8/s/^# //g' /etc/locale.gen && locale-gen
+ENV LANG=en_US.UTF-8
+ENV LANGUAGE=en_US:en
+ENV LC_ALL=en_US.UTF-8
+ENV EDITOR=nvim
+ENV PATH="/home/developer/.local/bin:/home/developer/.cargo/bin:${PATH}"
+
+# ── Node.js (required for opencode/pi/omos at variant build + MCP servers) ──
+ARG NODE_VERSION=22
+RUN curl -fsSL --retry 5 --retry-delay 5 --retry-all-errors https://deb.nodesource.com/setup_${NODE_VERSION}.x | bash - && \
+    apt-get install -y --no-install-recommends nodejs && \
+    rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/*
+
+# ── AWS CLI v2 (for SSO/Bedrock authentication) ─────────────────────
+RUN ARCH=$(case "${TARGETARCH}" in \
+      amd64) echo "x86_64" ;; \
+      arm64) echo "aarch64" ;; \
+      *) echo "x86_64" ;; \
+    esac) && \
+    curl -fsSL --retry 5 --retry-delay 5 --retry-all-errors "https://awscli.amazonaws.com/awscli-exe-linux-${ARCH}.zip" -o /tmp/awscli.zip && \
+    unzip -q /tmp/awscli.zip -d /tmp && \
+    /tmp/aws/install && \
+    rm -rf /tmp/aws /tmp/awscli.zip && \
+     aws --version
+
+# ── Non-root user ────────────────────────────────────────────────────
+ARG USER_NAME=developer
+ARG USER_UID=1000
+ARG USER_GID=1000
+
+RUN groupadd --gid ${USER_GID} ${USER_NAME} && \
+    useradd --uid ${USER_UID} --gid ${USER_GID} -m -s /bin/bash ${USER_NAME} && \
+    echo "${USER_NAME} ALL=(ALL) NOPASSWD:ALL" >> /etc/sudoers.d/${USER_NAME}
+
+# Create standard directories
+RUN mkdir -p /workspace \
+    /home/${USER_NAME}/.config/opencode/skills \
+    /home/${USER_NAME}/.pi/agent/extensions \
+    /home/${USER_NAME}/.agents/skills \
+    /home/${USER_NAME}/.local/share/opencode \
+    /home/${USER_NAME}/.cache/bash \
+    /home/${USER_NAME}/.ssh && \
+    chown -R ${USER_NAME}:${USER_NAME} /workspace /home/${USER_NAME}
+
+# ── Pre-warm chromadb embedding model ──────────────────────────────
+# Runs as gosu developer so Path.home() resolves correctly. Uses
+# the mempalace venv's python, which is the only one that has
+# chromadb importable (system python3 cannot reach the isolated venv).
+RUN if [ "${INSTALL_MEMPALACE}" = "true" ]; then \
+      gosu ${USER_NAME} /opt/uv-tools/mempalace/bin/python -c "\
+from chromadb.utils.embedding_functions import ONNXMiniLM_L6_V2; \
+ef = ONNXMiniLM_L6_V2(); \
+_ = ef(['warmup']); \
+print('chromadb embedding model warmed: all-MiniLM-L6-v2')" && \
+      ls -lh /home/${USER_NAME}/.cache/chroma/onnx_models/all-MiniLM-L6-v2/ ; \
+    fi
+
+# ── User-writable npm global prefix on the devbox-pi-config volume ──
+# By default npm's global prefix is /usr (writable only by root) so any
+# `pi install npm:<pkg>` or `npm install -g <pkg>` invoked by the
+# developer user would EACCES. Pointing the prefix into ~/.pi places
+# user-installed packages on the named volume, which means they survive
+# container recreation AND image rebuilds.
+#
+# IMPORTANT: in this split-build layout the variant Dockerfile inherits
+# this prefix at build time. To keep the baked binaries on /usr (so the
+# ~/.pi volume mount doesn't shadow them), the variant Dockerfile MUST
+# run each `npm install -g` with NPM_CONFIG_PREFIX=/usr in the per-RUN
+# environment. See Dockerfile.variant.
+ENV NPM_CONFIG_PREFIX=/home/${USER_NAME}/.pi/npm-global
+ENV PATH="/home/${USER_NAME}/.pi/npm-global/bin:${PATH}"
+
+# ── Shell defaults (bash history, aliases, readline) ─────────────────
+RUN mkdir -p /etc/skel-devbox
+COPY rootfs/home/developer/.bash_aliases /etc/skel-devbox/.bash_aliases
+COPY rootfs/home/developer/.inputrc      /etc/skel-devbox/.inputrc
+
+# ── Entrypoint ────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
+COPY rootfs/usr/local/lib/opencode-devbox/ /usr/local/lib/opencode-devbox/
+COPY entrypoint.sh /usr/local/bin/entrypoint.sh
+COPY entrypoint-user.sh /usr/local/bin/entrypoint-user.sh
+RUN chmod +x /usr/local/bin/entrypoint.sh /usr/local/bin/entrypoint-user.sh \
+    /usr/local/lib/opencode-devbox/*.py
+
+# Start as root — entrypoint adjusts UID/GID then drops to developer
+WORKDIR /workspace
+
+ENTRYPOINT ["entrypoint.sh"]
+CMD ["bash", "-l"]
diff --git a/Dockerfile.variant b/Dockerfile.variant
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+# opencode-devbox — variant image
+#
+# FROMs a base-<hash> image produced by Dockerfile.base and adds only
+# the variant-specific tools (opencode, pi, oh-my-opencode-slim, Go).
+#
+# The four published variants are produced from THIS Dockerfile by
+# varying build args:
+#
+#   variant            INSTALL_OPENCODE  INSTALL_OMOS  INSTALL_PI
+#   ─────────────────  ────────────────  ────────────  ──────────
+#   base               true              false         false
+#   omos               true              true          false
+#   with-pi            true              false         true
+#   omos-with-pi       true              true          true
+#
+# Pass `--build-arg BASE_IMAGE=<repo>:base-<hash>` to select the base.
+# The CI workflow computes the base hash from Dockerfile.base + rootfs/
+# + entrypoint*.sh and feeds it in.
+#
+# IMPORTANT: the base image sets NPM_CONFIG_PREFIX to
+# /home/developer/.pi/npm-global so runtime `pi install npm:...` and
+# `npm install -g` by the developer user lands on the named volume.
+# At BUILD time we want the baked binaries on /usr so they survive the
+# volume mount. Each `npm install -g` below therefore prefixes the
+# command with `NPM_CONFIG_PREFIX=/usr`.
+
+ARG BASE_IMAGE
+FROM ${BASE_IMAGE}
+
+ARG TARGETARCH
+ARG USER_NAME=developer
+
+# ── Install opencode via npm ─────────────────────────────────────────
+ARG INSTALL_OPENCODE=true
+ARG OPENCODE_VERSION=1.14.41
+RUN if [ "${INSTALL_OPENCODE}" = "true" ]; then \
+      NPM_CONFIG_PREFIX=/usr npm install -g opencode-ai@${OPENCODE_VERSION} && \
+      opencode --version ; \
+    fi
+
+# ── Optional: pi coding-agent ────────────────────────────────────────
+# pi-toolkit and pi-extensions are cloned into /opt/. entrypoint-user.sh
+# runs each repo's install.sh on container start so symlinks land under
+# ~/.pi/agent/ on the named volume.
+ARG INSTALL_PI=false
+ARG PI_VERSION=latest
+ARG PI_TOOLKIT_REF=main
+ARG PI_EXTENSIONS_REF=main
+RUN if [ "${INSTALL_PI}" = "true" ]; then \
+      if [ "${PI_VERSION}" = "latest" ]; then \
+        NPM_CONFIG_PREFIX=/usr npm install -g @mariozechner/pi-coding-agent ; \
+      else \
+        NPM_CONFIG_PREFIX=/usr npm install -g @mariozechner/pi-coding-agent@${PI_VERSION} ; \
+      fi && \
+      pi --version && \
+      git clone --depth 1 --branch "${PI_TOOLKIT_REF}" \
+        https://gitea.jordbo.se/joakimp/pi-toolkit.git /opt/pi-toolkit && \
+      git clone --depth 1 --branch "${PI_EXTENSIONS_REF}" \
+        https://gitea.jordbo.se/joakimp/pi-extensions.git /opt/pi-extensions && \
+      echo "pi-toolkit at $(cd /opt/pi-toolkit && git rev-parse --short HEAD)" && \
+      echo "pi-extensions at $(cd /opt/pi-extensions && git rev-parse --short HEAD)" ; \
+    fi
+
+# ── Optional: Go ─────────────────────────────────────────────────────
+ARG INSTALL_GO=false
+ARG GO_VERSION=latest
+RUN if [ "${INSTALL_GO}" = "true" ]; then \
+      GOARCH=$(case "${TARGETARCH}" in amd64) echo "amd64" ;; arm64) echo "arm64" ;; *) echo "amd64" ;; esac) && \
+      V="${GO_VERSION}" && \
+      if [ "$V" = "latest" ]; then \
+        V=$(curl -fsSL --retry 5 --retry-delay 5 --retry-all-errors "https://go.dev/dl/?mode=json" | \
+            awk -F'"' '/"version":/ { sub(/^go/,"",$4); print $4; exit }'); \
+      fi && \
+      [ -n "$V" ] && \
+      echo "Installing Go ${V}" && \
+      curl -fsSL --retry 5 --retry-delay 5 --retry-all-errors "https://go.dev/dl/go${V}.linux-${GOARCH}.tar.gz" | tar -C /usr/local -xz && \
+      ln -s /usr/local/go/bin/go /usr/local/bin/go && \
+      ln -s /usr/local/go/bin/gofmt /usr/local/bin/gofmt; \
+    fi
+
+# ── Optional: oh-my-opencode-slim (multi-agent orchestration) ────────
+# Installs Bun runtime and the oh-my-opencode-slim npm package.
+ARG INSTALL_OMOS=false
+ARG OMOS_VERSION=latest
+RUN if [ "${INSTALL_OMOS}" = "true" ]; then \
+      ARCH=$(uname -m) && \
+      if [ "$ARCH" = "x86_64" ]; then \
+        BUN_ARCH="x64-baseline"; \
+      elif [ "$ARCH" = "aarch64" ]; then \
+        BUN_ARCH="aarch64"; \
+      fi && \
+      curl -fsSL --retry 5 --retry-delay 5 --retry-all-errors "https://github.com/oven-sh/bun/releases/latest/download/bun-linux-${BUN_ARCH}.zip" -o /tmp/bun.zip && \
+      unzip -o /tmp/bun.zip -d /tmp/bun && \
+      mv /tmp/bun/bun-linux-${BUN_ARCH}/bun /usr/local/bin/bun && \
+      chmod +x /usr/local/bin/bun && \
+      ln -sf bun /usr/local/bin/bunx && \
+      rm -rf /tmp/bun /tmp/bun.zip && \
+      bun --version && \
+      test -L /usr/local/bin/bunx && \
+      NPM_CONFIG_PREFIX=/usr npm install -g oh-my-opencode-slim@${OMOS_VERSION}; \
+    fi
+
+# WORKDIR / ENTRYPOINT / CMD inherited from base.