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+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+# manage.sh — Peregrine CLI wrapper
+# A single entry point for all common operations.
+# Usage: ./manage.sh <command> [options]
+set -euo pipefail
+
+RED='\033[0;31m'; GREEN='\033[0;32m'; YELLOW='\033[1;33m'; BLUE='\033[0;34m'; NC='\033[0m'
+info()    { echo -e "${BLUE}[peregrine]${NC} $*"; }
+success() { echo -e "${GREEN}[peregrine]${NC} $*"; }
+warn()    { echo -e "${YELLOW}[peregrine]${NC} $*"; }
+error()   { echo -e "${RED}[peregrine]${NC} $*" >&2; exit 1; }
+
+SCRIPT_DIR="$(cd "$(dirname "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}")" && pwd)"
+cd "$SCRIPT_DIR"
+
+PROFILE="${PROFILE:-remote}"
+
+# ── Usage ────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
+usage() {
+    echo ""
+    echo -e "  ${BLUE}Peregrine by Circuit Forge LLC${NC}"
+    echo -e "  ${YELLOW}\"Don't be evil, for real and forever.\"${NC}"
+    echo ""
+    echo "  Usage: ./manage.sh <command> [--profile PROFILE]"
+    echo ""
+    echo "  Commands:"
+    echo -e "    ${GREEN}setup${NC}               Install Docker/Podman + NVIDIA toolkit"
+    echo -e "    ${GREEN}start${NC}               Start Peregrine (preflight → up)"
+    echo -e "    ${GREEN}stop${NC}                Stop all services"
+    echo -e "    ${GREEN}restart${NC}             Restart all services"
+    echo -e "    ${GREEN}status${NC}              Show running containers"
+    echo -e "    ${GREEN}logs [service]${NC}      Tail logs (default: app)"
+    echo -e "    ${GREEN}update${NC}              Pull latest images + rebuild app"
+    echo -e "    ${GREEN}preflight${NC}           Check ports + resources; write .env"
+    echo -e "    ${GREEN}test${NC}                Run test suite"
+    echo -e "    ${GREEN}prepare-training${NC}    Extract cover letters → training JSONL"
+    echo -e "    ${GREEN}finetune${NC}            Run LoRA fine-tune (needs GPU profile)"
+    echo -e "    ${GREEN}clean${NC}               Remove containers, images, volumes (DESTRUCTIVE)"
+    echo -e "    ${GREEN}open${NC}                Open the web UI in your browser"
+    echo ""
+    echo "  Profiles (set via --profile or PROFILE env var):"
+    echo "    remote       API-only, no local inference (default)"
+    echo "    cpu          Local Ollama inference on CPU"
+    echo "    single-gpu   Ollama + Vision on GPU 0"
+    echo "    dual-gpu     Ollama + Vision + vLLM on GPU 0+1"
+    echo ""
+    echo "  Examples:"
+    echo "    ./manage.sh start"
+    echo "    ./manage.sh start --profile cpu"
+    echo "    ./manage.sh logs ollama"
+    echo "    PROFILE=single-gpu ./manage.sh restart"
+    echo ""
+}
+
+# ── Parse args ───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
+CMD="${1:-help}"
+shift || true
+
+while [[ $# -gt 0 ]]; do
+    case "$1" in
+        --profile|-p) PROFILE="$2"; shift 2 ;;
+        --help|-h)    usage; exit 0 ;;
+        *)            break ;;
+    esac
+done
+
+SERVICE="${1:-app}"   # used by `logs` command
+
+# ── Commands ─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
+case "$CMD" in
+
+    setup)
+        info "Running dependency installer..."
+        bash setup.sh
+        ;;
+
+    preflight)
+        info "Running preflight checks (PROFILE=${PROFILE})..."
+        make preflight PROFILE="$PROFILE"
+        ;;
+
+    start)
+        info "Starting Peregrine (PROFILE=${PROFILE})..."
+        make start PROFILE="$PROFILE"
+        PORT="$(python3 scripts/preflight.py --service streamlit 2>/dev/null || echo 8501)"
+        success "Peregrine is up → http://localhost:${PORT}"
+        ;;
+
+    stop)
+        info "Stopping all services..."
+        make stop
+        success "Stopped."
+        ;;
+
+    restart)
+        info "Restarting (PROFILE=${PROFILE})..."
+        make restart PROFILE="$PROFILE"
+        PORT="$(python3 scripts/preflight.py --service streamlit 2>/dev/null || echo 8501)"
+        success "Peregrine restarted → http://localhost:${PORT}"
+        ;;
+
+    status)
+        # Auto-detect compose engine same way Makefile does
+        COMPOSE="$(command -v docker >/dev/null 2>&1 && docker compose version >/dev/null 2>&1 \
+            && echo "docker compose" \
+            || (command -v podman >/dev/null 2>&1 && echo "podman compose" || echo "podman-compose"))"
+        $COMPOSE ps
+        ;;
+
+    logs)
+        COMPOSE="$(command -v docker >/dev/null 2>&1 && docker compose version >/dev/null 2>&1 \
+            && echo "docker compose" \
+            || (command -v podman >/dev/null 2>&1 && echo "podman compose" || echo "podman-compose"))"
+        info "Tailing logs for: ${SERVICE}"
+        $COMPOSE logs -f "$SERVICE"
+        ;;
+
+    update)
+        info "Pulling latest images and rebuilding app..."
+        COMPOSE="$(command -v docker >/dev/null 2>&1 && docker compose version >/dev/null 2>&1 \
+            && echo "docker compose" \
+            || (command -v podman >/dev/null 2>&1 && echo "podman compose" || echo "podman-compose"))"
+        $COMPOSE pull searxng ollama 2>/dev/null || true
+        $COMPOSE build app
+        success "Update complete. Run './manage.sh restart' to apply."
+        ;;
+
+    test)
+        info "Running test suite..."
+        make test
+        ;;
+
+    prepare-training)
+        info "Extracting training data from cover letter corpus..."
+        make prepare-training
+        ;;
+
+    finetune)
+        info "Starting fine-tune (PROFILE=${PROFILE})..."
+        make finetune PROFILE="$PROFILE"
+        ;;
+
+    clean)
+        warn "This will remove ALL Peregrine containers, images, and volumes."
+        read -rp "Type 'yes' to confirm: " confirm
+        [[ "$confirm" == "yes" ]] || { info "Cancelled."; exit 0; }
+        make clean
+        ;;
+
+    open)
+        PORT="$(python3 scripts/preflight.py --service streamlit 2>/dev/null || echo 8501)"
+        URL="http://localhost:${PORT}"
+        info "Opening ${URL}"
+        if command -v xdg-open &>/dev/null; then
+            xdg-open "$URL"
+        elif command -v open &>/dev/null; then
+            open "$URL"
+        else
+            echo "$URL"
+        fi
+        ;;
+
+    help|--help|-h)
+        usage
+        ;;
+
+    *)
+        error "Unknown command: ${CMD}. Run './manage.sh help' for usage."
+        ;;
+
+esac