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+name: imajin-semantic
+description: Semantic analysis — image understanding and tagging for the Imajin pipeline
+type: ml-service
+category: services
+version: 1.0.0
+
+platforms:
+  apricot:
+    os: linux
+    host: 10.0.0.13
+    environment: development
+    services:
+      api:
+        type: http
+        port: "8007"
+        description: Semantic analysis REST API (image tagging, understanding)
+    start:
+      path: ~/Code/@applications/@imajin/services/imajin-semantic/service
+      script: .venv/bin/python -m uvicorn src.api.main:app --host 0.0.0.0 --port 8007 --workers 1 --log-level info
+    stop:
+      path: ~/Code/@applications/@imajin/services/imajin-semantic/service
+      script: pkill -f "uvicorn src.api.main:app.*8007" ; true
+    status:
+      command: "curl -sf http://localhost:8007/health > /dev/null && echo ok"
+      type: http
+    logs:
+      command: "journalctl --user -u imajin-semantic -n 100 2>/dev/null || echo 'No systemd unit'"