render.yaml

# Render Blueprint — free backend hosting for the FastAPI generator.
# Deploy: Render Dashboard -> New -> Blueprint -> pick this repo.
# A web service (not serverless) so the slow multi-call LLM pipeline isn't
# cut off by a short function timeout.
services:
  - type: web
    name: rtsgame-backend
    runtime: python
    plan: free            # free tier: sleeps after 15 min idle (cold start ~1 min)
    rootDir: backend
    buildCommand: pip install -r requirements.txt
    startCommand: uvicorn app:app --host 0.0.0.0 --port $PORT
    healthCheckPath: /health
    envVars:
      - key: OPENAI_API_KEY
        sync: false        # set this secret in the Render dashboard, never commit it
      - key: PYTHON_VERSION
        value: "3.11"