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+.PHONY: help test build integration-up integration-test integration-down integration pre-deploy clean
+
+# Default target
+help: ## Show this help
+	@grep -E '^[a-zA-Z_-]+:.*?## .*$$' $(MAKEFILE_LIST) | sort | awk 'BEGIN {FS = ":.*?## "}; {printf "\033[36m%-20s\033[0m %s\n", $$1, $$2}'
+
+test: ## Run unit tests
+	uv run pytest tests/ -v --ignore=tests/integration
+
+build: ## Build Docker images for testing
+	docker compose -f docker-compose.test.yaml build
+
+integration-up: ## Start integration test containers
+	docker compose -f docker-compose.test.yaml up -d
+	@echo "Waiting for services to be ready..."
+	@sleep 5
+
+integration-test: ## Run integration tests (containers must be up)
+	uv run pytest tests/integration/ -v
+
+integration-down: ## Stop and remove test containers
+	docker compose -f docker-compose.test.yaml down -v
+
+integration: build integration-up ## Full integration cycle (build, up, test, down)
+	@$(MAKE) integration-test || ($(MAKE) integration-down && exit 1)
+	@$(MAKE) integration-down
+
+pre-deploy: test integration ## Full pre-deployment pipeline (unit tests + integration)
+	@echo "Pre-deployment checks passed!"
+
+clean: ## Remove all test artifacts and containers
+	docker compose -f docker-compose.test.yaml down -v --rmi local 2>/dev/null || true
+	find . -type d -name __pycache__ -exec rm -rf {} + 2>/dev/null || true
+	find . -type d -name .pytest_cache -exec rm -rf {} + 2>/dev/null || true