diff --git a/.github/workflows/deploy-langgraph.yml b/.github/workflows/deploy-langgraph.yml
index ea1cdfb..cd469bd 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/deploy-langgraph.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/deploy-langgraph.yml
@@ -25,21 +25,15 @@ jobs:
         with:
           node-version: "20"
 
-      - name: Install pnpm and dependencies
-        run: |
-          npm install -g pnpm@10
-          cd langgraph
-          pnpm install --frozen-lockfile
-          # Create .env placeholder (langgraphjs dev requires it)
-          touch .env
-          mkdir -p .langgraph_api
-          echo ".langgraph_api" >> .gitignore
-
       - name: Package for deployment
         run: |
           cd langgraph
+          # Create langgraphjs dev prerequisites
+          touch .env
+          mkdir -p .langgraph_api
+          # Package source only — Oryx will install node_modules on Azure
           zip -r ../deploy-langgraph.zip . \
-            -x ".git/*" "dist/*" ".DS_Store"
+            -x "node_modules/*" ".git/*" "dist/*" ".DS_Store"
 
       - name: Login to Azure
         uses: azure/login@v2
diff --git a/.github/workflows/main_soc-langgraph.yml b/.github/workflows/main_soc-langgraph.yml
deleted file mode 100644
index 5b9048e..0000000
--- a/.github/workflows/main_soc-langgraph.yml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,65 +0,0 @@
-# Docs for the Azure Web Apps Deploy action: https://github.com/Azure/webapps-deploy
-# More GitHub Actions for Azure: https://github.com/Azure/actions
-
-name: Build and deploy Node.js app to Azure Web App - soc-langgraph
-
-on:
-  push:
-    branches:
-      - main
-  workflow_dispatch:
-
-jobs:
-  build:
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    permissions:
-      contents: read #This is required for actions/checkout
-
-    steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
-
-      - name: Set up Node.js version
-        uses: actions/setup-node@v3
-        with:
-          node-version: '20.x'
-
-      - name: npm install, build, and test
-        run: |
-          npm install
-          npm run build --if-present
-          npm run test --if-present
-
-      - name: Upload artifact for deployment job
-        uses: actions/upload-artifact@v4
-        with:
-          name: node-app
-          path: .
-
-  deploy:
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    needs: build
-    permissions:
-      id-token: write #This is required for requesting the JWT
-      contents: read #This is required for actions/checkout
-
-    steps:
-      - name: Download artifact from build job
-        uses: actions/download-artifact@v4
-        with:
-          name: node-app
-      
-      - name: Login to Azure
-        uses: azure/login@v2
-        with:
-          client-id: ${{ secrets.AZUREAPPSERVICE_CLIENTID_8AFD875AB99C43E08E547E8C05B52C0E }}
-          tenant-id: ${{ secrets.AZUREAPPSERVICE_TENANTID_AED8BF6E858D44D589AE7C2EDFED2325 }}
-          subscription-id: ${{ secrets.AZUREAPPSERVICE_SUBSCRIPTIONID_6BF05B223C23470E904C4CFECEB28649 }}
-
-      - name: 'Deploy to Azure Web App'
-        id: deploy-to-webapp
-        uses: azure/webapps-deploy@v3
-        with:
-          app-name: 'soc-langgraph'
-          slot-name: 'Production'
-          package: .
-          
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diff --git a/langgraph/startup.sh b/langgraph/startup.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..b087316
--- /dev/null
+++ b/langgraph/startup.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+set -e
+
+echo "=== LangGraph Server Startup ==="
+
+cd /home/site/wwwroot
+
+# Ensure langgraphjs dev prerequisites exist
+touch .env
+mkdir -p .langgraph_api
+
+# Install pnpm globally if not available
+if ! command -v pnpm &> /dev/null; then
+  echo "Installing pnpm..."
+  npm install -g pnpm@10
+fi
+
+# Install dependencies if node_modules is missing (Oryx should have done this, but fallback)
+if [ ! -d "node_modules" ]; then
+  echo "node_modules not found, installing dependencies..."
+  pnpm install --frozen-lockfile
+fi
+
+echo "Starting LangGraph server on port 2024..."
+exec npx langgraphjs dev --host 0.0.0.0 --port 2024 --no-browser