diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 6b5b3c6..3477de3 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -27,3 +27,4 @@ out/
 !**/src/test/**/out/
 
 .env
+target/
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..fff08e9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,215 @@
+<project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0"
+    xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
+    xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd">
+    <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+
+    <groupId>dev.surly.ai.collab</groupId>
+    <artifactId>spring-ai-collab</artifactId>
+    <version>0.0.1</version>
+    <packaging>jar</packaging>
+
+    <properties>
+        <maven.compiler.source>21</maven.compiler.source>
+        <maven.compiler.target>21</maven.compiler.target>
+        <spring.boot.version>3.3.1</spring.boot.version>
+        <spring.dependency.management.version>1.1.5</spring.dependency.management.version>
+        <springAiVersion>1.0.0-M1</springAiVersion>
+        <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
+        <spring-statemachine-core.version>4.0.0</spring-statemachine-core.version>
+        <springdoc-openapi-starter-webmvc-ui.version>2.6.0</springdoc-openapi-starter-webmvc-ui.version>
+        <edu.stanford.nlp.version>4.5.7</edu.stanford.nlp.version>
+        <junit-jupiter.version>5.10.0</junit-jupiter.version>
+        <flexmark-html2md-converter.version>0.64.8</flexmark-html2md-converter.version>
+        <org.apache.commons.commons-text.version>1.12.0</org.apache.commons.commons-text.version>
+        <cloudevents-core.version>4.0.1</cloudevents-core.version>
+        <pdfbox.version>3.0.2</pdfbox.version>
+        <maven-compiler-plugin.version>3.8.1</maven-compiler-plugin.version>
+    </properties>
+
+    <dependencyManagement>
+        <dependencies>
+            <dependency>
+                <groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
+                <artifactId>spring-boot-dependencies</artifactId>
+                <version>${spring.boot.version}</version>
+                <type>pom</type>
+                <scope>import</scope>
+            </dependency>
+            <dependency>
+                <groupId>org.springframework.ai</groupId>
+                <artifactId>spring-ai-bom</artifactId>
+                <version>${springAiVersion}</version>
+                <type>pom</type>
+                <scope>import</scope>
+            </dependency>
+        </dependencies>
+    </dependencyManagement>
+
+    <dependencies>
+        <!-- Spring AI and other dependencies -->
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>org.springframework.ai</groupId>
+            <artifactId>spring-ai-openai-spring-boot-starter</artifactId>
+        </dependency>
+
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>org.springframework.ai</groupId>
+            <artifactId>spring-ai-pdf-document-reader</artifactId>
+        </dependency>
+
+        <!-- PDFBox -->
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>org.apache.pdfbox</groupId>
+            <artifactId>pdfbox</artifactId>
+            <version>${pdfbox.version}</version>
+        </dependency>
+
+        <!-- Spring Boot Starters -->
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
+            <artifactId>spring-boot-devtools</artifactId>
+            <scope>runtime</scope>
+        </dependency>
+
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
+            <artifactId>spring-boot-starter-aop</artifactId>
+        </dependency>
+
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
+            <artifactId>spring-boot-starter-actuator</artifactId>
+        </dependency>
+
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
+            <artifactId>spring-boot-starter-thymeleaf</artifactId>
+        </dependency>
+
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
+            <artifactId>spring-boot-starter-web</artifactId>
+        </dependency>
+
+        <!-- OpenAPI -->
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>org.springdoc</groupId>
+            <artifactId>springdoc-openapi-starter-webmvc-ui</artifactId>
+            <version>${springdoc-openapi-starter-webmvc-ui.version}</version>
+        </dependency>
+
+        <!-- State Machine and CloudEvents -->
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>org.springframework.statemachine</groupId>
+            <artifactId>spring-statemachine-core</artifactId>
+            <version>${spring-statemachine-core.version}</version>
+        </dependency>
+
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>io.cloudevents</groupId>
+            <artifactId>cloudevents-core</artifactId>
+            <version>${cloudevents-core.version}</version>
+        </dependency>
+
+        <!-- NLP -->
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>edu.stanford.nlp</groupId>
+            <artifactId>stanford-corenlp</artifactId>
+            <version>${edu.stanford.nlp.version}</version>
+        </dependency>
+
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>edu.stanford.nlp</groupId>
+            <artifactId>stanford-corenlp</artifactId>
+            <classifier>models</classifier>
+            <version>${edu.stanford.nlp.version}</version>
+        </dependency>
+
+        <!-- Commons Text -->
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>org.apache.commons</groupId>
+            <artifactId>commons-text</artifactId>
+            <version>${org.apache.commons.commons-text.version}</version>
+        </dependency>
+
+        <!-- Flexmark -->
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>com.vladsch.flexmark</groupId>
+            <artifactId>flexmark-html2md-converter</artifactId>
+            <version>${flexmark-html2md-converter.version}</version>
+        </dependency>
+
+        <!-- Lombok -->
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>org.projectlombok</groupId>
+            <artifactId>lombok</artifactId>
+        </dependency>
+
+        <!-- Test dependencies -->
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
+            <artifactId>spring-boot-test</artifactId>
+            <scope>test</scope>
+        </dependency>
+
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>org.junit.platform</groupId>
+            <artifactId>junit-platform-launcher</artifactId>
+            <scope>test</scope>
+        </dependency>
+
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>org.junit.jupiter</groupId>
+            <artifactId>junit-jupiter-api</artifactId>
+            <version>${junit-jupiter.version}</version>
+            <scope>test</scope>
+        </dependency>
+
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>org.junit.jupiter</groupId>
+            <artifactId>junit-jupiter-engine</artifactId>
+            <version>${junit-jupiter.version}</version>
+            <scope>test</scope>
+        </dependency>
+    </dependencies>
+
+    <build>
+        <plugins>
+            <!-- Spring Boot Maven Plugin -->
+            <plugin>
+                <groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
+                <artifactId>spring-boot-maven-plugin</artifactId>
+                <version>${spring.boot.version}</version>
+            </plugin>
+
+            <!-- Maven Compiler Plugin -->
+            <plugin>
+                <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+                <artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId>
+                <version>${maven-compiler-plugin.version}</version>
+                <configuration>
+                    <source>${maven.compiler.source}</source>
+                    <target>${maven.compiler.target}</target>
+                </configuration>
+            </plugin>
+
+            <!-- Spring Dependency Management Plugin -->
+            <plugin>
+                <groupId>io.spring.gradle</groupId>
+                <artifactId>dependency-management-plugin</artifactId>
+                <version>${spring.dependency.management.version}</version>
+            </plugin>
+        </plugins>
+    </build>
+    <repositories>
+        <repository>
+            <id>spring-milestones</id>
+            <name>Spring Milestones</name>
+            <url>https://repo.spring.io/milestone</url>
+            <snapshots>
+                <enabled>false</enabled>
+            </snapshots>
+        </repository>
+    </repositories>
+
+</project>
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