chore: Remove Docker CI workflow - manual builds only for v2.3.2

[T-rav]

Summary

• Removed automated Docker CI workflow (.github/workflows/docker-publish.yml)
• Updated Dockerfile to run mcp_server.py directly instead of via module import
• Simplifies deployment to manual Docker builds only

Changes

• Removed: .github/workflows/docker-publish.yml (77 lines) - automated multi-platform Docker build workflow
• Updated: docker/Dockerfile - Changed CMD from python -m mcp_server to python mcp_server.py

Rationale

Moving to manual Docker builds reduces CI complexity and gives more control over release timing.

Test Plan

• Verified Dockerfile CMD change works with local build
• Confirmed removal of workflow file doesn't affect other CI jobs

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Summary by CodeRabbit

• Refactor
  • Docker image now starts the MCP server by default instead of demo mode.
  • Removed the demo-specific environment variable, simplifying container configuration.
• Chores
  • Removed the CI workflow for building and publishing Docker images.

[coderabbitai]

Walkthrough

Removes the Docker publish GitHub Actions workflow and updates the Docker image’s default command by dropping WEBCAT_MODE and switching from running cli.py in demo mode to running mcp_server.py.

Changes

Cohort / File(s)	Summary
CI/CD Workflow Removal .github/workflows/docker-publish.yml	Deleted workflow that built and pushed multi-arch Docker images on tag or manual dispatch, including version derivation, metadata tagging, caching, login, push, and manifest inspect.
Docker Runtime Command Update docker/Dockerfile	Removed WEBCAT_MODE=demo and changed CMD from invoking cli.py (demo mode) to invoking mcp_server.py; no other config changes.

Sequence Diagram(s)

sequenceDiagram
    autonumber
    participant User
    participant Container
    participant mcp_server.py as MCP Server

    User->>Container: docker run image
    activate Container
    Note over Container: CMD now starts mcp_server.py
    Container->>MCP Server: Launch process
    activate MCP Server
    MCP Server-->>Container: Initialize server
    Container-->>User: Server running

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Estimated code review effort

🎯 2 (Simple) | ⏱️ ~10 minutes

Poem

I nudge the build clouds, watch them part—no more CI rain,
A lighter burrow, fewer gears in the chain.
New boots on startup: MCP takes the stage,
Demo hat off, we turn a sober page.
Thump-thump—ship shape! Now onward down the lane. 🐇🚀

Pre-merge checks and finishing touches

✅ Passed checks (3 passed)

Check name	Status	Explanation
Description Check	✅ Passed	Check skipped - CodeRabbit’s high-level summary is enabled.
Title Check	✅ Passed	The title succinctly conveys the primary change, namely the removal of the automated Docker CI workflow and the shift to manual builds for v2.3.2, following the conventional commit style. It accurately reflects the changes in the PR without extraneous details.
Docstring Coverage	✅ Passed	No functions found in the changes. Docstring coverage check skipped.

✨ Finishing touches

🧪 Generate unit tests (beta)

• Create PR with unit tests
• Post copyable unit tests in a comment
• Commit unit tests in branch chore/remove-docker-ci-workflow-v2.3.2

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📥 Commits

Reviewing files that changed from the base of the PR and between e4c1603 and 8a530ed.

📒 Files selected for processing (2)

• .github/workflows/docker-publish.yml (0 hunks)
• docker/Dockerfile (1 hunks)

💤 Files with no reviewable changes (1)

• .github/workflows/docker-publish.yml

🧰 Additional context used

📓 Path-based instructions (1)

docker/Dockerfile

📄 CodeRabbit inference engine (CLAUDE.md)

Use Python 3.11 base/runtime in Dockerfile to match the required interpreter version

Files:

• docker/Dockerfile

🔇 Additional comments (1)

docker/Dockerfile (1)

34-34: Approve script entrypoint
Verified no relative imports in docker/mcp_server.py; switching to python mcp_server.py is safe.

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