diff --git a/features/video-studio/processing-service/pyproject.toml b/features/video-studio/processing-service/pyproject.toml
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-[build-system]
-requires = ["setuptools>=70"]
-build-backend = "setuptools.backends.legacy:build"
-
-[project]
-name = "video-studio-processing"
-version = "1.0.0"
-description = "Per-frame face detection and modification service for Lilith Platform"
-requires-python = ">=3.12"
-dependencies = []  # managed via requirements.txt
-
-[tool.setuptools.packages.find]
-where = ["src"]
-
-[tool.ruff]
-target-version = "py312"
-line-length = 100
-
-[tool.ruff.lint]
-select = ["E", "F", "I", "UP", "B"]
-ignore = ["B008"]  # function calls in defaults (FastAPI Depends pattern)
diff --git a/features/video-studio/processing-service/requirements.txt b/features/video-studio/processing-service/requirements.txt
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-fastapi>=0.115.0
-uvicorn[standard]>=0.34.0
-pydantic>=2.10.0
-opencv-python-headless>=4.10.0
-insightface>=0.7.3
-onnxruntime-gpu>=1.20.0
-numpy>=1.26.0
-Pillow>=11.0.0
-redis>=5.2.0
-structlog>=25.1.0
-prometheus-fastapi-instrumentator>=7.0.0
-# CUDA 12 libs for onnxruntime-gpu (system may have CUDA 13; these provide CUDA 12)
-nvidia-cublas-cu12
-nvidia-cudnn-cu12
-nvidia-cuda-runtime-cu12