diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index bc50a14..63e8fcb 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -4,3 +4,7 @@ node_modules
 .yarn/
 nostr/*
 dist
+.clj-kondo/
+.lsp/
+config.edn
+.cpcache
diff --git a/build.clj b/build.clj
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e425d86
--- /dev/null
+++ b/build.clj
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+(ns build
+  (:require [clojure.tools.build.api :as b]))
+
+(def lib 'snippets)
+
+(def class-dir "target/classes")
+(def uber-file (format "target/%s-standalone.jar" (name lib)))
+
+;; delay to defer side effects (artifact downloads)
+(def basis (delay (b/create-basis {:project "deps.edn"})))
+
+(defn clean [_]
+  (b/delete {:path "target"}))
+
+(defn uber [_]
+  (clean nil)
+  (b/copy-dir {:src-dirs ["src" "resources"]
+               :target-dir class-dir})
+  (b/compile-clj {:basis @basis
+                  :ns-compile '[snippets.main]
+                  :class-dir class-dir})
+  (b/uber {:class-dir class-dir
+           :uber-file uber-file
+           :basis @basis
+           :main 'snippets.main}))
diff --git a/deps.edn b/deps.edn
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..54acfac
--- /dev/null
+++ b/deps.edn
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+{:paths ["src"]
+ :deps {clj-http/clj-http {:mvn/version "3.13.1"}
+        ;; logging
+        com.taoensso/telemere {:mvn/version "1.0.0"}
+        ;; environment variables
+        environ/environ {:mvn/version "1.2.0"}
+        ;; schema validation
+        metosin/malli {:mvn/version "0.18.0"}
+        ;; json decoding
+        cheshire/cheshire {:mvn/version "6.0.0"}
+        ;; metosin/muuntaja {:mvn/version "0.6.11"}
+        org.clojure/clojure {:mvn/version "1.12.1"}}
+ :aliases
+ {;; Run with clj -T:build function-in-build
+  :build {:deps {io.github.clojure/tools.build {:git/tag "v0.10.9" :git/sha "e405aac"}}
+          :ns-default build}}}
+
+;; :aliases
+ ;; {:dev {:extra-deps {com.biffweb/tasks {:git/url "https://github.com/jacobobryant/biff", :git/sha "1570ccc", :git/tag "v1.8.29", :deps/root "libs/tasks"}}
+ ;;        :extra-paths ["dev" "test"]
+ ;;        :jvm-opts ["-XX:-OmitStackTraceInFastThrow"
+ ;;                   "-XX:+CrashOnOutOfMemoryError"
+ ;;                   "-Dbiff.env.BIFF_PROFILE=dev"]
+ ;;        :main-opts ["-m" "com.biffweb.task-runner" "tasks/tasks"]}
+ ;;  :prod {:jvm-opts ["-XX:-OmitStackTraceInFastThrow"
+ ;;                    "-XX:+CrashOnOutOfMemoryError"
+ ;;                    "-Dbiff.env.BIFF_PROFILE=prod"]
+ ;;         :main-opts ["-m" "snippets"]}}}
diff --git a/src/micro_blog/config.clj b/src/micro_blog/config.clj
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..a30bf2c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/micro_blog/config.clj
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+(ns micro-blog.config
+  (:require [environ.core :refer [env]]))
+
+(def ^:private env-overrides
+  {:minstral-api-key "MISTRAL_API_KEY"})
+
+(defn- load-config []
+  (println "config is being loaded")
+  (merge (read-string (slurp "config.edn"))
+         (into {} (for [[k env-var] env-overrides
+                        :let [env-val (env env-var)]
+                        :when env-val]
+                    [k env-val]))))
+
+(def config (atom (load-config)))
+
+(defn reload-config []
+  (reset! config (load-config)))
+
+(comment
+  ;; Example usage:
+  ;; Access the config
+  @config
+
+  ;; Reload the config at runtime
+  (reload-config))
diff --git a/src/micro_blog/is_tech.clj b/src/micro_blog/is_tech.clj
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..6b4ee42
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/micro_blog/is_tech.clj
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+(ns micro-blog.is-tech
+  (:require
+   [micro-blog.config :refer [config]]
+   [clj-http.client :as client]))
+
+(defn call-mistral-api [post-text]
+  (let [url (str (:mistral-host @config) "/v1/conversations")
+        headers {"Content-Type" "application/json"
+                 "Accept" "application/json"
+                 "Authorization" (str "Bearer " (@config :mistral-api-key))}
+        body {:inputs post-text
+              :stream false
+              :agent_id (@config :mistral-agent-id)}]
+    (->
+     (client/post url {:headers headers
+                       :form-params body
+                       :content-type :json
+                       :as :json})
+     :body
+     :outputs
+     first
+     :content
+     (#(if (= "1" %) true false)))))
+
+(defn is-tech? [post-text]
+  (call-mistral-api post-text))