diff --git a/.dockerignore b/.dockerignore
index 2c4b087..5878341 100644
--- a/.dockerignore
+++ b/.dockerignore
@@ -12,7 +12,6 @@
 **/.env
 **/.env.local
 **/*.log
-docs
 infra/docker/data
 **/__tests__
 **/*.test.ts
diff --git a/services/api/src/routes/agent-outputs.ts b/services/api/src/routes/agent-outputs.ts
index 1a95d9d..5dff5ce 100644
--- a/services/api/src/routes/agent-outputs.ts
+++ b/services/api/src/routes/agent-outputs.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import { Router } from 'express';
+import { Router, type Request, type Response, type IRouter } from 'express';
 import { nanoid } from 'nanoid';
 import { db } from '../db/index.js';
 import { agentOutputs, tipFeedback, tipViews } from '../db/schema.js';
@@ -7,9 +7,8 @@ import { config } from '../config.js';
 import { getProfile, type Profile } from '../profile/builder.js';
 import { todoistSource } from '../signals/todoist.js';
 import { SignalAggregator } from '../signals/aggregator.js';
-import type { Request, Response } from 'express';
 
-const router = Router();
+const router: IRouter = Router();
 
 // Separate aggregator instance — avoids circular dep with recommender.ts.
 const _agentAggregator = new SignalAggregator().register(todoistSource);
diff --git a/services/api/src/routes/bench.ts b/services/api/src/routes/bench.ts
index b1c1a43..d395227 100644
--- a/services/api/src/routes/bench.ts
+++ b/services/api/src/routes/bench.ts
@@ -8,11 +8,10 @@
  *   GET  /api/bench/leaderboard/:experiment  — leaderboard by (model, prompt)
  */
 
-import { Router, Request, Response } from "express";
-import httpx from "httpx";
+import { Router, type Request, type Response, type IRouter } from "express";
 import * as process from "process";
 
-const router = Router();
+const router: IRouter = Router();
 
 const MLFLOW_URL = process.env.MLFLOW_URL || "http://mlflow:5000";
 const MLFLOW_USER = process.env.MLFLOW_TRACKING_USERNAME || "admin";