fix: Move setup logic into cached Streamlit function

app.py

@@ -6,6 +6,20 @@ import streamlit as st
 import time
 from guards import input as input_guard, output as output_guard
 from rag import retriever
+from database.setup_db import setup_database
+from rag.build_vector_store import build_vector_store
+
+# ============================================
+# APPLICATION SETUP
+# ============================================
+
+@st.cache_resource
+def setup_application():
+    """
+    Sets up the database and vector store on application startup.
+    """
+    setup_database()
+    build_vector_store()
 
 # ============================================
 # BACKEND INTEGRATION
@@ -49,6 +63,9 @@ def query_rag_pipeline(user_query: str) -> dict:
 # ============================================
 
 def main():
+    # Run the setup function
+    setup_application()
+
     st.set_page_config(
         page_title="Knowledge Retrieval System",
         page_icon="🤖",

startup.sh

@@ -1,10 +1,4 @@
 #!/bin/bash
 
-# Set up the database
-python3 database/setup_db.py
-
-# Build the vector store
-python3 rag/build_vector_store.py
-
 # Run the Streamlit app
 streamlit run app.py