diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 2de21c5..124feb3 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -10,8 +10,30 @@ readme = "README.md"
 requires-python = ">=3.10"
 license = {text = "MIT"}
 
+dependencies = [
+    "fastapi>=0.100.0",
+    "uvicorn[standard]>=0.23.0",
+    "pydantic>=2.0.0",
+]
+
+[project.optional-dependencies]
+dev = [
+    "pytest>=7.0",
+    "pytest-asyncio>=0.21",
+    "httpx>=0.24.0",
+    "ruff>=0.1.0",
+]
+
 [tool.setuptools.packages.find]
 where = ["src"]
 
 [project.scripts]
 commander-sim = "commander_ai_lab.lab.experiments:_cli_main"
+
+[tool.pytest.ini_options]
+testpaths = ["tests"]
+pythonpath = [".", "src"]
+
+[tool.ruff]
+line-length = 120
+target-version = "py310"