diff --git a/conductor-setup.sh b/conductor-setup.sh
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+#!/bin/bash
+set -e  # Exit on any error
+
+echo "🚀 Setting up Rails workspace..."
+
+# Load mise if available
+if command -v mise &> /dev/null; then
+    eval "$(mise activate bash)"
+fi
+
+# Check for required tools
+if ! command -v ruby &> /dev/null; then
+    echo "❌ Ruby is not installed. Please install Ruby first."
+    exit 1
+fi
+
+# Check Ruby version
+RUBY_VERSION=$(ruby -v | grep -oE '[0-9]+\.[0-9]+\.[0-9]+' | head -1)
+REQUIRED_VERSION="3.2.0"
+
+if [ "$(printf '%s\n' "$REQUIRED_VERSION" "$RUBY_VERSION" | sort -V | head -n1)" != "$REQUIRED_VERSION" ]; then
+    echo "❌ Ruby version $RUBY_VERSION is too old. Rails 8.0.3 requires Ruby >= $REQUIRED_VERSION"
+    echo "   Please update Ruby using a version manager like rbenv, rvm, or asdf."
+    exit 1
+fi
+
+if ! command -v bundle &> /dev/null; then
+    echo "❌ Bundler is not installed. Please install Bundler first."
+    exit 1
+fi
+
+# Copy environment files from root if they exist
+if [ -f "$CONDUCTOR_ROOT_PATH/.env" ]; then
+    echo "📋 Copying .env file from root..."
+    cp "$CONDUCTOR_ROOT_PATH/.env" .env
+fi
+
+if [ -f "$CONDUCTOR_ROOT_PATH/.env.local" ]; then
+    echo "📋 Copying .env.local file from root..."
+    cp "$CONDUCTOR_ROOT_PATH/.env.local" .env.local
+fi
+
+# Install Ruby dependencies
+echo "📦 Installing Ruby gems..."
+bundle install
+
+# Clear logs and temp files
+echo "🧹 Cleaning logs and temp files..."
+bin/rails log:clear tmp:clear
+
+echo "✅ Setup complete! Click the Run button to start the Rails server."
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diff --git a/conductor.json b/conductor.json
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+{
+  "scripts": {
+    "setup": "./conductor-setup.sh",
+    "run": "bin/dev",
+    "archive": ""
+  },
+  "runScriptMode": "nonconcurrent"
+}
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