Simplify: Deploy frontend only to Vercel, backend to Render/Railway

BACKEND_DEPLOY.md

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+# Backend Deployment Guide
+
+The backend cannot be deployed to Vercel due to Python dependency issues (faiss-cpu compatibility).
+
+## Option 1: Deploy Backend to Render (Recommended)
+
+1. Go to [render.com](https://render.com) and sign in
+2. Click "New +" → "Web Service"
+3. Connect your GitHub repository
+4. Configure:
+   - **Name**: `escalation-api-backend`
+   - **Runtime**: Python 3
+   - **Build Command**: `pip install -r requirements.txt`
+   - **Start Command**: `uvicorn src.main:app --host 0.0.0.0 --port $PORT`
+5. Add Environment Variables:
+   - `GOOGLE_API_KEY`: Your Gemini API key
+6. Deploy
+
+Your backend will be at: `https://escalation-api-backend.onrender.com`
+
+## Option 2: Deploy Backend to Railway
+
+1. Go to [railway.app](https://railway.app) and sign in
+2. Click "New Project" → "Deploy from GitHub repo"
+3. Select your repository
+4. Add environment variables in the Variables tab
+5. Railway auto-deploys
+
+Your backend will be at: `https://your-app.up.railway.app`
+
+## Update Frontend
+
+After deploying the backend, update the frontend environment variable in Vercel:
+
+1. Go to Vercel Dashboard → Your Project → Settings → Environment Variables
+2. Add/Update: `VITE_API_URL` = `https://your-backend-url.onrender.com`
+3. Redeploy frontend
+
+## Local Development
+
+### Backend:
+```bash
+pip install -r requirements.txt
+uvicorn src.main:app --reload
+```
+
+### Frontend:
+```bash
+cd frontend
+npm install
+npm run dev
+```
+
+Set `VITE_API_URL=http://localhost:8000` in `frontend/.env`

vercel.json

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 {
   "buildCommand": "cd frontend && npm install && npm run build",
-  "outputDirectory": "frontend/dist",
-  "functions": {
-    "api/**/*.py": {
-      "runtime": "@vercel/python",
-      "maxDuration": 10
-    }
-  }
+  "outputDirectory": "frontend/dist"
 }