diff --git a/.github/workflows/trader-docker-smoke.yml b/.github/workflows/trader-docker-smoke.yml
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+name: Trader Docker Smoke
+
+on:
+  pull_request:
+    paths:
+      - "apps/trader/**"
+      - "packages/schemas-python/**"
+      - "packages/calibration-python/**"
+      - "pyproject.toml"
+      - "uv.lock"
+      - ".dockerignore"
+      - "scripts/smoke-trader-docker.sh"
+      - ".github/workflows/trader-docker-smoke.yml"
+  push:
+    branches: [main]
+    paths:
+      - "apps/trader/**"
+      - "packages/schemas-python/**"
+      - "packages/calibration-python/**"
+      - "pyproject.toml"
+      - "uv.lock"
+      - ".dockerignore"
+      - "scripts/smoke-trader-docker.sh"
+      - ".github/workflows/trader-docker-smoke.yml"
+  workflow_dispatch:
+
+permissions:
+  contents: read
+
+jobs:
+  trader-docker-smoke:
+    name: Build and boot prism-trader image
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    timeout-minutes: 10
+    env:
+      DOCKER_BUILDKIT: "1"
+    steps:
+      - name: Checkout
+        uses: actions/checkout@v4
+
+      - name: Smoke test trader Docker image
+        run: scripts/smoke-trader-docker.sh
diff --git a/scripts/smoke-trader-docker.sh b/scripts/smoke-trader-docker.sh
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+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+set -euo pipefail
+
+ROOT="${1:-}"
+if [[ -z "$ROOT" ]]; then
+  if git_root="$(git rev-parse --show-toplevel 2>/dev/null)"; then
+    ROOT="$git_root"
+  else
+    ROOT="$(pwd)"
+  fi
+fi
+ROOT="$(cd "$ROOT" && pwd)"
+
+IMAGE="${IMAGE:-prism-trader-smoke:${GITHUB_SHA:-local}}"
+CONTAINER="prism-trader-smoke-${RANDOM}-$$"
+LOG_FILE="$(mktemp)"
+HEALTH_FILE="$(mktemp)"
+
+cleanup() {
+  docker rm -f "$CONTAINER" >/dev/null 2>&1 || true
+  rm -f "$LOG_FILE" "$HEALTH_FILE"
+}
+trap cleanup EXIT
+
+echo "Building $IMAGE from $ROOT/apps/trader/Dockerfile"
+docker build -f "$ROOT/apps/trader/Dockerfile" -t "$IMAGE" "$ROOT"
+
+echo "Starting $CONTAINER"
+docker run -d --name "$CONTAINER" \
+  -e DATABASE_URL="postgresql://prism:prism@127.0.0.1:1/prism?connect_timeout=1" \
+  -e CIRCLE_API_KEY="dummy-circle-api-key" \
+  -e CIRCLE_ENTITY_SECRET="dummy-circle-entity-secret" \
+  -e CIRCLE_WALLET_SET_ID="dummy-wallet-set" \
+  -e PINATA_JWT="dummy-pinata-jwt" \
+  -e ARC_RPC_URL="http://127.0.0.1:8545" \
+  -e ANTHROPIC_API_KEY="dummy-anthropic-api-key" \
+  -e CIRCLE_WALLET_TRADER_ID="dummy-trader-wallet" \
+  -e CIRCLE_WALLET_TRADER_ADDRESS="0x0000000000000000000000000000000000000001" \
+  -e TRADER_MODEL="claude-sonnet-4-20250514" \
+  -e LOCALE="EE" \
+  -e PRISM_TRADE_MODE="paper" \
+  -p 127.0.0.1::3201 \
+  "$IMAGE" >/dev/null
+
+for _ in {1..40}; do
+  docker logs "$CONTAINER" >"$LOG_FILE" 2>&1 || true
+
+  if grep -Fq 'workspace in `tool.uv.sources`' "$LOG_FILE" \
+    || grep -Fq 'Failed to parse entry: `prism-sentinel`' "$LOG_FILE"; then
+    echo "::error::Trader container hit the uv workspace parsing failure."
+    cat "$LOG_FILE"
+    exit 1
+  fi
+
+  port="$(docker port "$CONTAINER" 3201/tcp 2>/dev/null | awk -F: '/127[.]0[.]0[.]1/ {print $NF; exit}')"
+  if [[ -n "$port" ]] && curl -fsS "http://127.0.0.1:$port/health" >"$HEALTH_FILE" 2>/dev/null; then
+    echo "Trader Docker smoke passed: $(cat "$HEALTH_FILE")"
+    exit 0
+  fi
+
+  if ! docker ps --format '{{.Names}}' | grep -Fxq "$CONTAINER"; then
+    echo "::error::Trader container exited before /health became available."
+    cat "$LOG_FILE"
+    exit 1
+  fi
+
+  sleep 1
+done
+
+echo "::error::Timed out waiting for trader /health."
+cat "$LOG_FILE"
+exit 1