diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 76bf0af..08cd31f 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ processed/
 !README.md
 !AGENTS.md
 *.txt
+!requirements.txt
 !.gitkeep
 
 # IDE
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..7f1d3b5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+fastapi
+uvicorn[standard]
+python-multipart
+websockets
+python-docx
+pyyaml
+whisperx