diff --git a/.claude/settings.local.json b/.claude/settings.local.json
index 62ac3cd..51913d2 100644
--- a/.claude/settings.local.json
+++ b/.claude/settings.local.json
@@ -12,7 +12,15 @@
       "Bash(\"C:\\Program Files\\Microsoft Visual Studio\\2022\\Community\\Common7\\IDE\\CommonExtensions\\Microsoft\\CMake\\CMake\\bin\\cmake.exe\" --build . --config Debug)",
       "Bash(git fetch:*)",
       "Bash(git describe:*)",
-      "Bash(git checkout:*)"
+      "Bash(git checkout:*)",
+      "Bash(dir:*)",
+      "Bash(python -m pytest:*)",
+      "Bash(python -m venv:*)",
+      "Bash(python -m pip install:*)",
+      "Bash(git add:*)",
+      "Bash(git commit:*)",
+      "Bash(git push:*)",
+      "Bash(gh pr create:*)"
     ],
     "deny": [],
     "ask": []
diff --git a/.github/workflows/python-tests.yml b/.github/workflows/python-tests.yml
index a80c8c7..9d8b705 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/python-tests.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/python-tests.yml
@@ -35,18 +35,16 @@ jobs:
     - name: Install dependencies
       run: |
         python -m pip install --upgrade pip
-        pip install -r python/requirements.txt
-        pip install pytest pytest-cov pytest-asyncio
+        pip install -e .[dev]
 
     - name: Run tests
       run: |
-        cd tests
-        pytest -v --cov=../python --cov-report=xml --cov-report=term
+        pytest -v --cov-report=xml --cov-report=term
 
     - name: Upload coverage to Codecov
       uses: codecov/codecov-action@v3
       with:
-        file: ./tests/coverage.xml
+        file: ./coverage.xml
         flags: unittests
         name: codecov-${{ matrix.os }}-py${{ matrix.python-version }}
 
@@ -60,22 +58,19 @@ jobs:
       with:
         python-version: '3.11'
 
-    - name: Install linting tools
+    - name: Install package and linting tools
       run: |
-        pip install black ruff mypy
+        pip install -e .[dev]
 
     - name: Run black (format check)
       run: |
-        cd python
-        black --check .
+        black --check python
 
     - name: Run ruff (lint)
       run: |
-        cd python
-        ruff check .
+        ruff check python
 
     - name: Run mypy (type check)
       run: |
-        cd python
-        mypy --ignore-missing-imports agent_runtime backends tools
+        mypy --ignore-missing-imports python/agent_runtime python/backends python/tools
       continue-on-error: true  # Don't fail on type errors initially
diff --git a/AUTHORS b/AUTHORS
index 4dc927d..b332a73 100644
--- a/AUTHORS
+++ b/AUTHORS
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ Agent Arena is maintained by **JustInternetAI** (https://github.com/JustInternet
 
 Agent Arena was founded in 2025 by:
 
-- **Andrew Madison** - Co-Founder (https://github.com/andrewmadison)
+- **Andrew Madison** - Co-Founder (https://github.com/andrewbmadison)
 - **Justin Madison** - Co-Founder (https://github.com/justinmadison)
 
 ## Core Contributors
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..d94fc4a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -0,0 +1,113 @@
+[build-system]
+requires = ["setuptools>=61.0", "wheel"]
+build-backend = "setuptools.build_meta"
+
+[project]
+name = "agent-arena"
+version = "0.1.0"
+description = "LLM-driven autonomous agent benchmarking framework"
+readme = "README.md"
+requires-python = ">=3.11"
+license = {text = "Apache-2.0"}
+authors = [
+    {name = "Andrew Madison"},
+    {name = "Justin Madison"},
+]
+keywords = ["ai", "agents", "llm", "benchmark", "simulation"]
+classifiers = [
+    "Development Status :: 3 - Alpha",
+    "Intended Audience :: Developers",
+    "Intended Audience :: Science/Research",
+    "License :: OSI Approved :: Apache Software License",
+    "Programming Language :: Python :: 3",
+    "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.11",
+    "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.12",
+    "Topic :: Scientific/Engineering :: Artificial Intelligence",
+]
+
+dependencies = [
+    "numpy>=1.24.0",
+    "pydantic>=2.0.0",
+    "msgpack>=1.0.5",
+    "hydra-core>=1.3.0",
+    "omegaconf>=2.3.0",
+    "requests>=2.31.0",
+    "python-dotenv>=1.0.0",
+    "tenacity>=8.2.0",
+    "aiohttp>=3.9.0",
+    "tqdm>=4.66.0",
+    "rich>=13.7.0",
+    "structlog>=23.2.0",
+    "python-json-logger>=2.0.7",
+    "pandas>=2.0.0",
+]
+
+[project.optional-dependencies]
+llm = [
+    "llama-cpp-python>=0.2.0",
+    "openai>=1.0.0",
+    "torch>=2.0.0",
+    "transformers>=4.35.0",
+]
+
+vector = [
+    "faiss-cpu>=1.7.4",
+    "sentence-transformers>=2.2.0",
+    "chromadb>=0.5.0",
+]
+
+full = [
+    "agent-arena[llm,vector]",
+    "pillow>=10.0.0",
+]
+
+dev = [
+    "pytest>=7.4.0",
+    "pytest-asyncio>=0.21.0",
+    "pytest-cov>=4.1.0",
+    "black>=23.0.0",
+    "ruff>=0.1.0",
+    "mypy>=1.5.0",
+]
+
+[project.urls]
+Homepage = "https://github.com/JustInternetAI/AgentArena"
+Repository = "https://github.com/JustInternetAI/AgentArena"
+Issues = "https://github.com/JustInternetAI/AgentArena/issues"
+
+[tool.setuptools]
+package-dir = {"" = "python"}
+
+[tool.setuptools.packages.find]
+where = ["python"]
+
+[tool.pytest.ini_options]
+testpaths = ["tests"]
+python_files = ["test_*.py"]
+python_classes = ["Test*"]
+python_functions = ["test_*"]
+addopts = [
+    "-v",
+    "--strict-markers",
+    "--cov=agent_runtime",
+    "--cov=backends",
+    "--cov=tools",
+]
+
+[tool.black]
+line-length = 100
+target-version = ["py311", "py312"]
+include = '\.pyi?$'
+
+[tool.ruff]
+line-length = 100
+target-version = "py311"
+select = ["E", "F", "I", "N", "W", "UP"]
+ignore = ["E501"]  # Line too long (handled by black)
+
+[tool.mypy]
+python_version = "3.11"
+warn_return_any = true
+warn_unused_configs = true
+disallow_untyped_defs = false
+ignore_missing_imports = true
diff --git a/tests/__init__.py b/tests/__init__.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..ee5f16b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/__init__.py
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+"""Tests for Agent Arena."""