From 5b173095f1a5a7d7754450ba86a029c985f43577 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Luxferre <lux@ferre>
Date: Mon, 23 Mar 2026 09:42:16 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] Optimized build

---
 Makefile  | 8 +++++---
 README.md | 4 ++--
 2 files changed, 7 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)

diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index a4644a9..2504709 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -8,10 +8,12 @@ TUI_SRC = ./cmd/sidekick-tui
 MCP_SRC = ./cmd/sidekick-mcp
 TUI_BIN = $(BIN_DIR)/sidekick-tui
 MCP_BIN = $(BIN_DIR)/sidekick-mcp
+GOFLAGS ?= -a -trimpath -gcflags=all="-l -B -e"
+LDFLAGS ?= -s -w
 
 .PHONY: all build test clean install uninstall fmt
 
-all: build
+all: clean fmt build
 
 fmt:
 	@./fmt.sh
@@ -19,8 +21,8 @@ fmt:
 
 build:
 	@mkdir -p $(BIN_DIR)
-	go build -o $(TUI_BIN) $(TUI_SRC)
-	go build -o $(MCP_BIN) $(MCP_SRC)
+	go build $(GOFLAGS) -ldflags "$(LDFLAGS)" -o $(TUI_BIN) $(TUI_SRC)
+	go build $(GOFLAGS) -ldflags "$(LDFLAGS)" -o $(MCP_BIN) $(MCP_SRC)
 
 test:
 	go test -v ./...
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index c529c0a..c04ce08 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@ Or manually:
 ```bash
 git clone https://codeberg.org/luxferre/Sidekick.git
 cd Sidekick
-go build -o bin/sidekick-tui ./cmd/sidekick-tui
+go build -a -trimpath -gcflags=all="-l -B -e" -ldflags "-s -w" -o bin/sidekick-tui ./cmd/sidekick-tui
 ```
 
 ## Configuration
@@ -165,7 +165,7 @@ user's request and delegate tasks accordingly.
 
 ### Running the Sidekick MCP server
 
-Sidekick can also act as an MCP server, allowing other LLM-powered applications to leverage its agentic capabilities.
+Sidekick can also act as an MCP server, allowing other LLM-powered applications to leverage its agentic capabilities. It is built alongside the TUI using `make`.
 
 1.  Configure the `mcp_listener` in `config.toml`: