Add Ollama status checks and Docker deployment

README.md

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+# Monthy Tracker
+
+Private monthly expense tracking with local-first storage, offline category suggestions, and offline monthly insights via `Ollama`.
+
+## Local app
+
+1. Install dependencies:
+
+```bash
+npm install
+```
+
+2. Create env config from `.env.example` and keep your local runtime settings:
+
+```bash
+cp .env.example .env
+```
+
+3. Apply migrations and start the app:
+
+```bash
+npx prisma migrate deploy
+npm run dev
+```
+
+4. Keep `Ollama` running with the configured model:
+
+```bash
+ollama serve
+ollama pull qwen3.5:9b
+```
+
+## Docker Compose
+
+Start both the app and `Ollama` together:
+
+```bash
+docker compose up --build
+```
+
+This compose stack will:
+- start `Ollama`
+- pull `qwen3.5:9b` through the `ollama-init` service
+- start the Next.js app on `http://localhost:3000`
+- persist the SQLite database and pulled model with named Docker volumes
+
+## Environment
+
+- `DATABASE_URL` - Prisma SQLite connection string
+- `OLLAMA_URL` - local or container Ollama base URL
+- `OLLAMA_MODEL` - selected model tag, default `qwen3.5:9b`