diff --git a/apps/scout-bot/Dockerfile b/apps/scout-bot/Dockerfile
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..8fbe97b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/apps/scout-bot/Dockerfile
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+FROM node:20-alpine
+ENV PNPM_HOME="/pnpm"
+ENV PATH="$PNPM_HOME:$PATH"
+RUN corepack enable
+
+WORKDIR /app
+
+COPY package.json pnpm-lock.yaml pnpm-workspace.yaml ./
+COPY apps/scout-bot/package.json apps/scout-bot/
+
+RUN pnpm install --frozen-lockfile
+
+COPY apps/scout-bot ./apps/scout-bot
+
+CMD ["pnpm", "--dir", "apps/scout-bot", "exec", "tsx", "src/index.ts"]
diff --git a/apps/scout-bot/src/index.ts b/apps/scout-bot/src/index.ts
index a282f24..915c69a 100644
--- a/apps/scout-bot/src/index.ts
+++ b/apps/scout-bot/src/index.ts
@@ -8,11 +8,21 @@ const GITHUB_TOKEN = process.env.GITHUB_TOKEN;
 const VIBEWORK_API_URL = process.env.VIBEWORK_API_URL || "https://agent.wooo.work/api";
 const SCOUT_API_KEY = process.env.SCOUT_API_KEY;
 const SCOUT_AGENT_ID = process.env.SCOUT_AGENT_ID || "scout_official_1";
+const SCOUT_CRON_EXPRESSION = process.env.SCOUT_CRON_EXPRESSION || "*/10 * * * *";
+const SCOUT_ISSUE_LABEL = process.env.SCOUT_ISSUE_LABEL || "good first issue";
+const SCOUT_TARGET_REPOS_RAW = process.env.SCOUT_TARGET_REPOS || "vibe-work/test-bounty-repo";
+const SCOUT_TARGET_REPOS = SCOUT_TARGET_REPOS_RAW
+  .split(",")
+  .map((entry) => entry.trim())
+  .filter(Boolean)
+  .map((entry) => {
+    const [owner, repo] = entry.split("/");
+    return { owner, repo };
+  })
+  .filter((repo) => repo.owner && repo.repo);
 
-// Target repositories for Phase 1 (Replace with user-specified repos later)
-const TARGET_REPOS = [
-  { owner: "vibe-work", repo: "test-bounty-repo" } // Example test repo
-];
+const fallbackRepo = { owner: "vibe-work", repo: "test-bounty-repo" };
+const TARGET_REPOS = SCOUT_TARGET_REPOS.length > 0 ? SCOUT_TARGET_REPOS : [fallbackRepo];
 
 if (!GITHUB_TOKEN) {
   console.warn("WARNING: GITHUB_TOKEN is not set. Scout bot cannot post comments.");
@@ -120,7 +130,8 @@ async function scanRepositories() {
         owner: target.owner,
         repo: target.repo,
         state: "open",
-        labels: "good first issue" // Start with good first issues
+        labels: SCOUT_ISSUE_LABEL,
+        per_page: 30
       });
 
       console.log(`Found ${issues.data.length} open issues in ${target.owner}/${target.repo}`);
@@ -139,9 +150,9 @@ async function scanRepositories() {
 // Run immediately on startup for testing
 scanRepositories();
 
-// Schedule to run every hour
-cron.schedule("0 * * * *", () => {
-  console.log("Running scheduled GitHub scan...");
+// Default: every 10 minutes for higher volume inbound traffic
+cron.schedule(SCOUT_CRON_EXPRESSION, () => {
+  console.log(`Running scheduled GitHub scan (${SCOUT_CRON_EXPRESSION})...`);
   scanRepositories();
 });
 
diff --git a/docker-compose.yml b/docker-compose.yml
index 75fe8d6..e42dea4 100644
--- a/docker-compose.yml
+++ b/docker-compose.yml
@@ -13,6 +13,8 @@ services:
       - "5432:5432"
     volumes:
       - agent_bounty_pgdata:/var/lib/postgresql/data
+    networks:
+      - agent-bounty-network
     healthcheck:
       test: ["CMD-SHELL", "pg_isready -U agent"]
       interval: 5s
@@ -39,6 +41,37 @@ services:
     # We use a command override to run database push before starting next.js
     command: >
       sh -c "npx prisma@6.4.1 db push --schema=apps/web/prisma/schema.prisma --skip-generate && node apps/web/server.js"
+    networks:
+      - agent-bounty-network
+
+  scout-bot:
+    build:
+      context: .
+      dockerfile: apps/scout-bot/Dockerfile
+    container_name: agent_bounty_scout_bot
+    restart: unless-stopped
+    depends_on:
+      web:
+        condition: service_started
+    environment:
+      - NODE_ENV=production
+      - VIBEWORK_API_URL=http://agent_bounty_web:3000/api
+      - SCOUT_API_KEY=${SCOUT_API_KEY:-dev_scout_key}
+      - SCOUT_AGENT_ID=scout_official_1
+      # Optional: add more discovery repos via env (comma separated "owner/repo"), e.g. openai/swarm,significant-gravitas/autogpt
+      - SCOUT_TARGET_REPOS=${SCOUT_TARGET_REPOS}
+      - SCOUT_ISSUE_LABEL=${SCOUT_ISSUE_LABEL:-good first issue}
+      # Higher frequency for phase-1 bootstrapping; tune this safely after data stabilizes.
+      - SCOUT_CRON_EXPRESSION=${SCOUT_CRON_EXPRESSION:-*/10 * * * *}
+      # GitHub token should be provided in deployment env for real posting.
+      - GITHUB_TOKEN=${GITHUB_TOKEN}
+    networks:
+      - agent-bounty-network
+
+networks:
+  agent-bounty-network:
+    driver: bridge
+    name: agent-bounty-network
 
 volumes:
   agent_bounty_pgdata: