diff --git a/.claude/settings.local.json b/.claude/settings.local.json
deleted file mode 100644
index eacda62..0000000
--- a/.claude/settings.local.json
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,10 +0,0 @@
-{
-  "permissions": {
-    "allow": [
-      "Bash(pnpm build:*)",
-      "Bash(pnpm deploy:firebase:*)",
-      "Bash(firebase deploy:*)",
-      "Bash(firebase functions:log:*)"
-    ]
-  }
-}
diff --git a/packages/api/src/context.ts b/packages/api/src/context.ts
index 354f635..90fef84 100644
--- a/packages/api/src/context.ts
+++ b/packages/api/src/context.ts
@@ -1,8 +1,22 @@
-import { auth } from "@query/auth";
 import { db } from "@query/db";
 import type { FetchCreateContextFnOptions } from "@trpc/server/adapters/fetch";
 import { cache } from "./middleware/cache";
 
+// Lazy import auth to avoid module resolution issues in standalone builds
+let authModule: { auth: () => Promise<any> } | null = null;
+
+async function getAuth() {
+  if (authModule === null) {
+    try {
+      authModule = await import("@query/auth");
+    } catch (error) {
+      console.warn("Auth module not available:", error);
+      authModule = { auth: async () => null };
+    }
+  }
+  return authModule.auth;
+}
+
 export async function createContext(
   opts?: FetchCreateContextFnOptions & { clientIp?: string; req?: Request }
 ) {
@@ -14,8 +28,7 @@ export async function createContext(
   // Only attempt auth if database is available
   if (db) {
     try {
-      // Pass the request to auth() if available, which helps in some Next.js environments
-      // casting simplified as usually auth() picks up headers context automatically in Server Components/Actions
+      const auth = await getAuth();
       session = await auth();
     } catch (error) {
       console.warn("Failed to fetch auth session:", error);