diff --git a/.dockerignore b/.dockerignore
index 0115594..2020edc 100644
--- a/.dockerignore
+++ b/.dockerignore
@@ -9,6 +9,8 @@ web/static/
 web/__pycache__/
 scripts/
 skills/
+!skills/docx/
+!skills/docx/decision_template.docx
 docs/
 legacy/
 node_modules/
diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index 861edf8..d34af39 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -57,6 +57,10 @@ COPY --from=builder /app/.next/static ./.next/static
 COPY web/ ./web/
 COPY mcp-server/src/ ./mcp-server/src/
 
+# DOCX template used by analysis_docx_exporter — loaded at runtime by path
+# (Path(__file__).resolve().parents[4] / "skills/docx/decision_template.docx")
+COPY skills/docx/decision_template.docx ./skills/docx/decision_template.docx
+
 # Make mcp-server source available to web/app.py (it does sys.path.insert for legal_mcp)
 ENV PYTHONPATH=/app/mcp-server/src