Index: iknow-api/Data/AppDbContextFactory.cs
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--- iknow-api/Data/AppDbContextFactory.cs	(revision 618be76765be90ceccc8ac3fb0758d602ca2f998)
+++ iknow-api/Data/AppDbContextFactory.cs	(revision 618be76765be90ceccc8ac3fb0758d602ca2f998)
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+using Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore;
+using Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore.Design;
+
+namespace iknow_api.Data
+{
+    public class AppDbContextFactory : IDesignTimeDbContextFactory<AppDbContext>
+    {
+        public AppDbContext CreateDbContext(string[] args)
+        {
+            var configuration = new ConfigurationBuilder()
+                .SetBasePath(Directory.GetCurrentDirectory())
+                .AddJsonFile("appsettings.json")
+                .Build();
+
+            var optionsBuilder = new DbContextOptionsBuilder<AppDbContext>();
+            optionsBuilder.UseNpgsql(configuration.GetConnectionString("DefaultConnection"));
+
+            return new AppDbContext(optionsBuilder.Options);
+        }
+    }
+}