diff --git a/src/boot.rs b/src/boot.rs
index 629ff2f..abc005e 100644
--- a/src/boot.rs
+++ b/src/boot.rs
@@ -34,18 +34,21 @@ const DEFAULT_RUST_CHAT_ID: i64 = -1001228598755;
 pub const DEFAULT_OPENAI_BASE_URL: &str = "https://api.openai.com/v1/chat/completions";
 
 // Compile each mention regex exactly once. The patterns are compile-time
-// constants, so `expect` here can only fire on a developer typo — never at
-// runtime — which is why it is an accepted panic site.
-static RUST_RE: LazyLock<Regex> =
-    LazyLock::new(|| Regex::new(RUST_REGEX).expect("RUST_REGEX must compile"));
-static BLAZING_FAST_RE: LazyLock<Regex> =
-    LazyLock::new(|| Regex::new(BLAZING_FAST_REGEX).expect("BLAZING_FAST_REGEX must compile"));
-static GAYNESS_RE: LazyLock<Regex> =
-    LazyLock::new(|| Regex::new(GAYNESS_REGEX).expect("GAYNESS_REGEX must compile"));
-static CHAT_GPT_RE: LazyLock<Regex> =
-    LazyLock::new(|| Regex::new(CHAT_GPT_REGEX).expect("CHAT_GPT_REGEX must compile"));
-static URL_RE: LazyLock<Regex> =
-    LazyLock::new(|| Regex::new(URL_REGEX).expect("URL_REGEX must compile"));
+// constants, so a failure can only be a developer typo, never a runtime error.
+static RUST_RE: LazyLock<Regex> = LazyLock::new(|| compile_regex(RUST_REGEX));
+static BLAZING_FAST_RE: LazyLock<Regex> = LazyLock::new(|| compile_regex(BLAZING_FAST_REGEX));
+static GAYNESS_RE: LazyLock<Regex> = LazyLock::new(|| compile_regex(GAYNESS_REGEX));
+static CHAT_GPT_RE: LazyLock<Regex> = LazyLock::new(|| compile_regex(CHAT_GPT_REGEX));
+static URL_RE: LazyLock<Regex> = LazyLock::new(|| compile_regex(URL_REGEX));
+
+/// Compile a compile-time-constant regex pattern. The `expect` is the one
+/// sanctioned panic path (guarded by the crate-level `unwrap_used`/`expect_used`
+/// deny): a bad pattern is a source bug caught immediately by the tests, not a
+/// runtime failure on user input.
+#[allow(clippy::expect_used)]
+pub(crate) fn compile_regex(pattern: &str) -> Regex {
+    Regex::new(pattern).expect("regex pattern must compile")
+}
 
 #[derive(Clone)]
 pub struct GptParameters {
diff --git a/src/chat_gpt_handler.rs b/src/chat_gpt_handler.rs
index a4e5e52..d10a52a 100644
--- a/src/chat_gpt_handler.rs
+++ b/src/chat_gpt_handler.rs
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 use std::fmt::Debug;
 use std::sync::LazyLock;
 
+use crate::boot::compile_regex;
 use crate::chat_gpt_handler::BotProfile::{Fedor, Felix, Ferris};
 use crate::chat_gpt_handler::ChatMessageRole::{System, User};
 use crate::gpt_service::{ChatMessage, ChatMessageRole};
@@ -43,28 +44,24 @@ static BOT_PROFILES: LazyLock<Vec<BotConfiguration<'static>>> = LazyLock::new(||
     vec![
         BotConfiguration {
             profile: Fedor,
-            mention_regex: Regex::new(r"(?i)(fedor|ф[её]дор|федя)")
-                .expect("Fedor mention regex must compile"),
+            mention_regex: compile_regex(r"(?i)(fedor|ф[её]дор|федя)"),
             gpt_system_context: FEDOR_CHAT_GPT_SYSTEM_CONTEXT,
         },
         BotConfiguration {
             profile: Felix,
-            mention_regex: Regex::new(r"(?i)(felix|феликс)")
-                .expect("Felix mention regex must compile"),
+            mention_regex: compile_regex(r"(?i)(felix|феликс)"),
             gpt_system_context: FELIX_CHAT_GPT_SYSTEM_CONTEXT,
         },
         BotConfiguration {
             profile: Ferris,
-            mention_regex: Regex::new(r"(?i)(feris|ferris|ферис|феррис)")
-                .expect("Ferris mention regex must compile"),
+            mention_regex: compile_regex(r"(?i)(feris|ferris|ферис|феррис)"),
             gpt_system_context: FERRIS_CHAT_GPT_SYSTEM_CONTEXT,
         },
     ]
 });
 const SUMMARY_REQUEST_REGEX: &str = r"(?i)([чш].о?\b.*\bпроисходит)";
-static CHAT_SUMMARY_REQUEST_REGEX: LazyLock<Regex> = LazyLock::new(|| {
-    Regex::new(SUMMARY_REQUEST_REGEX).expect("SUMMARY_REQUEST_REGEX must compile")
-});
+static CHAT_SUMMARY_REQUEST_REGEX: LazyLock<Regex> =
+    LazyLock::new(|| compile_regex(SUMMARY_REQUEST_REGEX));
 
 pub async fn handle_chat_gpt_question(
     bot: Bot,
diff --git a/src/chat_repository.rs b/src/chat_repository.rs
index b9b0b0d..d0a46a4 100644
--- a/src/chat_repository.rs
+++ b/src/chat_repository.rs
@@ -17,12 +17,21 @@ pub async fn get_bot_context(
     timeout_cmd(connection_manager.lrange(key, 0, 11)).await
 }
 
+/// Serialize a value for storage in Redis. Serialization of these plain,
+/// owned structs is infallible in practice, and `ToRedisArgs::write_redis_args`
+/// has no channel to report an error, so the `expect` is a sanctioned panic
+/// site (guarded by the crate-level `expect_used` deny).
+#[allow(clippy::expect_used)]
+fn to_redis_json<T: serde::Serialize>(value: &T) -> String {
+    serde_json::to_string(value).expect("value must serialize to JSON for Redis")
+}
+
 impl ToRedisArgs for ChatMessage {
     fn write_redis_args<W>(&self, out: &mut W)
     where
         W: ?Sized + RedisWrite,
     {
-        out.write_arg_fmt(serde_json::to_string(self).expect("Can't serialize Context as string"))
+        out.write_arg_fmt(to_redis_json(self))
     }
 }
 
@@ -38,7 +47,7 @@ impl ToRedisArgs for BotProfile {
     where
         W: ?Sized + RedisWrite,
     {
-        out.write_arg_fmt(serde_json::to_string(self).expect("Can't serialize Context as string"))
+        out.write_arg_fmt(to_redis_json(self))
     }
 }
 
diff --git a/src/lib.rs b/src/lib.rs
index dcf5e9c..bd0861f 100644
--- a/src/lib.rs
+++ b/src/lib.rs
@@ -1,3 +1,10 @@
+// Forbid panic-on-unexpected in production code: runtime failures must be
+// modelled as errors (AppError / Result), not `unwrap`/`expect`/`panic!`. The
+// few sanctioned panic sites (compile-time-constant regexes, infallible serde)
+// carry a narrow `#[allow(clippy::expect_used)]`. Test code is exempt.
+#![deny(clippy::unwrap_used, clippy::expect_used, clippy::panic)]
+#![cfg_attr(test, allow(clippy::unwrap_used, clippy::expect_used, clippy::panic))]
+
 pub mod bf_mention_handler;
 pub mod boot;
 pub mod chat_gpt_handler;
diff --git a/src/main.rs b/src/main.rs
index 5949ffa..de56480 100644
--- a/src/main.rs
+++ b/src/main.rs
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+#![deny(clippy::unwrap_used, clippy::expect_used, clippy::panic)]
+
 use std::env;
 use std::sync::Arc;