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+name: CI
+
+on:
+  push:
+    branches: [dev, main]
+  pull_request:
+    branches: [main]
+
+jobs:
+  backend-lint-and-test:
+    # Runner must have Python 3.14 + ruff installed. Provision a runner
+    # labeled "fabledcurator-ci" with Python 3.14, ruff, and Node 22.
+    runs-on: fabledcurator-ci
+    services:
+      postgres:
+        image: pgvector/pgvector:pg16
+        env:
+          POSTGRES_USER: fabledcurator
+          POSTGRES_PASSWORD: ci_test_password
+          POSTGRES_DB: fabledcurator_test
+        options: >-
+          --health-cmd "pg_isready -U fabledcurator"
+          --health-interval 10s
+          --health-timeout 5s
+          --health-retries 5
+      redis:
+        image: redis:7-alpine
+        options: >-
+          --health-cmd "redis-cli ping"
+          --health-interval 10s
+          --health-timeout 5s
+          --health-retries 5
+    env:
+      DB_USER: fabledcurator
+      DB_PASSWORD: ci_test_password
+      DB_HOST: postgres
+      DB_PORT: "5432"
+      DB_NAME: fabledcurator_test
+      CELERY_BROKER_URL: redis://redis:6379/0
+      CELERY_RESULT_BACKEND: redis://redis:6379/0
+      SECRET_KEY: ci_test_secret_not_for_prod
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+
+      - name: Install Python deps
+        run: pip install -r requirements.txt pytest pytest-asyncio "ruff>=0.9,<1.0"
+
+      - name: Ruff lint
+        run: ruff check backend/ tests/ alembic/
+
+      - name: Alembic upgrade (smoke)
+        run: alembic upgrade head
+
+      - name: Pytest (unit only)
+        run: pytest tests/ -v
+
+  frontend-build:
+    runs-on: fabledcurator-ci
+    defaults:
+      run:
+        working-directory: frontend
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+      - run: npm ci --no-audit --no-fund
+      - run: npm run check
+      - run: npm run build