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+name: CI
+
+on:
+  push:
+    branches: [lotus]
+  pull_request:
+    branches: [lotus]
+
+jobs:
+  build:
+    name: Build check
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+      - name: Checkout
+        uses: actions/checkout@v4
+
+      - name: Setup Node.js
+        uses: actions/setup-node@v4
+        with:
+          node-version-file: ".node-version"
+          cache: npm
+
+      - name: Install dependencies
+        run: npm ci
+
+      - name: Build
+        run: npm run build
+        env:
+          NODE_OPTIONS: "--max_old_space_size=4096"
+          # No auth token — skip source map upload in CI (done by deploy script)
+          SENTRY_AUTH_TOKEN: ""
+
+      - name: Audit (high/critical only)
+        run: npm audit --audit-level=high
+        # Informational — don't fail the build on existing known vulns
+        continue-on-error: true