LorenEteval_Furious/.github/AGENTS.md

Release workflow guidance

Inherit repository-wide rules from the root AGENTS.md. This scope owns build/publication evidence and target-specific exceptions; it does not define the source test suite or imply that every package dependency is pinned.

Publication and matrix contract

• workflows/deploy-pypi.yml is both packaging coverage and the publication graph. Pull requests and ordinary pushes build artifacts; tag pushes additionally publish Python distributions, create the GitHub release, and enable the dependent WinGet flow. Preserve permission, secret, environment, if, and needs boundaries.
• workflows/daily-matrix-build.yml owns the shared binary matrix, called by workflows/deploy-pypi.yml and also run daily or manually. Its standalone runs build, verify, and upload artifacts with read-only repository permissions; publication remains in workflows/deploy-pypi.yml.
• Treat each matrix row as a supported product target with explicit runner OS/architecture, Python, Qt/PySide source, native-binding toolchain, compatibility floor, Deploy.py output, and upload pattern. Artifact names and architecture checks must agree; never infer target architecture from the host label alone.
• Current target-specific assertions are intentional: Linux proves an Essentials-only/no-WebEngine application and its Flatpak sandbox dependencies; macOS verifies its WebEngine frameworks, helpers, resources, relocation, and signing; Windows verifies native imports and every packaged PE machine type, with a separate Windows 7 compatibility toolchain. Change an exception only with evidence from the affected target. Binary jobs filter shared requirements before installing target-specific Qt/native bindings; copying the ordinary package dependency list into those jobs can reintroduce Addons on Linux or replace a compatibility build. Review the effective installed set, not just the checked-in requirements.

Workflow engineering

• Keep packaging declarations synchronized with Deploy.py, pyproject.toml, setup.py, and requirements.txt. The Python floor advertised by package metadata is a separate claim from the interpreter versions exercised by CI; newer matrix rows cannot prove that floor. Likewise, successful Qt imports do not prove event-loop or binding-call compatibility. Default-to-newest dependencies/assets still need recorded provenance and deterministic assertions at ABI/feature boundaries; pin or checksum external build tools where the workflow establishes that boundary.
• The workflow default shell is Bash, including Windows jobs. Select PowerShell explicitly for native Windows paths, process APIs, or PowerShell syntax, and keep OS/architecture conditions on the step that owns the difference.
• Flatpak checks run inside the installed sandbox, inspect the application's required native closure rather than every unused Qt plugin, and fail before upload. Do not mask an actually loadable plugin/runtime mismatch with a broad allowlist.
• Generated helper files, downloaded SDKs/assets, build directories, and local bundles are disposable workflow inputs; do not commit them. Never expose credentials or enable publication from untrusted pull-request code.

Verification

• Validate YAML and every affected expression/shell. Trace each changed matrix row through dependency installation, source/native import checks, Nuitka/installer output, packaged architecture/dependency checks, artifact upload, and tag gates. When a target cannot run locally, add a narrow CI assertion that fails before publication with a useful reason.
• The current workflow performs packaging/import/native checks but does not run the unittest behavioral suite. Do not call an artifact build a regression-test pass; use tests/README.md for source verification. Check actual needs and tag gates rather than assuming a downstream publish job runs on every build. Follow each publication dependency back to its required artifact checks; upload success alone does not establish release eligibility.
• Revalidate version/architecture claims against the current matrix instead of duplicating all pins here. When build topology intentionally changes, update this scope and follow every consumer through upload and publication.