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+# OAM fleet CI [#784] — same gate as pre-commit: shellcheck + secret scan + rule audit.
+# Uniform across KNEL OAM repos (single-branch main until dev/release split lands).
+name: ci
+on:
+  push:
+    branches: [main]
+  pull_request:
+jobs:
+  audit:
+    runs-on: ultix
+    container:
+      image: node:20-bookworm
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+      - name: install shellcheck
+        run: apt-get update -qq >/dev/null && apt-get install -qq -y shellcheck git >/dev/null
+      - name: secret scan
+        run: |
+          if grep -rInE "BEGIN (RSA |OPENSSH |EC |DSA )?PRIVATE KEY|aws_secret_access_key *=|AKIA[0-9A-Z]{16}" --exclude-dir=.git .; then
+            echo "::error::secret material committed"; exit 1
+          else
+            echo "secret scan clean"
+          fi
+      - name: rule audit (framework check-rules)
+        run: bash scripts/check-rules.sh --fast