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+# GitOps CI Workflow - Tier 1 (Simple)
+name: CI
+
+on:
+  workflow_dispatch:
+  push:
+    branches: [main]
+  pull_request:
+    branches: [main]
+
+env:
+  SERVICE_NAME: ${{ github.event.repository.name }}
+  NTFY_URL: http://ntfy.internal
+
+jobs:
+  validate:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+      - name: Checkout code
+        uses: actions/checkout@v6
+
+      - name: Prepare environment
+        run: |
+          if [ -f .env.example ]; then
+            cp .env.example .env
+          fi
+
+      - name: Validate Docker Compose
+        run: |
+          if [ -f docker-compose.yml ]; then
+            docker compose config
+          else
+            echo "No docker-compose.yml found"
+          fi
+
+      - name: Lint YAML files
+        run: |
+          pip install yamllint
+          yamllint -d "{extends: relaxed, rules: {line-length: disable}}" .