chore: steps to reduce contributor friction (#185)

* chore: steps to reduce contributor friction

* Update CLAUDE.md

Co-authored-by: gemini-code-assist[bot] <176961590+gemini-code-assist[bot]@users.noreply.github.com>

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Co-authored-by: gemini-code-assist[bot] <176961590+gemini-code-assist[bot]@users.noreply.github.com>

.claude/settings.json

@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+{
+  "attribution": {
+    "commit": ""
+  }
+}

.github/workflows/ci.yml

@@ -93,29 +93,6 @@ jobs:
       - name: Clippy
         run: cargo clippy -- -D warnings
 
-  policy-check:
-    name: Policy Check
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
-        with:
-          fetch-depth: 0
-      - name: Enforce AGENTS.md rules
-        run: |
-          if grep -qE "^google-[a-zA-Z0-9_-]+[[:space:]]*=" Cargo.toml; then
-            echo "::error file=Cargo.toml::Violates AGENTS.md: Adding generated google-* crates is prohibited. The CLI uses dynamic schema discovery at runtime."
-            exit 1
-          fi
-          echo "Policy check passed."
-      - name: Enforce Changeset File
-        if: github.event_name == 'pull_request'
-        run: |
-          git fetch origin ${{ github.base_ref }}
-          if ! git diff --name-only origin/${{ github.base_ref }}...HEAD | grep -q "^.changeset/.*\.md$"; then
-            echo "::error::A Changeset file is required! Please run 'npx changeset' or manually create a markdown file in the .changeset directory describing your changes to automatically version and release this PR."
-            exit 1
-          fi
-          echo "Changeset file found!"
 
   skills:
     name: Verify Skills

.github/workflows/coverage.yml

@@ -17,8 +17,10 @@ name: Coverage
 on:
   push:
     branches: [main]
+    paths: ['**/*.rs', 'Cargo.toml', 'Cargo.lock']
   pull_request:
     branches: [main]
+    paths: ['**/*.rs', 'Cargo.toml', 'Cargo.lock']
 
 concurrency:
   group: ${{ github.workflow }}-${{ github.ref }}

.github/workflows/policy.yml

@@ -0,0 +1,55 @@
+# Copyright 2026 Google LLC
+#
+# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+# You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+#     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+# limitations under the License.
+
+name: Policy
+
+on:
+  push:
+    branches: [main]
+  pull_request:
+    branches: [main]
+
+concurrency:
+  group: ${{ github.workflow }}-${{ github.ref }}
+  cancel-in-progress: ${{ github.ref != 'refs/heads/main' }}
+
+jobs:
+  policy-check:
+    name: Policy Check
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+        with:
+          fetch-depth: 0
+      - name: Enforce AGENTS.md rules
+        run: |
+          if grep -qE "^google-[a-zA-Z0-9_-]+[[:space:]]*=" Cargo.toml; then
+            echo "::error file=Cargo.toml::Violates AGENTS.md: Adding generated google-* crates is prohibited. The CLI uses dynamic schema discovery at runtime."
+            exit 1
+          fi
+          echo "Policy check passed."
+      - name: Enforce Changeset File
+        if: github.event_name == 'pull_request'
+        run: |
+          git fetch origin ${{ github.base_ref }}
+          # Skip changeset requirement if no Rust/Cargo files changed
+          if ! git diff --name-only origin/${{ github.base_ref }}...HEAD | grep -qE '\.(rs)$|^Cargo\.(toml|lock)$'; then
+            echo "No Rust/Cargo files changed; skipping changeset requirement."
+            exit 0
+          fi
+          if ! git diff --name-only origin/${{ github.base_ref }}...HEAD | grep -q "^.changeset/.*\.md$"; then
+            echo "::error::A Changeset file is required! Please run 'npx changeset' or manually create a markdown file in the .changeset directory describing your changes to automatically version and release this PR."
+            exit 1
+          fi
+          echo "Changeset file found!"

CLAUDE.md

@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+When contributing to this repository, you must strictly follow all guidelines outlined in the AGENTS.md file.