ci: add GitHub Actions validation pipeline

.github/workflows/ci.yml

@@ -0,0 +1,46 @@
+name: CI
+
+on:
+  pull_request:
+    branches:
+      - main
+  push:
+    branches:
+      - main
+
+permissions:
+  contents: read
+
+concurrency:
+  group: ci-${{ github.workflow }}-${{ github.ref }}
+  cancel-in-progress: true
+
+jobs:
+  validate:
+    name: Validate Python
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+
+    steps:
+      - name: Checkout repository
+        uses: actions/checkout@v4
+
+      - name: Set up Python
+        uses: actions/setup-python@v5
+        with:
+          python-version: "3.11"
+          cache: pip
+          cache-dependency-path: |
+            requirements.txt
+            requirements-dev.txt
+
+      - name: Install system dependencies
+        run: sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get install -y ffmpeg
+
+      - name: Install dependencies
+        run: make install-dev
+
+      - name: Run lint smoke checks
+        run: make lint
+
+      - name: Run test suite
+        run: make test

requirements.txt

@@ -4,5 +4,6 @@ pydantic>=2.0
 jsonschema>=4.20
 python-dotenv>=1.0
 Pillow>=10.0
+numpy>=1.24
 requests>=2.31
 google-auth>=2.0       # service-account auth for Google TTS + Imagen (Vertex AI)

skills/pipelines/character-animation/proposal-director.md

@@ -33,6 +33,9 @@ When both Remotion and HyperFrames are available:
 - FFmpeg: post-processing only. Do not pick FFmpeg as the primary runtime for
   character acting.
 
+Present both Remotion and HyperFrames to the user before recommending one.
+Record the alternatives considered in the decision log as
+`render_runtime_selection`, including why `hyperframes` was accepted or rejected.
 Wait for user approval before locking `render_runtime`.
 
 ## Sample-First Rule

tests/contracts/test_phase3_contracts.py

@@ -143,7 +143,7 @@ class TestCapabilityMetadata:
         catalog = reg.capability_catalog()
         assert "tts" in catalog
         providers = {item["provider"] for item in catalog["tts"] if item["provider"] != "selector"}
-        assert providers == {"elevenlabs", "google_tts", "openai", "piper"}
+        assert providers == {"doubao", "elevenlabs", "google_tts", "openai", "piper"}
 
 
 # ---- Animated Explainer Pipeline ----