diff --git a/.gitea/workflows/ci-dev.yaml b/.gitea/workflows/ci-dev.yaml
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+name: El IDE CI — dev
+
+on:
+  push:
+    branches:
+      - dev
+  pull_request:
+    branches:
+      - dev
+
+jobs:
+  build-and-test:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+
+    steps:
+      - name: Checkout
+        uses: actions/checkout@v4
+
+      - name: Install build dependencies
+        run: |
+          apt-get update -qq
+          apt-get install -y gcc libcurl4-openssl-dev
+
+      - name: Install El SDK from dev registry
+        env:
+          GCP_SA_KEY: ${{ secrets.GCP_SA_KEY }}
+        run: |
+          echo "${GCP_SA_KEY}" > /tmp/gcp-key.json
+          apt-get install -y -qq apt-transport-https ca-certificates gnupg curl
+          curl -fsSL https://packages.cloud.google.com/apt/doc/apt-key.gpg | gpg --dearmor -o /usr/share/keyrings/cloud.google.gpg
+          echo "deb [signed-by=/usr/share/keyrings/cloud.google.gpg] https://packages.cloud.google.com/apt cloud-sdk main" > /etc/apt/sources.list.d/google-cloud-sdk.list
+          apt-get update -qq && apt-get install -y google-cloud-cli
+          gcloud auth activate-service-account --key-file=/tmp/gcp-key.json
+          gcloud config set project neuron-785695
+
+          mkdir -p /usr/local/bin /usr/local/lib/el
+
+          LATEST_VERSION=$(gcloud artifacts versions list \
+            --repository=foundation-dev \
+            --location=us-central1 \
+            --project=neuron-785695 \
+            --package=el/elc \
+            --format="value(name)" 2>/dev/null | sort | tail -1 | sed 's|.*/||' || true)
+
+          if [ -n "${LATEST_VERSION}" ]; then
+            gcloud artifacts generic download \
+              --repository=foundation-dev \
+              --location=us-central1 \
+              --project=neuron-785695 \
+              --package=el/elc \
+              --version="${LATEST_VERSION}" \
+              --destination=/usr/local/bin/elc
+            chmod +x /usr/local/bin/elc
+          else
+            echo "Falling back to Gitea latest release..."
+            curl -fsSL "https://git.neuralplatform.ai/neuron-technologies/el/releases/download/latest/elc" \
+              -o /usr/local/bin/elc
+            chmod +x /usr/local/bin/elc
+          fi
+
+          RELEASE_BASE="https://git.neuralplatform.ai/neuron-technologies/el/releases/download/latest"
+          curl -fsSL "${RELEASE_BASE}/el_runtime.c" -o /usr/local/lib/el/el_runtime.c
+          curl -fsSL "${RELEASE_BASE}/el_runtime.h" -o /usr/local/lib/el/el_runtime.h
+
+          echo "El SDK installed:"; elc --version || true
+          rm -f /tmp/gcp-key.json
+
+      # Build el-ide-server (IDE backend vessel)
+      - name: Build el-ide-server
+        run: |
+          mkdir -p dist
+          # Build el-lsp and el-plugin-host as dependencies, then el-ide-server
+          cat vessels/el-lsp/src/main.el \
+              vessels/el-plugin-host/src/main.el \
+              vessels/el-ide-server/src/main.el \
+            > /tmp/el-ide-server-combined.el
+          elc /tmp/el-ide-server-combined.el > dist/el-ide-server.c
+          cc -std=c11 -O2 \
+            -I /usr/local/lib/el \
+            -o dist/el-ide-server \
+            dist/el-ide-server.c \
+            /usr/local/lib/el/el_runtime.c \
+            -lcurl -lpthread
+          chmod +x dist/el-ide-server
+          echo "Built dist/el-ide-server"
+          ls -lh dist/el-ide-server
+
+      - name: Run tests
+        run: |
+          if [ -f tests/run.sh ]; then
+            ELC=/usr/local/bin/elc bash tests/run.sh
+          elif [ -f spec/run.sh ]; then
+            ELC=/usr/local/bin/elc bash spec/run.sh
+          else
+            echo "No tests/run.sh or spec/run.sh — skipping"
+          fi
+
+      - name: Publish el-ide-server to Artifact Registry (dev)
+        env:
+          GCP_SA_KEY: ${{ secrets.GCP_SA_KEY }}
+        run: |
+          echo "${GCP_SA_KEY}" > /tmp/gcp-key.json
+          gcloud auth activate-service-account --key-file=/tmp/gcp-key.json
+          gcloud config set project neuron-785695
+
+          VERSION="${GITEA_SHA:0:8}"
+          gcloud artifacts generic upload \
+            --repository=foundation-dev \
+            --location=us-central1 \
+            --project=neuron-785695 \
+            --package=el-ide/el-ide-server \
+            --version="${VERSION}" \
+            --source=dist/el-ide-server
+
+          echo "Published el-ide-server version=${VERSION} to foundation-dev/el-ide/el-ide-server"
+          rm -f /tmp/gcp-key.json
diff --git a/.gitea/workflows/ci-stage.yaml b/.gitea/workflows/ci-stage.yaml
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+name: El IDE CI — stage
+
+on:
+  push:
+    branches:
+      - stage
+  pull_request:
+    branches:
+      - stage
+
+jobs:
+  build-and-test:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+
+    steps:
+      - name: Checkout
+        uses: actions/checkout@v4
+
+      - name: Install build dependencies
+        run: |
+          apt-get update -qq
+          apt-get install -y gcc libcurl4-openssl-dev
+
+      - name: Install El SDK from stage registry
+        env:
+          GCP_SA_KEY: ${{ secrets.GCP_SA_KEY }}
+        run: |
+          echo "${GCP_SA_KEY}" > /tmp/gcp-key.json
+          apt-get install -y -qq apt-transport-https ca-certificates gnupg curl
+          curl -fsSL https://packages.cloud.google.com/apt/doc/apt-key.gpg | gpg --dearmor -o /usr/share/keyrings/cloud.google.gpg
+          echo "deb [signed-by=/usr/share/keyrings/cloud.google.gpg] https://packages.cloud.google.com/apt cloud-sdk main" > /etc/apt/sources.list.d/google-cloud-sdk.list
+          apt-get update -qq && apt-get install -y google-cloud-cli
+          gcloud auth activate-service-account --key-file=/tmp/gcp-key.json
+          gcloud config set project neuron-785695
+
+          mkdir -p /usr/local/bin /usr/local/lib/el
+
+          LATEST_VERSION=$(gcloud artifacts versions list \
+            --repository=foundation-stage \
+            --location=us-central1 \
+            --project=neuron-785695 \
+            --package=el/elc \
+            --format="value(name)" 2>/dev/null | sort | tail -1 | sed 's|.*/||' || true)
+
+          if [ -n "${LATEST_VERSION}" ]; then
+            gcloud artifacts generic download \
+              --repository=foundation-stage \
+              --location=us-central1 \
+              --project=neuron-785695 \
+              --package=el/elc \
+              --version="${LATEST_VERSION}" \
+              --destination=/usr/local/bin/elc
+            chmod +x /usr/local/bin/elc
+          else
+            echo "Falling back to Gitea latest release..."
+            curl -fsSL "https://git.neuralplatform.ai/neuron-technologies/el/releases/download/latest/elc" \
+              -o /usr/local/bin/elc
+            chmod +x /usr/local/bin/elc
+          fi
+
+          RELEASE_BASE="https://git.neuralplatform.ai/neuron-technologies/el/releases/download/latest"
+          curl -fsSL "${RELEASE_BASE}/el_runtime.c" -o /usr/local/lib/el/el_runtime.c
+          curl -fsSL "${RELEASE_BASE}/el_runtime.h" -o /usr/local/lib/el/el_runtime.h
+
+          echo "El SDK installed:"; elc --version || true
+          rm -f /tmp/gcp-key.json
+
+      - name: Build el-ide-server
+        run: |
+          mkdir -p dist
+          cat vessels/el-lsp/src/main.el \
+              vessels/el-plugin-host/src/main.el \
+              vessels/el-ide-server/src/main.el \
+            > /tmp/el-ide-server-combined.el
+          elc /tmp/el-ide-server-combined.el > dist/el-ide-server.c
+          cc -std=c11 -O2 \
+            -I /usr/local/lib/el \
+            -o dist/el-ide-server \
+            dist/el-ide-server.c \
+            /usr/local/lib/el/el_runtime.c \
+            -lcurl -lpthread
+          chmod +x dist/el-ide-server
+          echo "Built dist/el-ide-server"
+          ls -lh dist/el-ide-server
+
+      - name: Run tests
+        run: |
+          if [ -f tests/run.sh ]; then
+            ELC=/usr/local/bin/elc bash tests/run.sh
+          elif [ -f spec/run.sh ]; then
+            ELC=/usr/local/bin/elc bash spec/run.sh
+          else
+            echo "No tests/run.sh or spec/run.sh — skipping"
+          fi
+
+      - name: Publish el-ide-server to Artifact Registry (stage)
+        env:
+          GCP_SA_KEY: ${{ secrets.GCP_SA_KEY }}
+        run: |
+          echo "${GCP_SA_KEY}" > /tmp/gcp-key.json
+          gcloud auth activate-service-account --key-file=/tmp/gcp-key.json
+          gcloud config set project neuron-785695
+
+          VERSION="${GITEA_SHA:0:8}"
+          gcloud artifacts generic upload \
+            --repository=foundation-stage \
+            --location=us-central1 \
+            --project=neuron-785695 \
+            --package=el-ide/el-ide-server \
+            --version="${VERSION}" \
+            --source=dist/el-ide-server
+
+          echo "Published el-ide-server version=${VERSION} to foundation-stage/el-ide/el-ide-server"
+          rm -f /tmp/gcp-key.json