diff --git a/.gitea/workflows/ci-dev.yaml b/.gitea/workflows/ci-dev.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..3269e0e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.gitea/workflows/ci-dev.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,101 @@
+name: El 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
+
+      # Gen2: compile the bootstrap C source into a working elc binary
+      - name: Build elc from bootstrap (gen2)
+        run: |
+          gcc -O2 \
+            -I el-compiler/runtime \
+            dist/elc-bootstrap.c \
+            el-compiler/runtime/el_runtime.c \
+            -lcurl -lpthread \
+            -o dist/elc-gen2
+          chmod +x dist/elc-gen2
+          echo "gen2 elc built"
+          dist/elc-gen2 --version || true
+
+      # Gen3: use gen2 to compile the El compiler from its own El source (self-host)
+      - name: Self-host: compile El compiler with gen2 (gen3)
+        run: |
+          mkdir -p dist/platform
+          dist/elc-gen2 el-compiler/src/compiler.el > dist/elc-gen3.c
+          gcc -O2 \
+            -I el-compiler/runtime \
+            dist/elc-gen3.c \
+            el-compiler/runtime/el_runtime.c \
+            -lcurl -lpthread \
+            -o dist/platform/elc
+          chmod +x dist/platform/elc
+          echo "gen3 (self-hosted) elc built"
+          dist/platform/elc --version || true
+
+      # Run all four test suites — all must pass
+      - name: Run tests — text
+        run: |
+          ELC="$(pwd)/dist/platform/elc" \
+          EL_HOME="$(pwd)" \
+          bash tests/text/run.sh
+
+      - name: Run tests — calendar
+        run: |
+          ELC="$(pwd)/dist/platform/elc" \
+          EL_HOME="$(pwd)" \
+          bash tests/calendar/run.sh
+
+      - name: Run tests — time
+        run: |
+          ELC="$(pwd)/dist/platform/elc" \
+          EL_HOME="$(pwd)" \
+          bash tests/time/run.sh
+
+      - name: Run tests — html_sanitizer
+        run: |
+          ELC="$(pwd)/dist/platform/elc" \
+          EL_HOME="$(pwd)" \
+          bash tests/html_sanitizer/run.sh
+
+      # Publish artifact to GCP Artifact Registry (dev)
+      - name: Publish elc to Artifact Registry (dev)
+        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
+
+          VERSION="${GITEA_SHA:0:8}"
+          gcloud artifacts generic upload \
+            --repository=foundation-dev \
+            --location=us-central1 \
+            --project=neuron-785695 \
+            --package=el/elc \
+            --version="${VERSION}" \
+            --source=dist/platform/elc
+
+          # Also tag as latest-dev
+          echo "Published elc version=${VERSION} to foundation-dev/el/elc"
+          rm -f /tmp/gcp-key.json
diff --git a/.gitea/workflows/ci-stage.yaml b/.gitea/workflows/ci-stage.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..b1daa33
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.gitea/workflows/ci-stage.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,100 @@
+name: El CI — stage
+
+on:
+  push:
+    branches:
+      - stage
+  pull_request:
+    branches:
+      - stage
+
+jobs:
+  build-and-test:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+
+    steps:
+      - name: Checkout
+        uses: actions/checkout@v4
+
+      - name: Install build dependencies
+        run: |
+          apt-get update -qq
+          apt-get install -y gcc libcurl4-openssl-dev
+
+      # Gen2: compile the bootstrap C source into a working elc binary
+      - name: Build elc from bootstrap (gen2)
+        run: |
+          gcc -O2 \
+            -I el-compiler/runtime \
+            dist/elc-bootstrap.c \
+            el-compiler/runtime/el_runtime.c \
+            -lcurl -lpthread \
+            -o dist/elc-gen2
+          chmod +x dist/elc-gen2
+          echo "gen2 elc built"
+          dist/elc-gen2 --version || true
+
+      # Gen3: use gen2 to compile the El compiler from its own El source (self-host)
+      - name: Self-host: compile El compiler with gen2 (gen3)
+        run: |
+          mkdir -p dist/platform
+          dist/elc-gen2 el-compiler/src/compiler.el > dist/elc-gen3.c
+          gcc -O2 \
+            -I el-compiler/runtime \
+            dist/elc-gen3.c \
+            el-compiler/runtime/el_runtime.c \
+            -lcurl -lpthread \
+            -o dist/platform/elc
+          chmod +x dist/platform/elc
+          echo "gen3 (self-hosted) elc built"
+          dist/platform/elc --version || true
+
+      # Run all four test suites — all must pass
+      - name: Run tests — text
+        run: |
+          ELC="$(pwd)/dist/platform/elc" \
+          EL_HOME="$(pwd)" \
+          bash tests/text/run.sh
+
+      - name: Run tests — calendar
+        run: |
+          ELC="$(pwd)/dist/platform/elc" \
+          EL_HOME="$(pwd)" \
+          bash tests/calendar/run.sh
+
+      - name: Run tests — time
+        run: |
+          ELC="$(pwd)/dist/platform/elc" \
+          EL_HOME="$(pwd)" \
+          bash tests/time/run.sh
+
+      - name: Run tests — html_sanitizer
+        run: |
+          ELC="$(pwd)/dist/platform/elc" \
+          EL_HOME="$(pwd)" \
+          bash tests/html_sanitizer/run.sh
+
+      # Publish artifact to GCP Artifact Registry (stage)
+      - name: Publish elc to Artifact Registry (stage)
+        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
+
+          VERSION="${GITEA_SHA:0:8}"
+          gcloud artifacts generic upload \
+            --repository=foundation-stage \
+            --location=us-central1 \
+            --project=neuron-785695 \
+            --package=el/elc \
+            --version="${VERSION}" \
+            --source=dist/platform/elc
+
+          echo "Published elc version=${VERSION} to foundation-stage/el/elc"
+          rm -f /tmp/gcp-key.json
diff --git a/.gitea/workflows/sdk-release.yaml b/.gitea/workflows/sdk-release.yaml
index 72e3e24..e102216 100644
--- a/.gitea/workflows/sdk-release.yaml
+++ b/.gitea/workflows/sdk-release.yaml
@@ -129,6 +129,31 @@ jobs:
           echo "Release published successfully"
 
       # Dispatch el-sdk-updated event to downstream repos
+      # Publish artifact to GCP Artifact Registry (prod)
+      - name: Publish elc to Artifact Registry (prod)
+        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
+
+          VERSION="${GITEA_SHA:0:8}"
+          gcloud artifacts generic upload \
+            --repository=foundation-prod \
+            --location=us-central1 \
+            --project=neuron-785695 \
+            --package=el/elc \
+            --version="${VERSION}" \
+            --source=dist/platform/elc
+
+          echo "Published elc version=${VERSION} to foundation-prod/el/elc"
+          rm -f /tmp/gcp-key.json
+
       - name: Dispatch to foundation/engram
         env:
           GITEA_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITEA_TOKEN }}