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+name: Engram Release
+
+on:
+  push:
+    branches:
+      - main
+  repository_dispatch:
+    types:
+      - el-sdk-updated
+
+jobs:
+  build-and-release:
+    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
+
+      # Install El SDK from the latest release
+      - name: Install El SDK
+        env:
+          GITEA_API: https://git.neuralplatform.ai/api/v1
+          RELEASE_BASE: https://git.neuralplatform.ai/neuron-technologies/el/releases/download/latest
+        run: |
+          mkdir -p /usr/local/bin /usr/local/lib/el
+
+          echo "Downloading elc..."
+          curl -fsSL "${RELEASE_BASE}/elc" -o /usr/local/bin/elc
+          chmod +x /usr/local/bin/elc
+
+          echo "Downloading el_runtime.c..."
+          curl -fsSL "${RELEASE_BASE}/el_runtime.c" -o /usr/local/lib/el/el_runtime.c
+
+          echo "Downloading el_runtime.h..."
+          curl -fsSL "${RELEASE_BASE}/el_runtime.h" -o /usr/local/lib/el/el_runtime.h
+
+          echo "El SDK installed:"
+          elc --version || true
+
+      # Compile server.el → dist/engram.c
+      - name: Compile server.el
+        run: |
+          mkdir -p dist
+          elc src/server.el > dist/engram.c
+          echo "Compiled src/server.el → dist/engram.c"
+
+      # Link to produce the engram binary
+      - name: Link engram binary
+        run: |
+          cc -std=c11 -O2 \
+            -I /usr/local/lib/el \
+            -o dist/engram \
+            dist/engram.c \
+            /usr/local/lib/el/el_runtime.c \
+            -lcurl -lpthread
+          echo "Linked dist/engram"
+          ls -lh dist/engram
+
+      # Publish / update the `latest` release
+      - name: Publish latest release
+        env:
+          GITEA_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITEA_TOKEN }}
+          GITEA_API: https://git.neuralplatform.ai/api/v1
+          REPO: neuron-technologies/engram
+        run: |
+          # Delete existing `latest` release if present
+          EXISTING_ID=$(curl -sf \
+            -H "Authorization: token ${GITEA_TOKEN}" \
+            "${GITEA_API}/repos/${REPO}/releases/tags/latest" \
+            | python3 -c "import sys,json; d=json.load(sys.stdin); print(d['id'])" 2>/dev/null || true)
+
+          if [ -n "${EXISTING_ID}" ]; then
+            echo "Deleting existing release id=${EXISTING_ID}"
+            curl -sf -X DELETE \
+              -H "Authorization: token ${GITEA_TOKEN}" \
+              "${GITEA_API}/repos/${REPO}/releases/${EXISTING_ID}"
+          fi
+
+          # Remove stale tag
+          curl -sf -X DELETE \
+            -H "Authorization: token ${GITEA_TOKEN}" \
+            "${GITEA_API}/repos/${REPO}/tags/latest" || true
+
+          # Create new release
+          RELEASE_ID=$(curl -sf -X POST \
+            -H "Authorization: token ${GITEA_TOKEN}" \
+            -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
+            "${GITEA_API}/repos/${REPO}/releases" \
+            -d "{
+              \"tag_name\": \"latest\",
+              \"name\": \"Engram (latest)\",
+              \"body\": \"Latest Engram build from commit ${GITHUB_SHA}.\nBuilt $(date -u +%Y-%m-%dT%H:%M:%SZ).\",
+              \"draft\": false,
+              \"prerelease\": false
+            }" | python3 -c "import sys,json; print(json.load(sys.stdin)['id'])")
+
+          echo "Created release id=${RELEASE_ID}"
+
+          # Upload engram binary
+          echo "Uploading engram binary..."
+          curl -sf -X POST \
+            -H "Authorization: token ${GITEA_TOKEN}" \
+            -F "attachment=@dist/engram;filename=engram" \
+            "${GITEA_API}/repos/${REPO}/releases/${RELEASE_ID}/assets"
+
+          echo "Release published successfully"
+
+      # Dispatch engram-updated to any downstream dependents
+      - name: Dispatch engram-updated to dependents
+        env:
+          GITEA_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITEA_TOKEN }}
+          GITEA_API: https://git.neuralplatform.ai/api/v1
+        run: |
+          # Add downstream repos here as the dependency graph grows
+          echo "engram-updated dispatch ready (no downstream targets configured yet)"
+          # Example:
+          # curl -sf -X POST \
+          #   -H "Authorization: token ${GITEA_TOKEN}" \
+          #   -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
+          #   "${GITEA_API}/repos/neuron-technologies/some-service/dispatches" \
+          #   -d '{"type":"engram-updated","inputs":{"engram_version":"latest","commit":"'"${GITHUB_SHA}"'"}}'