reproducing-ci-locally

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Run the CI gate on your machine so it agrees with the runner — deriving the exact command, paths, markers, and env from the workflow file instead of the Makefile, unblocking gate steps that short-circuit and hide the next failure, pinning the linter version CI resolves, building the interpreter/toolchain environment the runner builds, and confirming the run is green instead of explaining a red job away. Use when a check passes locally but fails in CI (or the reverse), when a lint/format job goes red on an untouched file, when setting up a local dev loop for an unfamiliar repo, or before pushing a branch you expect to merge.