Merge pull request #1: record how changes must reach CI

Adds CLAUDE.md documenting that nothing the sandbox does — pushing,
opening a PR, merging one — triggers a workflow run, and that
workflow_dispatch is the only mechanism that does.

Verified on this branch: dispatching ci.yml on a feature branch runs
build, unit tests and lint while skipping the staging and publishing
steps, which are gated on refs/heads/dev. Run 31128906621 passed all
three and skipped both publish steps.
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# Working on this repo with Claude
## Nothing a session does triggers CI. Dispatch it explicitly.
GitHub creates **no workflow run** for anything this sandbox does — pushing a
branch, opening a pull request, or merging one. All of it goes through the same
integration, and GitHub suppresses event-triggered runs from it. The pull
request will say it was opened by the repo owner; that is only how the UI
attributes it, and it does not change the suppression.
This was measured, not assumed:
| Action | Result |
| --- | --- |
| Human pushes a Claude-authored commit (`d165e5ef`, `469c900e`) | CI runs |
| Session pushes `dev` / `main` (`43394b8`, `742add4`) | no run |
| Session opens a PR against `dev` (#1) | no run |
| Session calls `workflow_dispatch` | **runs** |
`workflow_dispatch` works because it creates a run directly instead of relying
on an event. It is the only mechanism available from a session, so every build
has to be asked for by hand.
## Verify before merging, without publishing
`ci.yml` builds, tests and lints on any ref, but its staging and publishing
steps are gated on `github.ref == 'refs/heads/dev'`. Dispatching it on a
**feature branch** therefore gives the full check — build, unit tests, Android
lint — and publishes nothing.
So the working loop is:
1. Commit and push the feature branch.
2. Dispatch `ci.yml` on that branch. Wait for green. This is the real review
gate, and it is the only verification that exists (see below).
3. Open the PR through the API and merge it there, so the change is reviewable
and the merge commit is honest about what happened. Neither step builds
anything.
4. Dispatch the target branch's workflow to actually build and publish:
`ci.yml` on `dev`, `release.yml` on `main`.
Skipping step 4 leaves a branch whose head was never built and no release.
## Merging is a shipping action
Both long-lived branches publish, so a merge is a release, not just an
integration:
- **`dev`** → `ci.yml` publishes a `v1.0.N-dev` **prerelease**, offered by the
in-app updater to anyone on the Dev channel.
- **`main`** → `release.yml` publishes a **production** release, which the
updater installs for everyone on the Production channel.
Confirm before shipping to `main`. Note that `release.yml` runs `assembleDebug`
only — no tests, no lint — so a `main` release is only as verified as the `dev`
build it replays.
## Gradle does not run in the sandbox
`./gradlew` cannot resolve the Android plugin here: the proxy blocks
`dl.google.com` with a 403. No local build, no local test run, no local lint. A
dispatched CI run is the only way to find out whether a change compiles.
## A permanent fix, if you want one
The suppression is a property of the sandbox's credential, so it cannot be
fixed from inside a session. Giving the environment a personal access token to
push with would make pushes and PRs behave normally for everyone. Until then,
the dispatch step above is the workaround.