ci: add golden verification floor

.github/workflows/ci.yml

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+# Golden CI floor — see dotfiles/templates/ci/README.md.
+# datacat: npm monorepo (frontend/ + backend/). The only tests are full-stack
+# Playwright e2e that need both servers + a DB running — NOT hermetic, so they
+# are deferred to a future e2e job (lift revampit's e2e-local pattern once a
+# seeded DB service is wired). This floor gates the frontend quality signals
+# that currently never run: lint, typecheck, build (contentlayer + prisma
+# generate + next build). The frontend needs --legacy-peer-deps (proven in the
+# old deploy workflow). The production Docker deploy stays disabled — enabling a
+# deploy is an outward-facing decision, not part of the CI floor.
+name: CI
+
+on:
+  push:
+    branches: [main]
+  pull_request:
+    branches: [main]
+  workflow_dispatch:
+
+concurrency:
+  group: ci-${{ github.ref }}
+  cancel-in-progress: true
+
+jobs:
+  verify-frontend:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    timeout-minutes: 20
+    defaults:
+      run:
+        working-directory: frontend
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+
+      - uses: actions/setup-node@v4
+        with:
+          # Node 18: contentlayer (unmaintained) crashes on exit under Node 20+
+          # (ERR_INVALID_ARG_TYPE in clipanion) even though it generates docs
+          # fine. The old deploy workflow pinned 18 for the same reason.
+          node-version: 18
+          cache: npm
+          cache-dependency-path: frontend/package-lock.json
+
+      - name: Install
+        run: npm ci --legacy-peer-deps
+
+      - name: Lint
+        run: npm run lint
+
+      - name: Typecheck
+        run: npx tsc --noEmit
+
+      # Build is DEFERRED, not skipped silently. `prisma generate` currently
+      # fails in CI on a missing engine (query_engine_bg.postgresql.wasm) — a
+      # repo tooling issue to fix separately, not a gate-worthy signal. The
+      # full-stack Playwright e2e is also deferred (needs both servers + a DB).
+      # This floor gates the frontend signals that never ran before:
+      # lint + typecheck. Add build + e2e once the prisma engine is resolved
+      # (revampit e2e-local pattern in dotfiles/templates/ci/README.md).