ci: use core CLI for QA and standardize workflows

- ci.yml: Download latest dev release, run `core go qa`, build matrix
- release.yml: Use go-version-file, consistent artifact handling
- dev-release.yml: Add checksums, cleaner version string
- coverage.yml: Standardize setup-go version, add CLI verification

All workflows now use:
- go-version-file for consistent Go version
- upload-artifact@v4 / download-artifact@v4
- Proper version injection via ldflags

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.5 <noreply@anthropic.com>

.github/workflows/ci.yml

@@ -2,23 +2,72 @@ name: CI
 
 on:
   push:
-    branches: ["main"]
+    branches: [dev, main]
   pull_request:
-    branches: ["main"]
+    branches: [dev, main]
 
 jobs:
-  build:
+  test:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v6
 
       - name: Set up Go
-      uses: actions/setup-go@v4
+        uses: actions/setup-go@v5
         with:
-        go-version: 1.22
+          go-version-file: 'go.mod'
 
-    - name: Install dependencies
+      - name: Install system dependencies
-      run: go mod tidy
+        run: |
+          sudo apt-get update
+          sudo apt-get install -y libgtk-3-dev libwebkit2gtk-4.1-dev
 
-    - name: Run tests
+      - name: Download core CLI
-      run: go test ./...
+        run: |
+          curl -sL "https://github.com/host-uk/core/releases/download/dev/core-linux-amd64" -o core
+          chmod +x core
+          sudo mv core /usr/local/bin/core
+          core --version
+
+      - name: Run QA
+        run: core go qa
+
+  build:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    needs: test
+    strategy:
+      matrix:
+        include:
+          - goos: linux
+            goarch: amd64
+          - goos: darwin
+            goarch: arm64
+          - goos: windows
+            goarch: amd64
+
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v6
+
+      - name: Set up Go
+        uses: actions/setup-go@v5
+        with:
+          go-version-file: 'go.mod'
+
+      - name: Build CLI
+        env:
+          GOOS: ${{ matrix.goos }}
+          GOARCH: ${{ matrix.goarch }}
+          CGO_ENABLED: '0'
+        run: |
+          EXT=""
+          if [ "$GOOS" = "windows" ]; then EXT=".exe"; fi
+          VERSION="${GITHUB_REF_NAME:-dev}-$(git rev-parse --short HEAD)"
+          go build -trimpath \
+            -ldflags="-s -w -X github.com/host-uk/core/pkg/cli.AppVersion=${VERSION}" \
+            -o core-${GOOS}-${GOARCH}${EXT} .
+
+      - name: Verify build
+        if: matrix.goos == 'linux'
+        run: |
+          chmod +x core-linux-amd64
+          ./core-linux-amd64 --version

.github/workflows/coverage.yml

@@ -13,14 +13,14 @@ jobs:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v6
 
       - name: Set up Go
-      uses: actions/setup-go@v6
+        uses: actions/setup-go@v5
         with:
           go-version-file: 'go.mod'
 
       - name: Setup Task
         uses: arduino/setup-task@v2
 
-    - name: Install dependencies
+      - name: Install system dependencies
         run: |
           sudo apt-get update
           sudo apt-get install -y libgtk-3-dev libwebkit2gtk-4.1-dev
@@ -31,6 +31,9 @@ jobs:
           task cli:build
           echo "$(pwd)/bin" >> $GITHUB_PATH
 
+      - name: Verify CLI
+        run: bin/core --version
+
       - name: Run coverage
         run: task cov
 
@@ -40,7 +43,7 @@ jobs:
           token: ${{ secrets.CODECOV_TOKEN }}
 
       - name: Upload coverage report
-      uses: actions/upload-artifact@v6
+        uses: actions/upload-artifact@v4
         with:
           name: coverage-report
           path: coverage.txt

.github/workflows/dev-release.yml

@@ -33,8 +33,7 @@ jobs:
       - name: Set up Go
         uses: actions/setup-go@v5
         with:
-          go-version: '1.24'
+          go-version-file: 'go.mod'
-          check-latest: true
 
       - name: Build CLI
         env:
@@ -45,10 +44,12 @@ jobs:
           EXT=""
           if [ "$GOOS" = "windows" ]; then EXT=".exe"; fi
           VERSION="dev-$(git rev-parse --short HEAD)"
-          go build -trimpath -ldflags="-s -w -X github.com/host-uk/core/pkg/cli.AppVersion=${VERSION}" -o core-${GOOS}-${GOARCH}${EXT} .
+          go build -trimpath \
+            -ldflags="-s -w -X github.com/host-uk/core/pkg/cli.AppVersion=${VERSION}" \
+            -o core-${GOOS}-${GOARCH}${EXT} .
 
       - name: Upload artifact
-        uses: actions/upload-artifact@v6
+        uses: actions/upload-artifact@v4
         with:
           name: core-${{ matrix.goos }}-${{ matrix.goarch }}
           path: core-*
@@ -65,8 +66,11 @@ jobs:
           path: artifacts
           merge-multiple: true
 
-      - name: List artifacts
+      - name: Generate checksums
-        run: ls -la artifacts/
+        run: |
+          cd artifacts
+          sha256sum core-* > CHECKSUMS.txt
+          cat CHECKSUMS.txt
 
       - name: Delete existing dev release
         env:
@@ -79,13 +83,12 @@ jobs:
       - name: Create dev release
         env:
           GH_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
-          COMMIT_SHA: ${{ github.sha }}
         run: |
           gh release create dev \
             --title "Development Build" \
             --notes "Latest development build from the dev branch.
 
-          **Commit:** ${COMMIT_SHA}
+          **Commit:** ${{ github.sha }}
           **Built:** $(date -u +'%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S UTC')
 
           This is a pre-release for testing. Use tagged releases for production." \

.github/workflows/release.yml

@@ -33,27 +33,23 @@ jobs:
       - name: Set up Go
         uses: actions/setup-go@v5
         with:
-          go-version: '1.24'
+          go-version-file: 'go.mod'
-          check-latest: true
-
-      - name: Get version from tag
-        id: version
-        run: echo "VERSION=${GITHUB_REF_NAME}" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
 
       - name: Build CLI
         env:
           GOOS: ${{ matrix.goos }}
           GOARCH: ${{ matrix.goarch }}
           CGO_ENABLED: '0'
+          VERSION: ${{ github.ref_name }}
         run: |
           EXT=""
           if [ "$GOOS" = "windows" ]; then EXT=".exe"; fi
           go build -trimpath \
-            -ldflags="-s -w -X github.com/host-uk/core/pkg/cli.AppVersion=${{ steps.version.outputs.VERSION }}" \
+            -ldflags="-s -w -X github.com/host-uk/core/pkg/cli.AppVersion=${VERSION}" \
             -o core-${GOOS}-${GOARCH}${EXT} .
 
       - name: Upload artifact
-        uses: actions/upload-artifact@v6
+        uses: actions/upload-artifact@v4
         with:
           name: core-${{ matrix.goos }}-${{ matrix.goarch }}
           path: core-*
@@ -73,14 +69,14 @@ jobs:
       - name: Generate checksums
         run: |
           cd artifacts
-          sha256sum core-* > checksums.txt
+          sha256sum core-* > CHECKSUMS.txt
-          cat checksums.txt
+          cat CHECKSUMS.txt
 
       - name: Create release
         env:
           GH_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
         run: |
           gh release create ${{ github.ref_name }} \
-            --title "${{ github.ref_name }}" \
+            --title "Release ${{ github.ref_name }}" \
             --generate-notes \
             artifacts/*