From 3889d4914e63e779be551fa244778403863dbe35 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: SaelixCode <dev@saelix.com>
Date: Wed, 4 Mar 2026 13:06:29 -0500
Subject: [PATCH] chore: initialize git flow, ci pipeline, and changelog

---
 .github/workflows/ci.yml | 36 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 CHANGELOG.md             | 10 ++++++++++
 2 files changed, 46 insertions(+)
 create mode 100644 .github/workflows/ci.yml
 create mode 100644 CHANGELOG.md

diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yml b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..b70f4e1b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+name: Sencho CI
+
+on:
+  pull_request:
+    branches: [ main, develop ]
+  push:
+    branches: [ develop ]
+
+jobs:
+  build-and-test:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+      - name: Checkout Code
+        uses: actions/checkout@v4
+
+      - name: Setup Node.js
+        uses: actions/setup-node@v4
+        with:
+          node-version: '20'
+          cache: 'npm'
+
+      - name: Install Backend Dependencies
+        working-directory: ./backend
+        run: npm ci
+
+      - name: Build Backend (TypeScript)
+        working-directory: ./backend
+        run: npm run build
+
+      - name: Install Frontend Dependencies
+        working-directory: ./frontend
+        run: npm ci
+
+      - name: Build Frontend (Vite/React)
+        working-directory: ./frontend
+        run: npm run build
diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..b9716e88
--- /dev/null
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+# Changelog
+
+All notable changes to this project will be documented in this file.
+The format is based on [Keep a Changelog](https://keepachangelog.com/en/1.0.0/),
+and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0.html).
+
+## [Unreleased]
+### Added
+- Git Flow branching strategy and branch protection.
+- GitHub Actions CI pipeline for automated TypeScript build verification.