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 ## CI Log Retrieval
 
 When CI jobs fail, investigate immediately - don't wait for other jobs to complete. Individual job logs are often available even while other jobs are still running. Try `gh run view <run-id> --log` or `gh run view <run-id> --log-failed`, or use `gh run view <run-id> --job=<job-id>` to target the specific failed job. Sleeping is fine when asked to monitor CI and no failures exist yet, but once any job fails, investigate that failure immediately.
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+## Copyright Headers
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+New files require a copyright header. To get the year right, always run `date +%Y` rather than relying on memory. The copyright holder should be the author or their current employer — check other recent files by the same author in the repository to determine the correct entity (e.g., "Lean FRO, LLC", "Amazon.com, Inc. or its affiliates").
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+Test files (in `tests/`) do not need copyright headers.