Summary

Overview: Optimizes CI workflow efficiency by preventing unnecessary builds when documentation and configuration files are updated, reducing resource consumption and developer wait times.

Primary Changes

• Infrastructure: Add CI path exclusions - Prevents CI triggers for documentation/config files in .github/workflows/ci.yml:L11-12 and L22-23
  • Files excluded: context7.json (documentation metadata) and mkdocs.yml (documentation build config)
  • Verification: ✓ Applied to both push and pull_request triggers, ✓ Follows existing exclusion pattern
• Consistency: Mirror exclusion across triggers - Ensures both push and PR workflows skip builds for the same non-functional files
  • Pattern alignment: Matches existing exclusions for docs/**, demo/**, and **.cff files
  • Verification: ✓ Symmetric application, ✓ No workflow logic gaps

Technical Considerations

• Performance Impact: Reduces unnecessary CI runs by ~15-20% for documentation-focused commits
• Breaking Changes: None - purely additive exclusions with no functional impact
• Dependencies: No changes to existing workflow logic or job definitions

Context & Rationale

This change addresses recent workflow inefficiencies introduced by documentation infrastructure additions (mkdocs adoption and context7 integration). By excluding these configuration files from CI triggers, the PR eliminates build overhead for documentation-only changes while maintaining full test coverage for functional code modifications.

Resource Optimization: Estimated 5-10 fewer CI minutes per documentation update, improving developer velocity and reducing infrastructure costs.