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Defensive CI/CD patterns: semver validation, token checks, retry logic, and draft detection

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## Context

CI workflows must be defensive. These patterns capture lessons from prior release incidents;
they are maintained as version-agnostic gates rather than claims about a particular repository
release.

## Patterns

### Semver Validation Gate
Every publish workflow MUST validate version format before `npm publish`. 4-part versions (e.g., 0.8.21.4) are NOT valid semver — npm mangles them.

```yaml
- name: Validate semver
  run: |