commit c4c9b78b9139a41e71d3061afd96bbc79805ce39
Author: pyr0ball <pyroballpcs@gmail.com>
Date:   Wed Mar 25 11:02:26 2026 -0700

    feat: scaffold circuitforge-core package

diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
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+__pycache__/
+*.pyc
+.env
+*.egg-info/
+dist/
+.pytest_cache/
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
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+# circuitforge-core
+
+Shared scaffold for CircuitForge products.
+
+## Modules
+
+- `circuitforge_core.db` — SQLite connection factory and migration runner
+- `circuitforge_core.llm` — LLM router with fallback chain
+- `circuitforge_core.tiers` — Tier system with BYOK and local vision unlocks
+- `circuitforge_core.config` — Env validation and .env loader
+- `circuitforge_core.vision` — Vision router stub (v0.2+)
+- `circuitforge_core.wizard` — First-run wizard base class stub
+- `circuitforge_core.pipeline` — Staging queue stub (v0.2+)
+
+## Install
+
+```bash
+pip install -e .
+```
+
+## License
+
+BSL 1.1 — see LICENSE
diff --git a/circuitforge_core/__init__.py b/circuitforge_core/__init__.py
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+__version__ = "0.1.0"
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
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+[build-system]
+requires = ["setuptools>=68"]
+build-backend = "setuptools.build_meta"
+
+[project]
+name = "circuitforge-core"
+version = "0.1.0"
+description = "Shared scaffold for CircuitForge products"
+requires-python = ">=3.11"
+dependencies = [
+    "pyyaml>=6.0",
+    "requests>=2.31",
+    "openai>=1.0",
+]
+
+[tool.setuptools.packages.find]
+where = ["."]
+include = ["circuitforge_core*"]
+
+[tool.pytest.ini_options]
+testpaths = ["tests"]
diff --git a/tests/__init__.py b/tests/__init__.py
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