diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yml b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..a5f393c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,54 @@
+name: CI
+
+# Runs on pull requests into main. Branch protection requires the `checks`
+# job to pass before merge. Not run on push to main: pre-commit's
+# no-commit-to-branch hook would fail there by design, and merges are gated
+# at the PR instead.
+on:
+  pull_request:
+    branches: [main]
+
+permissions:
+  contents: read
+
+concurrency:
+  group: ci-${{ github.ref }}
+  cancel-in-progress: true
+
+jobs:
+  checks:
+    name: checks
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+
+      - uses: actions/setup-python@v5
+        with:
+          python-version: "3.12"
+
+      - name: Cache pre-commit environments
+        uses: actions/cache@v4
+        with:
+          path: ~/.cache/pre-commit
+          key: pre-commit-${{ hashFiles('.pre-commit-config.yaml') }}
+
+      - name: Install pre-commit
+        run: python -m pip install --upgrade pip pre-commit
+
+      - name: Run pre-commit (all files)
+        run: pre-commit run --all-files --show-diff-on-failure --color always
+
+      - name: Compile Python
+        run: python -m compileall -q hooks plugin
+
+      - name: Installer dry-run (hermetic)
+        run: |
+          # The turn-hook helper ships with ferrosa-memory, not this repo; stub
+          # it so the installer's existence check passes (the dry-run only checks
+          # it exists, never executes it). Write wrappers to a temp dir so the
+          # runner's real ~/.config is never touched.
+          mkdir -p scripts/hooks
+          printf '#!/usr/bin/env python3\n' > scripts/hooks/ferrosa-memory-turn-hook.py
+          python3 hooks/install-agent-hooks.py \
+            --harness all --dry-run --no-apply-config --skip-auth-check \
+            --install-dir "$RUNNER_TEMP/fmem-hooks"
diff --git a/.pre-commit-config.yaml b/.pre-commit-config.yaml
index 2cbee45..72cbc78 100644
--- a/.pre-commit-config.yaml
+++ b/.pre-commit-config.yaml
@@ -71,7 +71,11 @@ repos:
     rev: 1.8.0
     hooks:
       - id: bandit
-        args: [-r, --skip=B101]
+        # Skipped checks reflect intentional, documented design (see CLAUDE.md):
+        #   B101 assert; B110 try/except/pass (fail-open config load);
+        #   B310 urllib.urlopen (the raw-urllib MCP client, loopback endpoint);
+        #   B404/B603 subprocess (installer's fixed verification commands).
+        args: [-r, "--skip", "B101,B110,B310,B404,B603"]
         files: ^(plugin|hooks)/.*\.py$
 
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