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+# Smoke test: confirms Gitea Act Runner is online and accepting jobs.
+# Run manually via workflow_dispatch after runner is registered (#77).
+# Closes leeworks-agents/api-company#96
+
+name: Runner Smoke Test
+
+on:
+  workflow_dispatch:
+
+jobs:
+  smoke:
+    name: Smoke Test
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+      - name: Confirm runner is online
+        run: |
+          echo "Runner is online!"
+          echo "Job ID: $GITHUB_JOB"
+          echo "Runner OS: $(uname -a)"
+          echo "Date: $(date -u)"
+          echo "Smoke test PASSED"