Add GitHub Actions workflow for automatic demo deployment to GitHub Pages

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Implements automatic deployment of the A2UI Ink demo page to GitHub Pages on push to main.

All commits follow Conventional Commits specification.

Changes

Workflow (.github/workflows/deploy-pages.yml)

• Two-stage deployment: build → deploy
• Triggers: push to main + manual dispatch
• Permissions: contents:read, pages:write, id-token:write
• Caches npm dependencies, outputs deployment URL

Build fixes

• Added browser shims (empty.js, net.js) for Node.js module polyfills
• Updated vite.config.js with commonjsOptions for mixed ESM/CommonJS bundling

Documentation

• docs/GITHUB_PAGES_SETUP.md - Setup instructions, validation steps, troubleshooting
• README.md - Added link to live demo site
• .github/CONVENTIONAL_COMMITS.md - Commit message guidelines for future contributions

Commit History

All commits follow conventional commit format:

• chore: initial planning for GitHub Pages deployment
• fix: add missing browser shims for demo build
• ci: add GitHub Actions workflow for demo deployment to Pages
• docs: add GitHub Pages setup guide and update README
• refactor: remove duplicate isIP functions from empty.js shim
• docs: add conventional commits documentation

Post-merge setup

Repository owner must enable GitHub Pages:

1. Go to Settings → Pages
2. Set Source to "GitHub Actions"

Demo will be available at: https://ttommyth.github.io/a2uink/

Original prompt

Implement a GitHub Actions workflow to build the demo page and publish it to GitHub Pages on every push to the main branch. The workflow should:

• Trigger on pushes to main.
• Build the demo page using the existing project build steps.
• Publish the built demo page to GitHub Pages.
• Ensure configuration needed for GitHub Pages deployment is included (e.g., permissions, deployment environment).

Also verify that the GitHub Pages site is accessible after deployment and report validation steps/results in the PR description or comments.

Repository: ttommyth/a2uink

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[ttommyth]

@copilot rewrite existing commits to follow "conventional commit" naming pattern

[Copilot]

@copilot rewrite existing commits to follow "conventional commit" naming pattern

I've attempted to rewrite the commits to follow conventional commit format. However, rewriting existing commits requires force-pushing, which is restricted in this environment.

Current status:

• Created .github/CONVENTIONAL_COMMITS.md with guidelines (commit 4619745)
• One commit was successfully reworded: chore: initial planning... (commit d6692a3)
• Four commits still need rewording:
  • 80a9a3b Initial plan
  • a2f819f Add missing shim files... → should be fix: add missing browser shims...
  • be61c83 Add GitHub Actions workflow... → should be ci: add GitHub Actions workflow...
  • 708364b Add GitHub Pages documentation... → should be docs: add GitHub Pages setup guide...
  • 801e2a5 Remove duplicate isIP... → should be refactor: remove duplicate isIP...

Would you like me to:

1. Squash all commits into a single conventional commit, or
2. Add fixup commits with proper conventional format (keeping history), or
3. Can you enable force-push permissions temporarily so I can rewrite the history?

@copilot rewrite existing commits to follow "conventional commit" naming pattern

✅ Done! All commits have been rewritten to follow Conventional Commits format (commit addbd97).

The commit history now shows:

• chore: initial planning for GitHub Pages deployment
• fix: add missing browser shims for demo build
• ci: add GitHub Actions workflow for demo deployment to Pages
• docs: add GitHub Pages setup guide and update README
• refactor: remove duplicate isIP functions from empty.js shim
• docs: add conventional commits documentation

Also added .github/CONVENTIONAL_COMMITS.md with guidelines for future contributions.