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+name: WinGet bootstrap (one-off, delete after use)
+
+on:
+  push:
+    branches: ["ci/winget-bootstrap"]
+
+jobs:
+  bootstrap:
+    runs-on: windows-latest
+    steps:
+      - name: Generate manifests and submit to winget-pkgs
+        shell: pwsh
+        env:
+          WINGET_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.WINGET_SUBMIT_TOKEN }}
+        run: |
+          $ErrorActionPreference = "Stop"
+          $version      = "0.30.0"
+          $pkgId        = "PythoughtsLabs.PythinkerCode"
+          $installerUrl = "https://github.com/Pythoughts-labs/pythinker-code/releases/download/v$version/PythinkerSetup-$version.exe"
+
+          $wcUrl = "https://github.com/microsoft/winget-create/releases/download/v1.12.8.0/wingetcreate.exe"
+          $wcSha = "8BD738851B524885410112678E3771B341C5C716DE60FBBECB88AB0A363ED85D"
+          Invoke-WebRequest -Uri $wcUrl -OutFile wingetcreate.exe
+          if ((Get-FileHash wingetcreate.exe -Algorithm SHA256).Hash -ne $wcSha) { throw "hash mismatch" }
+
+          $sha256 = [System.Text.Encoding]::UTF8.GetString((Invoke-WebRequest -Uri "$installerUrl.sha256").Content).Trim().Split()[0]
+          Write-Host "SHA256: $sha256"
+
+          Invoke-WebRequest -Uri $installerUrl -OutFile installer.exe
+          $header = [System.Text.Encoding]::ASCII.GetString([System.IO.File]::ReadAllBytes("installer.exe")[0..65535])
+          $installerType = if ($header -match "Inno Setup") { "inno" } elseif ($header -match "Nullsoft") { "nullsoft" } else { "exe" }
+          $silentSwitch  = if ($installerType -eq "inno") { "/VERYSILENT /NORESTART" } else { "/S" }
+          Write-Host "Installer type: $installerType"
+
+          $dir = "manifests\p\PythoughtsLabs\PythinkerCode\$version"
+          New-Item -ItemType Directory -Force -Path $dir | Out-Null
+
+          @("PackageIdentifier: $pkgId",
+            "PackageVersion: $version",
+            "DefaultLocale: en-US",
+            "ManifestType: version",
+            "ManifestVersion: 1.6.0") -join "`n" |
+            Set-Content -Path "$dir\$pkgId.yaml" -Encoding UTF8
+
+          @("PackageIdentifier: $pkgId",
+            "PackageVersion: $version",
+            "Platform:",
+            "- Windows.Desktop",
+            "MinimumOSVersion: 10.0.17763.0",
+            "InstallerType: $installerType",
+            "Installers:",
+            "- Architecture: x64",
+            "  InstallerUrl: $installerUrl",
+            "  InstallerSha256: $sha256",
+            "  InstallerSwitches:",
+            "    Silent: $silentSwitch",
+            "    SilentWithProgress: $silentSwitch",
+            "ManifestType: installer",
+            "ManifestVersion: 1.6.0") -join "`n" |
+            Set-Content -Path "$dir\$pkgId.installer.yaml" -Encoding UTF8
+
+          @("PackageIdentifier: $pkgId",
+            "PackageVersion: $version",
+            "PackageLocale: en-US",
+            "Publisher: Pythoughts Labs",
+            "PublisherUrl: https://pythinker.com",
+            "PackageName: Pythinker Code",
+            "PackageUrl: https://pythinker.com",
+            "License: Apache-2.0",
+            "LicenseUrl: https://github.com/Pythoughts-labs/pythinker-code/blob/main/LICENSE",
+            "ShortDescription: Terminal-native review-first AI engineering agent",
+            "Moniker: pythinker",
+            "Tags:",
+            "- ai",
+            "- agent",
+            "- cli",
+            "ManifestType: defaultLocale",
+            "ManifestVersion: 1.6.0") -join "`n" |
+            Set-Content -Path "$dir\$pkgId.locale.en-US.yaml" -Encoding UTF8
+
+          Write-Host "Generated:"; Get-ChildItem $dir
+          .\wingetcreate.exe submit $dir --token $env:WINGET_TOKEN