fix: release readiness - fix blockers, add CI/CD, standardize configs

Author: Revenue Holdings

.gitignore

@@ -1,11 +1,72 @@
+# Byte-compiled / optimized / compiled files
 __pycache__/
-*.pyc
-*.pyo
-.env
-.venv/
-venv/
+*.py[cod]
+*$py.class
+
+# C extensions
+*.so
+
+# Distribution / packaging
+.Python
+build/
+develop-eggs/
 dist/
+downloads/
+eggs/
+.eggs/
+lib/
+lib64/
+parts/
+sdist/
+var/
+wheels/
 *.egg-info/
-.pytest_cache/
-.coverage
+*.egg
+
+# PyInstaller
+*.manifest
+*.spec
+
+# Installer logs
+pip-log.txt
+pip-delete-this-directory.txt
+
+# Unit test / coverage
 htmlcov/
+.tox/
+.nox/
+.coverage
+.coverage.*
+.cache
+nosetests.xml
+coverage.xml
+*.cover
+*.py,cover
+.hypothesis/
+.pytest_cache/
+
+# Translations
+*.mo
+*.pot
+
+# Environments
+.env
+.venv
+env/
+venv/
+ENV/
+
+# IDE
+.vscode/
+.idea/
+*.swp
+*.swo
+*~
+
+# OS
+.DS_Store
+Thumbs.db
+
+# Project specific
+research/
+fixtures/generated/

LICENSE

@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+MIT License
+
+Copyright (c) 2026 Revenue Holdings
+
+Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy
+of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal
+in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights
+to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell
+copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is
+furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:
+
+The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in all
+copies or substantial portions of the Software.
+
+THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR
+IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY,
+FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE
+AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER
+LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM,
+OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE
+SOFTWARE.

pyproject.toml

@@ -17,10 +17,10 @@ dependencies = [
     "rich>=13.0",
     "pyyaml>=6.0",
     "sqlparse>=0.5.0",
-    "revenueholdings-license>=0.1.0",
 ]
 
 [project.optional-dependencies]
+license = ["revenueholdings-license>=0.1.0"]
 dev = [
     "pytest>=7.0",
     "pytest-cov>=4.0",