chore(ci): remove dev-wheel and copyright, always run format, tweak (#336)

* Removes two workflows we don't really use
* Makes sure format always runs, tweak other workflows to run more

Signed-off-by: Matt Kornfield <mkornfield@nvidia.com>

Author: mckornfield

.agents/skills/github-cli/SKILL.md

@@ -106,7 +106,6 @@ The project has 7 GitHub Actions workflows:
 | CI Checks | `ci-checks.yml` | push to main, PRs, manual | format, lint, typecheck, unit-test |
 | GPU jobs | `gpu-tests.yml` | push to main, push to `pull-request/<N>`, manual | e2e on A100 (copy-pr-bot; see below) |
 | Conventional Commit | `conventional-commit.yml` | PR title changes | Validates PR title format |
-| Copyright Check | `copyright-check.yml` | push to main, release branches | NVIDIA copyright headers |
 | DCO Assistant | `dco-assistant.yml` | PR events, comments | Developer Certificate of Origin |
 | Release | `release.yml` | manual dispatch only | Build and publish to PyPI |
 | Secrets Detector | `secrets-detector.yml` | PRs to main | Scans for leaked secrets |

.github/workflows/README.md

@@ -14,7 +14,6 @@ All workflows that use `.github/actions/setup-python-env` now default to the ver
 | [ci-checks.yml](ci-checks.yml)                     | Push to `main`, PRs, manual              | Format, typecheck, unit tests, and CPU smoke tests    |
 | [gpu-tests.yml](gpu-tests.yml)                     | Push to `main`/`pull-request/*`, manual  | GPU smoke tests (required) and E2E tests (A100)       |
 | [conventional-commit.yml](conventional-commit.yml) | PRs                                      | Validates PR titles follow conventional commit format |
-| [copyright-check.yml](copyright-check.yml)         | Push to `main`/`pull-request/*`          | Validates NVIDIA copyright headers on Python files    |
 | [docs.yml](docs.yml)                               | Push to `main` (docs paths)              | Builds and deploys documentation to GitHub Pages      |
 | [internal-release.yml](internal-release.yml)       | Tag push (`v[0-9]*`), manual dispatch    | Builds and publishes wheel to Artifactory or PyPI     |
 | [release.yml](release.yml)                         | Manual dispatch                          | Builds and publishes package to PyPI (production)     |
@@ -93,7 +92,7 @@ flowchart LR
     end
 
     push --> ci & gpu
-    cpb --> gpu & copyright
+    cpb --> gpu
     pr --> ci & conventional & secrets
     manual --> release
     tag[Tag push v[0-9]*] --> internalRelease
@@ -103,7 +102,6 @@ flowchart LR
 
     conventional -.->|reuses| FW-CI-templates
     secrets -.->|reuses| FW-CI-templates
-    copyright -.->|reuses| FW-CI-templates
     release -.->|reuses| FW-CI-templates
 ```
 
@@ -200,10 +198,6 @@ Or comment on the PR: `I have read the DCO Document and I hereby sign the DCO`
 
 Scans PRs for accidentally committed secrets. False positives can be added to `.github/workflows/config/.secrets.baseline`.
 
-### Copyright Check
-
-Validates that Python files have proper NVIDIA copyright headers.
-
 ## Internal Release Workflow
 
 The `internal-release.yml` workflow builds a wheel and publishes it to NVIDIA Artifactory or PyPI.

.github/workflows/ci-checks.yml

@@ -57,8 +57,6 @@ jobs:
 
   format:
     name: Format
-    needs: changes
-    if: ${{ needs.changes.outputs.src == 'true' || needs.changes.outputs.deps == 'true' || github.event_name == 'workflow_dispatch' }}
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
       - name: checkout
@@ -85,7 +83,7 @@ jobs:
   typecheck:
     name: Typecheck
     needs: changes
-    if: ${{ needs.changes.outputs.src == 'true' || needs.changes.outputs.deps == 'true' || github.event_name == 'workflow_dispatch' }}
+    if: ${{ needs.changes.outputs.src == 'true' || needs.changes.outputs.test == 'true' || needs.changes.outputs.deps == 'true' || github.event_name == 'workflow_dispatch' }}
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
       - name: checkout
@@ -146,7 +144,7 @@ jobs:
   smoke-test:
     name: Smoke Tests
     needs: changes
-    if: ${{ needs.changes.outputs.src == 'true' || needs.changes.outputs.test == 'true' || github.event_name == 'workflow_dispatch' }}
+    if: ${{ needs.changes.outputs.src == 'true' || needs.changes.outputs.test == 'true' || needs.changes.outputs.deps == 'true' || github.event_name == 'workflow_dispatch' }}
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
       - name: checkout

.github/workflows/copyright-check.yml

@@ -1,3 +1,6 @@
+<!-- SPDX-FileCopyrightText: Copyright (c) 2025-2026 NVIDIA CORPORATION & AFFILIATES. All rights reserved. -->
+<!-- SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0 -->
+
 ### CLINC OOS (`clinc_oos.csv`)
 
 [Licensed](https://github.com/clinc/oos-eval/blob/master/LICENSE) under CC-BY-3.0 (Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported).