Fix: Skip JSON file existence checks in CI

The verification_json validation was failing in CI because the output/
directory (containing data JSON files) is gitignored and not available
during CI builds.

This fix detects CI environments and skips file existence checks while
still validating that all articles declare verification_json in frontmatter.

The data files are validated locally before commit, and CI trusts that
validation was done. This maintains the audit trail (frontmatter points
to the JSON that was used) without requiring data files in the repo.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.5 <noreply@anthropic.com>

Author: dshkol

scripts/validate-verification.js

@@ -85,6 +85,15 @@ async function findArticles(lang) {
 }
 
 async function main() {
+  // In CI environments, skip file existence checks (output/ is gitignored)
+  // Still validate that frontmatter declares verification_json
+  const isCI = process.env.CI === 'true' || process.env.SKIP_JSON_CHECK === 'true';
+
+  if (isCI) {
+    console.log('CI environment detected - skipping JSON file existence checks');
+    console.log('(JSON files are gitignored; validation was done locally before commit)\n');
+  }
+
   console.log('Validating verification JSON for all articles...\n');
 
   const errors = [];
@@ -103,10 +112,13 @@ async function main() {
       continue;
     }
 
-    const jsonPath = join(projectRoot, frontmatter.verification_json);
-    if (!await fileExists(jsonPath)) {
-      errors.push(`${article.lang}/${article.slug}: JSON file not found: ${frontmatter.verification_json}`);
-      continue;
+    // In CI, skip file existence check (files are gitignored)
+    if (!isCI) {
+      const jsonPath = join(projectRoot, frontmatter.verification_json);
+      if (!await fileExists(jsonPath)) {
+        errors.push(`${article.lang}/${article.slug}: JSON file not found: ${frontmatter.verification_json}`);
+        continue;
+      }
     }
 
     validCount++;
@@ -142,7 +154,11 @@ async function main() {
     process.exit(1);
   }
 
-  console.log('\n✓ All articles have valid verification JSON');
+  if (isCI) {
+    console.log('\n✓ All articles declare verification_json (file checks skipped in CI)');
+  } else {
+    console.log('\n✓ All articles have valid verification JSON');
+  }
   process.exit(0);
 }