CI does not run the examples/ integration tests (bazel test //... excludes them)

[obj-p]

The new ci.yml (#361) runs bazel test //... plus //tools/lint:check, but examples/ is in .bazelignore, so the example-project integration suites (the integration-test skill's scope: build-system support, rendering, interaction, hot-reload against examples/) run nowhere gated. This is the same coverage gap the retired VM bar had — its docs noted the gap (flagged during the #333 review) — carried over to CI.

#345 enrolled examples/ integration runs in SimulatorTestLock, so the sim-claim side is solved; what's missing is a gated runner.

Open questions for whoever takes this:

• Add as a step/job in ci.yml, or a separate workflow (they boot sims and are the heaviest suites — may want to be non-required or scheduled while the CI trial collects wall-clock data)?
• Which examples are mission-critical vs nice-to-have for the gate?

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[obj-p]

macOS half shipped (PR #382, db5990b). Corrected premise recorded there: the gap was never .bazelignore — SnapshotCommandTests has per-example render tests, but the xcodeproj/xcworkspace/bazel ones silently skip as "passed" (tool-gated on mint/bazel, invisible under bazel's sanitized test PATH; mint wasn't even installed on the runner until this PR's provisioning). Only spm ever rendered in CI.

Now gated: scripts/examples-smoke.sh renders all four build-system examples through the bare CLI (default runfiles discovery — also previously untested) on a Tuesday cron + manual dispatch, off the required path. First live dispatch: https://github.com/obj-p/PreviewsMCP/actions/runs/29154315752

Remaining for this issue:

1. iOS example coverage (the original scope's sim-booting half) — needs a deliberate decision on cost vs the sim lane; the smoke script is the natural place to add a --platform ios pass under tools/simlock.
2. The silent-skip pattern: tool-gated returns rendering as 30ms passes are the same inert-guard class CI on Bazel: rewrite workflows for the post-#246 tree, start the merge-gate trial #361 removed. Either make them loud (explicit skip/Issue.record) or drop the in-test tool-gating now that the workflow owns example coverage.

[obj-p]

Post-merge live check: first manual Examples dispatch (run 29154315752) went green on the mini and rendered all four build systems for real — spm 40144B, xcodeproj 41230B, xcworkspace 40250B, bazel 40144B. Confirms the workflow's schedule/dispatch path works from the default branch and the renders are genuine (not the silent 30ms skips the in-test versions produced). macOS half fully verified; iOS example coverage + the silent-skip-guard decision remain open here.