fix: add Git LFS support and llama.cpp build to CI workflows

- Add lfs: true to all checkout steps so the nomic model is fetched
- Add llama.cpp clone + build step to release workflow
- Update DEVELOPMENT.md with Git LFS setup instructions

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 <noreply@anthropic.com>

Author: Frank Guo

.github/workflows/ci.yml

@@ -12,6 +12,8 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+        with:
+          lfs: true
       - uses: jdx/mise-action@v3
       - name: Tests
         run: mise run test:ci

.github/workflows/lint.yml

@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ jobs:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v4
         with:
           ref: ${{ github.event.pull_request.head.sha || github.sha }}
+          lfs: true
 
       - uses: actions/setup-go@v6
         with:

.github/workflows/release.yml

@@ -14,6 +14,8 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+        with:
+          lfs: true
       - uses: jdx/mise-action@v3
       - name: Tests
         run: mise run test:ci
@@ -36,9 +38,21 @@ jobs:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v4
         with:
           fetch-depth: 0
+          lfs: true
 
       - uses: jdx/mise-action@v3
 
+      - name: Build llama.cpp
+        run: |
+          git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/ggml-org/llama.cpp .deps/llama.cpp
+          cd .deps/llama.cpp
+          CMAKE_ARGS="-DLLAMA_BUILD_TESTS=OFF -DLLAMA_BUILD_EXAMPLES=OFF -DLLAMA_BUILD_SERVER=OFF -DBUILD_SHARED_LIBS=OFF -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release"
+          if [ "${{ matrix.goos }}" = "darwin" ]; then
+            CMAKE_ARGS="$CMAKE_ARGS -DLLAMA_METAL=ON"
+          fi
+          cmake -B build $CMAKE_ARGS
+          cmake --build build --config Release -j$(nproc || sysctl -n hw.ncpu) --target llama --target ggml --target common
+
       - name: Build binary
         env:
           CGO_ENABLED: "1"

docs/DEVELOPMENT.md

@@ -54,6 +54,11 @@ All commands below assume you are in the repo root unless noted.
 ### 1.3 One-time setup
 
 ```bash
+# Install Git LFS (required — the nomic model is stored via LFS)
+# macOS: brew install git-lfs
+# Linux: apt install git-lfs
+git lfs install
+
 git clone https://github.com/rekal-dev/cli.git rekal-cli
 cd rekal-cli
 mise install                    # Install Go and golangci-lint per mise.toml