microsoft · Michael Von Hippel (Kixantrix) · Sep 4, 2026 · Sep 8, 2026 · Sep 8, 2026 · Sep 8, 2026
diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yml b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
@@ -26,6 +26,53 @@ concurrency:
   cancel-in-progress: ${{ github.event_name == 'pull_request' }}
 
 jobs:
+  ai-static:
+    name: AI plans and unit tests
+    runs-on: windows-latest
+    timeout-minutes: 10
+    steps:
+      - name: Checkout
+        uses: actions/checkout@de0fac2e4500dabe0009e67214ff5f5447ce83dd # v6.0.2
+
+      - name: Parse PowerShell and run hardware-independent tests
+        shell: pwsh
+        run: |
+          $ErrorActionPreference = 'Stop'
+          Get-ChildItem ./src/Workloads, ./src/tests, ./src/tools -Recurse -Filter *.ps1 |
+            ForEach-Object {
+              $tokens = $null
+              $errors = $null
+              [void][System.Management.Automation.Language.Parser]::ParseFile(
+                $_.FullName, [ref]$tokens, [ref]$errors)
+              if ($errors) { throw "$($_.FullName): $($errors -join '; ')" }
+            }
+          foreach ($id in 'ai-common','cuda','rocm','intel-ai','foundry','pytorch','llama.cpp','ollama') {
+            & "./src/tests/$id/unit.ps1"
+          }
+
+      - name: Validate report schema and manifest
+        shell: pwsh
+        run: |
+          python -m pip install --disable-pip-version-check --quiet pyyaml jsonschema
+          python -c "import json,yaml; json.load(open('src/docs/ai-workload-report.schema.json', encoding='utf-8')); yaml.safe_load(open('src/manifest.yml', encoding='utf-8-sig')); print('AI data files valid')"
+
+      - name: Exercise non-mutating AI plans and validate reports
+        shell: pwsh
+        run: |
+          $ErrorActionPreference = 'Stop'
+          New-Item -ItemType Directory -Path ai-reports -Force | Out-Null
+          foreach ($id in 'cuda','rocm','intel-ai','foundry','pytorch','llama.cpp','ollama') {
+            & "./src/Workloads/$id/install.ps1" -PlanOnly -ReportPath "./ai-reports/$id.json"
+          }
+          @'
+          import glob, json, jsonschema
+          schema = json.load(open("src/docs/ai-workload-report.schema.json", encoding="utf-8"))
+          for path in glob.glob("ai-reports/*.json"):
+              with open(path, encoding="utf-8-sig") as handle:
+                  jsonschema.validate(json.load(handle), schema)
+              print("OK:", path)
+          '@ | python -
+
   # ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
   # Job A: parse manifest.yml → matrices for per-OS flow jobs.
   # ---------------------------------------------------------------------------

diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
diff --git a/src/Workloads/_common/ai-catalog.psd1 b/src/Workloads/_common/ai-catalog.psd1
diff --git a/src/Workloads/_common/ai-report.ps1 b/src/Workloads/_common/ai-report.ps1
@@ -0,0 +1,141 @@
+$ErrorActionPreference = 'Stop'
+Set-StrictMode -Version Latest
+
+function Get-AiGpuInventory {
+    $controllers = @(Get-CimInstance Win32_VideoController -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue |
+        Where-Object { $_.PNPDeviceID -match '^PCI\\' -and $_.Name -notmatch '(?i)\bNPU\b' })
+    return @($controllers | ForEach-Object {
+        $vendor = if ($_.PNPDeviceID -match 'VEN_10DE' -or $_.Name -match 'NVIDIA') {
+            'NVIDIA'
+        } elseif ($_.PNPDeviceID -match 'VEN_1002' -or $_.Name -match 'AMD|Radeon') {
+            'AMD'
+        } elseif ($_.PNPDeviceID -match 'VEN_8086' -or $_.Name -match 'Intel') {
+            'Intel'
+        } elseif ($_.PNPDeviceID -match 'VEN_17CB' -or $_.Name -match 'Qualcomm|Adreno') {
+            'Qualcomm'
+        } else {
+            'Unknown'
+        }
+        [ordered]@{
+            vendor = $vendor
+            name = $_.Name
+            pnpDeviceId = $_.PNPDeviceID
+            driverVersion = $_.DriverVersion
+        }
+    })
+}
+
+function Get-AiNpuInventory {
+    return @(Get-PnpDevice -PresentOnly -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue |
+        Where-Object { $_.FriendlyName -match '(?i)(\bNPU\b|AI Boost|Neural Processing)' } |
+        ForEach-Object {
+            [ordered]@{
+                name = $_.FriendlyName
+                instanceId = $_.InstanceId
+                status = $_.Status
+            }
+        })
+}
+
+function New-AiWorkloadReport {
+    param(
+        [Parameter(Mandatory)] [string] $Id,
+        [hashtable] $Request = @{}
+    )
+    $os = Get-CimInstance Win32_OperatingSystem -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue
+    return [ordered]@{
+        schemaVersion = 1
+        workload = $Id
+        startedAtUtc = (Get-Date).ToUniversalTime().ToString('o')
+        completedAtUtc = $null
+        host = [ordered]@{
+            os = $os.Caption
+            osVersion = $os.Version
+            osBuild = $os.BuildNumber
+            architecture = (Get-DevConfigArchitecture)
+            powershell = $PSVersionTable.PSVersion.ToString()
+            gpus = @(Get-AiGpuInventory)
+            npus = @(Get-AiNpuInventory)
+        }
+        request = $Request
+        acquisitions = [System.Collections.ArrayList]::new()
+        phases = [System.Collections.ArrayList]::new()
+        acceptance = [ordered]@{}
+        result = [ordered]@{
+            ready = $false
+            planOnly = [bool]$(if ($Request.ContainsKey('PlanOnly')) { $Request.PlanOnly } else { $false })
+            fallbackUsed = $false
+            warnings = [System.Collections.ArrayList]::new()
+            blockers = [System.Collections.ArrayList]::new()
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+function Add-AiReportAcquisition {
+    param(
+        [Parameter(Mandatory)] [hashtable] $Report,
+        [Parameter(Mandatory)] $Entry
+    )
+    [void]$Report.acquisitions.Add($Entry)
+}
+
+function Add-AiReportPhase {
+    param(
+        [Parameter(Mandatory)] [hashtable] $Report,
+        [Parameter(Mandatory)] [string] $Name,
+        [Parameter(Mandatory)] [string] $Status,
+        $Evidence = $null
+    )
+    [void]$Report.phases.Add([ordered]@{ name = $Name; status = $Status; evidence = $Evidence })
+}
+
+function Complete-AiWorkloadReport {
+    param(
+        [Parameter(Mandatory)] [hashtable] $Report,
+        [Parameter(Mandatory)] [bool] $Ready,
+        [Parameter(Mandatory)] [string] $Path
+    )
+    $Report.completedAtUtc = (Get-Date).ToUniversalTime().ToString('o')
+    $Report.result.ready = $Ready
+    Write-DevConfigTextFile -Path $Path -Content ($Report | ConvertTo-Json -Depth 20)
+    Write-Host "AI_REPORT: $Path"
+}
+
+function Write-AiFailureReport {
+    param(
+        [Parameter(Mandatory)] [hashtable] $Report,
+        [Parameter(Mandatory)] [string] $Path,
+        [Parameter(Mandatory)] $ErrorRecord
+    )
+    [void]$Report.result.blockers.Add($ErrorRecord.Exception.Message)
+    Complete-AiWorkloadReport -Report $Report -Ready $false -Path $Path
+}
+
+function Get-AiDefaultReportPath {
+    param([Parameter(Mandatory)] [string] $Id)
+    return Join-Path $env:LOCALAPPDATA "DevConfig\reports\$Id-latest.json"
+}
+
+function Get-AiCatalog {
+    return Get-AiCatalogData
+}
+
+function Get-AiCatalogValue {
+    param(
+        [Parameter(Mandatory)] [hashtable] $Entry,
+        [Parameter(Mandatory)] [string] $Name
+    )
+    if ($Entry.ContainsKey($Name)) {
+        return $Entry[$Name]
+    }
+    return $null
+}
+
+function Set-AiAcquisitionAction {
+    param(
+        [Parameter(Mandatory)] [hashtable] $Report,
+        [Parameter(Mandatory)] [int] $Index,
+        [Parameter(Mandatory)] [string] $Action
+    )
+    $Report.acquisitions[$Index].action = $Action
+}