Set up GitLab CI sync pipeline for uxd/ai-helpers

[patternfly-jira-sync]

Set up automated CI pipeline in the GitLab fork (uxd/ai-helpers) to sync upstream changes from GitHub (patternfly/ai-helpers).

What was done:

• .gitlab-ci.yml — scheduled weekly sync (Thursday 2:06am), merges upstream main, regenerates PLUGINS.md and README plugin table

• On merge conflict: aborts merge, pushes a sync/upstream-* branch, and auto-creates an MR with sync-conflict label for manual resolution

• CONTRIBUTING-UXD.md — GitLab-specific contributing guide, lists files not to edit on GitLab

• SETUP-UXD.md — Atlassian API credential setup for UXD skills

• README patching — auto-applies UXD branding after each upstream sync

• MR validation job — blocks MRs that edit upstream-sourced files

• CI/CD variables configured (GITLAB_API_TOKEN), CI_JOB_TOKEN write access enabled

• Pipeline schedule created

Acceptance criteria:

• Sync pipeline runs on schedule and merges upstream changes cleanly

• Merge conflicts produce an MR instead of failing silently

• GitLab-only files (CONTRIBUTING-UXD.md, SETUP-UXD.md, .gitlab-ci.yml) survive upstream syncs

• MRs that touch upstream-sourced files are blocked by CI

• UXD team members can follow SETUP-UXD.md to configure their environment

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Jira Issue: PF-3915

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🔗 Related PRs

#48 - Add Jira quarterly-initiative-report skill to pf-workflow plugin [merged]

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