diff --git a/buildspec.yml b/buildspec.yml
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+version: 0.2
+
+phases:
+  install:
+    runtime-versions:
+      nodejs: 22
+    commands:
+      - npm ci
+  build:
+    commands:
+      - npx cdk deploy --require-approval never
diff --git a/pipeline.yaml b/pipeline.yaml
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+AWSTemplateFormatVersion: "2010-09-09"
+Description: CI/CD pipeline — CodePipeline + CodeBuild for CDK deployments
+
+Parameters:
+  GitHubOwner:
+    Type: String
+    Default: Sea-Haven-Industries
+  GitHubRepo:
+    Type: String
+    Default: exec-aide
+  GitHubBranch:
+    Type: String
+    Default: main
+  ConnectionArn:
+    Type: String
+    Description: CodeConnections ARN for GitHub
+    Default: arn:aws:codeconnections:us-east-1:328440206208:connection/52bc9d0e-1088-43bc-9394-2c513ed10bc6
+
+Resources:
+  ArtifactBucket:
+    Type: AWS::S3::Bucket
+    Properties:
+      BucketName: exec-aide-pipeline-artifacts
+      LifecycleConfiguration:
+        Rules:
+          - Id: expire-artifacts
+            Status: Enabled
+            ExpirationInDays: 30
+      Tags:
+        - Key: Purpose
+          Value: pipeline-artifacts
+        - Key: ManagedBy
+          Value: !Ref AWS::StackName
+
+  CodeBuildRole:
+    Type: AWS::IAM::Role
+    Properties:
+      RoleName: exec-aide-codebuild
+      AssumeRolePolicyDocument:
+        Version: "2012-10-17"
+        Statement:
+          - Effect: Allow
+            Principal:
+              Service: codebuild.amazonaws.com
+            Action: sts:AssumeRole
+      Policies:
+        - PolicyName: codebuild-permissions
+          PolicyDocument:
+            Version: "2012-10-17"
+            Statement:
+              - Effect: Allow
+                Action:
+                  - logs:CreateLogGroup
+                  - logs:CreateLogStream
+                  - logs:PutLogEvents
+                Resource: !Sub "arn:aws:logs:${AWS::Region}:${AWS::AccountId}:log-group:/aws/codebuild/exec-aide-build*"
+              - Effect: Allow
+                Action:
+                  - s3:GetObject
+                  - s3:PutObject
+                  - s3:GetBucketLocation
+                Resource:
+                  - !GetAtt ArtifactBucket.Arn
+                  - !Sub "${ArtifactBucket.Arn}/*"
+              - Effect: Allow
+                Action: sts:AssumeRole
+                Resource:
+                  - !Sub "arn:aws:iam::${AWS::AccountId}:role/cdk-hnb659fds-deploy-role-${AWS::AccountId}-${AWS::Region}"
+                  - !Sub "arn:aws:iam::${AWS::AccountId}:role/cdk-hnb659fds-file-publishing-role-${AWS::AccountId}-${AWS::Region}"
+                  - !Sub "arn:aws:iam::${AWS::AccountId}:role/cdk-hnb659fds-lookup-role-${AWS::AccountId}-${AWS::Region}"
+                  - !Sub "arn:aws:iam::${AWS::AccountId}:role/cdk-hnb659fds-cfn-exec-role-${AWS::AccountId}-${AWS::Region}"
+
+  CodeBuildProject:
+    Type: AWS::CodeBuild::Project
+    Properties:
+      Name: exec-aide-build
+      Description: Build and deploy exec-aide CDK stack
+      ServiceRole: !GetAtt CodeBuildRole.Arn
+      Artifacts:
+        Type: CODEPIPELINE
+      Environment:
+        Type: ARM_CONTAINER
+        ComputeType: BUILD_GENERAL1_SMALL
+        Image: aws/codebuild/amazonlinux-aarch64-standard:3.0
+        EnvironmentVariables: []
+        PrivilegedMode: false
+      Source:
+        Type: CODEPIPELINE
+        BuildSpec: buildspec.yml
+      TimeoutInMinutes: 10
+
+  PipelineRole:
+    Type: AWS::IAM::Role
+    Properties:
+      RoleName: exec-aide-pipeline
+      AssumeRolePolicyDocument:
+        Version: "2012-10-17"
+        Statement:
+          - Effect: Allow
+            Principal:
+              Service: codepipeline.amazonaws.com
+            Action: sts:AssumeRole
+      Policies:
+        - PolicyName: pipeline-permissions
+          PolicyDocument:
+            Version: "2012-10-17"
+            Statement:
+              - Effect: Allow
+                Action:
+                  - codeconnections:UseConnection
+                Resource: !Ref ConnectionArn
+              - Effect: Allow
+                Action:
+                  - s3:GetObject
+                  - s3:PutObject
+                  - s3:GetBucketLocation
+                Resource:
+                  - !GetAtt ArtifactBucket.Arn
+                  - !Sub "${ArtifactBucket.Arn}/*"
+              - Effect: Allow
+                Action:
+                  - codebuild:StartBuild
+                  - codebuild:BatchGetBuilds
+                Resource: !GetAtt CodeBuildProject.Arn
+
+  Pipeline:
+    Type: AWS::CodePipeline::Pipeline
+    Properties:
+      Name: exec-aide-pipeline
+      RoleArn: !GetAtt PipelineRole.Arn
+      ArtifactStore:
+        Type: S3
+        Location: !Ref ArtifactBucket
+      Stages:
+        - Name: Source
+          Actions:
+            - Name: GitHub
+              ActionTypeId:
+                Category: Source
+                Owner: AWS
+                Provider: CodeStarSourceConnection
+                Version: "1"
+              Configuration:
+                ConnectionArn: !Ref ConnectionArn
+                FullRepositoryId: !Sub "${GitHubOwner}/${GitHubRepo}"
+                BranchName: !Ref GitHubBranch
+                DetectChanges: true
+              OutputArtifacts:
+                - Name: SourceOutput
+
+        - Name: Build
+          Actions:
+            - Name: CDKDeploy
+              ActionTypeId:
+                Category: Build
+                Owner: AWS
+                Provider: CodeBuild
+                Version: "1"
+              Configuration:
+                ProjectName: !Ref CodeBuildProject
+              InputArtifacts:
+                - Name: SourceOutput
+              OutputArtifacts:
+                - Name: BuildOutput
+
+Outputs:
+  PipelineName:
+    Value: !Ref Pipeline
+  PipelineUrl:
+    Value: !Sub "https://${AWS::Region}.console.aws.amazon.com/codesuite/codepipeline/pipelines/${Pipeline}/view"
+  ArtifactBucketName:
+    Value: !Ref ArtifactBucket