diff --git a/.gitattributes b/.gitattributes
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..b7b48b19
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.gitattributes
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+# Force LF on text files we parse with `\n`-anchored regexes (frontmatter,
+# YAML, markdown structure tests). Without this, Windows checkouts with
+# core.autocrlf=true convert these to CRLF and break tests that match
+# /^---\n...\n---/ against SKILL.md.tmpl frontmatter, etc.
+*.md         text eol=lf
+*.tmpl       text eol=lf
+*.yml        text eol=lf
+*.yaml       text eol=lf
+*.json       text eol=lf
+*.toml       text eol=lf
+
+# Bash scripts must always use LF — CRLF in bash scripts produces bizarre
+# "Bad interpreter" / "command not found" errors on Linux runners.
+*.sh         text eol=lf
+*.bash       text eol=lf
+
+# TypeScript/JavaScript: LF for portability across the bun toolchain.
+*.ts         text eol=lf
+*.tsx        text eol=lf
+*.js         text eol=lf
+*.mjs        text eol=lf
+*.cjs        text eol=lf
+
+# Binary files — never touch.
+*.png        binary
+*.jpg        binary
+*.jpeg       binary
+*.gif        binary
+*.ico        binary
+*.pdf        binary
diff --git a/.github/workflows/windows-free-tests.yml b/.github/workflows/windows-free-tests.yml
index bc43976b..0c7e69e2 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/windows-free-tests.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/windows-free-tests.yml
@@ -47,6 +47,16 @@ jobs:
       - name: Install dependencies
         run: bun install --frozen-lockfile
 
+      - name: Build server-node.mjs (required by Windows browse path)
+        # browse/src/cli.ts module-level throws on Windows if server-node.mjs
+        # is missing — Bun can't drive Playwright's Chromium on Windows
+        # (oven-sh/bun#4253). The bundle must exist for any test that
+        # transitively loads cli.ts to even import. We build only the
+        # Node-compatible server bundle here; full `bun run build` would
+        # also compile every binary which is slow and unnecessary for tests.
+        run: bash browse/scripts/build-node-server.sh
+        shell: bash
+
       - name: Show curated subset (for build log audit trail)
         run: bun run scripts/test-free-shards.ts --windows-only --list
         shell: bash