diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yaml b/.github/workflows/ci.yaml
deleted file mode 100644
index fad8bc4..0000000
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yaml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,22 +0,0 @@
-# Deprecated: Python CI. This workflow is a no-op kept only to satisfy branch
-# protection rules that reference the old check names. It will be removed once
-# branch protection is updated to require the TypeScript CI checks instead.
-# See .github/workflows/ts-ci.yml for the active gate.
-name: CI
-
-on:
-  push:
-    branches: [main]
-  pull_request:
-    branches: [main]
-
-jobs:
-  test:
-    runs-on: ${{ matrix.os }}
-    strategy:
-      fail-fast: false
-      matrix:
-        os: [ubuntu-latest]
-        test-type: [lint, core, interactive, integration, tools]
-    steps:
-      - run: echo "deprecated — replaced by TypeScript CI"
diff --git a/.github/workflows/ts-ci.yml b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
similarity index 96%
rename from .github/workflows/ts-ci.yml
rename to .github/workflows/ci.yml
index 7cd5bf9..0642598 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ts-ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-name: TypeScript CI
+name: CI
 
 on:
   push:
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ on:
     - cron: "30 2 * * *"
 
 jobs:
-  ts-check:
+  check:
     name: Lint, typecheck, test
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     defaults:
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ jobs:
           npm run generate:golden
           git diff --exit-code -- __tests__/golden/fixtures/
 
-  ts-docker-build:
+  docker-build:
     name: Docker smoke test
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
@@ -50,11 +50,11 @@ jobs:
       - name: Smoke-run entrypoint from built image
         run: docker run --rm openroad-mcp-ts:ci --help
 
-  ts-docker-test:
+  docker-test:
     name: Docker test stage (real OpenROAD)
     uses: ./.github/workflows/docker-test.yml
 
-  ts-perf:
+  perf:
     name: Performance benchmarks (nightly)
     if: github.event_name == 'schedule'
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest