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## Title

    Proposed fix: [pip / Ubuntu 24.04 runner] 'error: externally-managed-environment' when pip installing into system Python on GitHub Actions ubuntu-latest

## Body

    Recommended action: Install into a virtual environment (python3 -m venv .venv then .venv/bin/pip), or use actions/setup-python to get a non-distro interpreter, or pipx for applications.
    
    Option: Use a virtual environment [evidence: documented_workaround]
    Applies when: Any PEP 668 marked interpreter
    Steps:
    1. python3 -m venv .venv
    2. .venv/bin/pip install -r requirements.txt
    3. invoke tools via .venv/bin/...
    Expected: pip installs succeed inside venv
    
    Option: Add actions/setup-python before pip steps [evidence: external_success_report]
    Applies when: GitHub Actions
    Steps:
    1. uses: actions/setup-python@v5 with python-version
    2. call pip from that interpreter
    Expected: pip targets the setup-python interpreter which is not externally managed
    
    Evidence basis (self-declared by the contributing chat client): untested.

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