Add repo scaffolding for Colorado-Mesh publish

Adds the project metadata and CI/release workflow needed to publish this
repo under Colorado-Mesh/meshcore-bot-firmware.

- LICENSE: MIT with attribution to upstream MeshCore (also MIT)
- README: rewritten with badges, supported boards, install paths (web
  flasher / PlatformIO / esptool), bot command table, layout map,
  development quickstart
- CONTRIBUTING: submodule + patch-queue workflow, what-goes-where,
  patch hygiene rules, PR expectations
- RELEASE: cmesh-bot-vX.Y.Z tag scheme + procedure
- CHANGELOG: Keep-a-Changelog format, seeded with the hop-coordination
  fix and patch-5 utility commands
- Issue templates: bug_report (with bot stats prompt), feature_request,
  config.yml (no blank issues, link to upstream + community)
- Pull request template: layer checklist, verification gates,
  prefs-schema impact prompt
- .github/workflows/firmware-build.yml: keep PR check on representative
  envs (Heltec V3, RAK 4631 USB+BLE), add concurrency cancellation for
  PRs, scope cache key to PIO config hash
- .github/workflows/release.yml: NEW; triggers on cmesh-bot-v* tag or
  manual dispatch, enumerates all 133 *_companion_radio_(usb|ble) envs
  from vendor/MeshCore/variants/, shards across 8 parallel matrix jobs,
  aggregates artifacts into a single draft release
- scripts/verify.sh: respect MESHCORE_SKIP_APPLY_PATCHES like
  build-representative.sh does, so verify works when vendor already has
  patches applied as commits
- .gitignore: add .forge.bak.*/ for forge backup directories

LICENSE

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+MIT License
+
+Copyright (c) 2026 Colorado Mesh contributors
+
+Portions of this repository are derived from MeshCore (https://github.com/meshcore-dev/MeshCore),
+Copyright (c) 2025 Scott Powell / rippleradios.com, used under the MIT License. The
+upstream MeshCore source is included as a git submodule under vendor/MeshCore and
+retains its original license notice in vendor/MeshCore/license.txt.
+
+Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy
+of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal
+in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights
+to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell
+copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is
+furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:
+
+The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in all
+copies or substantial portions of the Software.
+
+THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR
+IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY,
+FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE
+AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER
+LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM,
+OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE
+SOFTWARE.