diff --git a/.buildkite/bootstrap-intel-omni.sh b/.buildkite/bootstrap-intel-omni.sh
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+#!/bin/bash
+# vllm-omni Intel bootstrap
+# Uses static pipeline-intel.yaml for Intel XPU tests
+# Based on: bootstrap-amd-omni.sh
+
+set -euo pipefail
+
+if [[ -z "${DOCS_ONLY_DISABLE:-}" ]]; then
+    DOCS_ONLY_DISABLE=0
+fi
+
+upload_pipeline() {
+    echo "--- 🛠 Preparing Intel pipeline"
+    buildkite-agent pipeline upload .buildkite/pipeline-intel.yaml
+}
+
+get_diff() {
+    $(git add .)
+    echo $(git diff --name-only --diff-filter=ACMDR $(git merge-base origin/main HEAD))
+}
+
+get_diff_main() {
+    $(git add .)
+    echo $(git diff --name-only --diff-filter=ACMDR HEAD~1)
+}
+
+file_diff=$(get_diff)
+if [[ $BUILDKITE_BRANCH == "main" ]]; then
+    file_diff=$(get_diff_main)
+fi
+
+# ----------------------------------------------------------------------
+# Early exit: skip pipeline if all changed files are under docs/
+# ----------------------------------------------------------------------
+if [[ "${DOCS_ONLY_DISABLE}" != "1" ]] && [[ -n "${file_diff:-}" ]]; then
+    docs_only=1
+    while IFS= read -r f; do
+        [[ -z "$f" ]] && continue
+        if [[ "$f" != docs/* ]]; then
+            docs_only=0
+            break
+        fi
+    done < <(printf '%s\n' "$file_diff" | tr ' ' '\n' | tr -d '\r')
+
+    if [[ "$docs_only" -eq 1 ]]; then
+        buildkite-agent annotate ":memo: CI skipped — docs only" --style "info"
+        exit 0
+    fi
+fi
+
+upload_pipeline
diff --git a/.buildkite/pipeline-intel.yaml b/.buildkite/pipeline-intel.yaml
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+# .buildkite/pipeline-intel.yaml
+steps:
+  - group: "INTEL Tests"
+    steps:
+      - label: "Intel: XPU Test"
+        command: "bash .buildkite/scripts/hardware_ci/run-xpu-test.sh"
+        agents:
+          queue: "intel-gpu-omni"
+        env:
+          DOCKER_BUILDKIT: "1"
+          # Buildkite will automatically replace this with the actual commit hash
+          VLLM_IMAGE_TAG: "${BUILDKITE_COMMIT}"
+          VLLM_VERSION: "v0.17.0"
+        priority: 100
+        timeout_in_minutes: 60
+        soft_fail: true