We should make the C++ implementation available as a standalone installable artifact (Conan package + GitHub release artifact) and have a tracked plan for it.\n\nChecklist:\n- Confirm current README direct-download instructions are correct\n- Ensure release artifacts are the standalone C++ archives (not the whole repo)\n- Add CI job to build and attach clean archives to release (strip build folders)\n- Publish to Conan Center (requires Conan credentials/secrets)\n- Add docs and examples for both Conan and direct-download installs\n\nContext: We currently create a package during CI that copies into a folder and attaches archives. At present the GitHub release can contain full repo archives; we should ensure the artifacts attached are the smaller standalone archives. This issue tracks the work.\n