ci: clean up CI workflows and fix package dependencies

- Simplified npm install commands in CI workflows by removing fallback logic
- Added aitbc-crypto local dependency installation for aitbc-sdk in package-tests.yml
- Removed aitbc-token specific Hardhat dependency workarounds from package-tests.yml
- Fixed bare except clause in agent_daemon.py to catch specific json.JSONDecodeError
- Moved aitbc-crypto from poetry.dependencies to standard dependencies in aitbc-sdk
- Fixed MyPy type errors in receip

packages/solidity/aitbc-token/scripts/deploy.ts

@@ -1,5 +1,10 @@
-import { ethers } from "hardhat";
-import { AIToken__factory } from "../typechain-types";
+import type { HardhatEthers } from "@nomicfoundation/hardhat-ethers/types";
+import { network } from "hardhat";
+import type { NetworkConnection } from "hardhat/types/network";
+
+type HardhatConnection = NetworkConnection & {
+  ethers: HardhatEthers;
+};
 
 function envOrDefault(name: string, fallback?: string): string | undefined {
   const value = process.env[name]?.trim();
@@ -7,11 +12,12 @@ function envOrDefault(name: string, fallback?: string): string | undefined {
 }
 
 async function main() {
+  const { ethers } = (await network.connect()) as HardhatConnection;
   const [deployer, coordinatorCandidate] = await ethers.getSigners();
 
   console.log("Deploying AIToken using admin:", deployer.address);
 
-  const contractFactory: AIToken__factory = await ethers.getContractFactory("AIToken");
+  const contractFactory = await ethers.getContractFactory("AIToken");
   const token = await contractFactory.deploy(deployer.address);
   await token.waitForDeployment();
 
@@ -21,10 +27,13 @@ async function main() {
   const coordinatorRole = await token.COORDINATOR_ROLE();
   const attestorRole = await token.ATTESTOR_ROLE();
 
-  const coordinatorAddress = envOrDefault("COORDINATOR_ADDRESS", coordinatorCandidate.address);
+  const coordinatorAddress = envOrDefault(
+    "COORDINATOR_ADDRESS",
+    coordinatorCandidate.address,
+  );
   if (!coordinatorAddress) {
     throw new Error(
-      "COORDINATOR_ADDRESS not provided and could not infer fallback signer address"
+      "COORDINATOR_ADDRESS not provided and could not infer fallback signer address",
     );
   }