diff --git a/.github/workflows/build-tests.yml b/.github/workflows/build-tests.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..4eebdac
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/build-tests.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+name: Build Tests
+
+on:
+  pull_request:
+    branches: [dev, master, main]
+  workflow_dispatch:
+
+jobs:
+  build:
+    uses: OpenVoiceOS/gh-automations/.github/workflows/build-tests.yml@dev
+    secrets: inherit
+    with:
+      python_versions: '["3.10", "3.11", "3.12", "3.13", "3.14"]'
+      install_extras: 'test'
+      test_path: 'test'
diff --git a/.github/workflows/build_tests.yml b/.github/workflows/build_tests.yml
deleted file mode 100644
index 9829ee7..0000000
--- a/.github/workflows/build_tests.yml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,44 +0,0 @@
-name: Run Build Tests
-on:
-  push:
-    branches:
-      - master
-  pull_request:
-    branches:
-      - dev
-  workflow_dispatch:
-
-jobs:
-  build_tests:
-    strategy:
-      max-parallel: 2
-      matrix:
-        python-version: [ 3.7, 3.8, 3.9, "3.10" ]
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v6
-      - name: Setup Python
-        uses: actions/setup-python@v5
-        with:
-          python-version: ${{ matrix.python-version }}
-      - name: Install Build Tools
-        run: |
-          python -m pip install build wheel
-      - name: Install System Dependencies
-        run: |
-          sudo apt-get update
-          sudo apt install python3-dev swig libssl-dev
-      - name: Build Source Packages
-        run: |
-          python setup.py sdist
-      - name: Build Distribution Packages
-        run: |
-          python setup.py bdist_wheel
-      - name: Install skill
-        run: |
-          pip install .
-      - uses: pypa/gh-action-pip-audit@v1.0.0
-        with:
-          # Ignore setuptools vulnerability we can't do much about
-          ignore-vulns: |
-            GHSA-r9hx-vwmv-q579
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diff --git a/.github/workflows/coverage.yml b/.github/workflows/coverage.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..1542881
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/coverage.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+name: Code Coverage
+
+on:
+  pull_request:
+    branches: [dev]
+  workflow_dispatch:
+
+jobs:
+  coverage:
+    uses: OpenVoiceOS/gh-automations/.github/workflows/coverage.yml@dev
+    secrets: inherit
+    with:
+      python_version: '3.11'
+      coverage_source: 'ovos_skill_volume'
+      test_path: 'test/'
+      install_extras: ''
+      min_coverage: 0
diff --git a/.github/workflows/license_check.yml b/.github/workflows/license_check.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..8757eee
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/license_check.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+name: License Check
+
+on:
+  pull_request:
+    branches: [dev]
+  workflow_dispatch:
+
+jobs:
+  license_check:
+    uses: OpenVoiceOS/gh-automations/.github/workflows/license-check.yml@dev
+    secrets: inherit
diff --git a/.github/workflows/license_tests.yml b/.github/workflows/license_tests.yml
deleted file mode 100644
index 2724941..0000000
--- a/.github/workflows/license_tests.yml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,44 +0,0 @@
-name: Run License Tests
-on:
-  push:
-    branches:
-      - master
-  pull_request:
-    branches:
-      - dev
-  workflow_dispatch:
-
-jobs:
-  license_tests:
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v6
-      - name: Setup Python
-        uses: actions/setup-python@v5
-        with:
-          python-version: "3.14"
-      - name: Install Build Tools
-        run: |
-          python -m pip install build wheel
-      - name: Install System Dependencies
-        run: |
-          sudo apt-get update
-          sudo apt install python3-dev swig libssl-dev
-      - name: Install core repo
-        run: |
-          pip install .
-      - name: Get explicit and transitive dependencies
-        run: |
-          pip freeze > requirements-all.txt
-      - name: Check python
-        id: license_check_report
-        uses: pilosus/action-pip-license-checker@v0.5.0
-        with:
-          requirements: 'requirements-all.txt'
-          fail: 'Copyleft,Other,Error'
-          fails-only: true
-          exclude: '^(tqdm|ovos-skill-volume).*'
-          exclude-license: '^(Mozilla).*$'
-      - name: Print report
-        if: ${{ always() }}
-        run: echo "${{ steps.license_check_report.outputs.report }}"
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/.github/workflows/lint.yml b/.github/workflows/lint.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..9a6b7a5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/lint.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+name: Lint
+
+on:
+  pull_request:
+    branches: [dev, master, main]
+  workflow_dispatch:
+
+jobs:
+  lint:
+    uses: OpenVoiceOS/gh-automations/.github/workflows/lint.yml@dev
+    secrets: inherit
+    with:
+      ruff: true
+      pre_commit: false   # set true if .pre-commit-config.yaml exists
diff --git a/.github/workflows/ovoscope.yml b/.github/workflows/ovoscope.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..0f48332
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/ovoscope.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+name: Skill End-to-End Tests (ovoscope)
+
+on:
+  pull_request:
+    branches: [dev, master, main]
+  workflow_dispatch:
+
+jobs:
+  ovoscope:
+    uses: OpenVoiceOS/gh-automations/.github/workflows/ovoscope.yml@dev
+    secrets: inherit
+    with:
+      python_version: '3.11'
+      install_extras: 'test'
+      test_path: 'test/end2end/'
diff --git a/.github/workflows/pip_audit.yml b/.github/workflows/pip_audit.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..bb3ca4d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/pip_audit.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+name: PIP Audit
+
+on:
+  pull_request:
+    branches: [dev]
+  workflow_dispatch:
+
+jobs:
+  pip_audit:
+    uses: OpenVoiceOS/gh-automations/.github/workflows/pip-audit.yml@dev
+    secrets: inherit
diff --git a/.github/workflows/publish_stable.yml b/.github/workflows/publish_stable.yml
index 8ab3842..bd3f099 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/publish_stable.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/publish_stable.yml
@@ -1,58 +1,23 @@
-name: Stable Release
+name: Publish Stable Release
+
 on:
-  push:
-    branches: [master]
   workflow_dispatch:
+  push:
+    branches: [master, main]
+
+permissions:
+  contents: write   # required for version bump commit and release tag
 
 jobs:
   publish_stable:
-    uses: TigreGotico/gh-automations/.github/workflows/publish-stable.yml@master
-    secrets: inherit
+    if: github.actor != 'github-actions[bot]'
+    uses: OpenVoiceOS/gh-automations/.github/workflows/publish-stable.yml@dev
+    secrets:
+      PYPI_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.PYPI_TOKEN }}
+      MATRIX_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.MATRIX_TOKEN }}
     with:
-      branch: 'master'
       version_file: 'version.py'
-      setup_py: 'setup.py'
+      publish_pypi: true
       publish_release: true
-
-  publish_pypi:
-    needs: publish_stable
-    if: success()  # Ensure this job only runs if the previous job succeeds
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v6
-        with:
-          ref: master
-          fetch-depth: 0 # otherwise, there would be errors pushing refs to the destination repository.
-      - name: Setup Python
-        uses: actions/setup-python@v5
-        with:
-          python-version: "3.14"
-      - name: Install Build Tools
-        run: |
-          python -m pip install build wheel
-      - name: version
-        run: echo "::set-output name=version::$(python setup.py --version)"
-        id: version
-      - name: Build Distribution Packages
-        run: |
-          python setup.py sdist bdist_wheel
-      - name: Publish to Test PyPI
-        uses: pypa/gh-action-pypi-publish@master
-        with:
-          password: ${{secrets.PYPI_TOKEN}}
-
-
-  sync_dev:
-    needs: publish_stable
-    if: success()  # Ensure this job only runs if the previous job succeeds
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v6
-        with:
-          fetch-depth: 0 # otherwise, there would be errors pushing refs to the destination repository.
-          ref: master
-      - name: Push master -> dev
-        uses: ad-m/github-push-action@master
-        with:
-          github_token: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
-          branch: dev
\ No newline at end of file
+      sync_dev: true
+      notify_matrix: true
diff --git a/.github/workflows/release-preview.yml b/.github/workflows/release-preview.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..30d37b0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/release-preview.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+name: Release Preview
+
+on:
+  pull_request:
+    branches: [dev]
+  workflow_dispatch:
+
+jobs:
+  release_preview:
+    uses: OpenVoiceOS/gh-automations/.github/workflows/release-preview.yml@dev
+    secrets: inherit
+    with:
+      package_name: 'ovos_skill_volume'
+      version_file: 'version.py'
diff --git a/.github/workflows/release_workflow.yml b/.github/workflows/release_workflow.yml
index e272ec5..8223526 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release_workflow.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release_workflow.yml
@@ -1,133 +1,28 @@
 name: Release Alpha and Propose Stable
 
 on:
+  workflow_dispatch:
   pull_request:
     types: [closed]
     branches: [dev]
-  workflow_dispatch:
-
-jobs:
-
-  translations:
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    steps:
-      - name: Check out repository
-        uses: actions/checkout@v6
-        with:
-          ref: dev
-          fetch-depth: 0 # otherwise, there would be errors pushing refs to the destination repository.
-      - name: Setup Python
-        uses: actions/setup-python@v5
-        with:
-          python-version: "3.14"
 
-      - name: Sync translations by gitlocalize-app[bot]
-        run: |
-          python scripts/sync_translations.py
-
-      - name: Commit to dev
-        uses: stefanzweifel/git-auto-commit-action@v4
-        with:
-          commit_message: Update translations
-          branch: dev
+permissions:
+  contents: write
+  pull-requests: write
 
+jobs:
   publish_alpha:
-    needs: translations
-    uses: TigreGotico/gh-automations/.github/workflows/publish-alpha.yml@master
-    secrets: inherit
+    if: github.event.pull_request.merged == true || github.event_name == 'workflow_dispatch'
+    uses: OpenVoiceOS/gh-automations/.github/workflows/publish-alpha.yml@dev
+    secrets:
+      PYPI_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.PYPI_TOKEN }}
+      MATRIX_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.MATRIX_TOKEN }}
     with:
       branch: 'dev'
       version_file: 'version.py'
-      setup_py: 'setup.py'
       update_changelog: true
       publish_prerelease: true
-      changelog_max_issues: 100
-
-  notify:
-    if: github.event.pull_request.merged == true
-    needs: publish_alpha
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v6
-      - name: Send message to Matrix bots channel
-        id: matrix-chat-message
-        uses: fadenb/matrix-chat-message@v0.0.6
-        with:
-          homeserver: 'matrix.org'
-          token: ${{ secrets.MATRIX_TOKEN }}
-          channel: '!WjxEKjjINpyBRPFgxl:krbel.duckdns.org'
-          message: |
-            new ${{ github.event.repository.name }} PR merged! https://github.com/${{ github.repository }}/pull/${{ github.event.number }}
-
-
-  publish_pypi:
-    needs: publish_alpha
-    if: success()  # Ensure this job only runs if the previous job succeeds
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v6
-        with:
-          ref: dev
-          fetch-depth: 0 # otherwise, there would be errors pushing refs to the destination repository.
-      - name: Setup Python
-        uses: actions/setup-python@v5
-        with:
-          python-version: "3.14"
-      - name: Install Build Tools
-        run: |
-          python -m pip install build wheel
-      - name: version
-        run: echo "::set-output name=version::$(python setup.py --version)"
-        id: version
-      - name: Build Distribution Packages
-        run: |
-          python setup.py sdist bdist_wheel
-      - name: Publish to PyPI
-        uses: pypa/gh-action-pypi-publish@master
-        with:
-          password: ${{secrets.PYPI_TOKEN}}
-
-  propose_release:
-    needs: publish_alpha
-    if: success()  # Ensure this job only runs if the previous job succeeds
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    steps:
-      - name: Checkout dev branch
-        uses: actions/checkout@v6
-        with:
-          ref: dev
-
-      - name: Setup Python
-        uses: actions/setup-python@v5
-        with:
-          python-version: '3.14'
-
-      - name: Get version from setup.py
-        id: get_version
-        run: |
-          VERSION=$(python setup.py --version)
-          echo "VERSION=$VERSION" >> $GITHUB_ENV
-
-      - name: Create and push new branch
-        run: |
-          git checkout -b release-${{ env.VERSION }}
-          git push origin release-${{ env.VERSION }}
-
-      - name: Open Pull Request from dev to master
-        env:
-          GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
-        run: |
-          # Variables
-          BRANCH_NAME="release-${{ env.VERSION }}"
-          BASE_BRANCH="master"
-          HEAD_BRANCH="release-${{ env.VERSION }}"
-          PR_TITLE="Release ${{ env.VERSION }}"
-          PR_BODY="Human review requested!"
-
-          # Create a PR using GitHub API
-          curl -X POST \
-            -H "Accept: application/vnd.github+json" \
-            -H "Authorization: token $GITHUB_TOKEN" \
-            -d "{\"title\":\"$PR_TITLE\",\"body\":\"$PR_BODY\",\"head\":\"$HEAD_BRANCH\",\"base\":\"$BASE_BRANCH\"}" \
-            https://api.github.com/repos/${{ github.repository }}/pulls
-
+      propose_release: true
+      changelog_max_issues: 50
+      publish_pypi: true
+      notify_matrix: true
diff --git a/.github/workflows/repo-health.yml b/.github/workflows/repo-health.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..04f4f64
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/repo-health.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+name: Repo Health
+
+on:
+  pull_request:
+    branches: [dev, master, main]
+  workflow_dispatch:
+
+jobs:
+  repo_health:
+    uses: OpenVoiceOS/gh-automations/.github/workflows/repo-health.yml@dev
+    secrets: inherit
+    with:
+      version_file: 'version.py'
diff --git a/.github/workflows/skill-check.yml b/.github/workflows/skill-check.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..ebcfd68
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/skill-check.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+name: Skill Check
+
+on:
+  pull_request:
+    branches: [dev, master, main]
+  workflow_dispatch:
+
+jobs:
+  skill_check:
+    uses: OpenVoiceOS/gh-automations/.github/workflows/skill-check.yml@dev
+    secrets: inherit
+    with:
+      fail_on_missing_en_us: true
+      fail_on_invalid_skill_json: false
+      skip_if_not_skill: true
diff --git a/.github/workflows/unit_tests.yml b/.github/workflows/unit_tests.yml
deleted file mode 100644
index 2f4cf76..0000000
--- a/.github/workflows/unit_tests.yml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,73 +0,0 @@
-name: Run UnitTests
-on:
-  pull_request:
-    branches:
-      - dev
-    paths-ignore:
-      - 'version.py'
-      - 'requirements.txt'
-      - 'examples/**'
-      - '.github/**'
-      - '.gitignore'
-      - 'LICENSE'
-      - 'CHANGELOG.md'
-      - 'MANIFEST.in'
-      - 'readme.md'
-      - 'scripts/**'
-  push:
-    branches:
-      - master
-    paths-ignore:
-      - 'version.py'
-      - 'requirements.txt'
-      - 'examples/**'
-      - '.github/**'
-      - '.gitignore'
-      - 'LICENSE'
-      - 'CHANGELOG.md'
-      - 'MANIFEST.in'
-      - 'readme.md'
-      - 'scripts/**'
-  workflow_dispatch:
-
-jobs:
-  unit_tests:
-    strategy:
-      max-parallel: 2
-      matrix:
-        python-version: [ 3.7, 3.8, 3.9, "3.10" ]
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v6
-      - name: Set up python ${{ matrix.python-version }}
-        uses: actions/setup-python@v5
-        with:
-          python-version: ${{ matrix.python-version }}
-      - name: Install System Dependencies
-        run: |
-          sudo apt-get update
-          sudo apt install python3-dev
-          python -m pip install build wheel
-      - name: Install core repo
-        run: |
-          pip install .
-      - name: Install test dependencies
-        run: |
-          pip install pytest pytest-timeout pytest-cov
-      - name: Install System Dependencies
-        run: |
-          sudo apt-get update
-          sudo apt install libfann-dev
-      - name: Install ovos dependencies
-        run: |
-          pip install ovos-plugin-manager ovos-core[skills_lgpl]>=0.0.5a28
-      - name: Run unittests
-        run: |
-          pytest --cov=ovos-skill-template-repo --cov-report xml test/unittests
-          # NOTE: additional pytest invocations should also add the --cov-append flag
-          #       or they will overwrite previous invocations' coverage reports
-          #       (for an example, see OVOS Skill Manager's workflow)
-      - name: Upload coverage
-        env:
-          CODECOV_TOKEN: ${{secrets.CODECOV_TOKEN}}
-        uses: codecov/codecov-action@v2
diff --git a/scripts/sync_translations.py b/scripts/sync_translations.py
deleted file mode 100644
index 342b469..0000000
--- a/scripts/sync_translations.py
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,78 +0,0 @@
-"""this script should run in every PR originated from @gitlocalize-app
-TODO - before PR merge
-"""
-
-import json
-from os.path import dirname
-import os
-
-locale = f"{dirname(dirname(__file__))}/locale"
-tx = f"{dirname(dirname(__file__))}/translations"
-
-
-for lang in os.listdir(tx):
-    intents = f"{tx}/{lang}/intents.json"
-    dialogs = f"{tx}/{lang}/dialogs.json"
-    vocs = f"{tx}/{lang}/vocabs.json"
-    regexes = f"{tx}/{lang}/regexes.json"
-
-    if os.path.isfile(intents):
-        with open(intents) as f:
-            data = json.load(f)
-        for fid, samples in data.items():
-            if samples:
-                samples = list(set([s.strip() for s in samples
-                           if s and s.strip() != "[UNUSED]"]))  # s may be None
-                if fid.startswith("/"):
-                    p = f"{locale}/{lang.lower()}{fid}"
-                else:
-                    p = f"{locale}/{lang.lower()}/{fid}"
-                os.makedirs(os.path.dirname(p), exist_ok=True)
-                with open(f"{locale}/{lang.lower()}/{fid}", "w") as f:
-                    f.write("\n".join(sorted(samples)))
-
-    if os.path.isfile(dialogs):
-        with open(dialogs) as f:
-            data = json.load(f)
-        for fid, samples in data.items():
-            if samples:
-                samples = list(set([s.strip() for s in samples
-                           if s and s.strip() != "[UNUSED]"]))  # s may be None
-                if fid.startswith("/"):
-                    p = f"{locale}/{lang.lower()}{fid}"
-                else:
-                    p = f"{locale}/{lang.lower()}/{fid}"
-                os.makedirs(os.path.dirname(p), exist_ok=True)
-                with open(f"{locale}/{lang.lower()}/{fid}", "w") as f:
-                    f.write("\n".join(sorted(samples)))
-
-    if os.path.isfile(vocs):
-        with open(vocs) as f:
-            data = json.load(f)
-        for fid, samples in data.items():
-            if samples:
-                samples = list(set([s.strip() for s in samples
-                           if s and s.strip() != "[UNUSED]"]))  # s may be None
-                if fid.startswith("/"):
-                    p = f"{locale}/{lang.lower()}{fid}"
-                else:
-                    p = f"{locale}/{lang.lower()}/{fid}"
-                os.makedirs(os.path.dirname(p), exist_ok=True)
-                with open(f"{locale}/{lang.lower()}/{fid}", "w") as f:
-                    f.write("\n".join(sorted(samples)))
-
-    if os.path.isfile(regexes):
-        with open(regexes) as f:
-            data = json.load(f)
-        for fid, samples in data.items():
-            if samples:
-                samples = list(set([s.strip() for s in samples
-                           if s and s.strip() != "[UNUSED]"]))  # s may be None
-                if fid.startswith("/"):
-                    p = f"{locale}/{lang.lower()}{fid}"
-                else:
-                    p = f"{locale}/{lang.lower()}/{fid}"
-                os.makedirs(os.path.dirname(p), exist_ok=True)
-                with open(f"{locale}/{lang.lower()}/{fid}", "w") as f:
-                    f.write("\n".join(sorted(samples)))
-