diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yaml b/.github/workflows/ci.yaml
index f1cb7a1..2ec35b7 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yaml
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 name: CI 
 
 on:
-  push:
   pull_request:
   workflow_dispatch:
 
@@ -9,15 +8,11 @@ jobs:
   test:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@692973e3d937129bcbf40652eb9f2f61becf3332 # v4.1.7
+      - name: Clone repo
+        uses: actions/checkout@v4
 
-      - name: Set up Python
-        uses: actions/setup-python@f677139bbe7f9c59b41e40162b753c062f5d49a3 # 5.2.0
-        with:
-          python-version: '3.10'
-
-      - name: Install dependencies
-        run: pip install uv && uv pip install -e . --system
+      - name: Set up uv
+        uses: astral-sh/setup-uv@v6 
 
       - name: Run tests 
-        run: pytest --cov 
+        run: uv run pytest --cov 
diff --git a/.github/workflows/lint.yaml b/.github/workflows/lint.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..4e7418a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/lint.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+name: lint and style checks
+
+on: 
+  pull_request:
+  workflow_dispatch:
+
+jobs:
+  lint:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+      - name: Clone repo
+        uses: actions/checkout@v4
+
+      - name: Set up uv
+        uses: astral-sh/setup-uv@v6
+
+      - name: Run pre-commit
+        run: uvx pre-commit run --all-files