diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yml b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
index fb1a0d75c3fc60bcdc60a9e0d0d28965d06032e6..b4f0eef0c1e8b62472acfcd9fb17af917a21da87 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
@@ -7,8 +7,61 @@ on:
       - main
 
 jobs:
-  quality:
-    name: Format, Lint, Typecheck, Test, Browser Test, Build
+  check:
+    name: Check
+    runs-on: blacksmith-8vcpu-ubuntu-2404
+    timeout-minutes: 10
+    steps:
+      - name: Checkout
+        uses: actions/checkout@v6
+
+      - name: Setup Vite+
+        uses: voidzero-dev/setup-vp@v1
+        with:
+          node-version-file: package.json
+          cache: true
+          run-install: true
+
+      - name: Ensure Electron runtime is installed
+        run: vp run --filter @t3tools/desktop ensure:electron
+
+      - name: Check
+        run: vp check
+
+      - name: Typecheck
+        run: vpr typecheck
+
+      - name: Build desktop pipeline
+        run: vp run build:desktop
+
+      - name: Verify preload bundle output
+        run: |
+          test -f apps/desktop/dist-electron/preload.cjs
+          grep -nE "desktopBridge|getLocalEnvironmentBootstrap|PICK_FOLDER_CHANNEL|wsUrl" apps/desktop/dist-electron/preload.cjs
+
+  test:
+    name: Test
+    runs-on: blacksmith-8vcpu-ubuntu-2404
+    timeout-minutes: 10
+    steps:
+      - name: Checkout
+        uses: actions/checkout@v6
+
+      - name: Setup Vite+
+        uses: voidzero-dev/setup-vp@v1
+        with:
+          node-version-file: package.json
+          cache: true
+          run-install: true
+
+      - name: Ensure Electron runtime is installed
+        run: vp run --filter @t3tools/desktop ensure:electron
+
+      - name: Test
+        run: vp run test
+
+  test_browser:
+    name: Test Browser
     runs-on: blacksmith-8vcpu-ubuntu-2404
     timeout-minutes: 10
     steps:
@@ -30,18 +83,6 @@ jobs:
           restore-keys: |
             ${{ runner.os }}-playwright-
 
-      - name: Ensure Electron runtime is installed
-        run: vp run --filter @t3tools/desktop ensure:electron
-
-      - name: Check
-        run: vp check
-
-      - name: Typecheck
-        run: vp run typecheck
-
-      - name: Test
-        run: vp run test
-
       - name: Install browser test runtime
         run: vp run --filter @t3tools/web test:browser:install
 
@@ -65,14 +106,6 @@ jobs:
             src/components/chat/CompactComposerControlsMenu.browser.tsx \
             src/components/settings/SettingsPanels.browser.tsx
 
-      - name: Build desktop pipeline
-        run: vp run build:desktop
-
-      - name: Verify preload bundle output
-        run: |
-          test -f apps/desktop/dist-electron/preload.cjs
-          grep -nE "desktopBridge|getLocalEnvironmentBootstrap|PICK_FOLDER_CHANNEL|wsUrl" apps/desktop/dist-electron/preload.cjs
-
   mobile_native_static_analysis:
     name: Mobile Native Static Analysis
     runs-on: blacksmith-12vcpu-macos-26
diff --git a/pnpm-lock.yaml b/pnpm-lock.yaml
index f2078ec83fb57b0ce5e2d57522955eab57149383..ad8b3370798deff058e080471602d1521617b1c7 100644
--- a/pnpm-lock.yaml
+++ b/pnpm-lock.yaml
@@ -752,6 +752,9 @@ importers:
       effect:
         specifier: 4.0.0-beta.73
         version: 4.0.0-beta.73(patch_hash=a28d840fa97ffebabe628e5562837c537d83c40cfdad8049de73c38086f2fb01)
+      yaml:
+        specifier: ^2.9.0
+        version: 2.9.0
     devDependencies:
       '@effect/vitest':
         specifier: 4.0.0-beta.73
diff --git a/scripts/package.json b/scripts/package.json
index cc7dc04a88748f44209f35021d465650c6e10f15..e4420bd80eeed432911af9b6dc2de0c9309ccbb3 100644
--- a/scripts/package.json
+++ b/scripts/package.json
@@ -11,7 +11,8 @@
     "@effect/platform-node": "catalog:",
     "@t3tools/contracts": "workspace:*",
     "@t3tools/shared": "workspace:*",
-    "effect": "catalog:"
+    "effect": "catalog:",
+    "yaml": "catalog:"
   },
   "devDependencies": {
     "@effect/vitest": "catalog:",