chore: Migrate jobs to gh action

.github/template/prepare-checks/action.yaml

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+name: Prepare checks
+description: Prepares everything for code check execution
+
+runs:
+  using: "composite"
+
+  steps:
+    # uses an older go version by default, so configure go with newest version
+    - name: Setup golang
+      uses: actions/setup-go@v4
+      with:
+        go-version: '1.21'
+        cache: true

.github/workflows/pull-code-checks.yml

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+name: PR Code checks
+
+on:
+  pull_request:
+    branches:
+      - "main"
+      - "release-*"
+    paths-ignore:
+      - 'docs/**'
+      - '**.md'
+  workflow_dispatch:
+
+jobs:
+  unit-tests:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+    - name: Checkout repo
+      uses: actions/checkout@v4
+
+    - name: Prepare test
+      uses: "./.github/template/prepare-checks"
+
+    - name: Run tests
+      run: make test
+
+  linting:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+      - name: Checkout repo
+        uses: actions/checkout@v4
+
+      - name: Prepare test
+        uses: "./.github/template/prepare-checks"
+
+      - name: Run linting
+        uses: golangci/golangci-lint-action@v3
+        with:
+          install-mode: binary
+          version: latest
+          args: --timeout=5m --config=./.golangci.yaml
+
+  markdown-link-check:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+      - name: Checkout repo
+        uses: actions/checkout@v4
+
+      - name: Validate links
+        uses: gaurav-nelson/github-action-markdown-link-check@v1
+        with:
+          use-quiet-mode: 'yes'  
+          use-verbose-mode: 'yes'
+          config-file: '.mlc.config.json'
+          folder-path: '.'
+          max-depth: -1
+          check-modified-files-only: 'yes'
+          base-branch: ${{ github.base_ref }}

.github/workflows/conventional-pr.yml → .github/workflows/pull-governance.yml

@@ -1,18 +1,23 @@
-name: PR Title Check
-run-name: ${{github.event.pull_request.title}}
+name: PR Governance
+
 on:
   pull_request_target:
+    branches:
+      - "main"
+      - "release-*"
     types:
       - opened
       - reopened
       - edited
       - synchronize
+  workflow_dispatch:
+
 jobs:
-  check:
-    name: Check Title
+  pr-title-check:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
-      - uses: amannn/action-semantic-pull-request@c3cd5d1ea3580753008872425915e343e351ab54
+      - name: Validate title
+        uses: amannn/action-semantic-pull-request@47b15d52c5c30e94a17ec87eb8dd51ff5221fed9
         env:
           GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
         with: