diff --git a/.github/workflows/build.yml b/.github/workflows/build.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..db6565135b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/build.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+name: Build
+
+on:
+  push:
+    branches: [ 'main' ]
+  workflow_dispatch:
+    inputs:
+      version:
+        description: |
+          The version of the project to build. Example: `1.0.3`.
+          
+          If not provided, a development build with a version name
+          based on the branch name will be built. Otherwise, a release
+          build with the provided version will be built.
+        required: false
+
+jobs:
+  build:
+    uses: viash-io/viash-actions/.github/workflows/build.yaml@v6
+    with:
+      version: ${{ github.event.inputs.version }}
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diff --git a/.github/workflows/main-build.yml b/.github/workflows/main-build.yml
deleted file mode 100644
index b017ecd001..0000000000
--- a/.github/workflows/main-build.yml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,97 +0,0 @@
-name: main build
-
-on:
-  push:
-    branches: [ 'main' ]
-
-jobs:
-  # phase 1
-  list:
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-
-    outputs:
-      component_matrix: ${{ steps.set_matrix.outputs.matrix }}
-
-    steps:
-    - uses: actions/checkout@v4
-
-    - uses: viash-io/viash-actions/setup@v6
-
-    - name: Remove target folder from .gitignore
-      run: |
-        # allow publishing the target folder
-        sed -i 's#^/target/$##g' .gitignore
-
-    - uses: viash-io/viash-actions/ns-build@v6
-      with:
-        config_mod: .functionality.version := 'main_build'
-        parallel: true
-
-    - name: Deploy to target branch
-      uses: peaceiris/actions-gh-pages@v4
-      with:
-        github_token: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
-        publish_dir: .
-        publish_branch: main_build
-
-    - id: ns_list
-      uses: viash-io/viash-actions/ns-list@v6
-      with:
-        platform: docker
-        src: src
-        format: json
-
-    - id: set_matrix
-      run: |
-        echo "matrix=$(jq -c '[ .[] | 
-          { 
-            "name": (.functionality.namespace + "/" + .functionality.name),
-            "dir": .info.config | capture("^(?<dir>.*\/)").dir
-          }
-        ]' ${{ steps.ns_list.outputs.output_file }} )" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
-
-  # phase 2
-  build:
-    needs: list
-
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-
-    permissions:
-      contents: read
-      packages: write
-
-    strategy:
-      fail-fast: false
-      matrix:
-        component: ${{ fromJson(needs.list.outputs.component_matrix) }}
-
-    steps:
-    # Remove unnecessary files to free up space. Otherwise, we get 'no space left on device.'
-    - uses: data-intuitive/reclaim-the-bytes@v2
-
-    - uses: actions/checkout@v4
-
-    - uses: viash-io/viash-actions/setup@v6
-
-    - name: Build container
-      uses: viash-io/viash-actions/ns-build@v6
-      with:
-        config_mod: .functionality.version := 'main_build'
-        platform: docker
-        src: ${{ matrix.component.dir }}
-        setup: build
-      
-    - name: Login to container registry
-      uses: docker/login-action@v3
-      with:
-        registry: ghcr.io
-        username: ${{ github.actor }}
-        password: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
-
-    - name: Push container
-      uses: viash-io/viash-actions/ns-build@v6
-      with:
-        config_mod: .functionality.version := 'main_build'
-        platform: docker
-        src: ${{ matrix.component.dir }}
-        setup: push
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diff --git a/.github/workflows/release-build.yml b/.github/workflows/release-build.yml
deleted file mode 100644
index 6db5b094a8..0000000000
--- a/.github/workflows/release-build.yml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,146 +0,0 @@
-name: release build
-
-on: 
-  workflow_dispatch:
-    inputs:
-      version_tag:
-        description: Version tag
-        required: true
-
-jobs:
-  # phase 1
-  list:
-    env:
-      s3_bucket: s3://openproblems-data/resources_test/
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-
-    outputs:
-      component_matrix: ${{ steps.set_matrix.outputs.matrix }}
-      cache_key: ${{ steps.cache.outputs.cache_key }}
-
-    steps:
-    - uses: actions/checkout@v4
-
-    - uses: viash-io/viash-actions/setup@v6
-
-    - uses: viash-io/viash-actions/project/sync-and-cache-s3@v6
-      id: cache
-      with:
-        s3_bucket: $s3_bucket
-        dest_path: resources_test
-        cache_key_prefix: resources_test__
-
-    - name: Remove target folder from .gitignore
-      run: |
-        # allow publishing the target folder
-        sed -i 's#^/target/$##g' .gitignore
-
-    - uses: viash-io/viash-actions/ns-build@v6
-      with:
-        config_mod: ".functionality.version := '${{ github.event.inputs.version_tag }}'"
-        parallel: true
-
-    - name: Deploy to target branch
-      uses: peaceiris/actions-gh-pages@v4
-      with:
-        github_token: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
-        publish_dir: .
-        publish_branch: release
-        full_commit_message: "Deploy for release ${{ github.event.inputs.version_tag }} from ${{ github.sha }}"
-
-    - id: ns_list
-      uses: viash-io/viash-actions/ns-list@v6
-      with:
-        platform: docker
-        src: src
-        format: json
-
-    - id: set_matrix
-      run: |
-        echo "matrix=$(jq -c '[ .[] | 
-          { 
-            "name": (.functionality.namespace + "/" + .functionality.name),
-            "config": .info.config,
-            "dir": .info.config | capture("^(?<dir>.*\/)").dir
-          }
-        ]' ${{ steps.ns_list.outputs.output_file }} )" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
-
-  # phase 2
-  build:
-    needs: list
-
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-
-    permissions:
-      contents: read
-      packages: write
-
-    strategy:
-      fail-fast: false
-      matrix:
-        component: ${{ fromJson(needs.list.outputs.component_matrix) }}
-
-    steps:
-    # Remove unnecessary files to free up space. Otherwise, we get 'no space left on device.'
-    - uses: data-intuitive/reclaim-the-bytes@v2
-
-    - uses: actions/checkout@v4
-
-    - uses: viash-io/viash-actions/setup@v6
-
-    - name: Build container
-      uses: viash-io/viash-actions/ns-build@v6
-      with:
-        config_mod: .functionality.version := 'main_build'
-        platform: docker
-        src: ${{ matrix.component.dir }}
-        setup: build
-      
-    - name: Login to container registry
-      uses: docker/login-action@v3
-      with:
-        registry: ghcr.io
-        username: ${{ github.actor }}
-        password: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
-
-    - name: Push container
-      uses: viash-io/viash-actions/ns-build@v6
-      with:
-        config_mod: .functionality.version := '${{ github.event.inputs.version_tag }}'
-        platform: docker
-        src: ${{ matrix.component.dir }}
-        setup: push
-
-  ###################################
-  # phase 3
-  component_test:
-    needs: [ build, list ]
-    if: ${{ needs.list.outputs.component_matrix != '[]' && needs.list.outputs.component_matrix != '' }}
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-
-    strategy:
-      fail-fast: false
-      matrix:
-        component: ${{ fromJson(needs.list.outputs.component_matrix) }}
-
-    steps:
-    - uses: actions/checkout@v4
-
-    - uses: viash-io/viash-actions/setup@v6
-
-    # use cache
-    - name: Cache resources data
-      uses: actions/cache@v4
-      timeout-minutes: 5
-      with:
-        path: resources_test
-        key: ${{ needs.list.outputs.cache_key }}
-
-    - name: Test component
-      timeout-minutes: 30
-      run: |
-        viash test \
-          --config_mod ".functionality.version := '${{ github.event.inputs.version_tag }}'" \
-          "${{ matrix.component.config }}" \
-          --cpus 2 \
-          --memory "5gb"
diff --git a/.github/workflows/test.yml b/.github/workflows/test.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..1cc1e061b1
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+++ b/.github/workflows/test.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+name: Test
+
+on:
+  push:
+    branches:
+      - main
+  pull_request:
+
+jobs:
+  test:
+    uses: viash-io/viash-actions/.github/workflows/test.yaml@v6
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diff --git a/.github/workflows/viash-test.yml b/.github/workflows/viash-test.yml
deleted file mode 100644
index 540f18cae4..0000000000
--- a/.github/workflows/viash-test.yml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,88 +0,0 @@
-name: viash test
-
-on:
-  pull_request:
-  push:
-    branches: [ main ]
-
-jobs:
-
-  # phase 1
-  list:
-    env:
-      s3_bucket: s3://openproblems-data/resources_test/
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-
-    outputs:
-      matrix: ${{ steps.set_matrix.outputs.matrix }}
-      cache_key: ${{ steps.cache.outputs.cache_key }}
-
-    steps:
-    - uses: actions/checkout@v4
-      with:
-        fetch-depth: 0 
-
-    - uses: viash-io/viash-actions/setup@v6
-
-    - uses: viash-io/viash-actions/project/sync-and-cache-s3@v6
-      id: cache
-      with:
-        s3_bucket: $s3_bucket
-        dest_path: resources_test
-        cache_key_prefix: resources_test__
-
-    - id: ns_list
-      uses: viash-io/viash-actions/ns-list@v6
-      with:
-        platform: docker
-        format: json
-
-    - id: ns_list_filtered
-      uses: viash-io/viash-actions/project/detect-changed-components@v6
-      with:
-        input_file: "${{ steps.ns_list.outputs.output_file }}"
-
-    - id: set_matrix
-      run: |
-        echo "matrix=$(jq -c '[ .[] | 
-          { 
-            "name": (.functionality.namespace + "/" + .functionality.name),
-            "config": .info.config
-          }
-        ]' ${{ steps.ns_list_filtered.outputs.output_file }} )" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
-
-  # phase 2
-  viash_test:
-    needs: list
-    if: ${{ needs.list.outputs.matrix != '[]' && needs.list.outputs.matrix != '' }}
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-
-    strategy:
-      fail-fast: false
-      matrix:
-        component: ${{ fromJson(needs.list.outputs.matrix) }}
-
-    steps:
-    # Remove unnecessary files to free up space. Otherwise, we get 'no space left on device.'
-    - uses: data-intuitive/reclaim-the-bytes@v2
-    
-    - uses: actions/checkout@v4
-
-    - uses: viash-io/viash-actions/setup@v6
-
-    # use cache
-    - name: Cache resources data
-      uses: actions/cache@v4
-      timeout-minutes: 10
-      with:
-        path: resources_test
-        key: ${{ needs.list.outputs.cache_key }}
-
-    - name: Run test
-      timeout-minutes: 30
-      run: |
-        VIASH_TEMP=$RUNNER_TEMP/viash viash test \
-          "${{ matrix.component.config }}" \
-          --cpus 2 \
-          --memory "5gb"
-