diff --git a/.github/workflows/actionlint.yml b/.github/workflows/actionlint.yml
index b80749aaa8fec..5eddf6b7c649b 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/actionlint.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/actionlint.yml
@@ -6,12 +6,14 @@ on:
     paths:
       - '.github/workflows/*.ya?ml'
       - '.github/workflows/actionlint.*'
+      - '.github/workflows/matchers/actionlint.json'
   pull_request:
     branches:
       - "main"
     paths:
       - '.github/workflows/*.ya?ml'
       - '.github/workflows/actionlint.*'
+      - '.github/workflows/matchers/actionlint.json'
 
 env:
   LC_ALL: en_US.UTF-8
diff --git a/.github/workflows/clang-format.yml b/.github/workflows/clang-format.yml
index 68d60d7365ed1..167c115d8956f 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/clang-format.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/clang-format.yml
@@ -6,9 +6,21 @@ on:
   push:
     branches:
       - main
+    paths:
+      - '**/*.h'
+      - '**/*.cpp'
+      - '**/*.cu'
+      - '**/*.cuh'
+      - '.github/workflows/clang-format.yml'
   pull_request:
     branches:
       - main
+    paths:
+      - '**/*.h'
+      - '**/*.cpp'
+      - '**/*.cu'
+      - '**/*.cuh'
+      - '.github/workflows/clang-format.yml'
 
 jobs:
   clang-format:
diff --git a/.github/workflows/mypy.yaml b/.github/workflows/mypy.yaml
index 5f1e5f8eeaf7d..18b354948f0cc 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/mypy.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/mypy.yaml
@@ -6,9 +6,19 @@ on:
   push:
     branches:
       - main
+    paths:
+      - '**/*.py'
+      - '.github/workflows/mypy.yaml'
+      - 'tools/mypy.sh'
+      - 'pyproject.toml'
   pull_request:
     branches:
       - main
+    paths:
+      - '**/*.py'
+      - '.github/workflows/mypy.yaml'
+      - 'tools/mypy.sh'
+      - 'pyproject.toml'
 
 jobs:
   mypy:
diff --git a/.github/workflows/ruff.yml b/.github/workflows/ruff.yml
index 9cc8a9e914474..197f918765e7d 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ruff.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ruff.yml
@@ -6,16 +6,28 @@ on:
   push:
     branches:
       - main
+    paths:
+      - "**/*.py"
+      - pyproject.toml
+      - requirements-lint.txt
+      - .github/workflows/matchers/ruff.json
+      - .github/workflows/ruff.yml
   pull_request:
     branches:
       - main
+    paths:
+      - "**/*.py"
+      - pyproject.toml
+      - requirements-lint.txt
+      - .github/workflows/matchers/ruff.json
+      - .github/workflows/ruff.yml
 
 jobs:
   ruff:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     strategy:
       matrix:
-        python-version: ["3.8", "3.9", "3.10", "3.11", "3.12"]
+        python-version: ["3.12"]
     steps:
     - uses: actions/checkout@eef61447b9ff4aafe5dcd4e0bbf5d482be7e7871 # v4.2.1
     - name: Set up Python ${{ matrix.python-version }}
@@ -30,9 +42,6 @@ jobs:
       run: |
         echo "::add-matcher::.github/workflows/matchers/ruff.json"
         ruff check --output-format github .
-    - name: Spelling check with codespell
-      run: |
-        codespell --toml pyproject.toml
     - name: Run isort
       run: |
         isort . --check-only
diff --git a/.github/workflows/yapf.yml b/.github/workflows/yapf.yml
index 9f06b35c19e32..35579302c5c14 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/yapf.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/yapf.yml
@@ -6,15 +6,22 @@ on:
   push:
     branches:
       - main
+    paths:
+      - "**/*.py"
+      - .github/workflows/yapf.yml
   pull_request:
     branches:
       - main
+    paths:
+      - "**/*.py"
+      - .github/workflows/yapf.yml
+
 jobs:
   yapf:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     strategy:
       matrix:
-        python-version: ["3.8", "3.9", "3.10", "3.11", "3.12"]
+        python-version: ["3.12"]
     steps:
     - uses: actions/checkout@eef61447b9ff4aafe5dcd4e0bbf5d482be7e7871 # v4.2.1
     - name: Set up Python ${{ matrix.python-version }}