diff --git a/.github/workflows/build_tests.yml b/.github/workflows/build_tests.yml
index 3fd6844..e3cdd1a 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/build_tests.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/build_tests.yml
@@ -1,49 +1,11 @@
-name: Run Build Tests
+name: Unit Tests
 on:
   push:
-    branches:
-      - master
-  pull_request:
-    branches:
-      - dev
   workflow_dispatch:
 
 jobs:
-  build_tests:
-    strategy:
-      max-parallel: 2
-      matrix:
-        python-version: [ 3.8, 3.9, "3.10" ]
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v3
-      - name: Setup Python
-        uses: actions/setup-python@v3
-        with:
-          python-version: ${{ matrix.python-version }}
-      - name: Install Build Tools
-        run: |
-          python -m pip install build wheel
-      - name: Install System Dependencies
-        run: |
-          sudo apt-get update
-          sudo apt install python3-dev swig libssl-dev
-      - name: Build Source Packages
-        run: |
-          python setup.py sdist
-      - name: Build Distribution Packages
-        run: |
-          python setup.py bdist_wheel
-      - name: Install repo
-        run: |
-          pip install .
-      - uses: pypa/gh-action-pip-audit@v1.0.8
-        with:
-            # Ignore irrelevant Mercurial vulnerability
-            # Ignore `requests` and `urllib3` vulnerabilities as they are not used in this package
-            # Ignore `setuptools` and `pip` vulnerabilities  I don't think they apply here
-            ignore-vulns: |
-                PYSEC-2023-228
-                GHSA-9wx4-h78v-vm56
-                GHSA-34jh-p97f-mpxf
-                PYSEC-2022-43012
+  py_build_tests:
+    uses: neongeckocom/.github/.github/workflows/python_build_tests.yml@master
+    with:
+      python_version: "3.8"
+          
diff --git a/.github/workflows/dev2master.yml b/.github/workflows/dev2master.yml
deleted file mode 100644
index 1528f2c..0000000
--- a/.github/workflows/dev2master.yml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,20 +0,0 @@
-# This workflow will generate a distribution and upload it to PyPI
-
-name: Push dev -> master
-on:
-  workflow_dispatch:
-
-jobs:
-  build_and_publish:
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v3
-        with:
-          fetch-depth: 0 # otherwise, there would be errors pushing refs to the destination repository.
-          ref: dev
-      - name: Push dev -> master
-        uses: ad-m/github-push-action@master
-
-        with:
-          github_token: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
-          branch: master
diff --git a/.github/workflows/license_tests.yml b/.github/workflows/license_tests.yml
index e101270..5ec7120 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/license_tests.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/license_tests.yml
@@ -1,39 +1,11 @@
 name: Run License Tests
 on:
   push:
-    branches:
-      - master
+  workflow_dispatch:
   pull_request:
     branches:
-      - dev
-  workflow_dispatch:
-
+      - master
 jobs:
   license_tests:
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v3
-      - name: Setup Python
-        uses: actions/setup-python@v3
-        with:
-          python-version: 3.8
-      - name: Install Build Tools
-        run: |
-          python -m pip install build wheel
-      - name: Install System Dependencies
-        run: |
-          sudo apt-get update
-          sudo apt install python3-dev swig libssl-dev
-      - name: Install core repo
-        run: |
-          pip install .
-      - name: Check python
-        id: license_check_report
-        uses: pilosus/action-pip-license-checker@v0.5.0
-        with:
-          fail: 'Copyleft,Other,Error'
-          fails-only: true
-          exclude-license: '^(Mozilla).*$'
-      - name: Print report
-        if: ${{ always() }}
-        run: echo "${{ steps.license_check_report.outputs.report }}"
+    uses: neongeckocom/.github/.github/workflows/license_tests.yml@master
+    
diff --git a/.github/workflows/publish_alpha.yml b/.github/workflows/publish_alpha.yml
deleted file mode 100644
index b4ee352..0000000
--- a/.github/workflows/publish_alpha.yml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,137 +0,0 @@
-# This workflow will generate an ALPHA release distribution and upload it to PyPI
-name: Publish Alpha Build
-on:
-  pull_request:
-    types: [closed]
-    branches:
-      - dev
-    paths-ignore:
-      - 'version.py'
-      - 'test/**'
-      - 'examples/**'
-      - '.github/**'
-      - '.gitignore'
-      - 'LICENSE'
-      - 'CHANGELOG.md'
-      - 'MANIFEST.in'
-      - 'README.md'
-      - 'scripts/**'
-
-jobs:
-  build_and_publish:
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v3
-        with:
-          ref: dev
-          fetch-depth: 0 # Avoid errors when pushing refs to the destination repository
-
-      - name: Setup Python
-        uses: actions/setup-python@v3
-        with:
-          python-version: 3.8
-
-      - name: Install Build Tools
-        run: |
-          python -m pip install build wheel
-
-      - name: Debug GitHub Labels
-        run: |
-          echo "Labels in Pull Request:"
-          echo "${{ toJson(github.event.pull_request.labels) }}"
-
-          # Convert the labels array into text using jq
-          LABELS=$(echo '${{ toJson(github.event.pull_request.labels) }}' | jq -r '.[].name')
-
-          # Handle the case where there are no labels
-          if [ -z "$LABELS" ]; then
-            echo "No labels found on the pull request."
-          else
-            echo "Labels: $LABELS"
-          fi
-
-      - name: Determine version bump
-        id: version_bump
-        run: |
-          # Convert the labels array into text using jq
-          LABELS=$(echo '${{ toJson(github.event.pull_request.labels) }}' | jq -r '.[].name')
-
-          # Handle the case where there are no labels
-          if [ -z "$LABELS" ]; then
-            echo "No labels found on the pull request."
-            LABELS=""
-          fi
-
-          echo "Labels: $LABELS"
-
-          MAJOR=0
-          MINOR=0
-          BUILD=0
-
-          # Loop over the labels and determine the version bump
-          for label in $LABELS; do
-            echo "Processing label: $label"
-            if [ "$label" == "breaking" ]; then
-              MAJOR=1
-            elif [ "$label" == "feature" ]; then
-              MINOR=1
-            elif [ "$label" == "fix" ]; then
-              BUILD=1
-            fi
-          done
-
-          # Set the output based on the labels found
-          if [ $MAJOR -eq 1 ]; then
-            echo "::set-output name=part::major"
-          elif [ $MINOR -eq 1 ]; then
-            echo "::set-output name=part::minor"
-          elif [ $BUILD -eq 1 ]; then
-            echo "::set-output name=part::build"
-          else
-            echo "::set-output name=part::alpha"
-          fi
-
-      - name: Update version in version.py
-        run: |
-          python scripts/update_version.py ${{ steps.version_bump.outputs.part }} --version-file "$GITHUB_WORKSPACE/version.py"
-
-      - name: "Generate release changelog"
-        uses: heinrichreimer/github-changelog-generator-action@v2.3
-        with:
-          token: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
-          maxIssues: 50
-        id: changelog
-
-      - name: Commit to dev
-        uses: stefanzweifel/git-auto-commit-action@v4
-        with:
-          commit_message: Increment Version
-          branch: dev
-
-      - name: version
-        run: echo "::set-output name=version::$(python setup.py --version)"
-        id: version
-
-      - name: Create Release
-        id: create_release
-        uses: actions/create-release@v1
-        env:
-          GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }} # This token is provided by Actions, you do not need to create your own token
-        with:
-          tag_name: V${{ steps.version.outputs.version }}
-          release_name: Release ${{ steps.version.outputs.version }}
-          body: |
-            Changes in this Release
-            ${{ steps.changelog.outputs.changelog }}
-          draft: false
-          prerelease: true
-          commitish: dev
-
-      - name: Build Distribution Packages
-        run: |
-          python setup.py sdist bdist_wheel
-
-      - name: Publish to PyPI
-        uses: pypa/gh-action-pypi-publish@release/v1
-        with:
-          password: ${{secrets.PYPI_TOKEN}}
diff --git a/.github/workflows/release_workflow.yml b/.github/workflows/release_workflow.yml
index 1b7b803..a2adcf9 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release_workflow.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release_workflow.yml
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ on:
 
 jobs:
   publish_alpha:
+    if: github.event.pull_request.merged == true
     uses: TigreGotico/gh-automations/.github/workflows/publish-alpha.yml@master
     secrets: inherit
     with:
@@ -17,6 +18,22 @@ jobs:
       publish_prerelease: true
       changelog_max_issues: 100
 
+  notify:
+    if: github.event.pull_request.merged == true
+    needs: publish_alpha
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v2
+      - name: Send message to Matrix bots channel
+        id: matrix-chat-message
+        uses: fadenb/matrix-chat-message@v0.0.6
+        with:
+          homeserver: 'matrix.org'
+          token: ${{ secrets.MATRIX_TOKEN }}
+          channel: '!WjxEKjjINpyBRPFgxl:krbel.duckdns.org'
+          message: |
+            new ${{ github.event.repository.name }} PR merged! https://github.com/${{ github.repository }}/pull/${{ github.event.number }}
+
   publish_pypi:
     needs: publish_alpha
     if: success()  # Ensure this job only runs if the previous job succeeds
@@ -36,20 +53,6 @@ jobs:
       - name: version
         run: echo "::set-output name=version::$(python setup.py --version)"
         id: version
-      - name: Create Release
-        id: create_release
-        uses: actions/create-release@v1
-        env:
-          GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }} # This token is provided by Actions, you do not need to create your own token
-        with:
-          tag_name: V${{ steps.version.outputs.version }}
-          release_name: Release ${{ steps.version.outputs.version }}
-          body: |
-            Changes in this Release
-            ${{ steps.changelog.outputs.changelog }}
-          draft: false
-          prerelease: true
-          commitish: dev
       - name: Build Distribution Packages
         run: |
           python setup.py sdist bdist_wheel
@@ -102,4 +105,3 @@ jobs:
             -H "Authorization: token $GITHUB_TOKEN" \
             -d "{\"title\":\"$PR_TITLE\",\"body\":\"$PR_BODY\",\"head\":\"$HEAD_BRANCH\",\"base\":\"$BASE_BRANCH\"}" \
             https://api.github.com/repos/${{ github.repository }}/pulls
-