diff --git a/formatting.xml b/.github/workflows/checkstyle.xml
similarity index 99%
rename from formatting.xml
rename to .github/workflows/checkstyle.xml
index 1fffe669..97b66240 100644
--- a/formatting.xml
+++ b/.github/workflows/checkstyle.xml
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="no"?>
 <profiles version="13">
 	<profile kind="CodeFormatterProfile" name="GoogleStyle" version="13">
 		<setting id="org.eclipse.jdt.core.formatter.comment.insert_new_line_before_root_tags" value="insert"/>
@@ -333,4 +334,4 @@
 		<setting id="org.eclipse.jdt.core.formatter.never_indent_block_comments_on_first_column" value="false"/>
 		<setting id="org.eclipse.jdt.core.formatter.keep_then_statement_on_same_line" value="false"/>
 	</profile>
-</profiles>
\ No newline at end of file
+</profiles>
diff --git a/.github/workflows/gradle.yml b/.github/workflows/gradle.yml
index ce3ee5a6..eb467409 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/gradle.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/gradle.yml
@@ -4,13 +4,9 @@ name: Build
 # events but only for the main branch.
 on:
   push:
-    branches:
-      - main
-      - competition-working
+    branches: [ main , competition-working ]
   pull_request:
-    branches:
-      - main
-      - competition-working
+    branches: [ main , competition-working ]
 # A workflow run is made up of one or more jobs that can run sequentially or in parallel
 jobs:
   # This workflow contains a single job called "build"
@@ -21,14 +17,14 @@ jobs:
     container: wpilib/roborio-cross-ubuntu:2025-22.04
     # Steps represent a sequence of tasks that will be executed as part of the job
     steps:
-      # Checks-out your repository under $GITHUB_WORKSPACE, so your job can access it
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
-      # Declares the repository safe and not under dubious ownership.
-      - name: Add repository to git safe directories
-        run: git config --global --add safe.directory $GITHUB_WORKSPACE
-      # Grant execute permission for gradlew
-      - name: Grant execute permission for gradlew
-        run: chmod +x gradlew
-      # Runs a single command using the runners shell
-      - name: Compile and run tests on robot code
-        run: ./gradlew build
+    # Checks-out your repository under $GITHUB_WORKSPACE, so your job can access it
+    - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+    # Declares the repository safe and not under dubious ownership.
+    - name: Add repository to git safe directories
+      run: git config --global --add safe.directory $GITHUB_WORKSPACE
+    # Grant execute permission for gradlew
+    - name: Grant execute permission for gradlew
+      run: chmod +x gradlew
+    # Runs a single command using the runners shell
+    - name: Compile and run tests on robot code
+      run: ./gradlew build
diff --git a/.github/workflows/lint.yml b/.github/workflows/lint.yml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..8f47a935
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/lint.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+name: Linter
+on: workflow_call
+jobs:
+  checkstyle:
+    name: runner / checkstyle
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v5
+      - uses: dbelyaev/action-checkstyle@v2
+        with:
+          github_token: ${{ secrets.github_token }}
+          reporter: github-pr-check
+          level: error
+          fail_level: error
+          checkstyle_config: google_checks.xml
diff --git a/.github/workflows/validations.yml b/.github/workflows/validations.yml
deleted file mode 100644
index 06523e94..00000000
--- a/.github/workflows/validations.yml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,21 +0,0 @@
-name: Validations
-on:
-  - pull_request
-  - workflow_dispatch
-jobs:
-  checkstyle:
-    name: Checkstyle
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v6
-      - uses: dbelyaev/action-checkstyle@v3
-        with:
-          github_token: ${{ secrets.github_token }}
-          reporter: github-pr-check
-  pr-title:
-    name: Pull Request Title
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    steps:
-      - uses: ytanikin/pr-conventional-commits@1.5.1
-        with:
-          task_types: '["feat","fix","docs","test","ci","refactor","perf","chore","revert"]'
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diff --git a/.java-version b/.java-version
deleted file mode 100644
index 98d9bcb7..00000000
--- a/.java-version
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-17