diff --git a/.github/workflows/alembic-validation.yml b/.github/workflows/alembic-validation.yml
index 890a503e..97a06990 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/alembic-validation.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/alembic-validation.yml
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@ jobs:
         with:
           files: |
             apps/core/alembic/**
+            alembic/**
             .github/workflows/alembic-validation.yml
 
   test-sqlite:
@@ -40,12 +41,25 @@ jobs:
     steps:
       - name: Checkout
         uses: actions/checkout@v4
+      
+      - name: Detect core directory
+        id: detect-core-dir
+        run: |
+          if [ -d "apps/core" ]; then
+            echo "dir=apps/core" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
+            echo "detected=cloud" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
+          else
+            echo "dir=." >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
+            echo "detected=oss" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
+          fi
+          echo "Using core directory: $(cat $GITHUB_OUTPUT | grep '^dir=' | cut -d'=' -f2)"
+      
       - name: Install dependencies
         shell: bash
-        working-directory: apps/core
+        working-directory: ${{ steps.detect-core-dir.outputs.dir }}
         run: uv sync --no-install-project ${{ inputs.install-args || '--extra sqlite --extra external-tools --extra dev --extra cloud-tool-sandbox' }}
       - name: Test alembic migration
-        working-directory: apps/core
+        working-directory: ${{ steps.detect-core-dir.outputs.dir }}
         run: |
           uv run alembic upgrade head
           # kinda janky but I think this might not matter for sqlite?
@@ -53,7 +67,7 @@ jobs:
 
       - name: Cleanup persistent data
         if: ${{ always() }}
-        working-directory: apps/core
+        working-directory: ${{ steps.detect-core-dir.outputs.dir }}
         run: |
           echo "Cleaning up persistent data..."
           sudo rm -rf ~/.letta || true
@@ -80,12 +94,25 @@ jobs:
     steps:
       - name: Checkout
         uses: actions/checkout@v4
+      
+      - name: Detect core directory
+        id: detect-core-dir
+        run: |
+          if [ -d "apps/core" ]; then
+            echo "dir=apps/core" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
+            echo "detected=cloud" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
+          else
+            echo "dir=." >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
+            echo "detected=oss" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
+          fi
+          echo "Using core directory: $(cat $GITHUB_OUTPUT | grep '^dir=' | cut -d'=' -f2)"
+      
       - name: Install dependencies
         shell: bash
-        working-directory: apps/core
+        working-directory: ${{ steps.detect-core-dir.outputs.dir }}
         run: uv sync --no-install-project ${{ inputs.install-args || '--extra postgres --extra external-tools --extra dev --extra cloud-tool-sandbox' }}
       - name: Test alembic migration
-        working-directory: apps/core
+        working-directory: ${{ steps.detect-core-dir.outputs.dir }}
         env:
           LETTA_PG_PORT: 5432
           LETTA_PG_USER: postgres
diff --git a/.github/workflows/code_style_checks.yml b/.github/workflows/code_style_checks.yml
deleted file mode 100644
index 2db56749..00000000
--- a/.github/workflows/code_style_checks.yml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,59 +0,0 @@
-name: Code Style Checks
-
-on:
-  push:
-    branches: [ main ]
-  pull_request:
-    branches: [ main ]
-
-jobs:
-  style-checks:
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    strategy:
-      matrix:
-        python-version: ["3.11"]  # Removed 3.12+ as minimal sets the standard. Adjust Python version matrix if needed
-
-    steps:
-    - name: Checkout code
-      uses: actions/checkout@v4
-      with:
-        ref: ${{ github.head_ref }}  # Checkout the PR branch
-        fetch-depth: 0  # Fetch all history for all branches and tags
-
-    - name: Set up python
-      id: setup-python
-      uses: actions/setup-python@v5
-      with:
-        python-version: ${{ matrix.python-version }}
-
-    - name: Install uv
-      uses: astral-sh/setup-uv@v6
-      with:
-        enable-cache: true
-        activate-environment: true
-
-    - name: Install Dependencies
-      run: |
-        uv sync --extra dev --extra postgres --extra external-tools
-
-    - name: Validate PR Title
-      if: github.event_name == 'pull_request'
-      uses: amannn/action-semantic-pull-request@v5
-      env:
-        GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
-
-    - name: Run Pyright
-      uses: jakebailey/pyright-action@v2
-      with:
-        python-version: ${{ matrix.python-version }}
-        level: "error"
-      continue-on-error: true
-
-    - name: Run isort
-      run: uv run isort --profile black --check-only --diff .
-
-    - name: Run Black
-      run: uv run black --check .
-
-    - name: Run Autoflake
-      run: uv run autoflake --remove-all-unused-imports --remove-unused-variables --in-place --recursive --ignore-init-module-imports .