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diff --git a/.github/workflows/build-push-dev-image.yml b/.github/workflows/build-push-dev-image.yml
index 2015c87..61a4c76 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/build-push-dev-image.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/build-push-dev-image.yml
@@ -1,7 +1,5 @@
 # Workflow responsible for the 
 # development release processes.
-#
-
 name: Build-Push-Dev-Image
 on:
   push:
@@ -22,67 +20,5 @@ on:
       - '*'
 jobs:
   build-push-dev-image:
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    steps:
-    
-    - name: Checkout Code
-      uses: actions/checkout@v4
-      with:
-        ref: ${{ github.head_ref }} 
-        fetch-depth: 0
-        
-    - name: Setup Go
-      uses: actions/setup-go@v4
-      with:
-        go-version: '1.20'
-
-    - name: Set short git commit SHA
-      id: vars
-      run: |
-        echo "short_sha=$(git rev-parse --short ${{ github.sha }})" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
-    # https://github.blog/changelog/2022-10-11-github-actions-deprecating-save-state-and-set-output-commands/
-
-    - name: Confirm git commit SHA output
-      run: echo ${{ steps.vars.outputs.short_sha }}
-
-    - name: Echo BINARY_NAME set in Makefile
-      id: BINARY_NAME 
-      run: |
-        make echo >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
-
-    - name: Set up Docker Buildx
-      uses: docker/setup-buildx-action@v3
-
-    - name: Login to DockerHub
-      uses: docker/login-action@v3
-      with:
-        username: ${{ secrets.DOCKERHUB_USERNAME }}
-        password: ${{ secrets.DOCKERHUB_TOKEN }}
-        logout: true
-
-    - name: Login to Container Registry
-      uses: docker/login-action@v3
-      with:
-        registry: containers.renci.org
-        username: ${{ secrets.CONTAINERHUB_USERNAME }}
-        password: ${{ secrets.CONTAINERHUB_TOKEN }}
-        logout: true
-
-
-    # Notes on Cache: 
-    # https://docs.docker.com/build/ci/github-actions/examples/#inline-cache
-    - name: Build Push Container
-      uses: docker/build-push-action@v5
-      with:
-        build-args: BINARY_NAME=${{ steps.BINARY_NAME.outputs.BINARY_NAME }}
-        context: .
-        push: true
-        # Push to renci-registry and dockerhub here.
-        # cache comes from dockerhub.
-        tags: |
-          ${{ github.repository }}:develop
-          ${{ github.repository }}:${{ steps.vars.outputs.short_sha }}
-          containers.renci.org/${{ github.repository }}:develop
-          containers.renci.org/${{ github.repository }}:${{ steps.vars.outputs.short_sha }}
-        cache-from: type=registry,ref=${{ github.repository }}:buildcache-dev
-        cache-to: type=registry,ref=${{ github.repository }}:buildcache-dev,mode=max
+    uses: helxplatform/helx-github-actions/.github/workflows/build-push-dev-image.yml@main
+    secrets: inherit
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diff --git a/.github/workflows/build-push-release.yml b/.github/workflows/build-push-release.yml
index 8d05c02..2d801a5 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/build-push-release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/build-push-release.yml
@@ -1,7 +1,5 @@
 # Workflow responsible for the 
 # major release processes.
-#
-
 name: Build-Push-Release
 on:
   push:
@@ -21,117 +19,5 @@ on:
       - 'v[0-9]+.[0-9]+.*'
 jobs:
   build-push-release:
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    steps:
-    - name: Checkout Code
-      uses: actions/checkout@v4
-      with:
-        ref: ${{ github.head_ref }} 
-        fetch-depth: 0
-
-    - name: Setup Go
-      uses: actions/setup-go@v4
-      with:
-        go-version: '1.20'
-
-    - name: Set short git commit SHA
-      id: vars
-      run: |
-        echo "short_sha=$(git rev-parse --short ${{ github.sha }})" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
-    # https://github.blog/changelog/2022-10-11-github-actions-deprecating-save-state-and-set-output-commands/
-
-    - name: Echo BINARY_NAME set in Makefile
-      id: BINARY_NAME 
-      run: |
-        make echo >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
-
-    - name: Confirm git commit SHA output
-      run: echo ${{ steps.vars.outputs.short_sha }}
-
-    # https://github.com/marketplace/actions/git-semantic-version
-    - name: Semver Check
-      uses: paulhatch/semantic-version@v5.0.3
-      id: version
-      with:
-        # The prefix to use to identify tags
-        tag_prefix: "v"
-        # A string which, if present in a git commit, indicates that a change represents a
-        # major (breaking) change, supports regular expressions wrapped with '/'
-        major_pattern: "/breaking|major/"
-        # A string which indicates the flags used by the `major_pattern` regular expression. Supported flags: idgs
-        major_regexp_flags: "ig"
-        # Same as above except indicating a minor change, supports regular expressions wrapped with '/'
-        minor_pattern: "/feat|feature|minor/"
-        # A string which indicates the flags used by the `minor_pattern` regular expression. Supported flags: idgs
-        minor_regexp_flags: "ig"
-        # A string to determine the format of the version output
-        # version_format: "${major}.${minor}.${patch}-prerelease${increment}"
-        version_format: "${major}.${minor}.${patch}"
-        search_commit_body: false
-
-    # Docker Buildx is important to caching in the Build And Push Container
-    # step
-    # https://github.com/marketplace/actions/build-and-push-docker-images
-    - name: Set up Docker Buildx
-      uses: docker/setup-buildx-action@v3
-
-    - name: Login to DockerHub
-      uses: docker/login-action@v3
-      with:
-        username: ${{ secrets.DOCKERHUB_USERNAME }}
-        password: ${{ secrets.DOCKERHUB_TOKEN }}
-        logout: true
-
-    - name: Login to Container Registry
-      uses: docker/login-action@v3
-      with:
-        registry: containers.renci.org
-        username: ${{ secrets.CONTAINERHUB_USERNAME }}
-        password: ${{ secrets.CONTAINERHUB_TOKEN }}
-        logout: true
-
-    # Notes on Cache: 
-    # https://docs.docker.com/build/ci/github-actions/examples/#inline-cache
-    - name: Build Push Container
-      uses: docker/build-push-action@v5
-      with:
-        build-args: BINARY_NAME=${{ steps.BINARY_NAME.outputs.BINARY_NAME }}
-        push: true
-        # Push to renci-registry and dockerhub here.
-        # cache comes from dockerhub.
-        tags: |
-          containers.renci.org/${{ github.repository }}:v${{ steps.version.outputs.version }}
-          containers.renci.org/${{ github.repository }}:latest
-          containers.renci.org/${{ github.repository }}:${{ steps.vars.outputs.short_sha }}
-          ${{ github.repository }}:v${{ steps.version.outputs.version }}
-          ${{ github.repository }}:latest
-          ${{ github.repository }}:${{ steps.vars.outputs.short_sha }}
-        cache-from: type=registry,ref=${{ github.repository }}:buildcache-release
-        cache-to: type=registry,ref=${{ github.repository }}:buildcache-release,mode=max
-
-#==========================TAG & RELEASE W/ NOTES =========================
-
-    # Note: GITHUB_TOKEN is autogenerated feature of github app
-    # which is auto-enabled when using github actions.
-    # https://docs.github.com/en/actions/security-guides/automatic-token-authentication
-    # https://docs.github.com/en/rest/git/tags?apiVersion=2022-11-28#create-a-tag-object
-    # https://docs.github.com/en/rest/git/refs?apiVersion=2022-11-28#create-a-reference
-    # This creates a "lightweight" ref tag.
-    - name: Create Tag for Release
-      run: |
-        curl \
-        -s --fail -X POST \
-        -H "Authorization: Bearer ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}" \
-        https://api.github.com/repos/${{ github.repository }}/git/refs \
-        -d '{"ref":"refs/tags/v${{ steps.version.outputs.version }}","sha":"${{ github.sha }}"}'
-
-#   https://cli.github.com/manual/gh_release_create
-    - name: Create Release
-      env:
-        RELEASE_VERSION: ${{ steps.version.outputs.version }}
-        GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
-      run: |
-        gh release create ${{ env.RELEASE_VERSION }} \
-          -t "${{ env.RELEASE_VERSION }}" \
-          --generate-notes \
-          --latest
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+    uses: helxplatform/helx-github-actions/.github/workflows/build-push-release.yml@main
+    secrets: inherit
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diff --git a/.github/workflows/build-test.yml b/.github/workflows/build-test.yml
index e01e130..acd338e 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/build-test.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/build-test.yml
@@ -1,23 +1,8 @@
 name: build-test
-on: [push]
+on: 
+  push:
 
 jobs:
   build-test:
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-
-    steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
-      - name: Setup Go
-        uses: actions/setup-go@v4
-        with:
-          go-version: '1.20'
-
-      - name: Install dependencies
-        run: go get .
-
-      # Ideally we would also use golangci-lint tool
-      - name: Run Go fmt, vet, test
-        run: make  test
-
-      - name: Build
-        run: make build 
+    uses: helxplatform/helx-github-actions/.github/workflows/build-test.yml@main
+    secrets: inherit
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diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index c0ea387..65d9cdb 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -1,26 +1,25 @@
 # Use the official Golang image to build the binary
-FROM golang:1.20 AS build
-ENV CGO_ENABLED 0
-ARG BINARY_NAME
+FROM golang:1.23 AS build
+ENV CGO_ENABLED=0
+
 # Set the working directory
 WORKDIR /app
 
 # Copy the Go source files, Makefile, etc.
 COPY . .
 
-# Build the Go application passing BINARY_NAME from Makefile (local development)
-# or Github Action Build-Arg. 
-RUN go build -o ${BINARY_NAME}
+# Build the Go application
+RUN go build -o assistant
 
 # Using a multi-stage build
 FROM alpine:3.18
-ARG BINARY_NAME
 
 # Ensure we have a valid user and group
 RUN addgroup -g 1000 -S assistant && \
   adduser -u 1000 -G assistant -S assistant
 
-COPY --from=build --chown=assistant:assistant /app/${BINARY_NAME} /app/
+COPY --from=build --chown=assistant:assistant /app/assistant /app/
+
 # Expose port 8080
 EXPOSE 8080
 
@@ -28,3 +27,4 @@ WORKDIR /app
 
 # Run the compiled binary
 CMD ["./assistant"]
+
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 3315fdc..5759cfe 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -28,7 +28,6 @@ docker-build: build
 	@echo "Building Docker container..."
 		docker build \
 	--platform=linux/amd64 \
-	--build-arg=BINARY_NAME=$(BINARY_NAME) \
 	--tag=$(REGISTRY_NAME)/$(CONTAINER_NAME) \
 	.