diff --git a/.changeset/fix-maxcount-result-mapping.md b/.changeset/fix-maxcount-result-mapping.md
index 6c1bf64..6712426 100644
--- a/.changeset/fix-maxcount-result-mapping.md
+++ b/.changeset/fix-maxcount-result-mapping.md
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 ---
-"@_linked/core": patch
+"@_linked/core": minor
 ---
 
 Fix maxCount-aware result mapping for single-value and multi-value properties
diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yml b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..28dd24b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+name: CI
+
+on:
+  pull_request:
+    branches:
+      - main
+      - dev
+
+jobs:
+  build-and-test:
+    name: Build & Test
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+      - name: Checkout
+        uses: actions/checkout@v4
+
+      - name: Setup Node.js
+        uses: actions/setup-node@v4
+        with:
+          node-version: 22
+
+      - name: Install dependencies
+        run: npm ci --legacy-peer-deps
+
+      - name: Build
+        run: npm run build
+
+      - name: Test
+        run: npm test
diff --git a/.github/workflows/publish.yml b/.github/workflows/publish.yml
index 8b2897e..a0d6acd 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/publish.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/publish.yml
@@ -9,8 +9,8 @@ on:
 concurrency: ${{ github.workflow }}-${{ github.ref }}
 
 jobs:
-  build-and-test:
-    name: Build & Test
+  build:
+    name: Build
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
       - name: Checkout
@@ -28,12 +28,9 @@ jobs:
       - name: Build
         run: npm run build
 
-      - name: Test
-        run: npm test
-
   release:
     name: Publish Stable Release
-    needs: build-and-test
+    needs: build
     if: github.ref == 'refs/heads/main'
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     permissions:
@@ -98,7 +95,7 @@ jobs:
 
   dev-release:
     name: Publish Dev Release
-    needs: build-and-test
+    needs: build
     if: github.ref == 'refs/heads/dev'
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     permissions: