diff --git a/.github/workflows/_checks.yml b/.github/workflows/_checks.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..2add0bc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/_checks.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,37 @@
+name: checks
+on:
+  workflow_call: {}
+
+jobs:
+  lint:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v6
+      - uses: extractions/setup-just@v4
+      - uses: astral-sh/setup-uv@v8.2.0
+        with:
+          enable-cache: true
+          cache-dependency-glob: "**/pyproject.toml"
+      - run: uv python install 3.11
+      - run: just install lint-ci
+
+  pytest:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    strategy:
+      fail-fast: false
+      matrix:
+        python-version:
+          - "3.11"
+          - "3.12"
+          - "3.13"
+          - "3.14"
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v6
+      - uses: extractions/setup-just@v4
+      - uses: astral-sh/setup-uv@v8.2.0
+        with:
+          enable-cache: true
+          cache-dependency-glob: "**/pyproject.toml"
+      - run: uv python install ${{ matrix.python-version }}
+      - run: just install
+      - run: just test --cov-report xml
diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yml b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
index 49277ba..f4ebb9d 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
@@ -11,38 +11,8 @@ concurrency:
   cancel-in-progress: true
 
 jobs:
-  lint:
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v6
-      - uses: extractions/setup-just@v4
-      - uses: astral-sh/setup-uv@v8.2.0
-        with:
-          enable-cache: true
-          cache-dependency-glob: "**/pyproject.toml"
-      - run: uv python install 3.11
-      - run: just install lint-ci
-
-  pytest:
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    strategy:
-      fail-fast: false
-      matrix:
-        python-version:
-          - "3.11"
-          - "3.12"
-          - "3.13"
-          - "3.14"
-    steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v6
-      - uses: extractions/setup-just@v4
-      - uses: astral-sh/setup-uv@v8.2.0
-        with:
-          enable-cache: true
-          cache-dependency-glob: "**/pyproject.toml"
-      - run: uv python install ${{ matrix.python-version }}
-      - run: just install
-      - run: just test --cov-report xml
+  checks:
+    uses: ./.github/workflows/_checks.yml
 
   action-smoke:
     # PR-only: action-smoke has no value on push-to-main, where the dogfood