diff --git a/.github/workflows/build-images.yaml b/.github/workflows/build-images.yaml
index e7ad1f8..c5e12ac 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/build-images.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/build-images.yaml
@@ -59,13 +59,13 @@ jobs:
         shell: bash
         run: |
           if [[ -z "${{ inputs.appsToBuild }}" ]]; then
-              matrices=$(python ./.github/scripts/prepare-matrices.py "all" "${{ inputs.pushImages }}" "${{ inputs.force }}")
+              matrices=$(python ./scripts/prepare-matrices.py "all" "${{ inputs.pushImages }}" "${{ inputs.force }}")
           else
-            if [[ -z "${{ inputs.channelsToBuild }}" ]]; then
-              matrices=$(python ./.github/scripts/prepare-matrices.py "${{ inputs.appsToBuild }}" "${{ inputs.pushImages }}" "${{ inputs.force }}")
-            else
-              matrices=$(python ./.github/scripts/prepare-matrices.py "${{ inputs.appsToBuild }}" "${{ inputs.pushImages }}" "${{ inputs.force }}" "${{ inputs.channelsToBuild }}")
-            fi
+              if [[ -z "${{ inputs.channelsToBuild }}" ]]; then
+                  matrices=$(python ./scripts/prepare-matrices.py "${{ inputs.appsToBuild }}" "${{ inputs.pushImages }}" "${{ inputs.force }}")
+              else
+                  matrices=$(python ./scripts/prepare-matrices.py "${{ inputs.appsToBuild }}" "${{ inputs.pushImages }}" "${{ inputs.force }}" "${{ inputs.channelsToBuild }}")
+              fi
           fi
           echo "matrices=${matrices}" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
           echo "${matrices}"
diff --git a/.github/workflows/label-sync.yaml b/.github/workflows/label-sync.yaml
index 3a91911..c686deb 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/label-sync.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/label-sync.yaml
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ jobs:
 
       - name: Append app labels to the labels config file
         shell: bash
-        run: task ci:append-app-labels
+        run: task append-app-labels --force
 
       - name: Sync Labels
         uses: EndBug/label-sync@v2
diff --git a/.github/workflows/release-on-merge.yaml b/.github/workflows/release-on-merge.yaml
index 838e23b..7e1d88b 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release-on-merge.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release-on-merge.yaml
@@ -11,8 +11,7 @@ on:
     branches: ["main"]
     paths:
       - "apps/**"
-      - ".github/scripts/templates/**"
-      - "!apps/**/metadata.json"
+      - "scripts/templates/**"
       - "!apps/**/metadata.yaml"
       - "!apps/**/README.md"
 
diff --git a/.github/workflows/render-readme.yaml b/.github/workflows/render-readme.yaml
index 35e0c6d..c29b200 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/render-readme.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/render-readme.yaml
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ jobs:
         env:
           GITHUB_TOKEN: "${{ steps.app-token.outputs.token }}"
         shell: bash
-        run: python ./.github/scripts/render-readme.py
+        run: python ./scripts/render-readme.py
 
       - name: Commit Changes
         uses: planetscale/ghcommit-action@v0.1.46
diff --git a/.github/workflows/simple-checks.yaml b/.github/workflows/simple-checks.yaml
index 06f6317..6bfb476 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/simple-checks.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/simple-checks.yaml
@@ -22,7 +22,6 @@ jobs:
           files_yaml: |
             cue:
               - metadata.rules.cue
-              - apps/**/metadata.json
               - apps/**/metadata.yaml
 
       - name: Setup CUE
@@ -34,5 +33,4 @@ jobs:
         if: ${{ steps.changed-files.outputs.cue_any_changed == 'true' }}
         shell: bash
         run: |
-          find ./apps/ -name metadata.json | xargs -I {} cue vet --schema '#Spec' {} ./metadata.rules.cue
           find ./apps/ -name metadata.yaml | xargs -I {} cue vet --schema '#Spec' {} ./metadata.rules.cue
diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index bcedb59..72d46f0 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
-.goss/
 .private/
 .task/
 .venv/
+__pycache__/
 **/*.pyc
diff --git a/.taskfiles/ci/Taskfile.yaml b/.taskfiles/ci/Taskfile.yaml
deleted file mode 100644
index e95fa51..0000000
--- a/.taskfiles/ci/Taskfile.yaml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,16 +0,0 @@
-
----
-version: '3'
-vars:
-  LABELS_CONFIG_FILE: '{{.ROOT_DIR}}/.github/labels.yaml'
-tasks:
-  append-app-labels:
-    desc: Append app labels to the labels config file
-    cmds:
-      - for: { var: apps }
-        cmd: |
-          yq -i '. += [{"name": "app/{{.ITEM}}", "color": "0e8a16"}]' {{.LABELS_CONFIG_FILE}}
-    vars:
-      apps:
-        sh: for dir in {{.ROOT_DIR}}/apps/*/; do basename "${dir}"; done
-    silent: true
diff --git a/.taskfiles/workstation/Taskfile.yaml b/.taskfiles/workstation/Taskfile.yaml
deleted file mode 100644
index 4d752c2..0000000
--- a/.taskfiles/workstation/Taskfile.yaml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,19 +0,0 @@
----
-# yaml-language-server: $schema=https://taskfile.dev/schema.json
-version: '3'
-vars:
-  PIP_REQUIREMENTS_FILE: '{{.ROOT_DIR}}/requirements.txt'
-  PYTHON_BIN: python3
-tasks:
-  python:
-    desc: Set up a Python virtual environment
-    cmds:
-      - '{{.PYTHON_BIN}} -m venv {{.VIRTUAL_ENV}}'
-      - '{{.VIRTUAL_ENV}}/bin/python3 -m pip install --upgrade pip setuptools wheel'
-      - '{{.VIRTUAL_ENV}}/bin/python3 -m pip install --upgrade --requirement "{{.PIP_REQUIREMENTS_FILE}}"'
-    sources:
-      - '{{.PIP_REQUIREMENTS_FILE}}'
-    generates:
-      - '{{.VIRTUAL_ENV}}/pyvenv.cfg'
-    preconditions:
-      - test -f {{.PIP_REQUIREMENTS_FILE}}
diff --git a/.github/scripts/prepare-matrices.py b/scripts/prepare-matrices.py
similarity index 100%
rename from .github/scripts/prepare-matrices.py
rename to scripts/prepare-matrices.py
diff --git a/.github/scripts/render-readme.py b/scripts/render-readme.py
similarity index 100%
rename from .github/scripts/render-readme.py
rename to scripts/render-readme.py
diff --git a/.github/scripts/templates/README.md.j2 b/scripts/templates/README.md.j2
similarity index 98%
rename from .github/scripts/templates/README.md.j2
rename to scripts/templates/README.md.j2
index 90576ae..68dfc65 100644
--- a/.github/scripts/templates/README.md.j2
+++ b/scripts/templates/README.md.j2
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 <!---
 NOTE: AUTO-GENERATED FILE
-to edit this file, instead edit its template at: ./github/scripts/templates/README.md.j2
+to edit this file, instead edit its template at: ./scripts/templates/README.md.j2
 -->
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