diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci-test-suite.yml b/.github/workflows/ci-test-suite.yml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..ada117771
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci-test-suite.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,53 @@
+name: "CI test suite"
+
+on:
+    workflow_call:
+        inputs:
+            ref:
+                description: "The branch/tag/commit to run integration tests on"
+                type: string
+                required: true
+            archive-name:
+                description: "Name of the archive for build artifacts, used during a release"
+                type: string
+                default: ""
+
+permissions: read-all
+
+concurrency:
+    group: "${{ github.workflow }}-${{ github.event_name }}-${{ inputs.ref }}"
+    cancel-in-progress: true
+
+jobs:
+    code-quality:
+        name: "Run code quality"
+        uses: dbt-labs/actions/.github/workflows/code-quality.yml@add-hatch-actions
+        with:
+            ref: ${{ inputs.ref }}
+            check-command: "hatch run code-quality"
+            python-version: ${{ vars.DBT_PYTHON_VERSION }}
+
+    unit-tests:
+        name: "Run unit tests"
+        uses: dbt-labs/actions/.github/workflows/unit-tests.yml@add-hatch-actions
+        with:
+            ref: ${{ inputs.ref }}
+            test-command: "hatch run unit-tests:all"
+            python-versions: ${{ vars.DBT_PYTHON_VERSIONS }}
+
+    integration-tests:
+        name: "Run integration tests"
+        uses: dbt-labs/actions/.github/workflows/integration-tests.yml@add-hatch-actions
+        with:
+            ref: ${{ inputs.ref }}
+            test-command: "hatch run integration-tests:all"
+            python-versions-ubuntu: ${{ vars.DBT_PYTHON_VERSIONS }}
+            python-versions-macos: ${{ vars.DBT_PYTHON_VERSION }}
+            python-versions-windows: ${{ vars.DBT_PYTHON_VERSION }}
+
+    build-artifacts:
+        name: "Verify build artifacts"
+        uses: dbt-labs/actions/.github/workflows/build-release-artifacts.yml@add-hatch-actions
+        with:
+            ref: ${{ inputs.ref }}
+            archive-name: ${{ needs.release-inputs.outputs.archive-name }}
diff --git a/.github/workflows/daily-checks.yml b/.github/workflows/daily-checks.yml
index 0ee4b5c99..35d39260c 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/daily-checks.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/daily-checks.yml
@@ -1,61 +1,29 @@
 # **what?**
-# The purpose of this workflow is to trigger CI to run for each release
-# branch on a regular cadence. If the CI workflow fails for a branch, it
-# will post to dev-core-alerts to raise awareness.
+# - run scheduled CI on protected branches
+# - post a failure message in #dev-adapter-alerts for failures
 #
 # **why?**
-# Ensures release branches are always shippable and not broken.
-# Also, can catch any dependencies shifting beneath us that might
-# introduce breaking changes (could also impact Cloud).
-
+# - ensure release branches are always shippable
+# - raise awareness of dependencies shifting beneath us
+#
 # **when?**
-# - daily based on DBT_DAILY_CHECKS_SCHEDULE
+# - daily at 5:00 AM UTC
 # - manually
 name: "Daily checks"
 
 on:
     schedule:
-    -   cron: ${{ vars.DBT_DAILY_CHECKS_SCHEDULE }}
+    -   cron: 0 5 * * *
     workflow_dispatch:
 
 permissions: read-all
 
 jobs:
-    code-quality:
-        name: "Code quality"
-        uses: ./.github/workflows/code-quality.yml
-        strategy:
-            matrix:
-                branch: ${{ fromJSON(vars.DBT_DAILY_CHECKS_BRANCHES) }}
-        with:
-            branch: ${{ matrix.branch }}
-
-    unit-tests:
-        name: "Unit tests"
-        uses: ./.github/workflows/unit-tests.yml
-        strategy:
-            matrix:
-                branch: ${{ fromJSON(vars.DBT_DAILY_CHECKS_BRANCHES) }}
-        with:
-            branch: ${{ matrix.branch }}
-
-    integration-tests:
-        name: "Integration tests"
-        uses: ./.github/workflows/integration-tests.yml
-        strategy:
-            matrix:
-                branch: ${{ fromJSON(vars.DBT_DAILY_CHECKS_BRANCHES) }}
-        with:
-            branch: ${{ matrix.branch }}
-
-    build-artifacts:
-        name: "Build artifacts"
-        uses: dbt-labs/actions/.github/workflows/build-artifacts.yml@add-hatch-actions
-        strategy:
-            matrix:
-                branch: ${{ fromJSON(vars.DBT_DAILY_CHECKS_BRANCHES) }}
+    ci-test-suite:
+        name: "CI test suite"
+        uses: ./.github/workflows/ci-test-suite.yml
         with:
-            branch: ${{ matrix.branch }}
+            ref: "main"
 
     post-failure:
         runs-on: ubuntu-latest
diff --git a/.github/workflows/pull-request-checks.yml b/.github/workflows/pull-request-checks.yml
index 8c1637324..5ee639352 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/pull-request-checks.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/pull-request-checks.yml
@@ -1,3 +1,12 @@
+# **what?**
+# - run CI on all PRs against protected branches
+#
+# **why?**
+# - ensure code is verified prior to being merged into a protected branch
+#
+# **when?**
+# - a PR is opened against a protected branch
+# - code is pushed to a PR against a protected branch
 name: "Pull request checks"
 
 on:
@@ -13,32 +22,8 @@ concurrency:
     cancel-in-progress: true
 
 jobs:
-    code-quality:
-        name: "Run code quality"
-        uses: dbt-labs/actions/.github/workflows/code-quality.yml
+    ci-test-suite:
+        name: "CI test suite"
+        uses: ./.github/workflows/ci-test-suite.yml
         with:
             ref: ${{ github.event.pull_request.head.ref }}
-            check-command: "hatch run code-quality"
-            python-version: ${{ vars.DBT_PYTHON_VERSION }}
-
-    unit-tests:
-        name: "Run unit tests"
-        uses: dbt-labs/actions/.github/workflows/unit-tests.yml
-        with:
-            ref: ${{ github.event.pull_request.head.ref }}
-            test-command: "hatch run unit-tests:all"
-            python-versions: ${{ vars.DBT_PYTHON_VERSIONS }}
-
-    integration-tests:
-        name: "Run unit tests"
-        uses: dbt-labs/actions/.github/workflows/integration-tests.yml
-        with:
-            ref: ${{ github.event.pull_request.head.ref }}
-            test-command: "hatch run integration-tests:all"
-            python-versions-ubuntu: ${{ vars.DBT_PYTHON_VERSIONS }}
-            python-versions-macos: ${{ vars.DBT_PYTHON_VERSION }}
-            python-versions-windows: ${{ vars.DBT_PYTHON_VERSION }}
-
-    verify-build-artifacts:
-        name: "Verify build artifacts"
-        uses: dbt-labs/actions/.github/workflows/build-artifacts.yml@add-hatch-actions
diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yml b/.github/workflows/release.yml
index 272bb9c07..768805ac2 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yml
@@ -135,56 +135,22 @@ jobs:
             version: ${{ inputs.version }}
         secrets: inherit
 
-    code-quality:
-        name: "Run code quality"
-        needs:
-        -   release-branch
-        -   version-bump
-        -   changelog
-        uses: dbt-labs/actions/.github/workflows/code-quality.yml@add-hatch-actions
-        with:
-            branch: ${{ needs.release-branch.outputs.branch }}
-            check-command: "hatch run code-quality"
-
-    unit-tests:
-        name: "Run unit tests"
+    ci-test-suite:
+        name: "Run code quality, unit tests, and integration tests, and build artifacts"
         needs:
+        -   release-inputs
         -   release-branch
         -   version-bump
         -   changelog
-        uses: dbt-labs/actions/.github/workflows/unit-tests.yml@add-hatch-actions
+        uses: ./.github/workflows/ci-test-suite.yml
         with:
             ref: ${{ needs.release-branch.outputs.branch }}
-
-    integration-tests:
-        name: "Run unit tests"
-        needs:
-        -   release-branch
-        -   version-bump
-        -   changelog
-        uses: dbt-labs/actions/.github/workflows/integration-tests.yml@add-hatch-actions
-        with:
-            branch: ${{ needs.release-branch.outputs.branch }}
-            test-command: "hatch run unit-tests:all"
-
-    build-artifacts:
-        name: "Build artifacts"
-        if: ${{ !failure() && !cancelled() }}
-        needs:
-        -   release-inputs
-        -   release-branch
-        -   code-quality
-        -   unit-tests
-        -   integration-tests
-        uses: dbt-labs/actions/.github/workflows/build-artifacts.yml@add-hatch-actions
-        with:
-            branch: ${{ needs.release-branch.outputs.branch }}
             archive-name: ${{ needs.release-inputs.outputs.archive-name }}
 
     merge-changes:
         name: "Merge the version bump and changelog updates"
         needs:
-        -   build-artifacts
+        -   ci-test-suite
         -   release-branch
         runs-on: ubuntu-latest
         outputs: