diff --git a/.github/linters/prometheus-prefect-exporter-ct.yaml b/.github/linters/prometheus-prefect-exporter-ct.yaml
index c54368e1..88847912 100644
--- a/.github/linters/prometheus-prefect-exporter-ct.yaml
+++ b/.github/linters/prometheus-prefect-exporter-ct.yaml
@@ -4,5 +4,5 @@ charts:
 chart-repos:
   - bitnami=https://charts.bitnami.com/bitnami
 helm-extra-args: --timeout 600s
-namespace: default
+namespace: prefect
 release-label: prefect
diff --git a/.github/linters/server-ct.yaml b/.github/linters/server-ct.yaml
index f33fe015..54cc9211 100644
--- a/.github/linters/server-ct.yaml
+++ b/.github/linters/server-ct.yaml
@@ -4,3 +4,5 @@ charts:
 chart-repos:
   - bitnami=https://charts.bitnami.com/bitnami
 helm-extra-args: --timeout 90s
+namespace: prefect
+release-label: prefect
diff --git a/.github/workflows/deploy-latest-helm-version.yaml b/.github/workflows/deploy-latest-helm-version.yaml
index fcb309f0..d269c07b 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/deploy-latest-helm-version.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/deploy-latest-helm-version.yaml
@@ -1,10 +1,14 @@
-name: Deploy latest helm releases to internal cluster
+---
+name: Deploy Latest Helm Releases to Internal Cluster
 
 "on":
   workflow_dispatch:
     inputs:
       release_version:
-        description: Release tag
+        description: The latest release tag
+        required: true
+
+permissions: {}
 
 jobs:
   update_helm_releases:
@@ -21,4 +25,4 @@ jobs:
             --ref main \
             -f release_version=${{ github.event.inputs.release_version }}
         env:
-          GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.OPS_CLUSTER_DEPLOYMENT_ACTIONS_RW }}
+          GH_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.OPS_CLUSTER_DEPLOYMENT_ACTIONS_RW }}
diff --git a/.github/workflows/helm-release.yaml b/.github/workflows/helm-release.yaml
index 8ec6d7c6..b4b41b3c 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/helm-release.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/helm-release.yaml
@@ -1,11 +1,17 @@
-name: Release Helm Chart
+---
+name: Release Prefect Server and Worker Helm Charts
 
 "on":
-  workflow_dispatch:
+  workflow_dispatch: {}
+
+permissions: {}
 
 jobs:
   release:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    permissions:
+      # GitHub considers creating releases and uploading assets as writing contents.
+      contents: write
     steps:
       - name: Checkout
         uses: actions/checkout@v4
diff --git a/.github/workflows/helm-unittest.yaml b/.github/workflows/helm-unittest.yaml
index 922830c5..933aa988 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/helm-unittest.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/helm-unittest.yaml
@@ -1,10 +1,9 @@
-# https://github.com/marketplace/actions/helm-unit-tests
+---
+name: Run Helm Unit Tests
 
-name: Run Helm unit tests
+"on":
+  pull_request: {}
 
-on: pull_request
-
-# Do not grant jobs any permissions by default
 permissions: {}
 
 jobs:
@@ -15,6 +14,7 @@ jobs:
       contents: read
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+
       - uses: d3adb5/helm-unittest-action@v2
         with:
           helm-version: v3.15.3
diff --git a/.github/workflows/notify-on-failure.yaml b/.github/workflows/notify-on-failure.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..87d63857
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/notify-on-failure.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,49 @@
+---
+name: Notify on Failure
+
+"on":
+  workflow_run:
+    workflows:
+      - Deploy Latest Helm Releases to Internal Cluster
+      - Release Prefect Server and Worker Helm Charts
+      - Release Prometheus Prefect Exporter Helm Chart
+      - Updatecli Major Dependency Updates
+      - Updatecli Minor Dependency Updates
+    types: [completed]
+
+permissions: {}
+
+jobs:
+  notify:
+    name: Notify on Failure
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    if: ${{ github.event.workflow_run.conclusion == 'failure' }}
+    permissions:
+      # required to introspect the workflow run
+      actions: read
+      # required to read from the repo
+      contents: read
+    steps:
+      - name: Format date
+        run: |
+          formatted_date=$(date -d "${{ github.event.workflow_run.run_started_at }}" "+%b %d at %I:%M %p")
+          echo "FORMATTED_DATE=$formatted_date" >> $GITHUB_ENV
+
+      - name: Send Slack notification
+        uses: 8398a7/action-slack@v3
+        with:
+          status: custom
+          # https://api.slack.com/reference/messaging/attachments
+          custom_payload: |
+            {
+              attachments: [{
+                pretext: ':x: Workflow triggered by ${{ github.actor }} failed',
+                title: '${{ github.event.workflow_run.display_title }} #${{github.event.workflow_run.run_number}}',
+                title_link: '${{ github.event.workflow_run.html_url }}',
+                footer: '${{ github.repository }} | ${{ env.FORMATTED_DATE }} UTC',
+                footer_icon: 'https://slack-imgs.com/?c=1&o1=wi32.he32.si&url=https%3A%2F%2Fslack.github.com%2Fstatic%2Fimg%2Ffavicon-neutral.png',
+                color: 'danger',
+              }]
+            }
+        env:
+          SLACK_WEBHOOK_URL: ${{ secrets.SLACK_WEBHOOK_GHA_JOB_STATUS }}
diff --git a/.github/workflows/prometheus-exporter-helm-release.yaml b/.github/workflows/prometheus-exporter-helm-release.yaml
index 442a3eed..42507b59 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/prometheus-exporter-helm-release.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/prometheus-exporter-helm-release.yaml
@@ -1,11 +1,17 @@
+---
 name: Release Prometheus Prefect Exporter Helm Chart
 
 "on":
-  workflow_dispatch:
+  workflow_dispatch: {}
+
+permissions: {}
 
 jobs:
   release:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    permissions:
+      # GitHub considers creating releases and uploading assets as writing contents.
+      contents: write
     steps:
       - name: Checkout
         uses: actions/checkout@v4
diff --git a/.github/workflows/prometheus-prefect-exporter-lint-and-test.yaml b/.github/workflows/prometheus-prefect-exporter-lint-and-test.yaml
index d99fdf92..91dc3698 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/prometheus-prefect-exporter-lint-and-test.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/prometheus-prefect-exporter-lint-and-test.yaml
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+---
 name: Lint and Test Prometheus Prefect Exporter Chart
 
 "on":
@@ -5,10 +6,15 @@ name: Lint and Test Prometheus Prefect Exporter Chart
     branches:
       - main
 
+permissions: {}
+
 jobs:
   lint_test:
     name: "lint-test (${{ matrix.kubernetes }})"
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    permissions:
+      # required to read from the repo
+      contents: read
     strategy:
       matrix:
         kubernetes:
diff --git a/.github/workflows/server-lint-and-test.yaml b/.github/workflows/server-lint-and-test.yaml
index 6e52a22d..46c1e2f9 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/server-lint-and-test.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/server-lint-and-test.yaml
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+---
 name: Lint and Test Prefect Server Chart
 
 "on":
@@ -5,7 +6,6 @@ name: Lint and Test Prefect Server Chart
     branches:
       - main
 
-# Do not grant jobs any permissions by default
 permissions: {}
 
 jobs:
diff --git a/.github/workflows/update-helm-major-versions.yaml b/.github/workflows/update-helm-major-versions.yaml
deleted file mode 100644
index 3af328cd..00000000
--- a/.github/workflows/update-helm-major-versions.yaml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,45 +0,0 @@
----
-name: Updatecli major dependency updates
-
-on:
-  workflow_dispatch:
-  schedule:
-    #       ┌───────────── minute (0 - 59)
-    #       │  ┌───────────── hour (0 - 23)
-    #       │  │  ┌───────────── day of the month (1 - 31)
-    #       │  │  │ ┌───────────── month (1 - 12 or JAN-DEC)
-    #       │  │  │ │ ┌───────────── day of the week (0 - 6 or SUN-SAT)
-    #       │  │  │ │ │
-    #       │  │  │ │ │
-    #       │  │  │ │ │
-    - cron: 0 15 1 * * # The first of each month at 10am EST
-
-permissions: {}
-
-jobs:
-  updatecli:
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    permissions:
-      # required to write to the repo
-      contents: write
-    steps:
-      - name: checkout
-        uses: actions/checkout@v4
-
-      - name: configure git
-        run: |
-          git config user.name "$GITHUB_ACTOR"
-          git config user.email "$GITHUB_ACTOR@users.noreply.github.com"
-
-      - name: Get current date
-        id: date
-        run: echo "date=$(date +'%Y-%m-%d')" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
-
-      - name: install updatecli in the runner
-        uses: updatecli/updatecli-action@v2
-
-      - name: run updatecli in diff mode
-        run: |
-          updatecli diff --config .github/updatecli/manifest-major.yaml
-        env:
-          GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ github.token }}
diff --git a/.github/workflows/update-helm-minor-versions.yaml b/.github/workflows/update-helm-minor-versions.yaml
deleted file mode 100644
index 2542550f..00000000
--- a/.github/workflows/update-helm-minor-versions.yaml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,60 +0,0 @@
----
-name: Updatecli minor dependency updates
-
-on:
-  workflow_dispatch:
-  schedule:
-    #       ┌───────────── minute (0 - 59)
-    #       │  ┌───────────── hour (0 - 23)
-    #       │  │  ┌───────────── day of the month (1 - 31)
-    #       │  │  │ ┌───────────── month (1 - 12 or JAN-DEC)
-    #       │  │  │ │ ┌───────────── day of the week (0 - 6 or SUN-SAT)
-    #       │  │  │ │ │
-    #       │  │  │ │ │
-    #       │  │  │ │ │
-    - cron: 0 15 1 * * # The first of each month at 10am EST
-
-permissions: {}
-
-jobs:
-  updatecli:
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    permissions:
-      # required to write to the repo
-      contents: write
-      # required to open a pr with updatecli changes
-      pull-requests: write
-    steps:
-      - name: checkout
-        uses: actions/checkout@v4
-
-      - name: configure git
-        run: |
-          git config user.name "$GITHUB_ACTOR"
-          git config user.email "$GITHUB_ACTOR@users.noreply.github.com"
-
-      - name: Get current date
-        id: date
-        run: echo "date=$(date +'%Y-%m-%d')" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
-
-      - name: create branch for helm version updates
-        run: |
-          git checkout -b "helm-version-${{ steps.date.outputs.date }}"
-
-      - name: install updatecli in the runner
-        uses: updatecli/updatecli-action@v2
-
-      - name: run updatecli in apply mode
-        run: |
-          updatecli apply --config .github/updatecli/manifest-minor.yaml
-          git commit -am "helm-version-${{ steps.date.outputs.date }}"
-          git push --set-upstream origin "helm-version-${{ steps.date.outputs.date }}"
-        env:
-          GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ github.token }}
-
-      - name: create pr
-        run: |
-          git checkout "helm-version-${{ steps.date.outputs.date }}"
-          gh pr create --base main --title "helm-version-bump-${{ steps.date.outputs.date }}" -b "please run helm-docs locally to update chart readmes" --label dependencies
-        env:
-          GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ github.token }}
diff --git a/.github/workflows/updatecli-major-versions.yaml b/.github/workflows/updatecli-major-versions.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..ec0aba8e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/updatecli-major-versions.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+---
+name: Updatecli Major Dependency Updates
+
+"on":
+  schedule:
+    - cron: 0 15 1 * *  # First of the month @ 3pm UTC
+  workflow_dispatch: {}
+
+permissions: {}
+
+jobs:
+  updatecli_major:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    permissions:
+      # required to write to the repo
+      contents: write
+      # required to open a pr with updatecli changes
+      pull-requests: write
+    steps:
+      - name: checkout
+        uses: actions/checkout@v4
+
+      - name: updatecli-major-apply
+        uses: prefecthq/actions-updatecli-apply@main
+        with:
+          manifest-path: .github/updatecli/manifest-major.yaml
+          run-type: major
diff --git a/.github/workflows/updatecli-minor-versions.yaml b/.github/workflows/updatecli-minor-versions.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..e532f7d8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/updatecli-minor-versions.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+---
+name: Updatecli Minor Dependency Updates
+
+"on":
+  schedule:
+    - cron: 0 15 * * 1  # Monday @ 3pm UTC
+  workflow_dispatch: {}
+
+permissions: {}
+
+jobs:
+  updatecli_minor:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    permissions:
+      # required to write to the repo
+      contents: write
+      # required to open a pr with updatecli changes
+      pull-requests: write
+    steps:
+      - name: checkout
+        uses: actions/checkout@v4
+
+      - name: updatecli-minor-apply
+        uses: prefecthq/actions-updatecli-apply@main
+        with:
+          manifest-path: .github/updatecli/manifest-minor.yaml
+          run-type: minor
diff --git a/.github/workflows/validate-updatecli-config.yaml b/.github/workflows/validate-updatecli-config.yaml
index 55e17c8e..e4986b43 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/validate-updatecli-config.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/validate-updatecli-config.yaml
@@ -1,23 +1,21 @@
 ---
-name: Validate updatecli config
+name: Validate Updatecli Config
 
-on:
+"on":
   pull_request:
     branches:
       - main
     paths:
       - .github/updatecli/**
 
-# Do not grant jobs any permissions by default
 permissions: {}
 
 jobs:
-  validate_updatecli_config:
+  validate_updatecli_configs:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     permissions:
       # required to read from the repo
       contents: read
-
     steps:
       - name: checkout
         uses: actions/checkout@v4
@@ -25,9 +23,8 @@ jobs:
       - name: install updatecli
         uses: updatecli/updatecli-action@v2
 
-      - name: run updatecli diff to validate config
-        run: |
-          updatecli diff --config .github/updatecli/manifest-minor.yaml
-          updatecli diff --config .github/updatecli/manifest-major.yaml
-        env:
-          GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ github.token }}
+      - name: validate manifest-minor
+        run: updatecli diff --config .github/updatecli/manifest-minor.yaml
+
+      - name: validate manifest-major
+        run: updatecli diff --config .github/updatecli/manifest-major.yaml
diff --git a/.github/workflows/worker-lint-and-test.yaml b/.github/workflows/worker-lint-and-test.yaml
index 5197414f..5a337d1e 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/worker-lint-and-test.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/worker-lint-and-test.yaml
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+---
 name: Lint and Test Prefect Worker Chart
 
 "on":
@@ -5,7 +6,6 @@ name: Lint and Test Prefect Worker Chart
     branches:
       - main
 
-# Do not grant jobs any permissions by default
 permissions: {}
 
 jobs:
diff --git a/.mise.toml b/.mise.toml
index 141de490..4864c64d 100644
--- a/.mise.toml
+++ b/.mise.toml
@@ -1,5 +1,9 @@
 [tools]
-helm-docs = '1.13.1'
-pre-commit = '3.7.1'
+actionlint = '1.7.1'
+github-cli = '2.52.0'
 helm = '3.15'
 helm-ct = '3.11.0'
+helm-docs = '1.13.1'
+pre-commit = '3.8.0'
+shellcheck = '0.10.0'
+yamllint = '1.35.1'
diff --git a/.pre-commit-config.yaml b/.pre-commit-config.yaml
index 45576f61..3dd775de 100644
--- a/.pre-commit-config.yaml
+++ b/.pre-commit-config.yaml
@@ -3,19 +3,39 @@ repos:
   - repo: https://github.com/pre-commit/pre-commit-hooks
     rev: v3.1.0
     hooks:
+      - id: check-merge-conflict
+      - id: detect-private-key
       - id: no-commit-to-branch
       - id: trailing-whitespace
+
   - repo: https://github.com/norwoodj/helm-docs
     rev: v1.11.0
     hooks:
       - id: helm-docs
         args:
           - --template-files=README.md.gotmpl
+
   - repo: https://github.com/gruntwork-io/pre-commit
     rev: v0.1.17
     hooks:
       - id: helmlint
+
   - repo: https://github.com/rhysd/actionlint
     rev: v1.7.1
     hooks:
       - id: actionlint
+        args:
+          - -shellcheck=
+
+  - repo: https://github.com/koalaman/shellcheck-precommit
+    rev: v0.7.2
+    hooks:
+      - id: shellcheck
+        args: ["--severity=error"]
+
+  - repo: https://github.com/adrienverge/yamllint.git
+    rev: v1.28.0
+    hooks:
+      - id: yamllint
+        args:
+          - --strict
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/.yamllint b/.yamllint
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..341b170c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.yamllint
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+---
+extends: default
+
+ignore: |
+  charts/
+
+rules:
+  comments:
+    min-spaces-from-content: 1
+  comments-indentation: disable
+  document-start: disable
+  line-length: disable
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..f64783ed
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -0,0 +1,57 @@
+# Worker Variables
+WORKER_CHART_NAME=prefect-worker
+WORKER_CHART_PATH=./charts/prefect-worker
+WORKER_RELEASE_NAME=prefect-worker
+NAMESPACE=prefect
+VALUES_FILE=./charts/prefect-worker/values.yaml
+# Server Variables
+SERVER_CHART_NAME=prefect-server
+SERVER_CHART_PATH=./charts/prefect-server
+SERVER_RELEASE_NAME=prefect-server
+NAMESPACE=prefect
+VALUES_FILE=./charts/prefect-server/values.yaml
+# Prometheus Prefect Exporter Variables
+PROMETHEUS_PREFECT_EXPORTER_CHART_NAME=prometheus-prefect-exporter
+PROMETHEUS_PREFECT_EXPORTER_CHART_PATH=./charts/prometheus-prefect-exporter
+WORKER_RELEASE_NAME=prefect-worker
+NAMESPACE=prefect
+VALUES_FILE=./charts/prometheus-prefect-exporter/values.yaml
+
+.PHONY: all
+all: tools
+
+.PHONY: mise
+mise:
+	@mise install --yes
+
+.git/hooks/pre-commit:
+	@pre-commit install
+
+.PHONY: tools
+tools: mise .git/hooks/pre-commit
+
+.PHONY: tools-list
+tools-list:
+	@mise list --current
+
+.PHONY: buildprom
+buildprom: ## Build Prometheus Prefect Exporter Helm dependencies
+	helm repo add bitnami https://charts.bitnami.com/bitnami
+	helm dependency build $(PROMETHEUS_PREFECT_EXPORTER_CHART_PATH)
+
+.PHONY: buildserver
+buildserver: ## Build Server Helm dependencies
+	helm repo add bitnami https://charts.bitnami.com/bitnami
+	helm dependency build $(SERVER_CHART_PATH)
+
+.PHONY: buildworker
+buildworker: ## Build Worker Helm dependencies
+	helm repo add bitnami https://charts.bitnami.com/bitnami
+	helm dependency build $(WORKER_CHART_PATH)
+
+.PHONY: buildall
+buildall: buildworker buildserver buildprom
+
+.PHONY: helmtest
+helmtest: ## Run Helm unittest
+	./scripts/helm_unittest.sh
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 5e439053..6d199c0f 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -166,18 +166,26 @@ If you are using the subchart deployed database with persistence enabled, it is
 
 Contributions to the Prefect Helm Charts are always welcome! We welcome your help - whether it's adding new functionality, echo 'eval "$(~/.local/bin/mise activate zsh)"' >> ~/.zshrctweaking documentation, or anything in between. In order to successfully contribute, you'll need to fork this repository and commit changes to your local prefect-helm repo. You can then open a PR against this upstream repo that the team will review!
 
-To get started, ensure you have the required dependencies installed:
+To get started, install the required dependencies by running:
 
 ```shell
-mise install
+make all
 ```
 
-Be sure to run `pre-commit install` before starting any development. [`pre-commit`](https://pre-commit.com/)
-will help catch simple issues before committing.
+This will install tools like `helm`, `pre-commit`, and `mise`.
 
-### Documentation
+You'll also need to install dependencies for the charts you're working on. You can use the following commands to install dependencies for each chart:
 
-Please make sure that your changes have been linted & the chart documentation has been updated.  The easiest way to accomplish this is by installing [`pre-commit`](https://pre-commit.com/).
+```shell
+# Server Chart
+make buildserver
+# Worker Chart
+make buildworker
+# Prometheus Prefect Exporter Chart
+make buildprom
+# All Charts
+make buildall
+```
 
 ### Testing & validation
 
@@ -190,7 +198,7 @@ Refer to the `helm-unittest` repository for more information.
 The following helper script will run the tests via the `helm-unittest` Docker image in case you don't have the binary installed locally:
 
 ```shell
-./scripts/helm_unittest.sh
+make helmtest
 ```
 
 When `helm-unittest` is available via the [`mise` registry](https://mise.jdx.dev/registry.html), we'll add it to `.mise.toml`