diff --git a/.github/workflows/build.yml b/.github/workflows/build.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..e5ed887a46c34
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/build.yml
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+name: build-test
+on:
+  # makes workflow reusable
+  workflow_call:
+    inputs:
+      build_label:
+        description: "requested runner label (specifies instance)"
+        type: string
+        required: true
+      timeout:
+        description: "time limit for run in minutes "
+        type: string
+        required: true
+      gitref:
+        description: "git commit hash or branch name"
+        type: string
+        required: true
+      Gi_per_thread:
+        description: 'requested GiB to reserve per thread'
+        type: string
+        required: true
+      python:
+        description: "python version, e.g. 3.10.12"
+        type: string
+        required: true
+
+  # makes workflow manually callable
+  workflow_dispatch:
+    inputs:
+      build_label:
+        description: "requested runner label (specifies instance)"
+        type: string
+        required: true
+      timeout:
+        description: "time limit for run in minutes "
+        type: string
+        required: true
+      gitref:
+        description: "git commit hash or branch name"
+        type: string
+        required: true
+      Gi_per_thread:
+        description: 'requested GiB to reserve per thread'
+        type: string
+        required: true
+      python:
+        description: "python version, e.g. 3.10.12"
+        type: string
+        required: true
+
+jobs:
+
+    BUILD:
+
+        runs-on: ${{ inputs.build_label }}
+        timeout-minutes: ${{ fromJson(inputs.timeout) }}
+
+        steps:
+
+            - name: checkout
+              id: checkout
+              uses: actions/checkout@v4
+              with:
+                fetch-depth: 0
+                ref: ${{ inputs.gitref }}
+                submodules: recursive
diff --git a/.github/workflows/test.yml b/.github/workflows/test.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..697ae9eca7aca
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+name: build-test
+on:
+  # makes workflow reusable
+  workflow_call:
+    inputs:
+      test_label:
+        description: "requested runner label (specifies instance)"
+        type: string
+        required: true
+      timeout:
+        description: "time limit for run in minutes "
+        type: string
+        required: true
+      gitref:
+        description: "git commit hash or branch name"
+        type: string
+        required: true
+      python:
+        description: "python version, e.g. 3.10.12"
+        type: string
+        required: true
+      whl:
+        description: "whl to test (variable appears late binding so unusable outside 'download artifact')"
+        type: string
+        required: true
+      test_skip_list:
+        description: 'file containing tests to skip'
+        type: string
+        required: true
+
+  # makes workflow manually callable
+  workflow_dispatch:
+    inputs:
+      test_label:
+        description: "requested runner label (specifies instance)"
+        type: string
+        required: true
+      timeout:
+        description: "time limit for run in minutes "
+        type: string
+        required: true
+      gitref:
+        description: "git commit hash or branch name"
+        type: string
+        required: true
+      python:
+        description: "python version, e.g. 3.10.12"
+        type: string
+        required: true
+      whl:
+        description: "whl to test (variable appears late binding so unusable outside 'download artifact')"
+        type: string
+        required: true
+      test_skip_list:
+        description: 'file containing tests to skip'
+        type: string
+        required: true
+
+jobs:
+
+    TEST:
+
+        runs-on: ${{ inputs.test_label }}
+        timeout-minutes: ${{ fromJson(inputs.timeout) }}
+
+        steps:
+
+            - name: checkout
+              id: checkout
+              uses: actions/checkout@v4
+              with:
+                fetch-depth: 0
+                ref: ${{ inputs.gitref }}
+                submodules: recursive