diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index 673a6a7..485a232 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -1,105 +1,7 @@
-# This file is a template, and might need editing before it works on your project.
-# Official language image. Look for the different tagged releases at:
-# https://hub.docker.com/r/library/python/tags/
-image: $CI_DEPENDENCY_PROXY_GROUP_IMAGE_PREFIX/python:3.10
-
-workflow:
-  rules:
-    - if: $CI_PIPELINE_SOURCE == "schedule"
-    - if: $CI_PIPELINE_SOURCE == "web"
-    - if: $CI_PIPELINE_SOURCE == "merge_request_event"
-    - if: $CI_COMMIT_BRANCH && $CI_OPEN_MERGE_REQUESTS
-      when: never
-    - if: $CI_COMMIT_BRANCH
-
 include:
-  - template: Security/Secret-Detection.gitlab-ci.yml
+  - project: bec/awi_utils
+    file: /templates/plugin-repo-template.yml
+    inputs:
+      name: "csaxs"
+      target: "csaxs_bec"
 
-
-#commands to run in the Docker container before starting each job.
-before_script:
-  - pip install -e .[dev]
-
-# different stages in the pipeline
-stages:
-  - Formatter
-  - test # must be called test for security/secret-detection to work
-  - AdditionalTests
-  - Deploy
-
-pylint:
-  stage: Formatter
-  script:
-    - pip install pylint pylint-exit anybadge
-    - pip install -e .[dev]
-    - mkdir ./pylint
-    - pylint ./csaxs_bec --output-format=text --output=./pylint/pylint.log | tee ./pylint/pylint.log || pylint-exit $?
-    - PYLINT_SCORE=$(sed -n 's/^Your code has been rated at \([-0-9.]*\)\/.*/\1/p' ./pylint/pylint.log)
-    - anybadge --label=Pylint --file=pylint/pylint.svg --value=$PYLINT_SCORE 2=red 4=orange 8=yellow 10=green
-    - echo "Pylint score is $PYLINT_SCORE"
-  artifacts:
-    paths:
-      - ./pylint/
-    expire_in: 1 week
-
-pylint-check:
-  stage: Formatter
-  needs: []
-  allow_failure: true
-  before_script:
-    - pip install pylint pylint-exit anybadge
-    - apt-get update
-    - apt-get install -y bc
-  script:
-    # Identify changed Python files
-    - if [ "$CI_PIPELINE_SOURCE" == "merge_request_event" ]; then
-        TARGET_BRANCH_COMMIT_SHA=$(git rev-parse $CI_MERGE_REQUEST_TARGET_BRANCH_NAME);
-        CHANGED_FILES=$(git diff --name-only $SOURCE_BRANCH_COMMIT_SHA $TARGET_BRANCH_COMMIT_SHA | grep '\.py$' || true);
-      else
-        CHANGED_FILES=$(git diff --name-only $CI_COMMIT_BEFORE_SHA $CI_COMMIT_SHA | grep '\.py$' || true);
-      fi
-    - if [ -z "$CHANGED_FILES" ]; then echo "No Python files changed."; exit 0; fi
-
-    # Run pylint only on changed files
-    - mkdir ./pylint
-    - pylint $CHANGED_FILES --output-format=text . | tee ./pylint/pylint_changed_files.log || pylint-exit $?
-    - PYLINT_SCORE=$(sed -n 's/^Your code has been rated at \([-0-9.]*\)\/.*/\1/p' ./pylint/pylint_changed_files.log)
-    - echo "Pylint score is $PYLINT_SCORE"
-
-    # Fail the job if the pylint score is below 9
-    - if [ "$(echo "$PYLINT_SCORE < 9" | bc)" -eq 1 ]; then echo "Your pylint score is below the acceptable threshold (9)."; exit 1; fi
-  artifacts:
-    paths:
-      - ./pylint/
-    expire_in: 1 week
-
-secret_detection:
-  before_script:
-    - ''
-
-config_test:
-  stage: test 
-  script:
-    - ophyd_test --config ./csaxs_bec/device_configs/ --output ./config_tests
-  artifacts:
-    paths:
-      - ./config_tests
-    when: on_failure
-    expire_in: "30 days"
-  allow_failure: true
-
-
-pytest:
-  stage: test
-  script:
-    - pip install coverage
-    - coverage run --source=./csaxs_bec -m pytest -v --junitxml=report.xml --random-order --full-trace ./tests
-    - coverage report
-    - coverage xml
-  coverage: '/(?i)total.*? (100(?:\.0+)?\%|[1-9]?\d(?:\.\d+)?\%)$/'
-  artifacts:
-    reports:
-      junit: report.xml
-      coverage_report:
-        coverage_format: cobertura
-        path: coverage.xml