diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index c586c7e..5156282 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -1,67 +1,6 @@
-# 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
-
-#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
-  - AdditionalTests
-  - Deploy
-
-secret_detection:
-  before_script:
-    - ''
-
-formatter:
-  stage: Formatter
-  script:
-    - pip install black
-    - black --check --diff --color --line-length=100 ./
-
-pytest:
-  stage: test
-  script:
-    - pytest -v --random-order ./tests
-
-tests-3.11:
-  stage: AdditionalTests
-  image: $CI_DEPENDENCY_PROXY_GROUP_IMAGE_PREFIX/python:3.11
-  needs: ["formatter"]
-  script:
-    - pytest -v --random-order ./tests
-  allow_failure: true
-
-tests-3.12:
-  extends: "tests-3.11"
-  stage: AdditionalTests
-  image: $CI_DEPENDENCY_PROXY_GROUP_IMAGE_PREFIX/python:3.12
-  allow_failure: true
-
-config_test:
-  stage: test 
-  script:
-    - ophyd_test --config ./debye_bec/device_configs/ --output ./config_tests
-  artifacts:
-    paths:
-      - ./config_tests
-    when: on_failure
-    expire_in: "30 days"
-  allow_failure: false
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+  - project: bec/awi_utils
+    file: /templates/plugin-repo-template.yml
+    inputs:
+      name: "debye"
+      target: "debye_bec"