diff --git a/.github/workflows/build-template.yml b/.github/workflows/build-template.yml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..9be75686
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/build-template.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,107 @@
+# Copyright (c) Microsoft Corporation.
+# Licensed under the MIT License.
+
+name: Build CI Template
+
+on:
+  workflow_call:
+    inputs:
+      BUILD_FLAGS:
+        description: 'additional build flags to pass to build'
+        default: ''
+        required: false
+        type: string
+      os:
+        description: os to use in the run
+        type: string
+        default: '["ubuntu-latest", "macos-latest", "windows-latest"]'
+        required: false
+
+jobs:
+  build:
+    env:
+      BUILD_FLAGS: ${{ inputs.BUILD_FLAGS }}
+    runs-on: ${{ matrix.os }}
+    strategy:
+      fail-fast: false
+      matrix:
+        os: ${{ fromJson(inputs.os) }}
+    
+
+    steps:
+      - name: Checkout
+        uses: actions/checkout@v2
+
+      # Node 16 matches the version of Node used by VS Code when this was
+      # written, but it should be updated when VS Code updates its Node version.
+      # Node needs to be installed before OS-specific setup so that we can run
+      # the hash verification script.
+      - name: Use Node 18.x
+        uses: actions/setup-node@v2
+        with:
+          node-version: 18.x
+
+      # On new macos-latest machines, Python 3.9+ is used, and it's causing issues with binding.gyp
+      - name: Use Python 3.8
+        if: ${{ matrix.os == 'macos-latest' }}
+        uses: actions/setup-python@v5
+        with:
+          python-version: 3.8
+
+      - name: Windows setup
+        if: ${{ matrix.os == 'windows-latest' }}
+        run: |
+          curl -LO https://downloads.arduino.cc/arduino-1.8.19-windows.zip
+          node build/checkHash.js arduino-1.8.19-windows.zip `
+          c704a821089eab2588f1deae775916219b1517febd1dd574ff29958dca873945
+          7z x arduino-1.8.19-windows.zip -o"$Env:TEMP\arduino-ide"
+          echo "$Env:TEMP\arduino-ide\arduino-1.8.19" | Out-File -FilePath $env:GITHUB_PATH -Append
+      - name: Linux setup
+        if: ${{ matrix.os == 'ubuntu-latest' }}
+        run: |
+          export CXX="g++-4.9" CC="gcc-4.9" DISPLAY=:99.0
+          sleep 3
+          wget https://downloads.arduino.cc/arduino-1.8.19-linux64.tar.xz -P /home/$USER
+          node build/checkHash.js /home/$USER/arduino-1.8.19-linux64.tar.xz \
+          eb68bddc1d1c0120be2fca1350a03ee34531cf37f51847b21210b6e70545bc9b
+          tar -xvf /home/$USER/arduino-1.8.19-linux64.tar.xz -C /home/$USER/
+          sudo ln -s /home/$USER/arduino-1.8.19/arduino /usr/bin/arduino
+          sudo apt-get update
+          sudo apt-get install -y g++-multilib build-essential libudev-dev
+      - name: macOS setup
+        if: ${{ matrix.os == 'macos-latest' }}
+        run: |
+          /bin/bash -c "$(curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Homebrew/install/master/install.sh)"
+          brew install arduino --cask
+
+      # Windows agents already have gulp installed.
+      - name: Install gulp
+        if: ${{ matrix.os != 'windows-latest' }}
+        run: npm install --global gulp
+      - name: Install global dependencies
+        run: npm install --global node-gyp vsce
+      - name: Install project dependencies
+        run: npm install
+
+      - name: Check for linting errors
+        run: gulp tslint
+      - name: Build and pack extension
+        if: ${{ matrix.os != 'windows-latest' }}
+        run: |
+            export NODE_OPTIONS="--openssl-legacy-provider --no-experimental-fetch"
+            node build/package.js ${{ env.BUILD_FLAGS }}
+      - name: Build and pack extension (windows)
+        if: ${{ matrix.os == 'windows-latest' }}
+        run: |
+            $env:NODE_OPTIONS="--openssl-legacy-provider --no-experimental-fetch"
+            node build/package.js ${{ env.BUILD_FLAGS }}
+      - name: Publish extension VSIX as artifact
+        uses: actions/upload-artifact@v4
+        with:
+          name: VS Code extension VSIXes (${{ matrix.os }})
+          path: out/vsix
+
+      - name: Run tests
+        uses: GabrielBB/xvfb-action@v1
+        with:
+          run: npm test --silent
diff --git a/.github/workflows/build.yml b/.github/workflows/build.yml
index db3a4027..50a40a65 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/build.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/build.yml
@@ -1,8 +1,4 @@
-# Copyright (c) Microsoft Corporation.
-# Licensed under the MIT License.
-
-name: CI
-
+name: Build CI
 on:
   push:
     branches:
@@ -15,86 +11,5 @@ on:
 
 jobs:
   build:
-    runs-on: ${{ matrix.os }}
-    strategy:
-      fail-fast: false
-      matrix:
-        os: [ ubuntu-latest, macos-latest, windows-latest ]
-
-    steps:
-      - name: Checkout
-        uses: actions/checkout@v2
-
-      # Node 16 matches the version of Node used by VS Code when this was
-      # written, but it should be updated when VS Code updates its Node version.
-      # Node needs to be installed before OS-specific setup so that we can run
-      # the hash verification script.
-      - name: Use Node 18.x
-        uses: actions/setup-node@v2
-        with:
-          node-version: 18.x
-
-      # On new macos-latest machines, Python 3.9+ is used, and it's causing issues with binding.gyp
-      - name: Use Python 3.8
-        if: ${{ matrix.os == 'macos-latest' }}
-        uses: actions/setup-python@v5
-        with:
-          python-version: 3.8
-
-      - name: Windows setup
-        if: ${{ matrix.os == 'windows-latest' }}
-        run: |
-          curl -LO https://downloads.arduino.cc/arduino-1.8.19-windows.zip
-          node build/checkHash.js arduino-1.8.19-windows.zip `
-          c704a821089eab2588f1deae775916219b1517febd1dd574ff29958dca873945
-          7z x arduino-1.8.19-windows.zip -o"$Env:TEMP\arduino-ide"
-          echo "$Env:TEMP\arduino-ide\arduino-1.8.19" | Out-File -FilePath $env:GITHUB_PATH -Append
-      - name: Linux setup
-        if: ${{ matrix.os == 'ubuntu-latest' }}
-        run: |
-          export CXX="g++-4.9" CC="gcc-4.9" DISPLAY=:99.0
-          sleep 3
-          wget https://downloads.arduino.cc/arduino-1.8.19-linux64.tar.xz -P /home/$USER
-          node build/checkHash.js /home/$USER/arduino-1.8.19-linux64.tar.xz \
-          eb68bddc1d1c0120be2fca1350a03ee34531cf37f51847b21210b6e70545bc9b
-          tar -xvf /home/$USER/arduino-1.8.19-linux64.tar.xz -C /home/$USER/
-          sudo ln -s /home/$USER/arduino-1.8.19/arduino /usr/bin/arduino
-          sudo apt-get update
-          sudo apt-get install -y g++-multilib build-essential libudev-dev
-      - name: macOS setup
-        if: ${{ matrix.os == 'macos-latest' }}
-        run: |
-          /bin/bash -c "$(curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Homebrew/install/master/install.sh)"
-          brew install arduino --cask
-
-      # Windows agents already have gulp installed.
-      - name: Install gulp
-        if: ${{ matrix.os != 'windows-latest' }}
-        run: npm install --global gulp
-      - name: Install global dependencies
-        run: npm install --global node-gyp vsce
-      - name: Install project dependencies
-        run: npm install
-
-      - name: Check for linting errors
-        run: gulp tslint
-      - name: Build and pack extension
-        if: ${{ matrix.os != 'windows-latest' }}
-        run: |
-            export NODE_OPTIONS="--openssl-legacy-provider --no-experimental-fetch"
-            node build/package.js
-      - name: Build and pack extension (windows)
-        if: ${{ matrix.os == 'windows-latest' }}
-        run: |
-            $env:NODE_OPTIONS="--openssl-legacy-provider --no-experimental-fetch"
-            node build/package.js
-      - name: Publish extension VSIX as artifact
-        uses: actions/upload-artifact@v4
-        with:
-          name: VS Code extension VSIXes (${{ matrix.os }})
-          path: out/vsix
-
-      - name: Run tests
-        uses: GabrielBB/xvfb-action@v1
-        with:
-          run: npm test --silent
+    uses: ./.github/workflows/build-template.yml
+  
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diff --git a/.github/workflows/deploy-pre-release.yml b/.github/workflows/deploy-pre-release.yml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..438443a8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/deploy-pre-release.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,50 @@
+name: Publish pre-release extension to 
+
+on:
+  push:
+    branches:
+      - master
+  pull_request:
+    branches:
+      - main
+  workflow_dispatch:
+
+jobs:
+  call-build:
+    uses: ./.github/workflows/build-template.yml
+    with:
+      BUILD_FLAGS: '--pre-release'
+      os: '["ubuntu-latest"]'
+
+  upload:
+    needs: call-build
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:       
+      - name: download-artifacts
+        uses: actions/download-artifact@v4
+        with:
+          name: VS Code extension VSIXes (ubuntu-latest)
+
+      - name: Use Node 18.x
+        uses: actions/setup-node@v2
+        with:
+          node-version: 18.x
+
+      - name: install vsce
+        run: npm install --global vsce
+
+      - name: sainity checl
+        run: echo ${{ secrets.VSCE_PASSWORD }} | sha256sum
+
+      - name: vsce login
+        run: echo ${{ secrets.VSCE_PASSWORD }} | vsce login ${{ secrets.VSCE_USER }}
+
+      - name: publish extension
+        run: vsce publish --pre-release  --packagePath ./out/vsix/*
+      
+      - name: vsce logout
+        run: vsce logout
+
+
+
+