diff --git a/.copier-answers.yml b/.copier-answers.yml
index a8080e13..ee95a918 100644
--- a/.copier-answers.yml
+++ b/.copier-answers.yml
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 # Changes here will be overwritten by Copier
-_commit: v0.0.42
+_commit: v0.0.44
 _src_path: gh:LabAutomationAndScreening/copier-base-template.git
 description: Copier template for creating Python libraries and executables
 python_ci_versions:
diff --git a/.github/dependabot.yml b/.github/dependabot.yml
index ec71f925..7a7f4a7b 100644
--- a/.github/dependabot.yml
+++ b/.github/dependabot.yml
@@ -12,6 +12,10 @@ updates:
       - dependency-name: "boto3" # boto3 gets patch updates way too frequently and they're usually not important
         update-types:
           - "version-update:semver-patch"
+      - dependency-name: "sphinx*" # read-the-docs uses specific versions of sphinx, so we generally want to stay tightly pinned unless there's a major version change
+        update-types:
+          - "version-update:semver-minor"
+          - "version-update:semver-patch"
 
     groups:
       prod-dependencies:
diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yaml b/.github/workflows/ci.yaml
index 9cc6c816..8685e7e7 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yaml
@@ -21,47 +21,9 @@ jobs:
 
   pre-commit:
     needs: [ get-values ]
-    strategy:
-      fail-fast: false
-      matrix:
-        os:
-          - "ubuntu-24.04"
-        python-version:
-            - 3.12.7
-    name: Pre-commit for Py${{ matrix.python-version }} on ${{ matrix.os }}
-    runs-on: ${{ matrix.os }}
-    steps:
-      - name: Checkout code
-        uses: actions/checkout@v4.2.2
-        with:
-          ref: ${{ github.ref_name }} # explicitly get the head of
-
-
-
-      - name: Install latest versions of python packages
-        uses: ./.github/actions/install_deps_uv
-        with:
-          python-version: ${{ matrix.python-version }}
-
-      - name: Set up mutex # Github concurrency management is horrible, things get arbitrarily cancelled if queued up. So using mutex until github fixes itself. When multiple jobs are modifying cache at once, weird things can happen.  possible issue is https://github.com/actions/toolkit/issues/658
-        if: ${{ runner.os != 'Windows' }} # we're just gonna have to YOLO on Windows, because this action doesn't support it yet https://github.com/ben-z/gh-action-mutex/issues/14
-        uses: ben-z/gh-action-mutex@1ebad517141198e08d47cf72f3c0975316620a65 # v1.0.0-alpha.10
-        with:
-          branch: mutex-venv-${{ matrix.os }}-${{ matrix.python-version }}
-        timeout-minutes: 30 # this is the amount of time this action will wait to attempt to acquire the mutex lock before failing, e.g. if other jobs are queued up in front of it
-
-      - name: Cache Pre-commit hooks
-        uses: actions/cache@v4.2.2
-        env:
-          cache-name: cache-pre-commit-hooks
-        with:
-          path: ${{ env.PRE_COMMIT_HOME }}
-          key: ${{ matrix.os }}-${{ matrix.python-version }}-build-${{ env.cache-name }}-${{ hashFiles('.pre-commit-config.yaml') }}
-          restore-keys: |
-            ${{ matrix.os }}-${{ matrix.python-version }}-build-${{ env.cache-name }}-
-
-      - name: Run pre-commit
-        run:  pre-commit run -a
+    uses: ./.github/workflows/pre-commit.yaml
+    with:
+      python-version: 3.12.7
 
   lint-matrix:
     needs: [ pre-commit ]
diff --git a/.github/workflows/pre-commit.yaml b/.github/workflows/pre-commit.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..beaaadbd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/pre-commit.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,66 @@
+name: Pre-commit
+
+on:
+  workflow_call:
+    inputs:
+      python-version:
+        description: 'What version of python'
+        type: string
+        required: true
+      setup-node:
+        description: 'Whether to set up Node'
+        type: boolean
+        default: false
+      node-version:
+        description: 'What version of node'
+        type: string
+        required: false
+        default: 'notUsing'
+
+env:
+  PYTHONUNBUFFERED: True
+  PRE_COMMIT_HOME: ${{ github.workspace }}/.precommit_cache
+
+permissions:
+    contents: write # needed for mutex
+
+jobs:
+  pre-commit:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-24.04
+    name: Pre-commit
+    steps:
+      - name: Checkout code
+        uses: actions/checkout@v4.2.2
+        with:
+          ref: ${{ github.ref_name }} # explicitly get the head of the branch, which will include any new commits pushed if this is a dependabot branch
+
+      - name: Setup node
+        uses: actions/setup-node@v4.3.0
+        if: ${{ inputs.setup-node }}
+        with:
+          node-version: ${{ inputs.node-version }}
+
+      - name: Install latest versions of python packages
+        uses: ./.github/actions/install_deps_uv
+        with:
+          python-version: ${{ inputs.python-version }}
+
+      - name: Set up mutex # Github concurrency management is horrible, things get arbitrarily cancelled if queued up. So using mutex until github fixes itself. When multiple jobs are modifying cache at once, weird things can happen.  possible issue is https://github.com/actions/toolkit/issues/658
+        if: ${{ runner.os != 'Windows' }} # we're just gonna have to YOLO on Windows, because this action doesn't support it yet https://github.com/ben-z/gh-action-mutex/issues/14
+        uses: ben-z/gh-action-mutex@1ebad517141198e08d47cf72f3c0975316620a65 # v1.0.0-alpha.10
+        with:
+          branch: mutex-venv-ubuntu-24.04-py${{ inputs.python-version }}-nodejs-${{ inputs.node-version }}
+        timeout-minutes: 30 # this is the amount of time this action will wait to attempt to acquire the mutex lock before failing, e.g. if other jobs are queued up in front of it
+
+      - name: Cache Pre-commit hooks
+        uses: actions/cache@v4.2.2
+        env:
+          cache-name: cache-pre-commit-hooks
+        with:
+          path: ${{ env.PRE_COMMIT_HOME }}
+          key: ubuntu-24.04-py${{ inputs.python-version }}-node-${{ inputs.node-version}}-${{ env.cache-name }}-${{ hashFiles('.pre-commit-config.yaml') }}
+          restore-keys: |
+            ubuntu-24.04-py${{ inputs.python-version }}-node-${{ inputs.node-version}}-${{ env.cache-name }}-
+
+      - name: Run pre-commit
+        run:  pre-commit run -a
diff --git a/template/.github/workflows/ci.yaml.jinja b/template/.github/workflows/ci.yaml.jinja
index 73c51acb..50e8fbcc 100644
--- a/template/.github/workflows/ci.yaml.jinja
+++ b/template/.github/workflows/ci.yaml.jinja
@@ -22,38 +22,9 @@ jobs:
   lint:
     needs: [ get-values ]
     name: Pre-commit
-    runs-on: {% endraw %}{{ gha_linux_runner }}{% raw %}
-    steps:
-      - name: Checkout code
-        uses: actions/checkout@{% endraw %}{{ gha_checkout }}{% raw %}
-
-      - name: Install latest versions of python packages
-        uses: ./.github/actions/install_deps_uv
-        with:
-          python-version: {% endraw %}{{ python_version }}{% raw %}{% endraw %}{% if python_package_registry == "AWS CodeArtifact" %}{% raw %}
-          code-artifact-auth-role-name: CoreInfraBaseAccess
-          code-artifact-auth-role-account-id: {% endraw %}{{ aws_central_infrastructure_account_id }}{% raw %}
-          code-artifact-auth-region: {% endraw %}{{ aws_org_home_region }}{% endif %}{% raw %}
-
-      - name: Set up mutex # Github concurrency management is horrible, things get arbitrarily cancelled if queued up. So using mutex until github fixes itself. When multiple jobs are modifying cache at once, weird things can happen.  possible issue is https://github.com/actions/toolkit/issues/658
-        if: ${{ runner.os != 'Windows' }} # we're just gonna have to YOLO on Windows, because this action doesn't support it yet https://github.com/ben-z/gh-action-mutex/issues/14
-        uses: ben-z/gh-action-mutex@{% endraw %}{{ gha_mutex }}{% raw %}
-        with:
-          branch: mutex-venv-{% endraw %}{{ gha_linux_runner }}{% raw %}-py{% endraw %}{{ python_version }}{% raw %}
-        timeout-minutes: 30 # this is the amount of time this action will wait to attempt to acquire the mutex lock before failing, e.g. if other jobs are queued up in front of it
-
-      - name: Cache Pre-commit hooks
-        uses: actions/cache@{% endraw %}{{ gha_cache }}{% raw %}
-        env:
-          cache-name: cache-pre-commit-hooks
-        with:
-          path: ${{ env.PRE_COMMIT_HOME }}
-          key: {% endraw %}{{ gha_linux_runner }}{% raw %}-py{% endraw %}{{ python_version }}{% raw %}-build-${{ env.cache-name }}-${{ hashFiles('.pre-commit-config.yaml') }}
-          restore-keys: |
-            {% endraw %}{{ gha_linux_runner }}{% raw %}-py{% endraw %}{{ python_version }}{% raw %}-build-${{ env.cache-name }}-
-
-      - name: Run pre-commit
-        run:  pre-commit run -a
+    uses: ./.github/workflows/pre-commit.yaml
+    with:
+      python-version: {% endraw %}{{ python_version }}{% raw %}
 
   test:
     needs: [ lint ]
diff --git a/template/.github/workflows/pre-commit.yaml b/template/.github/workflows/pre-commit.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..beaaadbd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/template/.github/workflows/pre-commit.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,66 @@
+name: Pre-commit
+
+on:
+  workflow_call:
+    inputs:
+      python-version:
+        description: 'What version of python'
+        type: string
+        required: true
+      setup-node:
+        description: 'Whether to set up Node'
+        type: boolean
+        default: false
+      node-version:
+        description: 'What version of node'
+        type: string
+        required: false
+        default: 'notUsing'
+
+env:
+  PYTHONUNBUFFERED: True
+  PRE_COMMIT_HOME: ${{ github.workspace }}/.precommit_cache
+
+permissions:
+    contents: write # needed for mutex
+
+jobs:
+  pre-commit:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-24.04
+    name: Pre-commit
+    steps:
+      - name: Checkout code
+        uses: actions/checkout@v4.2.2
+        with:
+          ref: ${{ github.ref_name }} # explicitly get the head of the branch, which will include any new commits pushed if this is a dependabot branch
+
+      - name: Setup node
+        uses: actions/setup-node@v4.3.0
+        if: ${{ inputs.setup-node }}
+        with:
+          node-version: ${{ inputs.node-version }}
+
+      - name: Install latest versions of python packages
+        uses: ./.github/actions/install_deps_uv
+        with:
+          python-version: ${{ inputs.python-version }}
+
+      - name: Set up mutex # Github concurrency management is horrible, things get arbitrarily cancelled if queued up. So using mutex until github fixes itself. When multiple jobs are modifying cache at once, weird things can happen.  possible issue is https://github.com/actions/toolkit/issues/658
+        if: ${{ runner.os != 'Windows' }} # we're just gonna have to YOLO on Windows, because this action doesn't support it yet https://github.com/ben-z/gh-action-mutex/issues/14
+        uses: ben-z/gh-action-mutex@1ebad517141198e08d47cf72f3c0975316620a65 # v1.0.0-alpha.10
+        with:
+          branch: mutex-venv-ubuntu-24.04-py${{ inputs.python-version }}-nodejs-${{ inputs.node-version }}
+        timeout-minutes: 30 # this is the amount of time this action will wait to attempt to acquire the mutex lock before failing, e.g. if other jobs are queued up in front of it
+
+      - name: Cache Pre-commit hooks
+        uses: actions/cache@v4.2.2
+        env:
+          cache-name: cache-pre-commit-hooks
+        with:
+          path: ${{ env.PRE_COMMIT_HOME }}
+          key: ubuntu-24.04-py${{ inputs.python-version }}-node-${{ inputs.node-version}}-${{ env.cache-name }}-${{ hashFiles('.pre-commit-config.yaml') }}
+          restore-keys: |
+            ubuntu-24.04-py${{ inputs.python-version }}-node-${{ inputs.node-version}}-${{ env.cache-name }}-
+
+      - name: Run pre-commit
+        run:  pre-commit run -a