diff --git a/.github/scripts/check_signal.sh b/.github/scripts/check_signal.sh
new file mode 100755
index 00000000000..eeaeb1a75a9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/scripts/check_signal.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+# This script attempts to download a pre-checks artifact from a GitHub workflow up to 5 times.
+# If the artifact is found and the signal indicates success, the workflow continues.
+# If the signal indicates failure, the workflow is skipped with details printed.
+# If the artifact cannot be downloaded after all retries, the workflow exits with an error.
+
+set -e
+
+ARTIFACT_NAME="checks-signal-${GITHUB_SHA:-${1}}"
+MAX_RETRIES=5
+
+for i in $(seq 1 $MAX_RETRIES); do
+  echo "Attempt $i: Downloading artifact..."
+  if gh run download --name "$ARTIFACT_NAME"; then
+    if [ -f checks_signal.txt ]; then
+      echo "Artifact $ARTIFACT_NAME downloaded successfully."
+      SIGNAL=$(head -n 1 checks_signal.txt)
+      if [ "$SIGNAL" = "success" ]; then
+        echo "Pre-checks passed, continuing workflow."
+        exit 0
+      else
+        echo "Pre-checks failed, skipping workflow. Details:"
+        tail -n +2 checks_signal.txt
+        exit 78  # 78 = neutral/skip
+      fi
+    fi
+  fi
+  echo "Artifact not found, retrying in 30s..."
+  sleep 30
+done
+
+echo "Failed to download pre-checks artifact after $MAX_RETRIES attempts. Exiting workflow."
+exit 1
diff --git a/.github/workflows/aiter-test.yaml b/.github/workflows/aiter-test.yaml
index 8624fcc6dc9..f010eab246c 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/aiter-test.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/aiter-test.yaml
@@ -15,8 +15,21 @@ env:
   DOCKER_IMAGE: "rocm/pytorch:latest"
 
 jobs:
+  check-signal:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+      - name: Checkout code
+        uses: actions/checkout@v4
+
+      - name: Download and check signal artifact
+        run: ./.github/scripts/check_signal.sh
+        env:
+          GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
+          GITHUB_SHA: ${{ github.sha }}
+
   define-runners:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    needs: [check-signal]
     outputs:
       standard_runners: ${{ steps.machines.outputs.standard_runners }}
       multigpu_runners: ${{ steps.machines.outputs.multigpu_runners }}
diff --git a/.github/workflows/black.yaml b/.github/workflows/black.yaml
deleted file mode 100644
index bb6176e9ace..00000000000
--- a/.github/workflows/black.yaml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,8 +0,0 @@
-name: Black
-on: [push, pull_request]
-jobs:
-  lint:
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v3
-      - uses: psf/black@stable
diff --git a/.github/workflows/deps.yaml b/.github/workflows/deps.yaml
deleted file mode 100644
index 317db75290e..00000000000
--- a/.github/workflows/deps.yaml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,19 +0,0 @@
-name: Check Repository Dependency
-
-on:
-  push:
-    branches: [ "**" ]
-  pull_request:
-    branches: [ "main" ]
-
-jobs:
-  check-ck:
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    steps:
-      - name: Checkout code
-        uses: actions/checkout@v3
-        with:
-          submodules: 'recursive'
-
-      - name: Verify 3rdparty commits
-        run: ./.github/scripts/check_deps.sh
diff --git a/.github/workflows/pre-checks.yaml b/.github/workflows/pre-checks.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..6bc1cd6b9a3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/pre-checks.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,88 @@
+name: Checks
+
+on:
+  push:
+    branches: [ "main" ]
+  pull_request:
+    branches: [ "main" ]
+
+jobs:
+  check-ck:
+    name: Check Repository Dependency
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+      - name: Checkout code
+        uses: actions/checkout@v4
+        with:
+          submodules: 'recursive'
+
+      - name: Verify 3rdparty commits
+        run: ./.github/scripts/check_deps.sh
+
+  black:
+    name: Check Code Style with Black
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+      - name: Checkout code
+        uses: actions/checkout@v4
+      - name: Run Black
+        uses: psf/black@stable
+
+  ruff:
+    name: Check Code Style with Ruff
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+      - name: Checkout code
+        uses: actions/checkout@v4
+      - name: Set up Python environment
+        uses: actions/setup-python@v2
+        with:
+          python-version: "3.12"
+      - name: Install dependencies
+        run: pip3 install ruff
+      - name: Install reviewdog
+        uses: reviewdog/action-setup@e04ffabe3898a0af8d0fb1af00c188831c4b5893
+      - name: Run ruff with reviewdog
+        env:
+          REVIEWDOG_GITHUB_API_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
+        run: |
+          ruff check . -e | reviewdog -efm="%f:%l:%c: %m" -diff="git diff FETCH_HEAD" -reporter=github-pr-check -tee
+
+  upload-success-artifact:
+    name: Upload Success Signal
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    needs: [check-ck, black, ruff]
+    steps:
+      - name: Create success signal file
+        run: echo "success" > checks_signal.txt
+
+      - name: Upload success artifact
+        uses: actions/upload-artifact@v4
+        with:
+          name: checks-signal-${{ github.sha }}
+          path: checks_signal.txt
+
+  upload-failure-artifact:
+    name: Upload Failure Signal
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    needs: [check-ck, black, ruff]
+    if: ${{ always() && (needs.check-ck.result != 'success' || needs.black.result != 'success' || needs.ruff.result != 'success') }}
+    steps:
+      - name: Create failure signal file with failed jobs
+        run: |
+          echo "failure" > checks_signal.txt
+          if [ "${{ needs.check-ck.result }}" != "success" ]; then
+            echo "FAILED: check-ck (${{ needs.check-ck.result }})" >> checks_signal.txt
+          fi
+          if [ "${{ needs.black.result }}" != "success" ]; then
+            echo "FAILED: black (${{ needs.black.result }})" >> checks_signal.txt
+          fi
+          if [ "${{ needs.ruff.result }}" != "success" ]; then
+            echo "FAILED: ruff (${{ needs.ruff.result }})" >> checks_signal.txt
+          fi
+
+      - name: Upload failure artifact
+        uses: actions/upload-artifact@v4
+        with:
+          name: checks-signal-${{ github.sha }}
+          path: checks_signal.txt
diff --git a/.github/workflows/ruff.yaml b/.github/workflows/ruff.yaml
deleted file mode 100644
index c0d9ea1b0e8..00000000000
--- a/.github/workflows/ruff.yaml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,20 +0,0 @@
-name: Linter
-on: [pull_request]
-jobs:
-  ruff_black:
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
-      - name: Set up Python environment
-        uses: actions/setup-python@v2
-        with:
-          python-version: "3.8"
-      - name: install dependencies
-        run: pip3 install ruff black
-      - name: install reviewdog
-        uses: reviewdog/action-setup@e04ffabe3898a0af8d0fb1af00c188831c4b5893
-      - name: ruff
-        env:
-          REVIEWDOG_GITHUB_API_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
-        run: |
-          ruff check . -e | reviewdog -efm="%f:%l:%c: %m" -diff="git diff FETCH_HEAD" -reporter=github-pr-check -tee
diff --git a/.github/workflows/sglang_downstream.yaml b/.github/workflows/sglang_downstream.yaml
index 20fd9b0a913..3c66e3b6ec3 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/sglang_downstream.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/sglang_downstream.yaml
@@ -12,8 +12,21 @@ concurrency:
   cancel-in-progress: true
 
 jobs:
+  check-signal:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+      - name: Checkout code
+        uses: actions/checkout@v4
+
+      - name: Download and check signal artifact
+        run: ./.github/scripts/check_signal.sh
+        env:
+          GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
+          GITHUB_SHA: ${{ github.sha }}
+
   sglang:
     name: sglang integration
+    needs: [check-signal]
     runs-on: aiter-1gpu-runner
     env:
       SGL_BRANCH: v0.5.3
diff --git a/.github/workflows/triton-test.yaml b/.github/workflows/triton-test.yaml
index 9afe70c0195..41b9bb29b78 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/triton-test.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/triton-test.yaml
@@ -12,8 +12,21 @@ concurrency:
   cancel-in-progress: true
 
 jobs:
+  check-signal:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+      - name: Checkout code
+        uses: actions/checkout@v4
+
+      - name: Download and check signal artifact
+        run: ./.github/scripts/check_signal.sh
+        env:
+          GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
+          GITHUB_SHA: ${{ github.sha }}
+
   triton:
     runs-on: aiter-1gpu-runner
+    needs: [check-signal]
     env:
       DOCKER_IMAGE: "rocm/pytorch:latest"
       TRITON_TEST: "op_tests/triton_tests/"
diff --git a/.github/workflows/vllm_benchmark.yaml b/.github/workflows/vllm_benchmark.yaml
index 0717057a7ba..debfab84554 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/vllm_benchmark.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/vllm_benchmark.yaml
@@ -19,8 +19,21 @@ env:
   GITHUB_COMMIT_SHA: ${{ github.event.pull_request.head.sha || github.event.head_commit.id }}
 
 jobs:
+  check-signal:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+      - name: Checkout code
+        uses: actions/checkout@v4
+
+      - name: Download and check signal artifact
+        run: ./.github/scripts/check_signal.sh
+        env:
+          GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
+          GITHUB_SHA: ${{ github.sha }}
+
   build_vllm_image:
     if: ${{ !github.event.pull_request.head.repo.fork }}
+    needs: [check-signal]
     runs-on: aiter-1gpu-runner
 
     steps: