diff --git a/.github/workflows/copilot-setup-steps.yml b/.github/workflows/copilot-setup-steps.yml
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+name: "Copilot Setup Steps"
+on:
+  workflow_dispatch:
+  push:
+    paths: [.github/workflows/copilot-setup-steps.yml]
+  pull_request:
+    paths: [.github/workflows/copilot-setup-steps.yml]
+
+jobs:
+  copilot-setup-steps:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    permissions:
+      contents: read
+    env:
+      PIP_TIMEOUT: 600
+      PIP_RETRIES: 2
+    steps:
+      - name: Checkout code
+        uses: actions/checkout@v5
+      - name: Set up Python
+        uses: actions/setup-python@v5
+        with:
+          python-version: "3.12"
+          cache: "pip"
+      - name: Install package and dev dependencies
+        run: |
+          pip install -r requirements.txt
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
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+-e .