diff --git a/.github/workflows/main.yml b/.github/workflows/main.yml
index 95ef674..d664f63 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/main.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/main.yml
@@ -4,11 +4,9 @@ on:
   push:
     branches:
       - main
-      - master
   pull_request:
     branches:
       - main
-      - master
 
 jobs:
   build:
@@ -21,16 +19,17 @@ jobs:
     - name: Set up Python
       uses: actions/setup-python@v4
       with:
-        python-version: '3.11'
+        python-version: '3.12'
 
-    - name: Install dependencies
+    - name: Install system dependencies
       run: |
-        python -m pip install --upgrade pip
-       
-        pip install -r requirements.txt
-        pip install pytest
+        sudo apt-get update
+        sudo apt-get install -y libmagic1
 
-    - name: Run StarryNote Tests
+    - name: Install Python dependencies
       run: |
-        export PYTHONPATH=$PYTHONPATH:.
-        pytest tests/
\ No newline at end of file
+        python -m pip install --upgrade pip
+        pip install -r requirements-ci.txt
+
+    - name: Test with pytest
+      run: pytest tests -v
diff --git a/requirements-ci.txt b/requirements-ci.txt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..585d2e3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/requirements-ci.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+# ═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════
+#  S T A R R Y N O T E  ·  CI Requirements
+#  Lightweight deps for GitHub Actions (no Apple Silicon needed)
+# ═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════
+
+# --- Terminal UI ---
+rich                    # Cyberpunk TUI: neon panels, tables, progress bars
+
+# --- File Processing ---
+python-magic            # MIME type detection via binary headers (libmagic)
+pymupdf                 # High-performance PDF text & image extraction (fitz)
+pillow                  # Image processing (PIL) for multimodal analysis
+
+# --- Development & Testing ---
+pytest                  # Unit testing framework