diff --git a/.gitea/workflows/ci.yaml b/.gitea/workflows/ci.yaml
index a96d564..7a3006b 100644
--- a/.gitea/workflows/ci.yaml
+++ b/.gitea/workflows/ci.yaml
@@ -71,12 +71,12 @@ jobs:
       
       - name: Ruff (lint + format check)
         run: |
-          uv run ruff check src/ tests/
-          uv run ruff format --check src/ tests/
+          uv run ruff check
+          uv run ruff format --check
       
       - name: MyPy
         run: |
-          uv run mypy src/ tests/
+          uv run mypy .
       - name: Pytest
         run: |
           uv run pytest tests/ --cov=src/quickbot_cli --cov-report=term-missing --cov-report=html -v
diff --git a/.pre-commit-config.yaml b/.pre-commit-config.yaml
index 5d20738..52e7a71 100644
--- a/.pre-commit-config.yaml
+++ b/.pre-commit-config.yaml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 
 repos:
   - repo: https://github.com/astral-sh/ruff-pre-commit
-    rev: v0.12.10
+    rev: v0.12.12
     hooks:
       - id: ruff-check
         args: ["--fix"]
@@ -26,6 +26,6 @@ repos:
     hooks:
       - id: codespell
   - repo: https://github.com/fsfe/reuse-tool
-    rev: v5.0.2
+    rev: v5.1.1
     hooks:
       - id: reuse
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 9a4957b..225c1a1 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -18,10 +18,9 @@ authors = [
 ]
 readme = "README.md"
 requires-python = ">=3.13"
-license = { text = "MIT" }
+license = { text = "Apache-2.0" }
 dependencies = [
     "typer",
-    "quickbot>=0.1.1",
     "jinja2",
     "pyyaml",
 ]
@@ -62,12 +61,6 @@ python_version = "3.13"
 strict = true
 ignore_missing_imports = true
 warn_unused_ignores = true
-exclude = [
-    "test_cli_output/",
-    "dist/",
-    ".venv/",
-    ".mypy_cache/"
-]
 
 [tool.hatch.version]
 source = "vcs"
diff --git a/scripts/local_ci.sh b/scripts/local_ci.sh
index 8deacb1..a1b349f 100755
--- a/scripts/local_ci.sh
+++ b/scripts/local_ci.sh
@@ -4,16 +4,16 @@
 #
 # SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
 
-# Local CI script to test the same steps as the Gitea workflow
+# Local CI script to run all checks and a packaging/CLI smoke test
 set -e
 
-echo "🚀 Running local CI tests..."
+echo "🚀 Running local CI checks and smoke tests..."
 
 echo "📦 Installing dependencies..."
 uv sync --all-extras --dev
 
 echo "🔍 Running Ruff linting..."
-uv run ruff check .
+uv run ruff check
 
 echo "🎨 Checking code formatting..."
 uv run ruff format --check
@@ -27,4 +27,36 @@ uv run reuse lint
 echo "🧪 Running tests..."
 uv run pytest
 
-echo "✅ All checks passed!"
+echo "🧪 Testing CI workflow steps locally (package build and CLI)..."
+
+echo "📦 Building package..."
+uv build
+
+echo "🔧 Testing package installation..."
+uv pip install dist/*.whl
+
+echo "❓ Testing help command..."
+uv run quickbot --help
+
+echo "🚀 Testing CLI functionality..."
+mkdir -p test_cli_output
+uv run quickbot init \
+  --output test_cli_output \
+  --project-name "Local Test" \
+  --description "Local Test Description" \
+  --author "Local Test" \
+  --license-name MIT \
+  --no-include-alembic \
+  --no-include-i18n \
+  --no-interactive
+
+echo "📁 Checking generated files..."
+ls -la test_cli_output/
+echo "📄 Generated pyproject.toml:"
+cat test_cli_output/pyproject.toml
+
+echo "🧹 Cleaning up..."
+rm -rf test_cli_output
+rm -rf dist/*
+
+echo "✅ All checks and smoke tests passed!"
diff --git a/scripts/test_ci_locally.sh b/scripts/test_ci_locally.sh
deleted file mode 100755
index 03d7327..0000000
--- a/scripts/test_ci_locally.sh
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,42 +0,0 @@
-#!/bin/bash
-
-# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2025 Alexander Kalinovsky <a@k8y.ru>
-#
-# SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
-
-# Test CI workflow steps locally
-set -e
-
-echo "🧪 Testing CI workflow steps locally..."
-
-echo "📦 Building package..."
-uv build
-
-echo "🔧 Testing package installation..."
-uv pip install dist/*.whl
-
-echo "❓ Testing help command..."
-uv run quickbot --help
-
-echo "🚀 Testing CLI functionality..."
-mkdir -p test_cli_output
-uv run quickbot init \
-  --output test_cli_output \
-  --project-name "Local Test" \
-  --description "Local Test Description" \
-  --author "Local Test" \
-  --license-name MIT \
-  --no-include-alembic \
-  --no-include-i18n \
-  --no-interactive
-
-echo "📁 Checking generated files..."
-ls -la test_cli_output/
-echo "📄 Generated pyproject.toml:"
-cat test_cli_output/pyproject.toml
-
-echo "🧹 Cleaning up..."
-rm -rf test_cli_output
-rm -rf dist/*
-
-echo "✅ All CI workflow steps passed locally!"