diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci-internal-apps.yaml b/.github/workflows/ci-internal-apps.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..6b5c41491e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci-internal-apps.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,157 @@
+name: CI Internal Apps
+
+on:
+  push:
+    branches:
+      - main
+  pull_request:
+  workflow_dispatch:
+
+permissions:
+  contents: read
+
+concurrency:
+  group: ${{ github.workflow }}-${{ github.ref }}
+  cancel-in-progress: ${{ github.ref != 'refs/heads/main' }}
+
+jobs:
+  discover:
+    timeout-minutes: 5
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    outputs:
+      matrix: ${{ steps.set-matrix.outputs.matrix }}
+      has_apps: ${{ steps.set-matrix.outputs.has_apps }}
+    steps:
+      - name: Checkout
+        uses: actions/checkout@34e114876b0b11c390a56381ad16ebd13914f8d5 # v4.3.1
+        with:
+          fetch-depth: 0
+
+      - name: Ensure no .github folder inside app folders
+        run: |
+          offenders=$(find packages/twenty-apps/internal -mindepth 2 -maxdepth 2 -type d -name .github)
+          if [ -n "$offenders" ]; then
+            echo "::error::Internal apps must not define their own .github folder. Offenders:"
+            echo "$offenders"
+            exit 1
+          fi
+
+      - name: Detect changed files
+        id: changed-files
+        if: github.event_name != 'workflow_dispatch'
+        uses: tj-actions/changed-files@48d8f15b2aaa3d255ca5af3eba4870f807ce6b3c # v45.0.9
+        with:
+          json: true
+          escape_json: false
+          files: packages/twenty-apps/internal/**
+
+      - name: Build matrix of changed apps
+        id: set-matrix
+        env:
+          EVENT_NAME: ${{ github.event_name }}
+          CHANGED_FILES: ${{ steps.changed-files.outputs.all_changed_files }}
+        run: |
+          node <<'NODE'
+          const fs = require('fs');
+          const path = require('path');
+          const root = 'packages/twenty-apps/internal';
+          // CI_EXCLUDED_APPLICATIONS is temporary: it skips applications from CI to
+          // keep this PR small while the remaining apps are made CI-ready. Remove an
+          // app from this list once its checks pass, and delete the list entirely
+          // once every application is covered.
+          const CI_EXCLUDED_APPLICATIONS = ['call-recording', 'exa', 'people-data-labs', 'self-hosting', 'twenty-discord', 'twenty-fireflies', 'twenty-for-twenty', 'twenty-last-contact', 'twenty-linear', 'twenty-meeting-bot', 'twenty-partners', 'twenty-slack'];
+          const rootNodeVersion = fs.existsSync('.nvmrc') ? fs.readFileSync('.nvmrc', 'utf8').trim() : '24';
+          const eventName = process.env.EVENT_NAME;
+          const changedFiles = JSON.parse(process.env.CHANGED_FILES || '[]');
+          const changedApps = new Set();
+          for (const file of changedFiles) {
+            const match = file.match(/^packages\/twenty-apps\/internal\/([^/]+)\//);
+            if (match) changedApps.add(match[1]);
+          }
+          const matrix = fs.readdirSync(root, { withFileTypes: true })
+            .filter((entry) => entry.isDirectory() && entry.name !== 'node_modules')
+            .map((entry) => entry.name)
+            .filter((name) => fs.existsSync(path.join(root, name, 'package.json')))
+            .filter((name) => !CI_EXCLUDED_APPLICATIONS.includes(name))
+            .filter((name) => eventName === 'workflow_dispatch' || changedApps.has(name))
+            .map((name) => {
+              const appPath = path.join(root, name);
+              const scripts = JSON.parse(fs.readFileSync(path.join(appPath, 'package.json'), 'utf8')).scripts || {};
+              const nvmrc = path.join(appPath, '.nvmrc');
+              return {
+                name,
+                path: appPath,
+                nodeVersion: fs.existsSync(nvmrc) ? fs.readFileSync(nvmrc, 'utf8').trim() : rootNodeVersion,
+                hasTypecheck: Boolean(scripts.typecheck),
+                hasUnit: Boolean(scripts['test:unit']),
+                hasIntegration: Boolean(scripts.test),
+              };
+            });
+          fs.appendFileSync(process.env.GITHUB_OUTPUT, `matrix=${JSON.stringify(matrix)}\n`);
+          fs.appendFileSync(process.env.GITHUB_OUTPUT, `has_apps=${matrix.length > 0}\n`);
+          NODE
+
+  ci:
+    needs: discover
+    if: needs.discover.outputs.has_apps == 'true'
+    name: ${{ matrix.app.name }}
+    timeout-minutes: 30
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    strategy:
+      fail-fast: false
+      matrix:
+        app: ${{ fromJSON(needs.discover.outputs.matrix) }}
+    defaults:
+      run:
+        working-directory: ${{ matrix.app.path }}
+    steps:
+      - name: Checkout
+        uses: actions/checkout@34e114876b0b11c390a56381ad16ebd13914f8d5 # v4.3.1
+
+      - name: Enable Corepack
+        run: corepack enable
+
+      - name: Setup Node.js
+        uses: actions/setup-node@49933ea5288caeca8642d1e84afbd3f7d6820020 # v4.4.0
+        with:
+          node-version: ${{ matrix.app.nodeVersion }}
+          cache: yarn
+          cache-dependency-path: ${{ matrix.app.path }}/yarn.lock
+
+      - name: Install dependencies
+        run: yarn install --immutable
+
+      - name: Lint
+        run: yarn lint
+
+      - name: Typecheck
+        if: matrix.app.hasTypecheck
+        run: yarn typecheck
+
+      - name: Unit tests
+        if: matrix.app.hasUnit
+        run: yarn test:unit
+
+      - name: Spawn Twenty test instance
+        id: twenty
+        if: matrix.app.hasIntegration
+        uses: ./.github/actions/spawn-twenty-app-dev-test
+        with:
+          twenty-version: latest
+
+      - name: Integration tests
+        if: matrix.app.hasIntegration
+        run: yarn test
+        env:
+          TWENTY_API_URL: ${{ steps.twenty.outputs.server-url }}
+          TWENTY_API_KEY: ${{ steps.twenty.outputs.api-key }}
+
+  ci-internal-apps-status-check:
+    if: always() && !cancelled()
+    timeout-minutes: 5
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    needs: [discover, ci]
+    steps:
+      - name: Fail job if any needs failed
+        if: contains(needs.*.result, 'failure')
+        run: exit 1
diff --git a/packages/create-twenty-app/src/constants/template/README.md b/packages/create-twenty-app/src/constants/template/README.md
index 4728d9ffa0..ca0f57eeae 100644
--- a/packages/create-twenty-app/src/constants/template/README.md
+++ b/packages/create-twenty-app/src/constants/template/README.md
@@ -13,6 +13,9 @@ Run `yarn twenty help` to list all available commands.
 - `yarn twenty dev` - Start the development server and sync your app
 - `yarn twenty docker:status` - Check the local Twenty server status
 - `yarn twenty docker:start` - Start the local Twenty server
+- `yarn lint` - Lint the codebase
+- `yarn typecheck` - Type-check the codebase
+- `yarn test:unit` - Run unit tests
 - `yarn test` - Run integration tests
 
 ## Learn More
diff --git a/packages/create-twenty-app/src/constants/template/github/workflows/ci.yml b/packages/create-twenty-app/src/constants/template/github/workflows/ci.yml
index 9112ecb495..28104ffadc 100644
--- a/packages/create-twenty-app/src/constants/template/github/workflows/ci.yml
+++ b/packages/create-twenty-app/src/constants/template/github/workflows/ci.yml
@@ -23,12 +23,6 @@ jobs:
       - name: Checkout
         uses: actions/checkout@v4
 
-      - name: Spawn Twenty test instance
-        id: twenty
-        uses: twentyhq/twenty/.github/actions/spawn-twenty-app-dev-test@main
-        with:
-          twenty-version: ${{ env.TWENTY_VERSION }}
-
       - name: Enable Corepack
         run: corepack enable
 
@@ -41,6 +35,21 @@ jobs:
       - name: Install dependencies
         run: yarn install --immutable
 
+      - name: Lint
+        run: yarn lint
+
+      - name: Typecheck
+        run: yarn typecheck
+
+      - name: Run unit tests
+        run: yarn test:unit
+
+      - name: Spawn Twenty test instance
+        id: twenty
+        uses: twentyhq/twenty/.github/actions/spawn-twenty-app-dev-test@main
+        with:
+          twenty-version: ${{ env.TWENTY_VERSION }}
+
       - name: Run integration tests
         run: yarn test
         env:
diff --git a/packages/create-twenty-app/src/constants/template/package.json b/packages/create-twenty-app/src/constants/template/package.json
index a41cd81902..58dbc8b260 100644
--- a/packages/create-twenty-app/src/constants/template/package.json
+++ b/packages/create-twenty-app/src/constants/template/package.json
@@ -13,7 +13,9 @@
     "twenty": "twenty",
     "lint": "oxlint -c .oxlintrc.json .",
     "lint:fix": "oxlint --fix -c .oxlintrc.json .",
+    "typecheck": "tsc --noEmit -p tsconfig.spec.json",
     "test": "vitest run",
+    "test:unit": "vitest run --config vitest.unit.config.ts --passWithNoTests",
     "test:watch": "vitest"
   },
   "dependencies": {},
diff --git a/packages/create-twenty-app/src/constants/template/vitest.unit.config.ts b/packages/create-twenty-app/src/constants/template/vitest.unit.config.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..e0d140015b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/create-twenty-app/src/constants/template/vitest.unit.config.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+import tsconfigPaths from 'vite-tsconfig-paths';
+import { defineConfig } from 'vitest/config';
+
+export default defineConfig({
+  plugins: [
+    tsconfigPaths({
+      projects: ['tsconfig.spec.json'],
+      ignoreConfigErrors: true,
+    }),
+  ],
+  test: {
+    include: ['src/**/*.test.ts'],
+  },
+});
diff --git a/packages/twenty-apps/internal/self-hosting/.github/workflows/cd.yml b/packages/twenty-apps/internal/self-hosting/.github/workflows/cd.yml
deleted file mode 100644
index 61cbcfd7ab..0000000000
--- a/packages/twenty-apps/internal/self-hosting/.github/workflows/cd.yml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,42 +0,0 @@
-name: CD
-
-on:
-  push:
-    branches:
-      - main
-  pull_request:
-    types: [labeled]
-
-permissions:
-  contents: read
-
-env:
-  TWENTY_DEPLOY_URL: http://localhost:3000
-
-concurrency:
-  group: cd-${{ github.ref }}
-  cancel-in-progress: true
-
-jobs:
-  deploy-and-install:
-    if: >-
-      github.event_name == 'push' ||
-      (github.event_name == 'pull_request' && github.event.label.name == 'deploy')
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    steps:
-      - name: Checkout
-        uses: actions/checkout@v4
-        with:
-          ref: ${{ github.event.pull_request.head.sha || github.sha }}
-
-      - name: Deploy
-        uses: twentyhq/twenty/.github/actions/deploy-twenty-app@main
-        with:
-          api-url: ${{ env.TWENTY_DEPLOY_URL }}
-          api-key: ${{ secrets.TWENTY_DEPLOY_API_KEY }}
-
-      - name: Install
-        uses: twentyhq/twenty/.github/actions/install-twenty-app@main
-        with:
-          api-url: ${{ env.TWENTY_DEPLOY_URL }}
-          api-key: ${{ secrets.TWENTY_DEPLOY_API_KEY }}
diff --git a/packages/twenty-apps/internal/self-hosting/.github/workflows/ci.yml b/packages/twenty-apps/internal/self-hosting/.github/workflows/ci.yml
deleted file mode 100644
index 9112ecb495..0000000000
--- a/packages/twenty-apps/internal/self-hosting/.github/workflows/ci.yml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,48 +0,0 @@
-name: CI
-
-on:
-  push:
-    branches:
-      - main
-  pull_request: {}
-
-permissions:
-  contents: read
-
-env:
-  TWENTY_VERSION: latest
-
-concurrency:
-  group: ci-${{ github.ref }}
-  cancel-in-progress: true
-
-jobs:
-  test:
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    steps:
-      - name: Checkout
-        uses: actions/checkout@v4
-
-      - name: Spawn Twenty test instance
-        id: twenty
-        uses: twentyhq/twenty/.github/actions/spawn-twenty-app-dev-test@main
-        with:
-          twenty-version: ${{ env.TWENTY_VERSION }}
-
-      - name: Enable Corepack
-        run: corepack enable
-
-      - name: Setup Node.js
-        uses: actions/setup-node@v4
-        with:
-          node-version-file: '.nvmrc'
-          cache: yarn
-
-      - name: Install dependencies
-        run: yarn install --immutable
-
-      - name: Run integration tests
-        run: yarn test
-        env:
-          TWENTY_API_URL: ${{ steps.twenty.outputs.server-url }}
-          TWENTY_API_KEY: ${{ steps.twenty.outputs.api-key }}
diff --git a/packages/twenty-apps/internal/twenty-for-twenty/.github/workflows/cd.yml b/packages/twenty-apps/internal/twenty-for-twenty/.github/workflows/cd.yml
deleted file mode 100644
index 61cbcfd7ab..0000000000
--- a/packages/twenty-apps/internal/twenty-for-twenty/.github/workflows/cd.yml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,42 +0,0 @@
-name: CD
-
-on:
-  push:
-    branches:
-      - main
-  pull_request:
-    types: [labeled]
-
-permissions:
-  contents: read
-
-env:
-  TWENTY_DEPLOY_URL: http://localhost:3000
-
-concurrency:
-  group: cd-${{ github.ref }}
-  cancel-in-progress: true
-
-jobs:
-  deploy-and-install:
-    if: >-
-      github.event_name == 'push' ||
-      (github.event_name == 'pull_request' && github.event.label.name == 'deploy')
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    steps:
-      - name: Checkout
-        uses: actions/checkout@v4
-        with:
-          ref: ${{ github.event.pull_request.head.sha || github.sha }}
-
-      - name: Deploy
-        uses: twentyhq/twenty/.github/actions/deploy-twenty-app@main
-        with:
-          api-url: ${{ env.TWENTY_DEPLOY_URL }}
-          api-key: ${{ secrets.TWENTY_DEPLOY_API_KEY }}
-
-      - name: Install
-        uses: twentyhq/twenty/.github/actions/install-twenty-app@main
-        with:
-          api-url: ${{ env.TWENTY_DEPLOY_URL }}
-          api-key: ${{ secrets.TWENTY_DEPLOY_API_KEY }}
diff --git a/packages/twenty-apps/internal/twenty-for-twenty/.github/workflows/ci.yml b/packages/twenty-apps/internal/twenty-for-twenty/.github/workflows/ci.yml
deleted file mode 100644
index 9112ecb495..0000000000
--- a/packages/twenty-apps/internal/twenty-for-twenty/.github/workflows/ci.yml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,48 +0,0 @@
-name: CI
-
-on:
-  push:
-    branches:
-      - main
-  pull_request: {}
-
-permissions:
-  contents: read
-
-env:
-  TWENTY_VERSION: latest
-
-concurrency:
-  group: ci-${{ github.ref }}
-  cancel-in-progress: true
-
-jobs:
-  test:
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    steps:
-      - name: Checkout
-        uses: actions/checkout@v4
-
-      - name: Spawn Twenty test instance
-        id: twenty
-        uses: twentyhq/twenty/.github/actions/spawn-twenty-app-dev-test@main
-        with:
-          twenty-version: ${{ env.TWENTY_VERSION }}
-
-      - name: Enable Corepack
-        run: corepack enable
-
-      - name: Setup Node.js
-        uses: actions/setup-node@v4
-        with:
-          node-version-file: '.nvmrc'
-          cache: yarn
-
-      - name: Install dependencies
-        run: yarn install --immutable
-
-      - name: Run integration tests
-        run: yarn test
-        env:
-          TWENTY_API_URL: ${{ steps.twenty.outputs.server-url }}
-          TWENTY_API_KEY: ${{ steps.twenty.outputs.api-key }}
diff --git a/packages/twenty-apps/internal/twenty-meeting-bot/.github/workflows/cd.yml b/packages/twenty-apps/internal/twenty-meeting-bot/.github/workflows/cd.yml
deleted file mode 100644
index 0ec483fc57..0000000000
--- a/packages/twenty-apps/internal/twenty-meeting-bot/.github/workflows/cd.yml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,42 +0,0 @@
-name: CD
-
-on:
-  push:
-    branches:
-      - main
-  pull_request:
-    types: [labeled]
-
-permissions:
-  contents: read
-
-env:
-  TWENTY_DEPLOY_URL: http://localhost:2020
-
-concurrency:
-  group: cd-${{ github.ref }}
-  cancel-in-progress: true
-
-jobs:
-  deploy-and-install:
-    if: >-
-      github.event_name == 'push' ||
-      (github.event_name == 'pull_request' && github.event.label.name == 'deploy')
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    steps:
-      - name: Checkout
-        uses: actions/checkout@v4
-        with:
-          ref: ${{ github.event.pull_request.head.sha || github.sha }}
-
-      - name: Deploy
-        uses: twentyhq/twenty/.github/actions/deploy-twenty-app@main
-        with:
-          api-url: ${{ env.TWENTY_DEPLOY_URL }}
-          api-key: ${{ secrets.TWENTY_DEPLOY_API_KEY }}
-
-      - name: Install
-        uses: twentyhq/twenty/.github/actions/install-twenty-app@main
-        with:
-          api-url: ${{ env.TWENTY_DEPLOY_URL }}
-          api-key: ${{ secrets.TWENTY_DEPLOY_API_KEY }}
diff --git a/packages/twenty-apps/internal/twenty-meeting-bot/.github/workflows/ci.yml b/packages/twenty-apps/internal/twenty-meeting-bot/.github/workflows/ci.yml
deleted file mode 100644
index 9112ecb495..0000000000
--- a/packages/twenty-apps/internal/twenty-meeting-bot/.github/workflows/ci.yml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,48 +0,0 @@
-name: CI
-
-on:
-  push:
-    branches:
-      - main
-  pull_request: {}
-
-permissions:
-  contents: read
-
-env:
-  TWENTY_VERSION: latest
-
-concurrency:
-  group: ci-${{ github.ref }}
-  cancel-in-progress: true
-
-jobs:
-  test:
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    steps:
-      - name: Checkout
-        uses: actions/checkout@v4
-
-      - name: Spawn Twenty test instance
-        id: twenty
-        uses: twentyhq/twenty/.github/actions/spawn-twenty-app-dev-test@main
-        with:
-          twenty-version: ${{ env.TWENTY_VERSION }}
-
-      - name: Enable Corepack
-        run: corepack enable
-
-      - name: Setup Node.js
-        uses: actions/setup-node@v4
-        with:
-          node-version-file: '.nvmrc'
-          cache: yarn
-
-      - name: Install dependencies
-        run: yarn install --immutable
-
-      - name: Run integration tests
-        run: yarn test
-        env:
-          TWENTY_API_URL: ${{ steps.twenty.outputs.server-url }}
-          TWENTY_API_KEY: ${{ steps.twenty.outputs.api-key }}
diff --git a/packages/twenty-apps/internal/twenty-partners/.github/workflows/cd.yml b/packages/twenty-apps/internal/twenty-partners/.github/workflows/cd.yml
deleted file mode 100644
index 0ec483fc57..0000000000
--- a/packages/twenty-apps/internal/twenty-partners/.github/workflows/cd.yml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,42 +0,0 @@
-name: CD
-
-on:
-  push:
-    branches:
-      - main
-  pull_request:
-    types: [labeled]
-
-permissions:
-  contents: read
-
-env:
-  TWENTY_DEPLOY_URL: http://localhost:2020
-
-concurrency:
-  group: cd-${{ github.ref }}
-  cancel-in-progress: true
-
-jobs:
-  deploy-and-install:
-    if: >-
-      github.event_name == 'push' ||
-      (github.event_name == 'pull_request' && github.event.label.name == 'deploy')
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    steps:
-      - name: Checkout
-        uses: actions/checkout@v4
-        with:
-          ref: ${{ github.event.pull_request.head.sha || github.sha }}
-
-      - name: Deploy
-        uses: twentyhq/twenty/.github/actions/deploy-twenty-app@main
-        with:
-          api-url: ${{ env.TWENTY_DEPLOY_URL }}
-          api-key: ${{ secrets.TWENTY_DEPLOY_API_KEY }}
-
-      - name: Install
-        uses: twentyhq/twenty/.github/actions/install-twenty-app@main
-        with:
-          api-url: ${{ env.TWENTY_DEPLOY_URL }}
-          api-key: ${{ secrets.TWENTY_DEPLOY_API_KEY }}
diff --git a/packages/twenty-apps/internal/twenty-partners/.github/workflows/ci.yml b/packages/twenty-apps/internal/twenty-partners/.github/workflows/ci.yml
deleted file mode 100644
index 9112ecb495..0000000000
--- a/packages/twenty-apps/internal/twenty-partners/.github/workflows/ci.yml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,48 +0,0 @@
-name: CI
-
-on:
-  push:
-    branches:
-      - main
-  pull_request: {}
-
-permissions:
-  contents: read
-
-env:
-  TWENTY_VERSION: latest
-
-concurrency:
-  group: ci-${{ github.ref }}
-  cancel-in-progress: true
-
-jobs:
-  test:
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    steps:
-      - name: Checkout
-        uses: actions/checkout@v4
-
-      - name: Spawn Twenty test instance
-        id: twenty
-        uses: twentyhq/twenty/.github/actions/spawn-twenty-app-dev-test@main
-        with:
-          twenty-version: ${{ env.TWENTY_VERSION }}
-
-      - name: Enable Corepack
-        run: corepack enable
-
-      - name: Setup Node.js
-        uses: actions/setup-node@v4
-        with:
-          node-version-file: '.nvmrc'
-          cache: yarn
-
-      - name: Install dependencies
-        run: yarn install --immutable
-
-      - name: Run integration tests
-        run: yarn test
-        env:
-          TWENTY_API_URL: ${{ steps.twenty.outputs.server-url }}
-          TWENTY_API_KEY: ${{ steps.twenty.outputs.api-key }}