diff --git a/.github/workflows/generate_other_formats.yaml b/.github/workflows/generate_other_formats.yaml
index e10d1ac59..b4ed4569c 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/generate_other_formats.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/generate_other_formats.yaml
@@ -31,19 +31,21 @@ jobs:
       - name: Generate other model representations
         run: |
           cd linkml-schema
-          for file in *.yaml;
-            do name=`basename ${file} .yaml`;
-            echo "Processing $name file..";
-            gen-json-schema  ${file} > ../json-schema-autogen/${name}.json;
-            # generating jsonld context and removing generation_date field to avoid constant updates
-            gen-jsonld-context ${file} > ../jsonld-context-autogen/${name}.context.jsonld;
-            sed -i "/generation_date/d" ../jsonld-context-autogen/${name}.context.jsonld;
-            gen-pydantic --pydantic_version 2 ${file} > ../models_py-autogen/${name}.py;
-            if [ ${name} = "kbmodel" ]; then
-              echo "Creating and Fixing kbmodel diagram..";
-              python ../utils/create_fix_kbmodel_diagram.py
-            else
-              gen-erdiagram ${file} > ../erdiagram-autogen/${name}.md;
+          for file in *.yaml; do
+            if [ "$file" != "bican_biolink.yaml" ]; then
+              name=`basename ${file} .yaml`;
+              echo "Processing $name file..";
+              gen-json-schema  ${file} > ../json-schema-autogen/${name}.json;
+              # generating jsonld context and removing generation_date field to avoid constant updates
+              gen-jsonld-context ${file} > ../jsonld-context-autogen/${name}.context.jsonld;
+              sed -i "/generation_date/d" ../jsonld-context-autogen/${name}.context.jsonld;
+              gen-pydantic --pydantic-version 2 ${file} > ../models_py-autogen/${name}.py;
+              if [ ${name} = "kbmodel" ]; then
+                echo "Creating and Fixing kbmodel diagram..";
+                python ../utils/create_fix_kbmodel_diagram.py
+              else
+                gen-erdiagram ${file} > ../erdiagram-autogen/${name}.md;
+              fi
             fi
           done
           cd ..
diff --git a/.github/workflows/test_other_formats.yaml b/.github/workflows/test_other_formats.yaml
index 6ed344971..38bcd5805 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/test_other_formats.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/test_other_formats.yaml
@@ -2,11 +2,9 @@ name: test generating other formats
 
 on:
   push:
-    paths:
-      - 'linkml-schema/'
+    branches:
+      - main
   pull_request:
-    paths:
-      - 'linkml-schema/'
 
 jobs:
   test:
@@ -32,17 +30,19 @@ jobs:
       - name: Generate other model representations
         run: |
           cd linkml-schema
-          for file in *.yaml;
-            do name=`basename ${file} .yaml`;
-            echo "Processing $name file..";
-            # generating json schema
-            gen-json-schema  ${file};
-            # generating jsonld context 
-            gen-jsonld-context ${file};
-            # generating pydantic schema
-            gen-pydantic --pydantic_version 2 ${file};
-            if [ ${name} != "kbmodel" ]; then
-              gen-erdiagram ${file};
+          for file in *.yaml; do
+            if [ "$file" != "bican_biolink.yaml" ]; then
+              name=`basename ${file} .yaml`;
+              echo "Processing $name file..";
+              # generating json schema
+              gen-json-schema  ${file};
+              # generating jsonld context
+              gen-jsonld-context ${file};
+              # generating pydantic schema
+              gen-pydantic --pydantic-version 2 ${file};
+              if [ ${name} != "kbmodel" ]; then
+                gen-erdiagram ${file};
+              fi
             fi
           done
           cd ..
diff --git a/.github/workflows/tests_lint.yaml b/.github/workflows/tests_lint.yaml
index 10dd080b4..7f134e4b0 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/tests_lint.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/tests_lint.yaml
@@ -2,12 +2,9 @@ name: testing schemas with linkml-lint
 
 on:
   push:
-    paths:
-      - 'linkml-schema/'
+    branches:
+      - main
   pull_request:
-    paths:
-      - 'linkml-schema/'
-
 
 jobs:
   test:
diff --git a/.github/workflows/tests_models.yaml b/.github/workflows/tests_models.yaml
index 496ea4c64..bada27637 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/tests_models.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/tests_models.yaml
@@ -2,12 +2,9 @@ name: testing schemas with python api
 
 on:
   push:
-    paths:
-      - 'linkml-schema/'
+    branches:
+      - main
   pull_request:
-    paths:
-      - 'linkml-schema/'
-
 
 jobs:
   test: