adding github workflows

.github/workflows/codeql.yml

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+# For most projects, this workflow file will not need changing; you simply need
+# to commit it to your repository.
+#
+# You may wish to alter this file to override the set of languages analyzed,
+# or to provide custom queries or build logic.
+#
+# ******** NOTE ********
+# We have attempted to detect the languages in your repository. Please check
+# the `language` matrix defined below to confirm you have the correct set of
+# supported CodeQL languages.
+#
+name: "CodeQL Advanced"
+
+on:
+  push:
+    branches: [ "main", "development" ]
+  pull_request:
+    branches: [ "main", "development" ]
+  # schedule:
+    # - cron: '44 14 * * 1'
+  workflow_dispatch:
+
+
+jobs:
+  analyze:
+    name: Analyze (${{ matrix.language }})
+    # Runner size impacts CodeQL analysis time. To learn more, please see:
+    #   - https://gh.io/recommended-hardware-resources-for-running-codeql
+    #   - https://gh.io/supported-runners-and-hardware-resources
+    #   - https://gh.io/using-larger-runners (GitHub.com only)
+    # Consider using larger runners or machines with greater resources for possible analysis time improvements.
+    runs-on: ${{ (matrix.language == 'swift' && 'macos-latest') || 'ubuntu-latest' }}
+    permissions:
+      # required for all workflows
+      security-events: write
+
+      # required to fetch internal or private CodeQL packs
+      packages: read
+
+      # only required for workflows in private repositories
+      actions: read
+      contents: read
+
+    strategy:
+      fail-fast: false
+      matrix:
+        include:
+        - language: python
+          build-mode: none
+        # CodeQL supports the following values keywords for 'language': 'c-cpp', 'csharp', 'go', 'java-kotlin', 'javascript-typescript', 'python', 'ruby', 'swift'
+        # Use `c-cpp` to analyze code written in C, C++ or both
+        # Use 'java-kotlin' to analyze code written in Java, Kotlin or both
+        # Use 'javascript-typescript' to analyze code written in JavaScript, TypeScript or both
+        # To learn more about changing the languages that are analyzed or customizing the build mode for your analysis,
+        # see https://docs.github.com/en/code-security/code-scanning/creating-an-advanced-setup-for-code-scanning/customizing-your-advanced-setup-for-code-scanning.
+        # If you are analyzing a compiled language, you can modify the 'build-mode' for that language to customize how
+        # your codebase is analyzed, see https://docs.github.com/en/code-security/code-scanning/creating-an-advanced-setup-for-code-scanning/codeql-code-scanning-for-compiled-languages
+    steps:
+    - name: Checkout repository
+      uses: actions/checkout@v4
+
+    # Initializes the CodeQL tools for scanning.
+    - name: Initialize CodeQL
+      uses: github/codeql-action/init@v3
+      with:
+        languages: ${{ matrix.language }}
+        build-mode: ${{ matrix.build-mode }}
+        # If you wish to specify custom queries, you can do so here or in a config file.
+        # By default, queries listed here will override any specified in a config file.
+        # Prefix the list here with "+" to use these queries and those in the config file.
+
+        # For more details on CodeQL's query packs, refer to: https://docs.github.com/en/code-security/code-scanning/automatically-scanning-your-code-for-vulnerabilities-and-errors/configuring-code-scanning#using-queries-in-ql-packs
+        # queries: security-extended,security-and-quality
+
+    # If the analyze step fails for one of the languages you are analyzing with
+    # "We were unable to automatically build your code", modify the matrix above
+    # to set the build mode to "manual" for that language. Then modify this step
+    # to build your code.
+    # ℹ️ Command-line programs to run using the OS shell.
+    # 📚 See https://docs.github.com/en/actions/using-workflows/workflow-syntax-for-github-actions#jobsjob_idstepsrun
+    - if: matrix.build-mode == 'manual'
+      shell: bash
+      run: |
+        echo 'If you are using a "manual" build mode for one or more of the' \
+          'languages you are analyzing, replace this with the commands to build' \
+          'your code, for example:'
+        echo '  make bootstrap'
+        echo '  make release'
+        exit 1
+
+    - name: Perform CodeQL Analysis
+      uses: github/codeql-action/analyze@v3
+      with:
+        category: "/language:${{matrix.language}}"

.github/workflows/prevent_merge_when_branch_behind.yml

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+name: Require Branch to Be Up-to-Date with Main
+
+# Trigger this workflow on pull request events targeting a specific branch.
+on:
+  pull_request:
+    branches:
+      - main
+      - development
+  workflow_dispatch: # enables manual triggering
+
+jobs:
+  check-branch:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+      - name: Checkout pull request branch
+        uses: actions/checkout@v3
+        with:
+          ref: ${{ github.event.pull_request.head.ref }}
+
+      - name: Fetch main branch
+        run: |
+          git fetch --unshallow
+          git fetch origin main
+
+      - name: Compare branch with main
+        run: |
+          if git merge-base --is-ancestor origin/main HEAD; then
+            echo "::notice ::Branch is up-to-date with main."
+          else
+            echo "::error ::Merge Blocked: Your branch is behind the latest commits on main. Please update your branch with the latest changes from main before attempting to merge."
+            echo "Merge base: $(git merge-base HEAD origin/main)"
+            exit 1
+          fi
+
+ 

.github/workflows/publish_package.yml

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+name: Publish Package
+
+on:
+  release:
+    types:
+        - published
+  workflow_dispatch: # enables manual triggering
+
+jobs:
+  publish:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+
+    steps:
+    - name: Checkout repository
+      uses: actions/checkout@v3
+
+    - name: Set up Python
+      uses: actions/setup-python@v4
+      with:
+        python-version: "3.11" 
+
+    - name: Install Poetry
+      run: |
+          curl -sSL https://install.python-poetry.org | python3 -
+
+    - name: Validate Version
+      run: |
+        latest_version=$(curl -s https://pypi.org/pypi/views-pipeline-core/json | jq -r .info.version)
+        new_version=$(python -c "import toml; print(toml.load('pyproject.toml')['tool']['poetry']['version'])")
+        python -c "from packaging.version import parse; assert parse('$new_version') > parse('$latest_version'), 'Version must be higher than $latest_version'"
+  
+    - name: Publish to PyPI
+      run: poetry publish --build --username __token__ --password ${{ secrets.PYPI_TOKEN }}