diff --git a/.gitea/workflows/ci.yaml b/.gitea/workflows/ci.yaml
index 1d3ff2e..5ac471f 100644
--- a/.gitea/workflows/ci.yaml
+++ b/.gitea/workflows/ci.yaml
@@ -2,10 +2,12 @@ name: CI Pipeline
 run-name: "${{ gitea.actor }} triggered CI pipeline"
 
 on:
-  workflow_dispatch: {}
-  pull_request:
-    branches: [main]
-    types: [opened, reopened, synchronize]
+  workflow_dispatch: {}  # Manual trigger only - run tests locally before merging
+  # Auto-runs disabled for solo development
+  # Re-enable when ready for collaborators:
+  # pull_request:
+  #   branches: [main]
+  #   types: [opened, reopened, synchronize]
 
 env:
   NODE_VERSION: "20"
diff --git a/.runner.backup b/.runner.backup
deleted file mode 100644
index b8dc1a4..0000000
--- a/.runner.backup
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,12 +0,0 @@
-{
-  "WARNING": "This file is automatically generated by act-runner. Do not edit it manually unless you know what you are doing. Removing this file will cause act runner to re-register as a new runner.",
-  "id": 18,
-  "uuid": "a35806c0-29be-4c15-b5d9-cc265ac762ba",
-  "name": "community-rule-runner-mac",
-  "token": "b40fd7ddc8b53bc652640beb0a6837aba10ef967",
-  "address": "https://git.medlab.host",
-  "labels": [
-    "self-hosted:host",
-    "macos-latest:host"
-  ]
-}
diff --git a/config/gitea-runner.plist b/config/gitea-runner.plist
deleted file mode 100644
index 533337c..0000000
--- a/config/gitea-runner.plist
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,25 +0,0 @@
-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
-<!DOCTYPE plist PUBLIC "-//Apple//DTD PLIST 1.0//EN" "http://www.apple.com/DTDs/PropertyList-1.0.dtd">
-<plist version="1.0">
-<dict>
-    <key>Label</key>
-    <string>com.gitea.act-runner</string>
-    <key>ProgramArguments</key>
-    <array>
-        <string>/Users/Vinod/Documents/GitHub/community-rule/act_runner</string>
-        <string>daemon</string>
-        <string>--config</string>
-        <string>/Users/Vinod/Documents/GitHub/community-rule/config/gitea-runner.yaml</string>
-    </array>
-    <key>WorkingDirectory</key>
-    <string>/Users/Vinod/Documents/GitHub/community-rule</string>
-    <key>RunAtLoad</key>
-    <true/>
-    <key>KeepAlive</key>
-    <true/>
-    <key>StandardOutPath</key>
-    <string>/Users/Vinod/Documents/GitHub/community-rule/runner.log</string>
-    <key>StandardErrorPath</key>
-    <string>/Users/Vinod/Documents/GitHub/community-rule/runner-error.log</string>
-</dict>
-</plist>
diff --git a/config/gitea-runner.yaml b/config/gitea-runner.yaml
deleted file mode 100644
index 3036440..0000000
--- a/config/gitea-runner.yaml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,33 +0,0 @@
-log:
-  level: debug
-
-runner:
-  file: .runner
-  capacity: 2
-  timeout: 3h
-  insecure: false
-  fetch_timeout: 5s
-  fetch_interval: 2s
-  labels:
-    - "self-hosted"
-    - "macos-latest"
-
-cache:
-  enabled: true
-  dir: ""
-  host: ""
-  port: 0
-  external_server: ""
-
-# container:
-#   network: ""
-#   privileged: false
-#   options:
-#   workdir_parent:
-#   valid_volumes: []
-#   docker_host: ""
-#   force_pull: false
-#   mode: "host"
-
-host:
-  workdir_parent: ""
diff --git a/config/runner-config.yaml b/config/runner-config.yaml
deleted file mode 100644
index 90d11af..0000000
--- a/config/runner-config.yaml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,10 +0,0 @@
-log:
-  level: info
-
-runner:
-  capacity: 2
-
-runners:
-  - name: community-rule-runner
-    labels:
-      - "ubuntu-latest:docker://mcr.microsoft.com/playwright:v1.54.2-jammy"
diff --git a/runner.log b/runner.log
deleted file mode 100644
index b900d70..0000000
--- a/runner.log
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,4 +0,0 @@
-time="2026-01-29T20:16:26-07:00" level=info msg="log level changed to debug" func="[initLogging]" file="[daemon.go:158]"
-time="2026-01-29T20:16:26-07:00" level=info msg="Starting runner daemon" func="[func6]" file="[daemon.go:38]"
-time="2026-01-29T20:16:26-07:00" level=debug msg="gc: 2026-01-29 20:16:26.704803 -0700 MST m=+0.007200001" func="[gcCache]" file="[handler.go:439]" module=artifactcache
-time="2026-01-29T20:16:26-07:00" level=info msg="runner: community-rule-runner-mac, with version: v0.2.6, with labels: [self-hosted macos-latest], declare successfully" func="[func6]" file="[daemon.go:109]"
diff --git a/scripts/register-runner.sh b/scripts/register-runner.sh
deleted file mode 100755
index 7db6615..0000000
--- a/scripts/register-runner.sh
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,42 +0,0 @@
-#!/bin/bash
-
-# Script to register Gitea runner
-# Usage: ./scripts/register-runner.sh <registration_token>
-
-if [ -z "$1" ]; then
-    echo "❌ Error: Registration token required"
-    echo ""
-    echo "To get a registration token:"
-    echo "1. Go to: https://git.medlab.host/CommunityRule/community-rule/settings/actions/runners"
-    echo "2. Click 'New Runner' or find the registration token"
-    echo "3. Run: ./scripts/register-runner.sh YOUR_TOKEN"
-    exit 1
-fi
-
-TOKEN=$1
-INSTANCE="https://git.medlab.host"
-NAME="community-rule-runner-mac"
-LABELS="self-hosted,macos-latest"
-
-echo "🚀 Registering runner..."
-echo "Instance: $INSTANCE"
-echo "Name: $NAME"
-echo "Labels: $LABELS"
-echo ""
-
-./act_runner register \
-    --instance "$INSTANCE" \
-    --token "$TOKEN" \
-    --name "$NAME" \
-    --labels "$LABELS" \
-    --no-interactive
-
-if [ $? -eq 0 ]; then
-    echo ""
-    echo "✅ Runner registered successfully!"
-    echo "You can now start it with: ./scripts/start-runner.sh"
-else
-    echo ""
-    echo "❌ Registration failed. Please check the token and try again."
-    exit 1
-fi
diff --git a/scripts/start-runner.sh b/scripts/start-runner.sh
deleted file mode 100755
index 8773ce0..0000000
--- a/scripts/start-runner.sh
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,35 +0,0 @@
-#!/bin/bash
-
-echo "🚀 Starting Gitea Actions Runner..."
-
-# Ensure Node.js is available in PATH
-export PATH="/usr/local/bin:/opt/homebrew/bin:/usr/bin:/bin:$PATH"
-
-# Verify Node.js is accessible
-if ! command -v node >/dev/null 2>&1; then
-    echo "❌ Node.js not found in PATH!"
-    echo "Current PATH: $PATH"
-    exit 1
-fi
-
-echo "✅ Node.js found: $(which node) - $(node -v)"
-
-# Check if runner is already running
-if pgrep -f "act_runner daemon" > /dev/null; then
-    echo "⚠️  Runner is already running!"
-    echo "To stop it, run: ./scripts/stop-runner.sh"
-    exit 1
-fi
-
-# Start the runner in the background with proper PATH and log redirection
-PATH="/usr/local/bin:/opt/homebrew/bin:/usr/bin:/bin:$PATH" ./act_runner daemon --config config/gitea-runner.yaml > runner.log 2>&1 &
-RUNNER_PID=$!
-
-# Save PID to file for easy stopping
-echo $RUNNER_PID > .runner.pid
-
-echo "✅ Runner started with PID: $RUNNER_PID"
-echo "📝 Logs will be written to: runner.log"
-echo ""
-echo "To stop the runner, run: ./scripts/stop-runner.sh"
-echo "To check status, run: ./scripts/status-runner.sh"
diff --git a/scripts/status-runner.sh b/scripts/status-runner.sh
deleted file mode 100755
index c3749fe..0000000
--- a/scripts/status-runner.sh
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,27 +0,0 @@
-#!/bin/bash
-
-echo "📊 Gitea Actions Runner Status"
-echo "=============================="
-
-# Check if runner is running
-if pgrep -f "act_runner daemon" > /dev/null; then
-    RUNNER_PID=$(pgrep -f "act_runner daemon")
-    echo "✅ Runner is RUNNING (PID: $RUNNER_PID)"
-    echo ""
-    echo "📝 Recent logs:"
-    if [ -f runner.log ]; then
-        tail -5 runner.log
-    else
-        echo "No log file found"
-    fi
-    echo ""
-    echo "To stop the runner: ./scripts/stop-runner.sh"
-else
-    echo "❌ Runner is NOT RUNNING"
-    echo ""
-    echo "To start the runner: ./scripts/start-runner.sh"
-fi
-
-echo ""
-echo "🔗 Gitea Actions URL:"
-echo "https://git.medlab.host/CommunityRule/community-rule/actions"
diff --git a/scripts/stop-runner.sh b/scripts/stop-runner.sh
deleted file mode 100755
index c13468d..0000000
--- a/scripts/stop-runner.sh
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,34 +0,0 @@
-#!/bin/bash
-
-echo "🛑 Stopping Gitea Actions Runner..."
-
-# Check if PID file exists
-if [ -f .runner.pid ]; then
-    RUNNER_PID=$(cat .runner.pid)
-    
-    # Check if process is still running
-    if ps -p $RUNNER_PID > /dev/null; then
-        echo "🔄 Stopping runner with PID: $RUNNER_PID"
-        kill $RUNNER_PID
-        
-        # Wait a moment for graceful shutdown
-        sleep 2
-        
-        # Force kill if still running
-        if ps -p $RUNNER_PID > /dev/null; then
-            echo "⚡ Force stopping runner..."
-            kill -9 $RUNNER_PID
-        fi
-        
-        echo "✅ Runner stopped successfully"
-    else
-        echo "⚠️  Runner process not found (PID: $RUNNER_PID)"
-    fi
-    
-    # Clean up PID file
-    rm -f .runner.pid
-else
-    echo "🔍 No PID file found, checking for any running runners..."
-    pkill -f "act_runner daemon"
-    echo "✅ Any running runners have been stopped"
-fi
diff --git a/scripts/test-local.sh b/scripts/test-local.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..702a244
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/test-local.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,33 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+# Local testing script - run before committing/merging
+# Usage: ./scripts/test-local.sh
+
+echo "🧪 Running local tests before commit..."
+echo ""
+
+echo "🔍 Linting..."
+npm run lint || exit 1
+
+echo ""
+echo "💅 Prettier check..."
+npm exec prettier -- --check "**/*.{js,jsx,ts,tsx,json,css,md}" || exit 1
+
+echo ""
+echo "📦 Component tests with coverage..."
+npm test || exit 1
+
+echo ""
+echo "🎭 E2E tests..."
+npm run test:e2e || exit 1
+
+echo ""
+echo "🖼️  Visual regression tests..."
+npm run visual:test || exit 1
+
+echo ""
+echo "⚡ Performance tests (Lighthouse CI)..."
+npm run performance:budget || exit 1
+
+echo ""
+echo "✅ All tests passed! Safe to commit/merge."
diff --git a/scripts/verify-runner.sh b/scripts/verify-runner.sh
deleted file mode 100755
index 887ddac..0000000
--- a/scripts/verify-runner.sh
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,47 +0,0 @@
-#!/bin/bash
-
-echo "🔍 Verifying Gitea Runner Status"
-echo "================================="
-echo ""
-
-# Check if runner is registered
-if [ ! -f .runner ]; then
-    echo "❌ Runner not registered - .runner file not found"
-    echo "   Run: ./scripts/register-runner.sh <token>"
-    exit 1
-fi
-
-echo "✅ Runner registration file exists"
-RUNNER_ID=$(cat .runner | grep -o '"id": [0-9]*' | cut -d' ' -f2)
-echo "   Runner ID: $RUNNER_ID"
-echo ""
-
-# Check if runner is running
-if pgrep -f "act_runner daemon" > /dev/null; then
-    RUNNER_PID=$(pgrep -f "act_runner daemon")
-    echo "✅ Runner process is running (PID: $RUNNER_PID)"
-else
-    echo "⚠️  Runner process is NOT running"
-    echo "   Start it with: ./scripts/start-runner.sh"
-    exit 1
-fi
-
-echo ""
-echo "📝 Recent logs (checking for polling activity):"
-if [ -f runner.log ]; then
-    echo "---"
-    tail -20 runner.log | grep -E "(polling|fetch|task|job|online|error|Error)" || tail -10 runner.log
-    echo "---"
-    echo ""
-    echo "Look for messages like:"
-    echo "  - 'fetching task' or 'polling' (good - runner is active)"
-    echo "  - 'error' or 'Error' (bad - check the full log)"
-else
-    echo "⚠️  No log file found"
-fi
-
-echo ""
-echo "🔗 Check runner status in Gitea:"
-echo "   https://git.medlab.host/CommunityRule/community-rule/settings/actions/runners"
-echo ""
-echo "The runner should show as 'Idle' (online) if it's working correctly."