diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci-dev.yaml b/.github/workflows/ci-dev.yaml
deleted file mode 100644
index f451fde..0000000
--- a/.github/workflows/ci-dev.yaml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,12 +0,0 @@
-# Example of workflow trigger for calling workflow (the client).
-name: ci-dev
-on:
-  pull_request:
-    branches: ["dev"]
-  push:
-    branches: ["dev"]
-jobs:
-  ci:
-    uses: qiime2/distributions/.github/workflows/lib-ci-dev.yaml@dev
-    with:
-      distro: amplicon
diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci-q2-fmt.yml b/.github/workflows/ci-q2-fmt.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..213fcd9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci-q2-fmt.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+name: ci-q2-fmt
+on:
+  pull_request:
+    branches: ["dev"]
+  push:
+    branches: ["dev"]
+jobs:
+  ci:
+    uses: qiime2/distributions/.github/workflows/lib-community-ci.yaml@dev
+    with:
+      github-repo: q2-fmt
+      env-file-name: 2024.10-q2-fmt-environment.yml
+  lint:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+    - name: checkout source
+      uses: actions/checkout@v4
+
+    - name: install dependencies
+      run: |
+        python -m pip install --upgrade pip
+        pip install -q flake8
+        pip install -q https://github.com/qiime2/q2lint/archive/master.zip
+
+    - name: Lint plugin
+      shell: bash -l {0}
+      run: |
+        cd q2-fmt
+        flake8
+        q2lint
+
diff --git a/.github/workflows/cron-q2-fmt.yml b/.github/workflows/cron-q2-fmt.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..b7b5ee4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/cron-q2-fmt.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+name: cron-q2-fmt
+on:
+  workflow_dispatch: {}
+  schedule:
+    - cron: 0 0 * * SUN
+jobs:
+  ci:
+    uses: qiime2/distributions/.github/workflows/lib-community-ci.yaml@dev
+    with:
+      github-repo: q2-fmt
+      env-file-name: development-q2-fmt-environment.yml
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index e021793..cdcd992 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -8,25 +8,27 @@
 
 ## Installation
 
-Please note that this software is now an alpha release. Initial conda packages are available, but have not been tested in integration against our other plugins yet. For now, create a fresh conda environment for q2-fmt using the following command:
+Please note that this software is now an alpha release. Initial conda packages are available, but have not been tested in integration against our other plugins yet. For now, create a fresh conda environment for q2-fmt using the following command: 
 
+Note: This is a `Development` install of q2-fmt
 Mac OS instructions 
 ```bash
-wget https://data.qiime2.org/distro/fmt/qiime2-fmt-2023.9-py38-osx-conda.yml
-CONDA_SUBDIR=osx-64 conda env create -n qiime2-fmt-2023.9 --file qiime2-fmt-2023.9-py38-osx-conda.yml
-conda activate qiime2-fmt-2023.9
-conda config --env --set subdir osx-64
+CONDA_SUBDIR=osx-64 conda env create \
+ -n q2-fmt-2024.10 \
+ -f https://raw.githubusercontent.com/qiime2/q2-fmt.git/dev/environment-files/2024.10-q2-fmt-environment.yml
 ```
+
 Linux instructions
 ```bash
-wget https://data.qiime2.org/distro/fmt/qiime2-fmt-2023.9-py38-linux-conda.yml
-conda env create -n qiime2-fmt-2023.9 --file qiime2-fmt-2023.9-py38-linux-conda.yml
+conda env create \
+ -n q2-fmt-2024.10 \
+ -f https://raw.githubusercontent.com/qiime2/q2-fmt.git/dev/environment-files/2024.10-q2-fmt-environment.yml
 ```
+
 Then activate your new environment as usual.
 ```bash
-conda activate q2-fmt-2023.9
+conda activate q2-fmt-2024.10
 ```
-Please be aware that `q2-fmt` and `q2-stats` will be the only visible plugins in this environment.
 
 ## Examples
 Example data can be generated using the `--example-data` flag on each action
diff --git a/environment-files/2024.10-q2-fmt-environment.yml b/environment-files/2024.10-q2-fmt-environment.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..caacbf4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/environment-files/2024.10-q2-fmt-environment.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+channels:
+- https://packages.qiime2.org/qiime2/2024.10/amplicon/passed
+- conda-forge
+- bioconda
+dependencies:
+  - qiime2-amplicon
+  - pip
+  - pip:
+    - q2-fmt@git+https://github.com/qiime2/q2-fmt.git@dev
+    - frictionless
diff --git a/environment-files/development-q2-fmt-environment.yml b/environment-files/development-q2-fmt-environment.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..caacbf4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/environment-files/development-q2-fmt-environment.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+channels:
+- https://packages.qiime2.org/qiime2/2024.10/amplicon/passed
+- conda-forge
+- bioconda
+dependencies:
+  - qiime2-amplicon
+  - pip
+  - pip:
+    - q2-fmt@git+https://github.com/qiime2/q2-fmt.git@dev
+    - frictionless