diff --git a/.github/actions/cache-stm32-tools/action.yaml b/.github/actions/cache-stm32-tools/action.yaml
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+name: 'Caching STM32 Tools'
+description: 'Set up the environment for cross compile'
+
+runs:
+  using: 'composite'
+  steps:
+  - shell: bash
+    run: echo the path is ${{ github.workspace }}
+  - name: Cache STM32 Tools
+    uses: actions/cache@v3
+    id: cache-tools
+    with:
+      path: ot3-firmware/stm32-tools
+      key: ${{ runner.os }}-${{ hashFiles('**/cmake/*') }}-P6DpDkHzFfZ1Bry3666J
+      fail-on-cache-miss: false
+#
+#    - name: Print Cache
+#      shell: bash
+#      run: echo did we find ${{steps.cache-tools.outputs.cache-hit != 'true'}}
diff --git a/.github/actions/cross-compile-setup/action.yaml b/.github/actions/cross-compile-setup/action.yaml
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+name: 'Cross Compile Setup'
+description: 'Set up the environment for cross compile'
+inputs:
+  target:
+    description: 'Which preset firmware target to build'
+    required: true
+runs:
+  using: 'composite'
+  steps:
+    - name: Update and install gcc-10 & g++-10
+      shell: bash
+      run: |
+        sudo apt update
+        sudo apt install -y gcc-10 g++-10
+
+    - name: Checkout ot3-firmware repository
+      uses: actions/checkout@v3
+      with:
+        path: ot3-firmware
+
+    - name: Checkout opentrons repository
+      uses: actions/checkout@v3
+      with:
+        repository: "Opentrons/opentrons"
+        path: opentrons
+
+    - uses: "actions/cache@v3"
+      with:
+        path: "./stm32-tools"
+        key: ${{ runner.os }}-${{ hashFiles('**/cmake/*') }}-${{ secrets.CACHE_VERSION }}
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diff --git a/.github/actions/host-compile-setup/action.yaml b/.github/actions/host-compile-setup/action.yaml
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+name: 'Host Compile Setup'
+description: 'Set up the environment for host compile'
+inputs:
+  target:
+    description: 'Which preset firmware target to build'
+    required: true
+  python-version:
+    description: "What Python version to use to create the project's virtual environment"
+    required: false
+    default: "3.10"
+runs:
+  using: 'composite'
+  steps:
+    - shell: bash
+      run: |
+        if [[ "${OSTYPE}" =~ "linux" ]]; then
+          sudo apt-get update
+          sudo apt-get install -y --no-install-recommends libsystemd-dev
+        fi
+    - name: Set the OT_PYTHON env variable
+      shell: bash
+      run: echo "OT_PYTHON=$(which python)" >> $GITHUB_ENV
+    - name: If provided set the OT_VIRTUALENV_VERSION env variable
+      shell : bash
+      if: ${{ inputs.python-version != 'false' }}
+      run: echo "OT_VIRTUALENV_VERSION=${{ inputs.python-version }}" >> $GITHUB_ENV
+    - shell: bash
+      run: |
+        npm install --global shx@0.3.3
+        $OT_PYTHON -m pip install pipenv==2023.11.15
+    - shell: bash
+      run: 'make -C ${{ inputs.project }} setup'