diff --git a/.gitea/workflows/deploy-ci.yaml b/.gitea/workflows/deploy-ci.yaml
index 95b3d90..b8381ff 100644
--- a/.gitea/workflows/deploy-ci.yaml
+++ b/.gitea/workflows/deploy-ci.yaml
@@ -7,6 +7,8 @@ env:
   GITEA_API: https://${{ vars.CONTAINER_REGISTRY }}/api/v1
   TEMPLATE_PATH: .gitea/workflows/ci.yml
   IMAGE_NAME: osc/skins-image
+  ARTIFACT_PATH: "/data"
+  REPO_LIST_FILE: "/data/valid_repos.txt"
 
 jobs:
   fetch-template:
@@ -39,15 +41,17 @@ jobs:
     container:
       image: ${{ vars.CONTAINER_REGISTRY }}/${{ env.IMAGE_NAME }}:latest
     outputs:
-      repo_list: ${{ steps.save-repos.outputs.repo_list }}
+      repo_file: ${{ steps.save-repos.outputs.repo_file }}
 
     steps:
       - id: find-repos
         name: Scan All Users for Valid Skin Repositories
         run: |
           set -eo pipefail
+          mkdir -p "$ARTIFACT_PATH"
+          repo_file="$REPO_LIST_FILE"
           echo "🔍 Scanning users for repositories with 'Skins' directory"
-          repo_file="valid_repos.txt"
+
           page=1
           total_valid=0
           user_index=1
@@ -82,13 +86,18 @@ jobs:
           done
 
           echo "✅ Discovery complete — $total_valid valid repositories"
-          echo "repo_list=$repo_file" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
+          echo "repo_file=$repo_file" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
 
       - id: save-repos
-        name: Save Valid Repository List
-        run: |
-          echo "Valid repos saved to file"
-          echo "repo_list=valid_repos.txt" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
+        name: Save Repository List Output
+        run: echo "repo_file=$REPO_LIST_FILE" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
+
+      - name: Upload Valid Repo List Artifact
+        uses: actions/upload-artifact@v3
+        with:
+          name: valid-repo-list
+          path: ${{ env.REPO_LIST_FILE }}
+          retention-days: 1
 
   sync-template:
     name: Sync CI Template
@@ -98,18 +107,22 @@ jobs:
       image: ${{ vars.CONTAINER_REGISTRY }}/${{ env.IMAGE_NAME }}:latest
 
     steps:
-      - name: Load Template Content
-        run: echo "Loaded template content for update"
+      - name: Download Valid Repo List
+        uses: actions/download-artifact@v3
+        with:
+          name: valid-repo-list
+          path: ${{ env.ARTIFACT_PATH }}
 
-      - name: Read Repository List
+      - name: Load Repository List
         run: |
-          cp "${{ needs.discover-repositories.outputs.repo_list }}" repos.txt
           echo "🗂️ Repositories to process:"
-          cat repos.txt
+          cat "${{ env.REPO_LIST_FILE }}"
 
-      - name: Sync Template to Repositories
+      - name: Apply Template to Repositories
         run: |
-          mapfile -t repos < repos.txt
+          set -eo pipefail
+          mapfile -t repos < "${{ env.REPO_LIST_FILE }}"
+
           for repo_full in "${repos[@]}"; do
             owner="${repo_full%%/*}"
             repo="${repo_full##*/}"
@@ -118,9 +131,7 @@ jobs:
             echo "🔧 Syncing CI to: $owner/$repo"
 
             default_branch=$(curl -sSL -H "Authorization: token ${{ secrets.TOKEN }}" "$api" | jq -r '.default_branch')
-            latest_tag=$(curl -sSL -H "Authorization: token ${{ secrets.TOKEN }}" "$api/tags" | jq -r '.[0].name // empty')
             url="$api/contents/$TEMPLATE_PATH"
-
             sha=$(curl -sSL -H "Authorization: token ${{ secrets.TOKEN }}" "$url" | jq -r '.sha // empty' || true)
 
             if [[ -z "$sha" ]]; then
@@ -144,4 +155,4 @@ jobs:
           done
 
       - name: Cleanup
-        run: rm -f repos.txt
+        run: rm -f "${{ env.REPO_LIST_FILE }}"