diff --git a/.github/pull_request_template.md b/.github/pull_request_template.md
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+## Description
+
+<!-- Add a description of the changes that this PR introduces and the files that
+are the most critical to review.
+-->
+
+----
+
+Closes #XXX
+
+**All** items are required. Please add a note to the item if the item is not applicable and
+please add links to any relevant follow-up issues.
+
+PR review checkboxes:
+
+I have...
+
+- [ ]  Added a relevant changelog entry to the `Unreleased` section in `CHANGELOG.md`
+- [ ]  Targeted PR against the correct branch
+- [ ]  included the correct [type prefix](https://github.com/commitizen/conventional-commit-types/blob/v3.0.0/index.json) in the PR title
+- [ ]  Linked to the GitHub issue with discussion and accepted design
+- [ ]  Targets only one GitHub issue
+- [ ]  Wrote unit and integration tests
+- [ ]  Wrote relevant migration scripts if necessary
+- [ ]  All CI checks have passed
+- [ ]  Added relevant `godoc` [comments](https://blog.golang.org/godoc-documenting-go-code)
+- [ ]  Updated the scripts for local run, e.g genesis_config_commands.sh if the PR changes parameters
+- [ ]  Add an issue in the [e2e-tests repo](https://github.com/dymensionxyz/e2e-tests) if necessary
+
+SDK Checklist
+- [ ] Import/Export Genesis
+- [ ] Registered Invariants
+- [ ] Registered Events
+- [ ] Updated openapi.yaml
+- [ ] No usage of go `map`
+- [ ] No usage of `time.Now()`
+- [ ] Used fixed point arithmetic and not float arithmetic
+- [ ] Avoid panicking in Begin/End block as much as possible
+- [ ] No unexpected math Overflow
+- [ ] Used `sendCoin` and not `SendCoins`
+- [ ] Out-of-block compute is bounded
+- [ ] No serialized ID at the end of store keys
+- [ ] UInt to byte conversion should use BigEndian
+
+Full security checklist [here](https://www.faulttolerant.xyz/2024-01-16-cosmos-security-1/)
+
+
+----;
+
+For Reviewer:
+
+- [ ]  Confirmed the correct [type prefix](https://github.com/commitizen/conventional-commit-types/blob/v3.0.0/index.json) in the PR title
+- [ ]  Reviewers assigned
+- [ ]  Confirmed all author checklist items have been addressed
+
+---;
+
+After reviewer approval:
+
+- [ ]  In case the PR targets the main branch, PR should not be squash merge in order to keep meaningful git history.
+- [ ]  In case the PR targets a release branch, PR must be rebased.
diff --git a/.github/workflows/codeql.yml b/.github/workflows/codeql.yml
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+name: "CodeQL"
+
+on:
+  pull_request:
+    paths:
+      - "**.go"
+  push:
+    # The branches below must be a subset of the branches above
+    branches:
+      - main
+      - release/**
+    paths:
+      - "**.go"
+
+jobs:
+  analyze:
+    name: Analyze
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    permissions:
+      actions: read
+      contents: read
+      security-events: write
+
+    steps:
+      - name: Checkout repository
+        uses: actions/checkout@v3
+      - uses: actions/setup-go@v3
+        with:
+          go-version: "1.22"
+      # Initializes the CodeQL tools for scanning.
+      - name: Initialize CodeQL
+        uses: github/codeql-action/init@v2
+        with:
+          languages: "go"
+          queries: crypto-com/cosmos-sdk-codeql@main,security-and-quality
+
+      - name: Build
+        run: make build
+
+      - name: Perform CodeQL Analysis
+        uses: github/codeql-action/analyze@v2
diff --git a/.github/workflows/golangci_lint.yml b/.github/workflows/golangci_lint.yml
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+name: golangci-lint
+on:
+  push:
+    tags:
+      - v*
+    branches:
+      - main
+  pull_request:
+
+jobs:
+  golangci:
+    name: golangci-lint
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+      - uses: actions/setup-go@v5
+        with:
+          go-version: "1.22"
+      - name: golangci-lint
+        uses: golangci/golangci-lint-action@v4.0.0
+        with:
+          version: v1.56.2
+          skip-cache: true
diff --git a/.github/workflows/markdown_lint.yml b/.github/workflows/markdown_lint.yml
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+name: markdown-lint
+on:
+  push:
+    tags:
+      - v*
+    branches:
+      - main
+  pull_request:
+
+jobs:
+  markdownlint:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+      - name: markdownlint-cli
+        uses: nosborn/github-action-markdown-cli@v3.2.0
+        with:
+          files: ./
+          config_file: .markdownlint.yaml
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+default: true
+MD010:
+  code_blocks: false
+MD013: false
+MD024: true
+MD033:
+  allowed_elements: ["img"]
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