diff --git a/.github/workflows/tinytorch-publish-dev.yml b/.github/workflows/tinytorch-publish-dev.yml
index dc8106035..186737b18 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/tinytorch-publish-dev.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/tinytorch-publish-dev.yml
@@ -1,44 +1,37 @@
 name: 🔥 TinyTorch Publish (Dev)
 
 # Builds and deploys TinyTorch site to dev preview
-# Runs preflight checks, builds PDFs, then builds and deploys site
+# Triggers after Validate (Dev) passes, builds PDFs, then deploys
 
 on:
-  push:
-    branches: [dev]
-    paths:
-      - 'tinytorch/site/**'
-      - 'tinytorch/src/**'
-      - 'tinytorch/paper/**'
-      - '.github/workflows/tinytorch-publish-dev.yml'
-      - '.github/workflows/tinytorch-build-pdfs.yml'
   workflow_dispatch:
-
-permissions:
-  contents: read
-  actions: read
+  workflow_run:
+    workflows: ["🔥 TinyTorch Validate (Dev)"]
+    types: [completed]
+    branches: [dev]
 
 concurrency:
   group: tinytorch-dev-deploy
   cancel-in-progress: true
 
 jobs:
-  preflight:
-    name: '✈️ Preflight Checks'
-    uses: ./.github/workflows/tinytorch-ci.yml
-    with:
-      preflight_level: 'quick'
-
+  # Build PDFs (only if CI passed or manual trigger)
   build-pdfs:
     name: '📚 Build PDFs'
-    needs: [preflight]
+    if: (github.event.workflow_run.conclusion == 'success' && github.event.workflow_run.head_branch == 'dev') || github.event_name == 'workflow_dispatch'
     uses: ./.github/workflows/tinytorch-build-pdfs.yml
 
+  # Build and deploy (after PDFs complete - deploys even if PDFs fail)
   build-and-deploy:
     name: '🔥 Build & Deploy TinyTorch Dev'
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    needs: [preflight, build-pdfs]
-    if: always() && needs.preflight.result == 'success'
+    needs: [build-pdfs]
+    if: |
+      always() && 
+      ((github.event.workflow_run.conclusion == 'success' && github.event.workflow_run.head_branch == 'dev') || github.event_name == 'workflow_dispatch')
+    permissions:
+      contents: read
+      actions: read
 
     steps:
       - name: 📥 Checkout
diff --git a/.github/workflows/tinytorch-ci.yml b/.github/workflows/tinytorch-validate-dev.yml
similarity index 99%
rename from .github/workflows/tinytorch-ci.yml
rename to .github/workflows/tinytorch-validate-dev.yml
index 0b8fb68d6..1752d0ae5 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/tinytorch-ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/tinytorch-validate-dev.yml
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
-name: 🔥 TinyTorch CI
+name: 🔥 TinyTorch Validate (Dev)
 
 # =============================================================================
-# TinyTorch CI - Comprehensive Testing Workflow
+# TinyTorch Validate (Dev) - Comprehensive Testing Workflow
 # =============================================================================
 #
 # Test Progression (sequential, fail-fast):