diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yml b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
index ee50f7d2f6..e020e90018 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
@@ -68,225 +68,6 @@ jobs:
           uv pip install -r requirements.txt -r requirements_dev.txt -r requirements_test.txt pre-commit
           uv pip install -e .
 
-  pylint:
-    name: Check pylint
-    runs-on: ubuntu-24.04
-    needs:
-      - common
-      - determine-jobs
-    if: needs.determine-jobs.outputs.python-linters == 'true'
-    steps:
-      - name: Check out code from GitHub
-        uses: actions/checkout@3d3c42e5aac5ba805825da76410c181273ba90b1 # v7.0.1
-      - name: Restore Python
-        uses: ./.github/actions/restore-python
-        with:
-          python-version: ${{ env.DEFAULT_PYTHON }}
-          cache-key: ${{ needs.common.outputs.cache-key }}
-      - name: Run pylint
-        run: |
-          . venv/bin/activate
-          pylint -f parseable --persistent=n esphome
-      - name: Suggested changes
-        run: script/ci-suggest-changes
-        if: always()
-
-  ci-custom:
-    name: Run script/ci-custom
-    runs-on: ubuntu-24.04
-    needs:
-      - common
-      - determine-jobs
-    if: needs.determine-jobs.outputs.core-ci == 'true'
-    steps:
-      - name: Check out code from GitHub
-        uses: actions/checkout@3d3c42e5aac5ba805825da76410c181273ba90b1 # v7.0.1
-      - name: Restore Python
-        uses: ./.github/actions/restore-python
-        with:
-          python-version: ${{ env.DEFAULT_PYTHON }}
-          cache-key: ${{ needs.common.outputs.cache-key }}
-      - name: Register matcher
-        run: echo "::add-matcher::.github/workflows/matchers/ci-custom.json"
-      - name: Run script/ci-custom
-        run: |
-          . venv/bin/activate
-          script/ci-custom.py
-          script/build_codeowners.py --check
-          script/build_language_schema.py --check
-          script/generate-esp32-boards.py --check
-          script/generate-rp2-boards.py --check
-          script/ci_check_duplicate_test_ids.py
-          script/ci_check_test_fixture_list_form.py
-
-  import-time:
-    name: Check import esphome.__main__ time
-    runs-on: ubuntu-24.04
-    needs:
-      - common
-      - determine-jobs
-    if: needs.determine-jobs.outputs.import-time == 'true'
-    steps:
-      - name: Check out code from GitHub
-        uses: actions/checkout@3d3c42e5aac5ba805825da76410c181273ba90b1 # v7.0.1
-      - name: Restore Python
-        uses: ./.github/actions/restore-python
-        with:
-          python-version: ${{ env.DEFAULT_PYTHON }}
-          cache-key: ${{ needs.common.outputs.cache-key }}
-      - name: Check import time against budget and write waterfall HAR
-        run: |
-          . venv/bin/activate
-          script/check_import_time.py --check --har importtime.har
-      - name: Upload waterfall HAR
-        if: always()
-        uses: actions/upload-artifact@043fb46d1a93c77aae656e7c1c64a875d1fc6a0a # v7.0.1
-        with:
-          name: import-time-waterfall
-          path: importtime.har
-          if-no-files-found: ignore
-          retention-days: 14
-
-  device-builder:
-    name: Test downstream esphome/device-builder
-    runs-on: ubuntu-24.04
-    needs:
-      - common
-      - determine-jobs
-    if: needs.determine-jobs.outputs.device-builder == 'true'
-    steps:
-      - name: Check out esphome (this PR)
-        uses: actions/checkout@3d3c42e5aac5ba805825da76410c181273ba90b1 # v7.0.1
-        with:
-          path: esphome
-      - name: Check out esphome/device-builder
-        uses: actions/checkout@3d3c42e5aac5ba805825da76410c181273ba90b1 # v7.0.1
-        with:
-          repository: esphome/device-builder
-          ref: main
-          path: device-builder
-      - name: Set up Python
-        uses: actions/setup-python@5fda3b95a4ea91299a34e894583c3862153e4b97 # v7.0.0
-        with:
-          python-version: "3.13"
-      - name: Set up uv
-        # Mirrors the install shape device-builder's own CI uses
-        # (esphome/device-builder#192): uv replaces pip for the
-        # install step (order-of-magnitude faster on cold boots,
-        # with its own wheel cache). actions/setup-python still
-        # provides the interpreter.
-        uses: astral-sh/setup-uv@c771a70e6277c0a99b617c7a806ffedaca235ff9 # v9.0.0
-        with:
-          enable-cache: true
-          # Pull request saves land in per-PR scopes nothing else can
-          # reuse; dev pushes seed the shared copy instead.
-          save-cache: ${{ github.event_name != 'pull_request' }}
-          # Pin uv version so the action does not have to fetch the
-          # manifest from raw.githubusercontent.com on every cache
-          # miss; that fetch flakes on Windows runners.
-          version: "0.11.15"
-      - name: Install device-builder + esphome from PR
-        # Install device-builder with its esphome + test extras
-        # first so its pinned versions of pytest/etc. land, then
-        # overlay the PR's esphome so the downstream tests run
-        # against this PR's Python code. ``--system`` installs into
-        # the runner's Python instead of a venv.
-        run: |
-          uv pip install --system -e './device-builder[esphome,test]'
-          uv pip install --system -e ./esphome
-      - name: Run device-builder pytest
-        # ``-n auto`` runs under pytest-xdist (matches device-builder's
-        # own CI). No ``--cov`` here -- this is purely a downstream
-        # smoke check against this PR's esphome code. ``tests/e2e/slow``
-        # is excluded: those are real multi-minute toolchain compiles
-        # (LibreTiny SDK clone, native ESP-IDF install) that device-builder
-        # runs in its own dedicated jobs, not this smoke check.
-        working-directory: device-builder
-        run: pytest -q -n auto --maxfail=5 --durations=30 --no-cov --ignore=tests/benchmarks --ignore=tests/e2e/slow
-
-  pytest:
-    name: Run pytest
-    strategy:
-      fail-fast: false
-      matrix:
-        python-version:
-          - "3.12"
-          - "3.13"
-          - "3.14"
-        os:
-          - ubuntu-latest
-          - macOS-latest
-          - windows-latest
-        exclude:
-          # Minimize CI resource usage
-          # by only running the Python version
-          # version used for docker images on Windows and macOS
-          - python-version: "3.13"
-            os: windows-latest
-          - python-version: "3.13"
-            os: macOS-latest
-    runs-on: ${{ matrix.os }}
-    needs:
-      - common
-      - determine-jobs
-    if: needs.determine-jobs.outputs.core-ci == 'true'
-    steps:
-      - name: Check out code from GitHub
-        uses: actions/checkout@3d3c42e5aac5ba805825da76410c181273ba90b1 # v7.0.1
-      - name: Restore Python
-        id: restore-python
-        uses: ./.github/actions/restore-python
-        with:
-          python-version: ${{ matrix.python-version }}
-          cache-key: ${{ needs.common.outputs.cache-key }}
-      - name: Register matcher
-        run: echo "::add-matcher::.github/workflows/matchers/pytest.json"
-      - name: Run pytest
-        if: matrix.os == 'windows-latest'
-        run: |
-          . ./venv/Scripts/activate.ps1
-          pytest -vv --cov-report=xml --tb=native --durations=30 -n auto tests --ignore=tests/integration/
-      - name: Run pytest
-        if: matrix.os == 'ubuntu-latest' || matrix.os == 'macOS-latest'
-        run: |
-          . venv/bin/activate
-          pytest -vv --cov-report=xml --tb=native --durations=30 -n auto tests --ignore=tests/integration/
-      - name: Upload coverage to Codecov
-        uses: codecov/codecov-action@fb8b3582c8e4def4969c97caa2f19720cb33a72f # v7.0.0
-      - name: Save Python virtual environment cache
-        if: github.ref == 'refs/heads/dev'
-        uses: actions/cache/save@55cc8345863c7cc4c66a329aec7e433d2d1c52a9 # v6.1.0
-        with:
-          path: venv
-          key: ${{ runner.os }}-${{ steps.restore-python.outputs.python-version }}-venv-${{ needs.common.outputs.cache-key }}
-
-  codecov-empty-upload:
-    name: Report no coverage to Codecov
-    runs-on: ubuntu-24.04
-    needs:
-      - determine-jobs
-    # ``pytest`` is the only job that uploads coverage, and it is skipped when
-    # every changed file is CI-irrelevant (see ``should_run_core_ci`` in
-    # ``script/determine-jobs.py``). With no upload Codecov never reports a
-    # result, so the required ``codecov/patch`` status stays pending forever and
-    # the pull request can never be merged. Tell Codecov up front that this
-    # commit has nothing to cover so it publishes a passing status instead.
-    #
-    # ``force`` skips Codecov's own check that every changed file is ignorable;
-    # ``determine-jobs`` has already decided none of these files can affect
-    # coverage, and Codecov would otherwise fail the status for paths it does
-    # not recognise as non-testable (``docker/**``, ``.yamllint``).
-    if: needs.determine-jobs.outputs.core-ci == 'false'
-    steps:
-      - name: Check out code from GitHub
-        uses: actions/checkout@3d3c42e5aac5ba805825da76410c181273ba90b1 # v7.0.1
-      - name: Report empty upload to Codecov
-        uses: codecov/codecov-action@fb8b3582c8e4def4969c97caa2f19720cb33a72f # v7.0.0
-        with:
-          run_command: empty-upload
-          force: true
-          fail_ci_if_error: true
-
   determine-jobs:
     name: Determine which jobs to run
     runs-on: ubuntu-24.04
@@ -376,6 +157,204 @@ jobs:
           path: .temp/components_graph.json
           key: components-graph-${{ hashFiles('esphome/components/**/*.py') }}
 
+  ci-custom:
+    name: Run script/ci-custom
+    runs-on: ubuntu-24.04
+    needs:
+      - common
+      - determine-jobs
+    if: needs.determine-jobs.outputs.core-ci == 'true'
+    steps:
+      - name: Check out code from GitHub
+        uses: actions/checkout@3d3c42e5aac5ba805825da76410c181273ba90b1 # v7.0.1
+      - name: Restore Python
+        uses: ./.github/actions/restore-python
+        with:
+          python-version: ${{ env.DEFAULT_PYTHON }}
+          cache-key: ${{ needs.common.outputs.cache-key }}
+      - name: Register matcher
+        run: echo "::add-matcher::.github/workflows/matchers/ci-custom.json"
+      - name: Run script/ci-custom
+        run: |
+          . venv/bin/activate
+          script/ci-custom.py
+          script/build_codeowners.py --check
+          script/build_language_schema.py --check
+          script/generate-esp32-boards.py --check
+          script/generate-rp2-boards.py --check
+          script/ci_check_duplicate_test_ids.py
+          script/ci_check_test_fixture_list_form.py
+
+  pylint:
+    name: Check pylint
+    runs-on: ubuntu-24.04
+    needs:
+      - common
+      - determine-jobs
+    if: needs.determine-jobs.outputs.python-linters == 'true'
+    steps:
+      - name: Check out code from GitHub
+        uses: actions/checkout@3d3c42e5aac5ba805825da76410c181273ba90b1 # v7.0.1
+      - name: Restore Python
+        uses: ./.github/actions/restore-python
+        with:
+          python-version: ${{ env.DEFAULT_PYTHON }}
+          cache-key: ${{ needs.common.outputs.cache-key }}
+      - name: Run pylint
+        run: |
+          . venv/bin/activate
+          pylint -f parseable --persistent=n esphome
+      - name: Suggested changes
+        run: script/ci-suggest-changes
+        if: always()
+
+  pre-commit-ci-lite:
+    name: pre-commit.ci lite
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    needs:
+      - common
+      - determine-jobs
+    if: github.event_name == 'pull_request' && !startsWith(github.base_ref, 'beta') && !startsWith(github.base_ref, 'release') && needs.determine-jobs.outputs.core-ci == 'true'
+    steps:
+      - name: Check out code from GitHub
+        uses: actions/checkout@3d3c42e5aac5ba805825da76410c181273ba90b1 # v7.0.1
+      - name: Restore Python
+        uses: ./.github/actions/restore-python
+        with:
+          python-version: ${{ env.DEFAULT_PYTHON }}
+          cache-key: ${{ needs.common.outputs.cache-key }}
+      # Inlined from esphome/pre-commit-action with a restore-only cache
+      # step: the pre-commit-seed-cache job owns saving this cache, so
+      # pull request runs never write per-PR copies.
+      - name: Restore pre-commit cache
+        uses: actions/cache/restore@55cc8345863c7cc4c66a329aec7e433d2d1c52a9 # v6.1.0
+        with:
+          path: ~/.cache/pre-commit
+          # Must match the key pre-commit-seed-cache saves
+          # yamllint disable-line rule:line-length
+          key: pre-commit-3|${{ env.pythonLocation }}|${{ hashFiles('.pre-commit-config.yaml') }}
+      - name: Run pre-commit
+        env:
+          SKIP: pylint,ci-custom
+        run: |
+          python -m pip install pre-commit
+          pre-commit run --show-diff-on-failure --color=always --all-files
+      - uses: pre-commit-ci/lite-action@5d6cc0eb514c891a40562a58a8e71576c5c7fb43 # v1.1.0
+        if: always()
+
+  pre-commit-seed-cache:
+    name: Seed pre-commit cache
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    needs:
+      - common
+    # Saves a dev-scoped pre-commit cache that pull request runs can
+    # restore, since pre-commit.ci lite itself never runs on dev pushes.
+    if: github.event_name == 'push' && github.ref == 'refs/heads/dev'
+    steps:
+      - name: Check out code from GitHub
+        uses: actions/checkout@3d3c42e5aac5ba805825da76410c181273ba90b1 # v7.0.1
+      - name: Restore Python
+        uses: ./.github/actions/restore-python
+        with:
+          python-version: ${{ env.DEFAULT_PYTHON }}
+          cache-key: ${{ needs.common.outputs.cache-key }}
+      - name: Cache pre-commit environments
+        id: cache-pre-commit
+        uses: actions/cache@55cc8345863c7cc4c66a329aec7e433d2d1c52a9 # v6.1.0
+        with:
+          path: ~/.cache/pre-commit
+          # Must match the restore key in pre-commit-ci-lite
+          # yamllint disable-line rule:line-length
+          key: pre-commit-3|${{ env.pythonLocation }}|${{ hashFiles('.pre-commit-config.yaml') }}
+      - name: Install pre-commit hook environments
+        if: steps.cache-pre-commit.outputs.cache-hit != 'true'
+        run: |
+          python -m pip install pre-commit
+          pre-commit install-hooks
+
+  pytest:
+    name: Run pytest
+    strategy:
+      fail-fast: false
+      matrix:
+        python-version:
+          - "3.12"
+          - "3.13"
+          - "3.14"
+        os:
+          - ubuntu-latest
+          - macOS-latest
+          - windows-latest
+        exclude:
+          # Minimize CI resource usage
+          # by only running the Python version
+          # version used for docker images on Windows and macOS
+          - python-version: "3.13"
+            os: windows-latest
+          - python-version: "3.13"
+            os: macOS-latest
+    runs-on: ${{ matrix.os }}
+    needs:
+      - common
+      - determine-jobs
+    if: needs.determine-jobs.outputs.core-ci == 'true'
+    steps:
+      - name: Check out code from GitHub
+        uses: actions/checkout@3d3c42e5aac5ba805825da76410c181273ba90b1 # v7.0.1
+      - name: Restore Python
+        id: restore-python
+        uses: ./.github/actions/restore-python
+        with:
+          python-version: ${{ matrix.python-version }}
+          cache-key: ${{ needs.common.outputs.cache-key }}
+      - name: Register matcher
+        run: echo "::add-matcher::.github/workflows/matchers/pytest.json"
+      - name: Run pytest
+        if: matrix.os == 'windows-latest'
+        run: |
+          . ./venv/Scripts/activate.ps1
+          pytest -vv --cov-report=xml --tb=native --durations=30 -n auto tests --ignore=tests/integration/
+      - name: Run pytest
+        if: matrix.os == 'ubuntu-latest' || matrix.os == 'macOS-latest'
+        run: |
+          . venv/bin/activate
+          pytest -vv --cov-report=xml --tb=native --durations=30 -n auto tests --ignore=tests/integration/
+      - name: Upload coverage to Codecov
+        uses: codecov/codecov-action@fb8b3582c8e4def4969c97caa2f19720cb33a72f # v7.0.0
+      - name: Save Python virtual environment cache
+        if: github.ref == 'refs/heads/dev'
+        uses: actions/cache/save@55cc8345863c7cc4c66a329aec7e433d2d1c52a9 # v6.1.0
+        with:
+          path: venv
+          key: ${{ runner.os }}-${{ steps.restore-python.outputs.python-version }}-venv-${{ needs.common.outputs.cache-key }}
+
+  codecov-empty-upload:
+    name: Report no coverage to Codecov
+    runs-on: ubuntu-24.04
+    needs:
+      - determine-jobs
+    # ``pytest`` is the only job that uploads coverage, and it is skipped when
+    # every changed file is CI-irrelevant (see ``should_run_core_ci`` in
+    # ``script/determine-jobs.py``). With no upload Codecov never reports a
+    # result, so the required ``codecov/patch`` status stays pending forever and
+    # the pull request can never be merged. Tell Codecov up front that this
+    # commit has nothing to cover so it publishes a passing status instead.
+    #
+    # ``force`` skips Codecov's own check that every changed file is ignorable;
+    # ``determine-jobs`` has already decided none of these files can affect
+    # coverage, and Codecov would otherwise fail the status for paths it does
+    # not recognise as non-testable (``docker/**``, ``.yamllint``).
+    if: needs.determine-jobs.outputs.core-ci == 'false'
+    steps:
+      - name: Check out code from GitHub
+        uses: actions/checkout@3d3c42e5aac5ba805825da76410c181273ba90b1 # v7.0.1
+      - name: Report empty upload to Codecov
+        uses: codecov/codecov-action@fb8b3582c8e4def4969c97caa2f19720cb33a72f # v7.0.0
+        with:
+          run_command: empty-upload
+          force: true
+          fail_ci_if_error: true
+
   integration-tests:
     name: Run integration tests (${{ matrix.bucket.name }})
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
@@ -465,32 +444,33 @@ jobs:
           path: ~/.cache/esphome/platformio-ccache
           key: integration-ccache-${{ matrix.bucket.name }}-${{ github.sha }}
 
-  cpp-unit-tests:
-    name: Run C++ unit tests
+  import-time:
+    name: Check import esphome.__main__ time
     runs-on: ubuntu-24.04
     needs:
       - common
       - determine-jobs
-    if: github.event_name == 'pull_request' && (needs.determine-jobs.outputs.cpp-unit-tests-run-all == 'true' || needs.determine-jobs.outputs.cpp-unit-tests-components != '[]')
+    if: needs.determine-jobs.outputs.import-time == 'true'
     steps:
       - name: Check out code from GitHub
         uses: actions/checkout@3d3c42e5aac5ba805825da76410c181273ba90b1 # v7.0.1
-
       - name: Restore Python
         uses: ./.github/actions/restore-python
         with:
           python-version: ${{ env.DEFAULT_PYTHON }}
           cache-key: ${{ needs.common.outputs.cache-key }}
-
-      - name: Run cpp_unit_test.py
+      - name: Check import time against budget and write waterfall HAR
         run: |
           . venv/bin/activate
-          if [ "${{ needs.determine-jobs.outputs.cpp-unit-tests-run-all }}" = "true" ]; then
-            script/cpp_unit_test.py --all
-          else
-            ARGS=$(echo '${{ needs.determine-jobs.outputs.cpp-unit-tests-components }}' | jq -r '.[] | @sh' | xargs)
-            script/cpp_unit_test.py $ARGS
-          fi
+          script/check_import_time.py --check --har importtime.har
+      - name: Upload waterfall HAR
+        if: always()
+        uses: actions/upload-artifact@043fb46d1a93c77aae656e7c1c64a875d1fc6a0a # v7.0.1
+        with:
+          name: import-time-waterfall
+          path: importtime.har
+          if-no-files-found: ignore
+          retention-days: 14
 
   benchmarks:
     name: Run CodSpeed benchmarks
@@ -529,6 +509,33 @@ jobs:
             pytest tests/benchmarks/python/ --codspeed --no-cov
           mode: simulation
 
+  cpp-unit-tests:
+    name: Run C++ unit tests
+    runs-on: ubuntu-24.04
+    needs:
+      - common
+      - determine-jobs
+    if: github.event_name == 'pull_request' && (needs.determine-jobs.outputs.cpp-unit-tests-run-all == 'true' || needs.determine-jobs.outputs.cpp-unit-tests-components != '[]')
+    steps:
+      - name: Check out code from GitHub
+        uses: actions/checkout@3d3c42e5aac5ba805825da76410c181273ba90b1 # v7.0.1
+
+      - name: Restore Python
+        uses: ./.github/actions/restore-python
+        with:
+          python-version: ${{ env.DEFAULT_PYTHON }}
+          cache-key: ${{ needs.common.outputs.cache-key }}
+
+      - name: Run cpp_unit_test.py
+        run: |
+          . venv/bin/activate
+          if [ "${{ needs.determine-jobs.outputs.cpp-unit-tests-run-all }}" = "true" ]; then
+            script/cpp_unit_test.py --all
+          else
+            ARGS=$(echo '${{ needs.determine-jobs.outputs.cpp-unit-tests-components }}' | jq -r '.[] | @sh' | xargs)
+            script/cpp_unit_test.py $ARGS
+          fi
+
   clang-tidy-single:
     name: ${{ matrix.name }}
     runs-on: ubuntu-24.04
@@ -1093,69 +1100,62 @@ jobs:
           # Arduino framework via PlatformIO (only components with an esp32-ard test are built):
           python3 script/test_build_components.py -e compile -t esp32-ard -c "$TEST_COMPONENTS" -f --toolchain platformio
 
-  pre-commit-seed-cache:
-    name: Seed pre-commit cache
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    needs:
-      - common
-    # Saves a dev-scoped pre-commit cache that pull request runs can
-    # restore, since pre-commit.ci lite itself never runs on dev pushes.
-    if: github.event_name == 'push' && github.ref == 'refs/heads/dev'
-    steps:
-      - name: Check out code from GitHub
-        uses: actions/checkout@3d3c42e5aac5ba805825da76410c181273ba90b1 # v7.0.1
-      - name: Restore Python
-        uses: ./.github/actions/restore-python
-        with:
-          python-version: ${{ env.DEFAULT_PYTHON }}
-          cache-key: ${{ needs.common.outputs.cache-key }}
-      - name: Cache pre-commit environments
-        id: cache-pre-commit
-        uses: actions/cache@55cc8345863c7cc4c66a329aec7e433d2d1c52a9 # v6.1.0
-        with:
-          path: ~/.cache/pre-commit
-          # Must match the restore key in pre-commit-ci-lite
-          # yamllint disable-line rule:line-length
-          key: pre-commit-3|${{ env.pythonLocation }}|${{ hashFiles('.pre-commit-config.yaml') }}
-      - name: Install pre-commit hook environments
-        if: steps.cache-pre-commit.outputs.cache-hit != 'true'
-        run: |
-          python -m pip install pre-commit
-          pre-commit install-hooks
-
-  pre-commit-ci-lite:
-    name: pre-commit.ci lite
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+  device-builder:
+    name: Test downstream esphome/device-builder
+    runs-on: ubuntu-24.04
     needs:
       - common
       - determine-jobs
-    if: github.event_name == 'pull_request' && !startsWith(github.base_ref, 'beta') && !startsWith(github.base_ref, 'release') && needs.determine-jobs.outputs.core-ci == 'true'
+    if: needs.determine-jobs.outputs.device-builder == 'true'
     steps:
-      - name: Check out code from GitHub
+      - name: Check out esphome (this PR)
         uses: actions/checkout@3d3c42e5aac5ba805825da76410c181273ba90b1 # v7.0.1
-      - name: Restore Python
-        uses: ./.github/actions/restore-python
         with:
-          python-version: ${{ env.DEFAULT_PYTHON }}
-          cache-key: ${{ needs.common.outputs.cache-key }}
-      # Inlined from esphome/pre-commit-action with a restore-only cache
-      # step: the pre-commit-seed-cache job owns saving this cache, so
-      # pull request runs never write per-PR copies.
-      - name: Restore pre-commit cache
-        uses: actions/cache/restore@55cc8345863c7cc4c66a329aec7e433d2d1c52a9 # v6.1.0
+          path: esphome
+      - name: Check out esphome/device-builder
+        uses: actions/checkout@3d3c42e5aac5ba805825da76410c181273ba90b1 # v7.0.1
         with:
-          path: ~/.cache/pre-commit
-          # Must match the key pre-commit-seed-cache saves
-          # yamllint disable-line rule:line-length
-          key: pre-commit-3|${{ env.pythonLocation }}|${{ hashFiles('.pre-commit-config.yaml') }}
-      - name: Run pre-commit
-        env:
-          SKIP: pylint,ci-custom
+          repository: esphome/device-builder
+          ref: main
+          path: device-builder
+      - name: Set up Python
+        uses: actions/setup-python@5fda3b95a4ea91299a34e894583c3862153e4b97 # v7.0.0
+        with:
+          python-version: "3.13"
+      - name: Set up uv
+        # Mirrors the install shape device-builder's own CI uses
+        # (esphome/device-builder#192): uv replaces pip for the
+        # install step (order-of-magnitude faster on cold boots,
+        # with its own wheel cache). actions/setup-python still
+        # provides the interpreter.
+        uses: astral-sh/setup-uv@c771a70e6277c0a99b617c7a806ffedaca235ff9 # v9.0.0
+        with:
+          enable-cache: true
+          # Pull request saves land in per-PR scopes nothing else can
+          # reuse; dev pushes seed the shared copy instead.
+          save-cache: ${{ github.event_name != 'pull_request' }}
+          # Pin uv version so the action does not have to fetch the
+          # manifest from raw.githubusercontent.com on every cache
+          # miss; that fetch flakes on Windows runners.
+          version: "0.11.15"
+      - name: Install device-builder + esphome from PR
+        # Install device-builder with its esphome + test extras
+        # first so its pinned versions of pytest/etc. land, then
+        # overlay the PR's esphome so the downstream tests run
+        # against this PR's Python code. ``--system`` installs into
+        # the runner's Python instead of a venv.
         run: |
-          python -m pip install pre-commit
-          pre-commit run --show-diff-on-failure --color=always --all-files
-      - uses: pre-commit-ci/lite-action@5d6cc0eb514c891a40562a58a8e71576c5c7fb43 # v1.1.0
-        if: always()
+          uv pip install --system -e './device-builder[esphome,test]'
+          uv pip install --system -e ./esphome
+      - name: Run device-builder pytest
+        # ``-n auto`` runs under pytest-xdist (matches device-builder's
+        # own CI). No ``--cov`` here -- this is purely a downstream
+        # smoke check against this PR's esphome code. ``tests/e2e/slow``
+        # is excluded: those are real multi-minute toolchain compiles
+        # (LibreTiny SDK clone, native ESP-IDF install) that device-builder
+        # runs in its own dedicated jobs, not this smoke check.
+        working-directory: device-builder
+        run: pytest -q -n auto --maxfail=5 --durations=30 --no-cov --ignore=tests/benchmarks --ignore=tests/e2e/slow
 
   memory-impact-target-branch:
     name: Build target branch for memory impact
@@ -1456,22 +1456,28 @@ jobs:
   ci-status:
     name: CI Status
     runs-on: ubuntu-24.04
+    # Listed in the same order the jobs are defined above. Two jobs are
+    # deliberately left out: "benchmarks" reports through CodSpeed rather than
+    # this check, and "pre-commit-seed-cache" only populates a cache on pushes
+    # to dev.
     needs:
       - common
+      - determine-jobs
       - ci-custom
       - pylint
+      - pre-commit-ci-lite
       - pytest
       - codecov-empty-upload
       - integration-tests
+      - import-time
+      - cpp-unit-tests
       - clang-tidy-single
       - clang-tidy-nosplit
       - clang-tidy-split
       - clang-tidy-esp32-variants
-      - determine-jobs
-      - device-builder
       - test-build-components-split
       - test-esp32-platformio
-      - pre-commit-ci-lite
+      - device-builder
       - memory-impact-target-branch
       - memory-impact-pr-branch
       - memory-impact-comment