diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yaml b/.github/workflows/ci.yaml
index dd5a886..8eaab65 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yaml
@@ -15,19 +15,26 @@ jobs:
     steps:
       - name: Checkout code
         uses: actions/checkout@v4
+        with:
+          submodules: recursive
 
       - name: Set up Go
         uses: actions/setup-go@v5
         with:
           go-version-file: go.mod
 
-      - name: make tidy
+      - name: Install Task
+        uses: arduino/setup-task@v2
+        with:
+          version: 3.x
+
+      - name: task generate
         run: |
-          make tidy
+          task generate
           git diff --exit-code
           
-      - name: make verify
-        run: make verify
+      - name: task validate
+        run: task validate
 
-      - name: make test
-        run: make test
\ No newline at end of file
+      - name: task test
+        run: task test
diff --git a/.github/workflows/publish.yaml b/.github/workflows/publish.yaml
index 3c03222..349d9aa 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/publish.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/publish.yaml
@@ -23,11 +23,17 @@ jobs:
           ssh-key: ${{ secrets.PUSH_KEY }}
           fetch-tags: true
           fetch-depth: 0
+          submodules: recursive
+
+      - name: Install Task
+        uses: arduino/setup-task@v2
+        with:
+          version: 3.x
 
       - name: Read and validate VERSION
         id: version
         run: |
-          VERSION=$(cat VERSION)
+          VERSION=$(task version)
           if [[ ! "$VERSION" =~ ^v[0-9]+\.[0-9]+\.[0-9]+(-dev)?$ ]]; then
             echo "Invalid version format in VERSION file: $VERSION"
             exit 1
@@ -68,24 +74,14 @@ jobs:
         with:
           go-version-file: go.mod
       
-      - name: Build the ${{ github.repository }}
+      - name: Build and Push Images
         run: |
-          make prepare-release 
-          make build
-
-      - name: Build Images
-        run: |
-          IMAGE_REGISTRY=ghcr.io/openmcp-project make image-build
-
-      - name: setup OCM
-        uses: open-component-model/ocm-setup-action@main
+          task build:img:all
 
-      - name: Create OCM CTF
+      - name: Package and Push Helm Charts
         run: |
-          ocm add componentversions --create \
-          --file ctf component-constructor.yaml \
-          --settings settings.yaml  -- VERSION=${{ env.version }}
+          task build:helm:all
 
-      - name: Push CTF
+      - name: Build and Push OCM Component
         run: |
-          ocm transfer ctf --overwrite ./ctf ${{ env.OCI_URL }} 
+          task build:ocm:all
diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yaml b/.github/workflows/release.yaml
index 8e043a5..f21a4c3 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yaml
@@ -19,11 +19,17 @@ jobs:
           ssh-key: ${{ secrets.PUSH_KEY }}
           fetch-tags: true
           fetch-depth: 0
+          submodules: recursive
+
+      - name: Install Task
+        uses: arduino/setup-task@v2
+        with:
+          version: 3.x
 
       - name: Read and validate VERSION
         id: version
         run: |
-          VERSION=$(cat VERSION)
+          VERSION=$(task version)
           if [[ ! "$VERSION" =~ ^v[0-9]+\.[0-9]+\.[0-9]+(-dev)?$ ]]; then
             echo "Invalid version format in VERSION file: $VERSION"
             exit 1
@@ -64,6 +70,22 @@ jobs:
           git tag -a "${{ env.version }}" -m "Release ${{ env.version }}"
           git push origin "${{ env.version }}"
 
+      - name: Create Git tag for api submodule
+        if: ${{ env.SKIP != 'true' }}
+        run: |
+          AUTHOR_NAME=$(git log -1 --pretty=format:'%an')
+          AUTHOR_EMAIL=$(git log -1 --pretty=format:'%ae')
+          echo "Tagging as $AUTHOR_NAME <$AUTHOR_EMAIL>"
+
+          echo "AUTHOR_NAME=$AUTHOR_NAME" >> $GITHUB_ENV
+          echo "AUTHOR_EMAIL=$AUTHOR_EMAIL" >> $GITHUB_ENV
+
+          git config user.name "$AUTHOR_NAME"
+          git config user.email "$AUTHOR_EMAIL"
+
+          git tag -a "api/${{ env.version }}" -m "Release ${{ env.version }}"
+          git push origin "api/${{ env.version }}"
+
       - name: Create GitHub release
         if: ${{ env.SKIP != 'true' }}
         uses: softprops/action-gh-release@v2
@@ -79,7 +101,7 @@ jobs:
       - name: Push dev VERSION
         if: ${{ env.SKIP != 'true' }}
         run: |
-          echo "${{ env.version }}-dev" > VERSION
+          task release:set-version -- "${{ env.version }}-dev"
           git config user.name "${{ env.AUTHOR_NAME }}"
           git config user.email "${{ env.AUTHOR_EMAIL }}"
           git add VERSION
diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index e56bb46..dc4e830 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -33,3 +33,4 @@ components/
 /**/cover.*.html
 
 *.tmp
+.task/
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/.gitmodules b/.gitmodules
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..c0425ec
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.gitmodules
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+[submodule "hack/common"]
+	path = hack/common
+	url = https://github.com/openmcp-project/build
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
deleted file mode 100644
index 68b3803..0000000
--- a/Makefile
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,165 +0,0 @@
-PROJECT_FULL_NAME := mcp-operator
-REPO_ROOT := $(shell dirname $(realpath $(lastword $(MAKEFILE_LIST))))
-EFFECTIVE_VERSION := $(shell $(REPO_ROOT)/hack/common/get-version.sh)
-
-COMMON_MAKEFILE ?= $(REPO_ROOT)/hack/common/Makefile
-ifneq (,$(wildcard $(COMMON_MAKEFILE)))
-include $(COMMON_MAKEFILE)
-endif
-
-# Get the currently used golang install path (in GOPATH/bin, unless GOBIN is set)
-ifeq (,$(shell go env GOBIN))
-GOBIN=$(shell go env GOPATH)/bin
-else
-GOBIN=$(shell go env GOBIN)
-endif
-
-# CONTAINER_TOOL defines the container tool to be used for building images.
-# Be aware that the target commands are only tested with Docker which is
-# scaffolded by default. However, you might want to replace it to use other
-# tools. (i.e. podman)
-CONTAINER_TOOL ?= docker
-
-# Setting SHELL to bash allows bash commands to be executed by recipes.
-# Options are set to exit when a recipe line exits non-zero or a piped command fails.
-SHELL = /usr/bin/env bash -o pipefail
-.SHELLFLAGS = -ec
-
-COMPONENTS ?= mcp-operator
-API_CODE_DIRS := $(REPO_ROOT)/api/constants/... $(REPO_ROOT)/api/errors/... $(REPO_ROOT)/api/install/... $(REPO_ROOT)/api/v1alpha1/... $(REPO_ROOT)/api/core/v1alpha1/...
-ROOT_CODE_DIRS := $(REPO_ROOT)/cmd/... $(REPO_ROOT)/internal/... $(REPO_ROOT)/test/...
-
-##@ General
-
-ifndef HELP_TARGET
-.PHONY: help
-help: ## Display this help.
-	@awk 'BEGIN {FS = ":.*##"; printf "\nUsage:\n  make \033[36m<target>\033[0m\n"} /^[a-zA-Z_0-9-]+:.*?##/ { printf "  \033[36m%-15s\033[0m %s\n", $$1, $$2 } /^##@/ { printf "\n\033[1m%s\033[0m\n", substr($$0, 5) } ' $(MAKEFILE_LIST)
-endif
-
-##@ Development
-
-.PHONY: manifests
-manifests: controller-gen ## Generate CustomResourceDefinition objects.
-	@echo "> Remove existing CRD manifests"
-	rm -rf config/crd/bases/
-	rm -rf config/webhook/manifests/
-	rm -rf api/crds/manifests/
-	@echo "> Generating CRD Manifests"
-	@$(CONTROLLER_GEN) crd paths="$(REPO_ROOT)/api/core/v1alpha1/..." output:crd:artifacts:config=config/crd/bases
-	@$(CONTROLLER_GEN) crd paths="$(REPO_ROOT)/api/core/v1alpha1/..." output:crd:artifacts:config=api/crds/manifests
-	@$(CONTROLLER_GEN) webhook paths="$(REPO_ROOT)/api/..."
-
-.PHONY: generate
-generate: generate-code manifests generate-docs format ## Generates code (DeepCopy stuff, CRDs), documentation index, and runs formatter.
-
-.PHONY: generate-code
-generate-code: controller-gen ## Generate code containing DeepCopy, DeepCopyInto, and DeepCopyObject method implementations. Also fetches external APIs.
-	@echo "> Fetching External APIs"
-	@go run $(REPO_ROOT)/hack/external-apis/main.go
-	@echo "> Generating DeepCopy Methods"
-	@$(CONTROLLER_GEN) object paths="$(REPO_ROOT)/api/core/v1alpha1/..."
-
-.PHONY: format
-format: goimports ## Formats the imports.
-	@FORMATTER=$(FORMATTER) $(REPO_ROOT)/hack/common/format.sh $(API_CODE_DIRS) $(ROOT_CODE_DIRS)
-
-.PHONY: verify
-verify: golangci-lint jq goimports ## Runs linter, 'go vet', and checks if the formatter has been run.
-	@test "$(SKIP_DOCS_INDEX_CHECK)" = "true" || \
-		( echo "> Verify documentation index ..." && \
-		JQ=$(JQ) $(REPO_ROOT)/hack/common/verify-docs-index.sh )
-	@( echo "> Verifying api module ..." && \
-		pushd $(REPO_ROOT)/api &>/dev/null && \
-		go vet $(API_CODE_DIRS) && \
-		$(LINTER) run -c $(REPO_ROOT)/.golangci.yaml $(API_CODE_DIRS) && \
-		popd &>/dev/null )
-	@( echo "> Verifying root module ..." && \
-		pushd $(REPO_ROOT) &>/dev/null && \
-		go vet $(ROOT_CODE_DIRS) && \
-		$(LINTER) run -c $(REPO_ROOT)/.golangci.yaml $(ROOT_CODE_DIRS) && \
-		popd &>/dev/null )
-	@test "$(SKIP_FORMATTING_CHECK)" = "true" || \
-		( echo "> Checking for unformatted files ..." && \
-		FORMATTER=$(FORMATTER) $(REPO_ROOT)/hack/common/format.sh --verify $(API_CODE_DIRS) $(ROOT_CODE_DIRS) )
-
-.PHONY: test
-test: #envtest ## Run tests.
-#	KUBEBUILDER_ASSETS="$(shell $(ENVTEST) use $(ENVTEST_K8S_VERSION) --bin-dir $(LOCALBIN) -p path)" go test $(ROOT_CODE_DIRS) -coverprofile cover.out
-	@( echo "> Test root module ..." && \
-	pushd $(REPO_ROOT) &>/dev/null && \
-		go test $(ROOT_CODE_DIRS) -coverprofile cover.root.out && \
-		go tool cover --html=cover.root.out -o cover.root.html && \
-		go tool cover -func cover.root.out | tail -n 1  && \
-	popd &>/dev/null )
-
-	@( echo "> Test api module ..." && \
-	pushd $(REPO_ROOT)/api &>/dev/null && \
-		go test $(API_CODE_DIRS) -coverprofile cover.api.out && \
-		go tool cover --html=cover.api.out -o cover.api.html && \
-		go tool cover -func cover.api.out | tail -n 1  && \
-	popd &>/dev/null )
-
-##@ Build Dependencies
-
-## Location to install dependencies to
-LOCALBIN ?= $(REPO_ROOT)/bin
-
-# Tool Binaries
-ENVTEST ?= $(LOCALBIN)/setup-envtest
-
-# Tool Versions
-SETUP_ENVTEST_VERSION ?= release-0.16
-
-ifndef LOCALBIN_TARGET
-.PHONY: localbin
-localbin:
-	@test -d $(LOCALBIN) || mkdir -p $(LOCALBIN)
-endif
-
-.PHONY: envtest
-envtest: localbin ## Download envtest-setup locally if necessary.
-	@test -s $(LOCALBIN)/setup-envtest && test -s $(LOCALBIN)/setup-envtest_version && cat $(LOCALBIN)/setup-envtest_version | grep -q $(SETUP_ENVTEST_VERSION) || \
-	( echo "Installing setup-envtest $(SETUP_ENVTEST_VERSION) ..."; \
-	GOBIN=$(LOCALBIN) go install sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime/tools/setup-envtest@$(SETUP_ENVTEST_VERSION) && \
-	echo $(SETUP_ENVTEST_VERSION) > $(LOCALBIN)/setup-envtest_version )
-
-##@ Local Setup
-
-DISABLE_AUTHENTICATION ?= true
-DISABLE_AUTHORIZATION ?= true
-DISABLE_CLOUDORCHESTRATOR ?= true
-DISABLE_MANAGEDCONTROLPLANE ?= false
-DISABLE_APISERVER ?= true
-DISABLE_LANDSCAPER ?= true
-LOCAL_GOARCH ?= $(shell go env GOARCH)
-
-.PHONY: dev-local
-dev-local: dev-clean image-build-local dev-cluster load-image helm-install-local ## All-in-one command for creating a fresh local setup.
-
-.PHONY: dev-clean
-dev-clean: ## Removes the kind cluster for local setup.
-	$(KIND) delete cluster --name=$(PROJECT_FULL_NAME)-dev
-
-.PHONY: dev-cluster
-dev-cluster: ## Creates a kind cluster for running a local setup.
-	$(KIND) create cluster --name=$(PROJECT_FULL_NAME)-dev
-
-.PHONY: load-image
-load-image: ## Loads the image into the local setup kind cluster.
-	$(KIND) load docker-image local/mcp-operator:${EFFECTIVE_VERSION}-linux-$(LOCAL_GOARCH) --name=$(PROJECT_FULL_NAME)-dev
-
-.PHONY: helm-install-local
-helm-install-local: ## Installs the MCP Operator into the local setup kind cluster by using its helm chart.
-	helm upgrade --install $(PROJECT_FULL_NAME) charts/$(PROJECT_FULL_NAME)/ --set image.repository=local/mcp-operator --set image.tag=${EFFECTIVE_VERSION}-linux-$(LOCAL_GOARCH) --set image.pullPolicy=Never \
-		--set authentication.disabled=$(DISABLE_AUTHENTICATION) \
-		--set authorization.disabled=$(DISABLE_AUTHORIZATION) \
-		--set cloudOrchestrator.disabled=$(DISABLE_CLOUDORCHESTRATOR) \
-		--set managedcontrolplane.disabled=$(DISABLE_MANAGEDCONTROLPLANE) \
-		--set apiserver.disabled=$(DISABLE_APISERVER) \
-		--set landscaper.disabled=$(DISABLE_LANDSCAPER)
-
-.PHONY: install
-install: manifests ## Install CRDs into the K8s cluster specified in ~/.kube/config (or $KUBECONFIG). Usually not required, as the MCP Operator installs the CRDs on its own.
-	$(KUBECTL) apply -f config/crd/bases
-
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
new file mode 120000
index 0000000..c21893a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+./hack/common/Makefile
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/Taskfile.yaml b/Taskfile.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..98b650e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Taskfile.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,71 @@
+version: 3
+
+# vars: # cannot be specified here due to https://github.com/go-task/task/issues/2108
+#   NESTED_MODULES: api
+#   API_DIRS: '{{.ROOT_DIR}}/api/core/v1alpha1/...'
+#   MANIFEST_OUT: '{{.ROOT_DIR}}/api/crds/manifests'
+#   CODE_DIRS: '{{.ROOT_DIR}}/cmd/... {{.ROOT_DIR}}/internal/... {{.ROOT_DIR}}/test/... {{.ROOT_DIR}}/api/constants/... {{.ROOT_DIR}}/api/errors/... {{.ROOT_DIR}}/api/install/... {{.ROOT_DIR}}/api/v1alpha1/... {{.ROOT_DIR}}/api/core/v1alpha1/...'
+#   COMPONENTS: 'mcp-operator'
+#   REPO_URL: 'https://github.com/openmcp-project/mcp-operator'
+#   GENERATE_DOCS_INDEX: "true"
+
+includes:
+  shared:
+    taskfile: hack/common/Taskfile_controller.yaml
+    flatten: true
+    excludes: # put task names in here which are overwritten in this file
+    - generate:code
+    - validate:test
+    vars:
+      NESTED_MODULES: api
+      API_DIRS: '{{.ROOT_DIR}}/api/core/v1alpha1/...'
+      MANIFEST_OUT: '{{.ROOT_DIR}}/api/crds/manifests'
+      CODE_DIRS: '{{.ROOT_DIR}}/cmd/... {{.ROOT_DIR}}/internal/... {{.ROOT_DIR}}/test/... {{.ROOT_DIR}}/api/constants/... {{.ROOT_DIR}}/api/errors/... {{.ROOT_DIR}}/api/install/... {{.ROOT_DIR}}/api/v1alpha1/... {{.ROOT_DIR}}/api/core/v1alpha1/...'
+      COMPONENTS: 'mcp-operator'
+      REPO_URL: 'https://github.com/openmcp-project/mcp-operator'
+      GENERATE_DOCS_INDEX: "true"
+  common: # imported a second time so that overwriting task definitions can call the overwritten task with a 'c:' prefix
+    taskfile: hack/common/Taskfile_controller.yaml
+    internal: true
+    aliases:
+    - c
+    vars:
+      NESTED_MODULES: api
+      API_DIRS: '{{.ROOT_DIR}}/api/core/v1alpha1/...'
+      MANIFEST_OUT: '{{.ROOT_DIR}}/api/crds/manifests'
+      CODE_DIRS: '{{.ROOT_DIR}}/cmd/... {{.ROOT_DIR}}/internal/... {{.ROOT_DIR}}/test/... {{.ROOT_DIR}}/api/constants/... {{.ROOT_DIR}}/api/errors/... {{.ROOT_DIR}}/api/install/... {{.ROOT_DIR}}/api/v1alpha1/... {{.ROOT_DIR}}/api/core/v1alpha1/...'
+      COMPONENTS: 'mcp-operator'
+      REPO_URL: 'https://github.com/openmcp-project/mcp-operator'
+      GENERATE_DOCS_INDEX: "true"
+
+tasks:
+  generate:code: # overwrites shared code task to add external API fetching
+    desc: "  Generate code (mainly DeepCopy functions) and fetches external APIs."
+    aliases:
+    - gen:code
+    - g:code
+    run: once
+    cmds:
+    - task: external-apis
+    - task: c:generate:code
+
+  external-apis:
+    desc: "  Fetch external APIs."
+    run: once
+    method: checksum
+    sources:
+    - hack/external-apis/*
+    cmds:
+    - 'go run {{.ROOT_DIR}}/hack/external-apis/main.go'
+    internal: true
+
+  validate:test: # overwrites the test task to add a dependency towards envtest
+    desc: "  Run all tests."
+    aliases:
+    - val:test
+    - v:test
+    run: once
+    deps:
+    - tools:envtest
+    cmds:
+    - task: c:validate:test
diff --git a/api/go.mod b/api/go.mod
index 6514354..38d0021 100644
--- a/api/go.mod
+++ b/api/go.mod
@@ -1,8 +1,6 @@
 module github.com/openmcp-project/mcp-operator/api
 
-go 1.23.0
-
-toolchain go1.23.6
+go 1.23.5
 
 require (
 	github.com/onsi/ginkgo/v2 v2.22.2
diff --git a/component-constructor.yaml b/component-constructor.yaml
deleted file mode 100644
index a00e629..0000000
--- a/component-constructor.yaml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,21 +0,0 @@
-components:
-- name:  ${COMPONENT_NAME_PREFIX}/${COMPONENT_NAME}
-  version: ${VERSION}
-  provider:
-    name: ${PROVIDER}
-  resources:
-    - name: ${COMPONENT_NAME}-chart
-      type: helmChart
-      input:
-        type: helm
-        path: ./charts/${COMPONENT_NAME}
-        repository: charts/${COMPONENT_NAME}
-      
-    - name: ${COMPONENT_NAME}-image
-      type: ociImage
-      input:
-        type: dockermulti
-        repository: images/${COMPONENT_NAME}
-        variants:
-        - "${COMPONENT_REPO_PREFIX}:${VERSION}-linux-amd64"
-        - "${COMPONENT_REPO_PREFIX}:${VERSION}-linux-arm64"
diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index ba723ef..1b031ce 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -2,8 +2,6 @@ module github.com/openmcp-project/mcp-operator
 
 go 1.23.5
 
-toolchain go1.24.0
-
 replace github.com/openmcp-project/mcp-operator/api => ./api
 
 replace github.com/imdario/mergo v1.0.0 => github.com/imdario/mergo v0.3.16
diff --git a/hack/common b/hack/common
new file mode 160000
index 0000000..34a6c9e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/hack/common
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Subproject commit 34a6c9e820b732eec1f3b06f39f658d65224a774
diff --git a/hack/common/Dockerfile b/hack/common/Dockerfile
deleted file mode 100644
index c6783d8..0000000
--- a/hack/common/Dockerfile
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,12 +0,0 @@
-# Use distroless as minimal base image to package the component binary
-# Refer to https://github.com/GoogleContainerTools/distroless for more details
-FROM gcr.io/distroless/static:nonroot
-ARG TARGETOS
-ARG TARGETARCH
-ARG COMPONENT
-WORKDIR /
-COPY bin/$COMPONENT-$TARGETOS.$TARGETARCH /<component>
-USER 65532:65532
-
-# docker doesn't substitue args in ENTRYPOINT, so we replace this during the build script
-ENTRYPOINT ["/<component>"]
diff --git a/hack/common/Makefile b/hack/common/Makefile
deleted file mode 100644
index 9df0d3c..0000000
--- a/hack/common/Makefile
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,273 +0,0 @@
-# Setting SHELL to bash allows bash commands to be executed by recipes.
-# Options are set to exit when a recipe line exits non-zero or a piped command fails.
-SHELL = /usr/bin/env bash -o pipefail
-.SHELLFLAGS = -ec
-
-############################################################################################################
-# This Makefile is meant to be included in the Makefile of the repository including this one as submodule. #
-# Currently, this repository has to be included at 'hack/common' path in the parent repository.            #
-# Also, the parent Makefile has to set the following variables:                                            #
-# - REPO_ROOT: The root directory of the repository.                                                       #
-# - COMPONENTS: The list of components to build (usually just one, e.g. 'mcp-operator').                   #
-############################################################################################################
-
-##@ Common - General
-
-# The help target prints out all targets with their descriptions organized
-# beneath their categories. The categories are represented by '##@' and the
-# target descriptions by '##'. The awk commands is responsible for reading the
-# entire set of makefiles included in this invocation, looking for lines of the
-# file as xyz: ## something, and then pretty-format the target and help. Then,
-# if there's a line with ##@ something, that gets pretty-printed as a category.
-# More info on the usage of ANSI control characters for terminal formatting:
-# https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ANSI_escape_code#SGR_parameters
-# More info on the awk command:
-# http://linuxcommand.org/lc3_adv_awk.php
-
-ifndef HELP_TARGET
-HELP_TARGET := true
-.PHONY: help
-help: ## Display this help.
-	@awk 'BEGIN {FS = ":.*##"; printf "\nUsage:\n  make \033[36m<target>\033[0m\n"} /^[a-zA-Z_0-9-]+:.*?##/ { printf "  \033[36m%-15s\033[0m %s\n", $$1, $$2 } /^##@/ { printf "\n\033[1m%s\033[0m\n", substr($$0, 5) } ' $(MAKEFILE_LIST)
-endif
-
-##@ Common - Development
-
-ifndef TIDY_TARGET
-TIDY_TARGET := true
-.PHONY: tidy
-tidy: ## Runs 'go mod tidy' for all modules in this repo.
-	@$(REPO_ROOT)/hack/common/tidy.sh
-endif
-
-ifndef GENERATE_DOCS_TARGET
-GENERATE_DOCS_TARGET := true
-.PHONY: generate-docs
-generate-docs: jq ## Generates the documentation index.
-	@JQ=$(JQ) $(REPO_ROOT)/hack/common/generate-docs-index.sh
-endif
-
-ifndef VERIFY_DOCS_TARGET
-VERIFY_DOCS_TARGET := true
-.PHONY: verify-docs
-verify-docs: jq ## Verifies that the documentation index is up-to-date.
-	@test "$(SKIP_DOCS_INDEX_CHECK)" = "true" || \
-		( echo "> Verify documentation index ..." && \
-		JQ=$(JQ) $(REPO_ROOT)/hack/common/verify-docs-index.sh )
-endif
-
-##@ Common - Release
-
-ifndef PREPARE_RELEASE_TARGET
-PREPARE_RELEASE_TARGET := true
-.PHONY: prepare-release
-prepare-release: tidy generate verify test
-endif
-
-ifndef RELEASE_MAJOR_TARGET
-RELEASE_MAJOR_TARGET := true
-.PHONY: release-major
-release-major: prepare-release ## Creates a major release commit.
-	@COMPONENTS=$(COMPONENTS) $(REPO_ROOT)/hack/common/release.sh major
-endif
-
-ifndef RELEASE_MINOR_TARGET
-RELEASE_MINOR_TARGET := true
-.PHONY: release-minor
-release-minor: prepare-release ## Creates a minor release commit.
-	@COMPONENTS=$(COMPONENTS) $(REPO_ROOT)/hack/common/release.sh minor
-endif
-
-ifndef RELEASE_PATCH_TARGET
-RELEASE_PATCH_TARGET := true
-.PHONY: release-patch
-release-patch: prepare-release ## Creates a patch release commit.
-	@COMPONENTS=$(COMPONENTS) $(REPO_ROOT)/hack/common/release.sh patch
-endif
-
-##@ Common - Build
-
-PLATFORMS ?= linux/arm64,linux/amd64
-
-ifndef ALL_TARGET
-ALL_TARGET := true
-.PHONY: all
-all: build image chart component ## Complete build and push for all components/platforms specified in COMPONENTS/PLATFORMS. Alias for 'make build image chart component'.
-endif
-
-ifndef BUILD_TARGET
-BUILD_TARGET := true
-.PHONY: build
-build: generate ## Builds binaries for all components specified in COMPONENTS and all platforms specified in PLATFORMS.
-	@PLATFORMS=$(PLATFORMS) COMPONENTS=$(COMPONENTS) $(REPO_ROOT)/hack/common/build-binary.sh
-endif
-
-ifndef IMAGE_TARGET
-IMAGE_TARGET := true
-.PHONY: image
-image: build image-build image-push ## Builds and pushes docker images for all components specified in COMPONENTS and all platforms specified in PLATFORMS.
-endif
-
-ifndef IMAGE_BUILD_TARGET
-IMAGE_BUILD_TARGET := true
-.PHONY: image-build
-image-build: ## Builds the docker images for all components specified in COMPONENTS and all platforms specified in PLATFORMS. Requires 'make build' to have run before.
-	@PLATFORMS=$(PLATFORMS) COMPONENTS=$(COMPONENTS) $(REPO_ROOT)/hack/common/build-image.sh
-endif
-
-ifndef IMAGE_BUILD_LOCAL_TARGET
-IMAGE_BUILD_LOCAL_TARGET := true
-.PHONY: image-build-local
-image-build-local: ## Builds the docker images for all components specified in COMPONENTS and all platforms specified in PLATFORMS. Requires 'make build' to have run before.
-	@PLATFORMS=$(PLATFORMS) COMPONENTS=$(COMPONENTS) BASE_REGISTRY=local $(REPO_ROOT)/hack/common/build-image.sh
-endif
-
-ifndef IMAGE_PUSH_TARGET
-IMAGE_PUSH_TARGET := true
-.PHONY: image-push
-image-push: ## Pushes the docker images for all components specified in COMPONENTS and all platforms specified in PLATFORMS. Requires 'make image-build' to have run before.
-	@PLATFORMS=$(PLATFORMS) COMPONENTS=$(COMPONENTS) $(REPO_ROOT)/hack/common/push-image.sh
-endif
-
-ifndef CHART_TARGET
-CHART_TARGET := true
-.PHONY: chart
-chart: chart-build chart-push ## Packs and pushes the helm charts for all components specified in COMPONENTS into the OCI registry.
-endif
-
-ifndef CHART_BUILD_TARGET
-CHART_BUILD_TARGET := true
-.PHONY: chart-build
-chart-build: helm ## Packs the helm charts for all components specified in COMPONENTS to prepare them for upload into the OCI registry.
-	@HELM=$(HELM) COMPONENTS=$(COMPONENTS) $(REPO_ROOT)/hack/common/build-chart.sh
-endif
-
-ifndef CHART_PUSH_TARGET
-CHART_PUSH_TARGET := true
-.PHONY: chart-push
-chart-push: helm jq yaml2json ## Pushes helm charts for all components specified in COMPONENTS into the OCI registry. Requires 'make chart-build' to have run before.
-	@HELM=$(HELM) COMPONENTS=$(COMPONENTS) $(REPO_ROOT)/hack/common/push-chart.sh
-endif
-
-ifndef COMPONENT_TARGET
-COMPONENT_TARGET := true
-.PHONY: component
-component: component-build component-push ## Builds and pushes the component descriptor into the registry. Requires charts and images to be already pushed into the registry.
-endif
-
-ifndef COMPONENT_BUILD_TARGET
-COMPONENT_BUILD_TARGET := true
-.PHONY: component-build
-component-build: ocm ## Builds the component descriptor for the mcp-operator. Several env variables can be used to control the result, see components/components.yaml for details. Requires charts and images to be already pushed into the registry.
-	@OCM=$(OCM) COMPONENTS=$(COMPONENTS) $(REPO_ROOT)/hack/common/build-component.sh
-endif
-
-ifndef COMPONENT_PUSH_TARGET
-COMPONENT_PUSH_TARGET := true
-.PHONY: component-push
-component-push: ocm ## Pushes the component descriptor into the registry. Requires 'make component-build' to have run before.
-	@OCM=$(OCM) $(REPO_ROOT)/hack/common/push-component.sh
-endif
-
-##@ Common - Build Dependencies
-
-## Location to install dependencies to
-LOCALBIN ?= $(REPO_ROOT)/bin
-
-## Tool Binaries
-KUBECTL ?= kubectl
-KIND ?= kind
-CONTROLLER_GEN ?= $(LOCALBIN)/controller-gen
-FORMATTER ?= $(LOCALBIN)/goimports
-LINTER ?= $(LOCALBIN)/golangci-lint
-OCM ?= $(LOCALBIN)/ocm
-HELM ?= $(LOCALBIN)/helm
-JQ ?= $(LOCALBIN)/jq
-YAML2JSON ?= $(LOCALBIN)/yaml2json
-
-## Tool Versions
-# renovate: datasource=github-releases depName=kubernetes-sigs/controller-tools
-CONTROLLER_TOOLS_VERSION ?= v0.16.4
-# renovate: datasource=github-tags depName=golang/tools
-FORMATTER_VERSION ?= v0.26.0
-# renovate: datasource=github-releases depName=golangci/golangci-lint
-LINTER_VERSION ?= v1.64.4
-# renovate: datasource=github-releases depName=jqlang/jq
-JQ_VERSION ?= 1.7.1
-# renovate: datasource=github-releases depName=open-component-model/ocm
-OCM_VERSION ?= 0.16.2
-HELM_VERSION ?= v3.13.2
-# renovate: datasource=github-releases depName=bronze1man/yaml2json
-YAML2JSON_VERSION ?= v1.3.3
-
-ifndef LOCALBIN_TARGET
-LOCALBIN_TARGET := true
-.PHONY: localbin
-localbin:
-	@test -d $(LOCALBIN) || mkdir -p $(LOCALBIN)
-endif
-
-ifndef CONTROLLER_GEN_TARGET
-CONTROLLER_GEN_TARGET := true
-.PHONY: controller-gen
-controller-gen: localbin ## Download controller-gen locally if necessary. If wrong version is installed, it will be overwritten.
-	@test -s $(CONTROLLER_GEN) && $(CONTROLLER_GEN) --version | grep -q $(CONTROLLER_TOOLS_VERSION) || \
-	( echo "Installing controller-gen $(CONTROLLER_TOOLS_VERSION) ..."; \
-	GOBIN=$(LOCALBIN) go install sigs.k8s.io/controller-tools/cmd/controller-gen@$(CONTROLLER_TOOLS_VERSION) )
-endif
-
-ifndef GOIMPORTS_TARGET
-GOIMPORTS_TARGET := true
-.PHONY: goimports
-goimports: localbin ## Download goimports locally if necessary. If wrong version is installed, it will be overwritten.
-	@test -s $(FORMATTER) && test -s $(LOCALBIN)/goimports_version && cat $(LOCALBIN)/goimports_version | grep -q $(FORMATTER_VERSION) || \
-	( echo "Installing goimports $(FORMATTER_VERSION) ..."; \
-	GOBIN=$(LOCALBIN) go install golang.org/x/tools/cmd/goimports@$(FORMATTER_VERSION) && \
-	echo $(FORMATTER_VERSION) > $(LOCALBIN)/goimports_version )
-endif
-
-ifndef GOLANGCI_LINT_TARGET
-GOLANGCI_LINT_TARGET := true
-.PHONY: golangci-lint
-golangci-lint: localbin ## Download golangci-lint locally if necessary. If wrong version is installed, it will be overwritten.
-	@test -s $(LINTER) && $(LINTER) --version | grep -q $(subst v,,$(LINTER_VERSION)) || \
-	( echo "Installing golangci-lint $(LINTER_VERSION) ..."; \
-	curl -sSfL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/golangci/golangci-lint/master/install.sh | sh -s -- -b $(LOCALBIN) $(LINTER_VERSION) )
-endif
-
-ifndef OCM_TARGET
-OCM_TARGET := true
-.PHONY: ocm
-ocm: localbin ## Install OCM CLI if necessary.
-	@test -s $(OCM) && $(OCM) --version | grep -q $(OCM_VERSION) || \
-	( echo "Installing ocm $(OCM_VERSION) ..."; \
-	curl -sSfL https://ocm.software/install.sh | OCM_VERSION=$(OCM_VERSION) bash -s $(LOCALBIN) )
-endif
-
-ifndef HELM_TARGET
-HELM_TARGET := true
-.PHONY: helm
-helm: localbin ## Download helm locally if necessary.
-	@test -s $(HELM) && $(HELM) version --short | grep -q $(HELM_VERSION) || \
-	( echo "Installing helm $(HELM_VERSION) ..."; \
-	HELM=$(HELM) LOCALBIN=$(LOCALBIN) $(REPO_ROOT)/hack/common/install/helm.sh $(HELM_VERSION) )
-endif
-
-ifndef JQ_TARGET
-JQ_TARGET := true
-.PHONY: jq
-jq: localbin ## Download jq locally if necessary. If wrong version is installed, it will be overwritten.
-	@test -s $(JQ) && $(JQ) --version | grep -q $(subst v,,$(JQ_VERSION)) || \
-	( echo "Installing jq $(JQ_VERSION) ..."; \
-	JQ=$(JQ) LOCALBIN=$(LOCALBIN) $(REPO_ROOT)/hack/common/install/jq.sh $(JQ_VERSION) )
-endif
-
-ifndef YAML2JSON_TARGET
-YAML2JSON_TARGET := true
-.PHONY: yaml2json
-# yaml2json 1.3.3 incorrectly reports its version as 1.3.2, thus the workaround below
-yaml2json: localbin ## Download yaml2json locally if necessary. If wrong version is installed, it will be overwritten.
-	@test -s $(YAML2JSON) && ($(YAML2JSON) --version || true) | grep -q $(subst 1.3.3,1.3.2,$(subst v,,$(YAML2JSON_VERSION))) || \
-	( echo "Installing yaml2json $(YAML2JSON_VERSION) ..."; \
-	YAML2JSON=$(YAML2JSON) LOCALBIN=$(LOCALBIN) $(REPO_ROOT)/hack/common/install/yaml2json.sh $(YAML2JSON_VERSION) )
-endif
diff --git a/hack/common/build-binary.sh b/hack/common/build-binary.sh
deleted file mode 100755
index e0e1249..0000000
--- a/hack/common/build-binary.sh
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,18 +0,0 @@
-#!/bin/bash
-
-set -euo pipefail
-source "$(realpath "$(dirname $0)/environment.sh")"
-
-echo
-echo "> Building binaries ..."
-(
-  cd "$PROJECT_ROOT"
-  for comp in ${COMPONENTS//,/ }; do
-    for pf in ${PLATFORMS//,/ }; do
-      echo "> Building binary for component '$comp' ($pf) ..." | indent 1
-      os=${pf%/*}
-      arch=${pf#*/}
-      CGO_ENABLED=0 GOOS=$os GOARCH=$arch go build -a -o bin/${comp}-${os}.${arch} cmd/${comp}/main.go | indent 2
-    done
-  done
-)
diff --git a/hack/common/build-chart.sh b/hack/common/build-chart.sh
deleted file mode 100755
index b136bb2..0000000
--- a/hack/common/build-chart.sh
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,14 +0,0 @@
-#!/bin/bash
-
-set -euo pipefail
-source "$(realpath "$(dirname $0)/environment.sh")"
-
-VERSION=$("$COMMON_SCRIPT_DIR/get-version.sh")
-
-echo
-echo "> Packaging helm charts to prepare for upload ..."
-tmpdir="$("$COMMON_SCRIPT_DIR/get-tmp-dir.sh")"
-for comp in ${COMPONENTS//,/ }; do
-	echo "> Packaging helm chart for component '$comp' ..." | indent 1
-  "$HELM" package "$PROJECT_ROOT/charts/$comp" -d "$tmpdir" --version "$VERSION" | indent 2 # file name is <chart name>-<chart version>.tgz (derived from Chart.yaml)
-done
diff --git a/hack/common/build-component.sh b/hack/common/build-component.sh
deleted file mode 100755
index e0234e2..0000000
--- a/hack/common/build-component.sh
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,31 +0,0 @@
-#!/bin/bash
-
-set -euo pipefail
-source "$(realpath "$(dirname $0)/environment.sh")"
-
-VERSION=$("$COMMON_SCRIPT_DIR/get-version.sh")
-CHART_REGISTRY=$("$COMMON_SCRIPT_DIR/get-registry.sh" --helm)
-IMG_REGISTRY=$("$COMMON_SCRIPT_DIR/get-registry.sh" --image)
-
-pushd ${PROJECT_ROOT} > /dev/null 2>&1
-COMMIT="$(git rev-parse HEAD)"
-popd > /dev/null 2>&1
-
-echo
-echo "> Building component in version ${CD_VERSION:-$VERSION} ..."
-compdir="$("$COMMON_SCRIPT_DIR/get-tmp-dir.sh")/component"
-$OCM add componentversions --file "$compdir" --version "$VERSION" --create --force --templater spiff "$COMPONENT_DEFINITION_FILE" -- \
-  VERSION="$VERSION" \
-  CHART_REGISTRY="$CHART_REGISTRY" \
-  IMG_REGISTRY="$IMG_REGISTRY" \
-  COMMIT="$COMMIT" \
-  COMPONENTS="$COMPONENTS" \
-  ${CD_VERSION:+CD_VERSION=}${CD_VERSION:-} \
-  ${CHART_VERSION:+CHART_VERSION=}${CHART_VERSION:-} \
-  ${IMG_VERSION:+IMG_VERSION=}${IMG_VERSION:-} \
-  ${BP_COMPONENTS:+BP_COMPONENTS=}${BP_COMPONENTS:-} \
-  ${CHART_COMPONENTS:+CHART_COMPONENTS=}${CHART_COMPONENTS:-} \
-  ${IMG_COMPONENTS:+IMG_COMPONENTS=}${IMG_COMPONENTS:-} \
-  | indent 1
-
-echo "Use '$(realpath --relative-base=$(pwd) $OCM) get cv $compdir -o yaml' to view the generated component descriptor."
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/hack/common/build-image.sh b/hack/common/build-image.sh
deleted file mode 100755
index c1595c5..0000000
--- a/hack/common/build-image.sh
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,33 +0,0 @@
-#!/bin/bash
-
-set -euo pipefail
-source "$(realpath "$(dirname $0)/environment.sh")"
-
-if [[ -z ${IMAGE_REGISTRY:-} ]]; then
-	IMAGE_REGISTRY=$("$COMMON_SCRIPT_DIR/get-registry.sh" -i)
-fi
-
-VERSION=$("$COMMON_SCRIPT_DIR/get-version.sh")
-
-DOCKER_BUILDER_NAME="mcp-multiarch-builder"
-if ! docker buildx ls | grep "$DOCKER_BUILDER_NAME" >/dev/null; then
-	docker buildx create --name "$DOCKER_BUILDER_NAME"
-fi
-
-# remove temporary Dockerfile on exit
-trap "rm -f \"${PROJECT_ROOT}/Dockerfile.tmp\"" EXIT
-
-echo
-echo "> Building images ..."
-for comp in ${COMPONENTS//,/ }; do
-	for pf in ${PLATFORMS//,/ }; do
-		os=${pf%/*}
-		arch=${pf#*/}
-		img="${IMAGE_REGISTRY}/${comp}:${VERSION}-${os}-${arch}"
-		echo "> Building image for component '$comp' ($pf): $img ..." | indent 1
-		cat "${COMMON_SCRIPT_DIR}/Dockerfile" | sed "s/<component>/$comp/g" > "${PROJECT_ROOT}/Dockerfile.tmp"
-		docker buildx build --builder ${DOCKER_BUILDER_NAME} --load --build-arg COMPONENT=${comp} --platform ${pf} -t $img -f Dockerfile.tmp "${PROJECT_ROOT}" | indent 2
-	done
-done
-
-docker buildx rm "$DOCKER_BUILDER_NAME"
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/hack/common/environment.sh b/hack/common/environment.sh
deleted file mode 100755
index 2d03251..0000000
--- a/hack/common/environment.sh
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,17 +0,0 @@
-#!/bin/bash
-
-export COMMON_SCRIPT_DIR="$(realpath "$(dirname ${BASH_SOURCE[0]})")"
-source "$COMMON_SCRIPT_DIR/lib.sh"
-export PROJECT_ROOT="${PROJECT_ROOT:-$(realpath "$COMMON_SCRIPT_DIR/../..")}"
-export COMPONENT_DEFINITION_FILE="${COMPONENT_DEFINITION_FILE:-"$PROJECT_ROOT/components/components.yaml"}"
-
-export LOCALBIN="${LOCALBIN:-"$PROJECT_ROOT/bin"}"
-export HELM="${HELM:-"$LOCALBIN/helm"}"
-export JQ="${JQ:-"$LOCALBIN/jq"}"
-export FORMATTER=${FORMATTER:-"$LOCALBIN/goimports"}
-export OCM="${OCM:-"$LOCALBIN/ocm"}"
-export YAML2JSON="${YAML2JSON:-"$LOCALBIN/yaml2json"}"
-
-if [[ -f "$COMMON_SCRIPT_DIR/../environment.sh" ]]; then
-  source "$COMMON_SCRIPT_DIR/../environment.sh"
-fi
diff --git a/hack/common/format.sh b/hack/common/format.sh
deleted file mode 100755
index 06c6b33..0000000
--- a/hack/common/format.sh
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,24 +0,0 @@
-#!/bin/bash
-
-set -euo pipefail
-source "$(realpath "$(dirname $0)/environment.sh")"
-
-write_mode="-w"
-if [[ ${1:-} == "--verify" ]]; then
-  write_mode=""
-  shift
-fi
-
-# MODULE_NAME must be set to the name of the local go module.
-tmp=$("${FORMATTER}" -l $write_mode -local=$MODULE_NAME $("$COMMON_SCRIPT_DIR/unfold.sh" --clean --no-unfold "$@"))
-
-if [[ -z ${write_mode} ]] && [[ ${tmp} ]]; then
-  echo "unformatted files detected, please run 'make format'" 1>&2
-  echo "$tmp" 1>&2
-  exit 1
-fi
-
-if [[ ${tmp} ]]; then
-  echo "> Formatting imports ..."
-  echo "$tmp"
-fi
diff --git a/hack/common/generate-docs-index.sh b/hack/common/generate-docs-index.sh
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index c0f03a3..0000000
--- a/hack/common/generate-docs-index.sh
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,87 +0,0 @@
-#!/bin/bash
-
-set -euo pipefail
-source "$(realpath "$(dirname $0)/environment.sh")"
-
-DOCS_FOLDER="${DOCS_FOLDER:-${PROJECT_ROOT}/docs}"
-METAFILE_NAME=".docnames"
-
-doc_index_file=${1:-"$DOCS_FOLDER/README.md"}
-
-# prints to the new doc index
-function println() {
-  echo "$@" >> "$newindex"
-}
-
-# expects a path to a folder as argument
-# returns how this folder should be named in an index
-function getDocFolderName() {
-  local metafile="$1/$METAFILE_NAME"
-  if [[ -f "$metafile" ]]; then
-    cat "$metafile" | $JQ -r '.header'
-  fi
-}
-
-# expects two arguments:
-# - path to a doc folder
-# - name of the file in there
-# the file is expected to contain its header in the first line
-# or there should be an overwrite present in <foldername>/$METAFILE_NAME
-function getDocName() {
-  local metafile="$1/$METAFILE_NAME"
-  local filename="$2"
-  if [[ -f "$metafile" ]]; then
-    local overwrite="$(cat "$metafile" | $JQ -r '.overwrites[$name]' --arg name "$2")"
-    if [[ "$overwrite" != "null" ]]; then
-      echo "$overwrite"
-      return
-    fi
-  fi
-  if [[ -f "$filename" ]]; then
-    local firstheader=$(grep -m1 "#" "$filename")
-    echo "${firstheader#'# '}"
-  fi
-}
-
-echo "> Generating Documentation Index"
-
-newindex=$(mktemp)
-
-println '<!-- Do not edit this file, as it is auto-generated!-->'
-println "# Documentation Index"
-println
-
-(
-  cd "$DOCS_FOLDER"
-  for f in *; do 
-    if [[ -d "$f" ]]; then
-      foldername="$(getDocFolderName "$f")"
-      if [[ -z "$foldername" ]]; then
-        echo "Ignoring folder '$f' due to missing '$METAFILE_NAME' file."
-        continue
-      fi
-
-      println "## $foldername"
-      println
-
-      (
-        cd "$f"
-        for f2 in *.md; do
-          docname="$(getDocName "../$f" "$f2")"
-          if [[ -z "$docname" ]]; then
-            echo "Ignoring file '$f/$f2' because the header could not be determined."
-            # There are two possible reasons for this:
-            # 1. The file doesn't start with a '# <headline>' in the first line and no overwrite is defined in the folder's metafile.
-            # 2. The overwrite in the folder's metafile explicitly sets the name to an empty string, meaning this file should be ignored.
-            continue
-          fi
-          println "- [$docname]($f/$f2)"
-        done
-      )
-
-      println
-    fi
-  done
-)
-
-cp "$newindex" "$doc_index_file"
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/hack/common/get-registry.sh b/hack/common/get-registry.sh
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index fe299fd..0000000
--- a/hack/common/get-registry.sh
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,40 +0,0 @@
-#!/bin/bash -eu
-
-set -euo pipefail
-
-if [[ -z ${BASE_REGISTRY:-} ]]; then
-  BASE_REGISTRY=ghcr.io/openmcp-project
-fi
-
-if [[ -z ${IMAGE_REGISTRY:-} ]]; then
-  IMAGE_REGISTRY=$BASE_REGISTRY
-fi
-if [[ -z ${CHART_REGISTRY:-} ]]; then
-  CHART_REGISTRY=$BASE_REGISTRY/charts
-fi
-if [[ -z ${COMPONENT_REGISTRY:-} ]]; then
-  COMPONENT_REGISTRY=$BASE_REGISTRY/components
-fi
-
-mode="BASE_"
-
-while [[ "$#" -gt 0 ]]; do
-  case ${1:-} in
-    "-i"|"--image")
-      mode="IMAGE_"
-      ;;
-    "-h"|"--helm")
-      mode="CHART_"
-      ;;
-    "-c"|"--component")
-      mode="COMPONENT_"
-      ;;
-    *)
-      echo "invalid argument: $1" 1>&2
-      exit 1
-      ;;
-  esac
-  shift
-done
-
-eval echo "\$${mode}REGISTRY"
diff --git a/hack/common/get-tmp-dir.sh b/hack/common/get-tmp-dir.sh
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index 4f844eb..0000000
--- a/hack/common/get-tmp-dir.sh
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,11 +0,0 @@
-#!/bin/bash
-
-set -euo pipefail
-source "$(realpath "$(dirname $0)/environment.sh")"
-
-# Creates a directory within the temporary folder (either TMPDIR or /tmp) and returns its path.
-
-tmpdir="${TMPDIR:-"/tmp"}"
-tmpdir="${tmpdir%/}/mcp/$(basename "$PROJECT_ROOT")"
-mkdir -p "$tmpdir"
-echo "$tmpdir"
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/hack/common/get-version.sh b/hack/common/get-version.sh
deleted file mode 100755
index afc4cc9..0000000
--- a/hack/common/get-version.sh
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,22 +0,0 @@
-#!/bin/bash -eu
-
-if [[ -n ${EFFECTIVE_VERSION:-} ]] ; then
-  # running in the pipeline use the provided EFFECTIVE_VERSION
-  echo "$EFFECTIVE_VERSION"
-  exit 0
-fi
-
-set -euo pipefail
-source "$(realpath "$(dirname $0)/environment.sh")"
-
-VERSION="$(cat "${PROJECT_ROOT}/VERSION")"
-
-(
-  cd "$PROJECT_ROOT"
-
-  if [[ "$VERSION" = *-dev ]] ; then
-    VERSION="$VERSION-$(git rev-parse HEAD)"
-  fi
-  
-  echo "$VERSION"
-)
diff --git a/hack/common/install/helm.sh b/hack/common/install/helm.sh
deleted file mode 100755
index 5ac6fda..0000000
--- a/hack/common/install/helm.sh
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,18 +0,0 @@
-#!/bin/bash
-
-set -euo pipefail
-source "$(realpath "$(dirname $0)/../environment.sh")"
-
-HELM_VERSION="$1"
-
-arch=$(uname -m)
-if [[ "$arch" == "x86_64" ]]; then
-  arch="amd64"
-fi
-os=$(uname | tr '[:upper:]' '[:lower:]')
-curl -sfL "https://get.helm.sh/helm-${HELM_VERSION}-${os}-${arch}.tar.gz" --output "$LOCALBIN/helm.tar.gz"
-mkdir -p "$LOCALBIN/helm-unpacked"
-tar -xzf "$LOCALBIN/helm.tar.gz" --directory "$LOCALBIN/helm-unpacked"
-mv "$LOCALBIN/helm-unpacked/${os}-${arch}/helm" "$LOCALBIN/helm"
-chmod +x "$LOCALBIN/helm"
-rm -rf "$LOCALBIN/helm.tar.gz" "$LOCALBIN/helm-unpacked"
diff --git a/hack/common/install/jq.sh b/hack/common/install/jq.sh
deleted file mode 100755
index b1baeac..0000000
--- a/hack/common/install/jq.sh
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,12 +0,0 @@
-#!/bin/bash
-
-set -euo pipefail
-source "$(realpath "$(dirname $0)/../environment.sh")"
-
-JQ_VERSION="$1"
-os="linux64"
-if [[ $(uname -o) == "Darwin" ]]; then
-  os="osx-amd64"
-fi
-curl -sfL "https://github.com/stedolan/jq/releases/download/jq-${JQ_VERSION}/jq-${os}" --output "${LOCALBIN}/jq"
-chmod +x "${LOCALBIN}/jq"
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/hack/common/install/yaml2json.sh b/hack/common/install/yaml2json.sh
deleted file mode 100755
index 52f3cf9..0000000
--- a/hack/common/install/yaml2json.sh
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,14 +0,0 @@
-#!/bin/bash
-
-set -euo pipefail
-source "$(realpath "$(dirname $0)/../environment.sh")"
-
-YAML2JSON_VERSION="$1"
-
-arch=$(uname -m)
-if [[ "$arch" == "x86_64" ]]; then
-  arch="amd64"
-fi
-os=$(uname | tr '[:upper:]' '[:lower:]')
-curl -sfL "https://github.com/bronze1man/yaml2json/releases/download/${YAML2JSON_VERSION}/yaml2json_${os}_${arch}" --output "${LOCALBIN}/yaml2json"
-chmod +x "${LOCALBIN}/yaml2json"
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diff --git a/hack/common/lib.sh b/hack/common/lib.sh
deleted file mode 100755
index fbbf560..0000000
--- a/hack/common/lib.sh
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,12 +0,0 @@
-#!/bin/bash
-
-# pipe some text into 'indent X' to indent each line by X levels (one 'level' being two spaces)
-function indent() {
-  local level=${1:-""}
-  if [[ -z "$level" ]]; then
-    level=1
-  fi
-  local spaces=$(($level * 2))
-  local iv=$(printf %${spaces}s)
-  sed "s/^/$iv/"
-}
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diff --git a/hack/common/push-chart.sh b/hack/common/push-chart.sh
deleted file mode 100755
index b9be000..0000000
--- a/hack/common/push-chart.sh
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,16 +0,0 @@
-#!/bin/bash
-
-set -euo pipefail
-source "$(realpath "$(dirname $0)/environment.sh")"
-
-VERSION=$("$COMMON_SCRIPT_DIR/get-version.sh")
-HELM_REGISTRY=$("$COMMON_SCRIPT_DIR/get-registry.sh" --helm)
-
-echo
-echo "> Uploading helm charts to $HELM_REGISTRY ..."
-tmpdir="$("$COMMON_SCRIPT_DIR/get-tmp-dir.sh")"
-for comp in ${COMPONENTS//,/ }; do
-  chname="$(cat "$PROJECT_ROOT/charts/$comp/Chart.yaml" | $YAML2JSON | $JQ -r .name)"
-	echo "> Pushing helm chart for component '$comp' ..." | indent 1
-  "$HELM" push "$tmpdir/$chname-$VERSION.tgz" "oci://$HELM_REGISTRY" | indent 2
-done
diff --git a/hack/common/push-component.sh b/hack/common/push-component.sh
deleted file mode 100755
index 2012650..0000000
--- a/hack/common/push-component.sh
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,17 +0,0 @@
-#!/bin/bash
-
-set -euo pipefail
-source "$(realpath "$(dirname $0)/environment.sh")"
-
-VERSION=$("$COMMON_SCRIPT_DIR/get-version.sh")
-COMPONENT_REGISTRY="$($COMMON_SCRIPT_DIR/get-registry.sh --component)"
-
-overwrite=""
-if [[ -n ${OVERWRITE_COMPONENTS:-} ]] && [[ ${OVERWRITE_COMPONENTS} != "false" ]]; then
-  overwrite="--overwrite"
-fi
-
-echo
-echo "> Uploading Component Descriptors to $COMPONENT_REGISTRY ..."
-compdir="$("$COMMON_SCRIPT_DIR/get-tmp-dir.sh")/component"
-$OCM transfer componentversions "$compdir" "$COMPONENT_REGISTRY" $overwrite | indent 1
diff --git a/hack/common/push-image.sh b/hack/common/push-image.sh
deleted file mode 100755
index 35814b3..0000000
--- a/hack/common/push-image.sh
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,40 +0,0 @@
-#!/bin/bash
-
-set -euo pipefail
-source "$(realpath "$(dirname $0)/environment.sh")"
-
-if [[ -z ${IMAGE_REGISTRY:-} ]]; then
-	IMAGE_REGISTRY=$("$COMMON_SCRIPT_DIR/get-registry.sh" -i)
-fi
-
-VERSION=$("$COMMON_SCRIPT_DIR/get-version.sh")
-
-(
-  cd "$PROJECT_ROOT"
-
-  echo
-  echo "> Pushing images to registry $IMAGE_REGISTRY ..."
-  for comp in ${COMPONENTS//,/ }; do
-    echo "Pushing image for component '$comp' ..." | indent 1
-    img="${IMAGE_REGISTRY}/${comp}:${VERSION}"
-    for pf in ${PLATFORMS//,/ }; do
-      os=${pf%/*}
-      arch=${pf#*/}
-      pfimg="${img}-${os}-${arch}"
-
-      echo "> Pushing platform-specific image for $pf ..." | indent 2
-      docker push "$pfimg" | indent 3
-
-      echo "> Adding image to multi-platform manifest ..." | indent 2
-      docker manifest create $img --amend $pfimg | indent 3
-    done
-
-    echo "> Pushing multi-platform manifest ..."
-    docker manifest push "$img" | indent 2
-
-    if [[ ${ADDITIONAL_TAG:-} ]]; then
-      echo "> Adding additional tag '$ADDITIONAL_TAG' ..."
-      docker buildx imagetools create "$img" --tag "${img%:*}:$ADDITIONAL_TAG" | indent 2
-    fi
-  done
-)
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diff --git a/hack/common/release.sh b/hack/common/release.sh
deleted file mode 100755
index 35e7e7d..0000000
--- a/hack/common/release.sh
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,79 +0,0 @@
-#!/bin/bash
-
-set -euo pipefail
-source "$(realpath "$(dirname $0)/environment.sh")"
-
-VERSION=$("$COMMON_SCRIPT_DIR/get-version.sh")
-
-(
-  cd "$PROJECT_ROOT"
-
-  echo "> Checking for uncommitted changes"
-  if [[ -n "$(git status --porcelain=v1)" ]]; then
-    echo "There are uncommitted changes in the working directory."
-    git status --short
-    echo
-    echo "These changes will be included in the release commit, unless you stash, commit, or remove them otherwise before."
-    echo "Do you want to continue, including these changes in the release commit? Please confirm with 'yes' or 'y':"
-    read confirm
-    if [[ "$confirm" != "yes" ]] && [[ "$confirm" != "y" ]]; then
-      echo "Release aborted."
-      exit 0
-    fi
-  else
-    echo "No uncommitted changes found."
-  fi
-  echo
-
-  echo "> Finding latest release"
-  major=${VERSION%%.*}
-  major=${major#v}
-  minor=${VERSION#*.}
-  minor=${minor%%.*}
-  patch=${VERSION##*.}
-  patch=${patch%%-*}
-  echo "v${major}.${minor}.${patch}"
-  echo
-
-  semver=${1:-"minor"}
-
-  case "$semver" in
-    ("major")
-      major=$((major + 1))
-      minor=0
-      patch=0
-      ;;
-    ("minor")
-      minor=$((minor + 1))
-      patch=0
-      ;;
-    ("patch")
-      patch=$((patch + 1))
-      ;;
-    (*)
-      echo "invalid argument: $semver"
-      exit 1
-      ;;
-  esac
-
-  release_version="v$major.$minor.$patch"
-
-  echo "The release version will be $release_version. Please confirm with 'yes' or 'y':"
-  read confirm
-
-  if [[ "$confirm" != "yes" ]] && [[ "$confirm" != "y" ]]; then
-    echo "Release not confirmed."
-    exit 0
-  fi
-  echo
-
-  echo "> Updating version to release version"
-  "$COMMON_SCRIPT_DIR/set-version.sh" $release_version
-  echo
-
-  git add --all
-  git commit -m "release $release_version"
-  echo
-
-  echo "> Successfully finished"
-)
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diff --git a/hack/common/renovate.json b/hack/common/renovate.json
deleted file mode 100644
index 2ce1e84..0000000
--- a/hack/common/renovate.json
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,22 +0,0 @@
-{
-  "$schema": "https://docs.renovatebot.com/renovate-schema.json",
-  "extends": [
-    "config:best-practices",
-    "security:openssf-scorecard",
-    ":dependencyDashboard"
-  ],
-  "customManagers": [
-    {
-      "description": "Match in Makefile",
-      "customType": "regex",
-      "fileMatch": [
-        "(^|/|\\.)([Dd]ocker|[Cc]ontainer)file$",
-        "(^|/)([Dd]ocker|[Cc]ontainer)file[^/]*$",
-        "(^|/)Makefile$"
-      ],
-      "matchStrings": [
-        "# renovate: datasource=(?<datasource>[a-z-.]+?) depName=(?<depName>[^\\s]+?)(?: (lookupName|packageName)=(?<packageName>[^\\s]+?))?(?: versioning=(?<versioning>[^\\s]+?))?(?: extractVersion=(?<extractVersion>[^\\s]+?))?(?: registryUrl=(?<registryUrl>[^\\s]+?))?\\s(?:ENV |ARG )?.+?_VERSION ?(?:\\?=|=)\"? ?(?<currentValue>.+?)\"?\\s"
-      ]
-    }
-  ]
-}
diff --git a/hack/common/set-version.sh b/hack/common/set-version.sh
deleted file mode 100755
index 5a3a752..0000000
--- a/hack/common/set-version.sh
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,35 +0,0 @@
-#!/bin/bash
-
-set -euo pipefail
-source "$(realpath "$(dirname $0)/environment.sh")"
-
-VERSION=$1
-
-GO_MOD_FILE="${PROJECT_ROOT}/go.mod"
-
-# update VERSION file
-echo "$VERSION" > "$PROJECT_ROOT/VERSION"
-
-for comp in ${COMPONENTS//,/ }; do
-  CHART_FILE="${PROJECT_ROOT}/charts/${comp}/Chart.yaml"
-  CHART_VALUES_FILE="${PROJECT_ROOT}/charts/${comp}/values.yaml"
-
-  # update version and image tag in helm charts
-  sed -E -i -e "s@version: v?[[:digit:]]+\.[[:digit:]]+\.[[:digit:]]+.*@version: $VERSION@1" "${CHART_FILE}"
-  sed -E -i -e "s@appVersion: v?[[:digit:]]+\.[[:digit:]]+\.[[:digit:]]+.*@appVersion: $VERSION@1" "${CHART_FILE}"
-  sed -i -e "s@  tag: .*@  tag: ${VERSION}@" "${CHART_VALUES_FILE}"
-
-  # remove backup files (created by sed on MacOS)
-  for file in "${CHART_FILE}" "${CHART_VALUES_FILE}"; do
-    rm -f "${file}-e"
-  done
-done
-
-# MODULE_NAME must be set to the local go module name.
-# NESTED_MODULES must be set to the list of nested go modules, e.g. 'api,nested2,nested3'
-for nm in ${NESTED_MODULES//,/ }; do
-  # update go.mod
-  sed -i -e "s@	$MODULE_NAME/$nm .*@	$MODULE_NAME/$nm ${VERSION}@" "${GO_MOD_FILE}"
-  # remove backup file (created by sed on MacOS)
-  rm -f "${GO_MOD_FILE}-e"
-done
diff --git a/hack/common/tidy.sh b/hack/common/tidy.sh
deleted file mode 100755
index 8a6d46d..0000000
--- a/hack/common/tidy.sh
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,23 +0,0 @@
-#!/bin/bash
-
-set -euo pipefail
-source "$(realpath "$(dirname $0)/environment.sh")"
-
-function tidy() {
-  go mod tidy -e
-}
-
-# NESTED_MODULES must be set to the list of nested go modules, e.g. 'api,nested2,nested3'
-for nm in ${NESTED_MODULES//,/ }; do
-  echo "Tidy $nm module ..."
-  (
-    cd "$PROJECT_ROOT/$nm"
-    tidy
-  )
-done
-
-echo "Tidy root module ..."
-(
-  cd "$PROJECT_ROOT"
-  tidy
-)
diff --git a/hack/common/unfold.sh b/hack/common/unfold.sh
deleted file mode 100755
index c2620c2..0000000
--- a/hack/common/unfold.sh
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,73 +0,0 @@
-#!/bin/bash
-
-set -euo pipefail
-
-# This is a small helper script that takes a list of paths and unfolds them:
-#   If the path ends with '/...', the path itself (without '/...') and all of its subfolders are printed.
-#   Otherwise, only the path is printed.
-#
-# Paths that don't exist will cause an error.
-#
-# Options:
-#
-#   --absolute
-#       If active, converts all paths to absolute paths. Overrides --clean.
-#
-#   --clean
-#       If active, all paths are printed relative to the working directory, with './' and '../' resolved where possible.
-#
-#   --no-unfold
-#       If active, does simply remove '/...' suffixes instead of unfolding the corresponding paths.
-#
-# Note that each option's flag
-# - toggles that option between active and inactive (with inactive being the default when no flag for that option is specified)
-# - can be used multiple times, toggling the option on and off as described above
-# - affects only the paths that are specified after it in the command
-
-# 'toggle X' flips $X between 'true' and 'false'.
-function toggle() {
-  if eval \$$1; then
-    eval "$1=false"
-  else
-    eval "$1=true"
-  fi
-}
-
-absolute=false
-clean=false
-no_unfold=false
-for f in "$@"; do
-  case "$f" in
-    "--absolute")
-      toggle absolute
-      ;;
-    "--clean")
-      toggle clean
-      ;;
-    "--no-unfold")
-      toggle no_unfold
-      ;;
-    *)
-      depth_mod=""
-      if [[ "$f" == */... ]]; then
-        f="${f%/...}" # cut off '/...'
-        if $no_unfold; then
-          depth_mod="-maxdepth 0"
-        fi
-      else
-        depth_mod="-maxdepth 0"
-      fi
-      if $absolute; then
-        f="$(realpath "$f")"
-      elif $clean; then
-        f="$(realpath --relative-base="$PWD" "$f")"
-      fi
-      if tmp=$(find "$f" $depth_mod -type d 2>&1); then
-        echo "$tmp"
-      else
-        echo "error unfolding path '$f': $tmp" >&2
-        exit 1
-      fi
-      ;;
-  esac
-done
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diff --git a/hack/common/verify-docs-index.sh b/hack/common/verify-docs-index.sh
deleted file mode 100755
index 4edc398..0000000
--- a/hack/common/verify-docs-index.sh
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,15 +0,0 @@
-#!/bin/bash
-
-set -euo pipefail
-source "$(realpath "$(dirname $0)/environment.sh")"
-
-echo "> Checking if documentation index needs changes"
-doc_index_file="$PROJECT_ROOT/docs/README.md"
-tmp_compare_file=$(mktemp)
-"$COMMON_SCRIPT_DIR/generate-docs-index.sh" "$tmp_compare_file" >/dev/null
-if ! cmp -s "$doc_index_file" "$tmp_compare_file"; then
-  echo "The documentation index requires changes."
-  echo "Please run 'make generate-docs' to update it."
-  exit 1
-fi
-echo "Documentation index is up-to-date."
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diff --git a/settings.yaml b/settings.yaml
deleted file mode 100644
index b341b38..0000000
--- a/settings.yaml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,4 +0,0 @@
-COMPONENT_NAME: mcp-operator
-COMPONENT_NAME_PREFIX: github.com/openmcp-project
-PROVIDER: openmcp-project
-COMPONENT_REPO_PREFIX: ghcr.io/openmcp-project/mcp-operator
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