Rework env variables, ingest generated key

Author: CoMPaTech

.github/workflows/verify.yml

@@ -61,7 +61,9 @@ jobs:
   ruff:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     name: Ruff check and force
-    needs: prepare
+    needs: 
+      - cache
+      - prepare
     steps:
       - name: Check out committed code
         uses: actions/checkout@v4
@@ -100,6 +102,7 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     name: Check commit
     needs:
+      - cache
       - prepare
       - ruff
       - shellcheck
@@ -138,6 +141,7 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     name: Run pytest using Python ${{ matrix.python-version }}
     needs: 
+      - cache
       - prepare
       - commitcheck
     strategy:
@@ -177,6 +181,7 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     name: Run mypy
     needs: 
+      - cache
       - prepare
       - pytest
     steps:
@@ -227,6 +232,7 @@ jobs:
     name: Process test coverage
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     needs: 
+      - cache
       - prepare
       - pytest
     #  - mypy # Re-instate mypy when we are ready
@@ -268,6 +274,7 @@ jobs:
     name: Build and publish Python 🐍 distributions 📦 to TestPyPI
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     needs: 
+      - cache
       - prepare
       - coverage
     #  - mypy # Re-instate mypy when we are ready
@@ -307,6 +314,7 @@ jobs:
     name: Process test complexity
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     needs: 
+      - cache
       - prepare
       - coverage
     steps: