diff --git a/.github/workflows/app-build-verify.yml b/.github/workflows/app-build-verify.yml
index 62076c9..83159c5 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/app-build-verify.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/app-build-verify.yml
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-name: Build App
+name: Verify app build
 
 #######
 # Verify building an app for a target platform, format, and framework on a particular OS.
@@ -110,6 +110,7 @@ jobs:
       uses: actions/checkout@3d3c42e5aac5ba805825da76410c181273ba90b1  # v7.0.1
       with:
         repository: ${{ inputs.repository }}
+        path: inputs-repository
         fetch-depth: 0
         persist-credentials: false
 
@@ -185,7 +186,9 @@ jobs:
       with:
         framework: ${{ inputs.framework }}
         # use the current repo checkout if briefcase-template is being tested
-        briefcase-template-source: ${{ endsWith(inputs.repository, 'briefcase-template') && github.workspace || '' }}
+        briefcase-template-source: >-
+          ${{ endsWith(inputs.repository, 'briefcase-template')
+              && format('{0}/inputs-repository', github.workspace) || '' }}
         enable-automation: true
 
     - name: Determine Output Format Configuration
@@ -194,7 +197,8 @@ jobs:
       if: endsWith(inputs.repository, '-template') && inputs.repository != 'beeware/briefcase-template'
       id: output-format
       run: |
-        echo "template-override=--config template='${GITHUB_WORKSPACE}'" | tee -a "${GITHUB_OUTPUT}"
+        echo "template-override=--config template='${GITHUB_WORKSPACE}/inputs-repository'" \
+        | tee -a "${GITHUB_OUTPUT}"
 
     # In the steps below, the builtin functions (i.e. contains, startsWith, etc.)
     # are used for comparison (instead of ==) because they are case-insensitive.
diff --git a/.github/workflows/app-create-verify.yml b/.github/workflows/app-create-verify.yml
index 713246b..17a13e7 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/app-create-verify.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/app-create-verify.yml
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-name: Verify Project
+name: Verify project creation
 
 #######
 # Verify creating a project for a target framework on a particular OS.
@@ -60,6 +60,7 @@ jobs:
       uses: actions/checkout@3d3c42e5aac5ba805825da76410c181273ba90b1  # v7.0.1
       with:
         repository: ${{ inputs.repository }}
+        path: inputs-repository
         fetch-depth: 0
         persist-credentials: false
 
@@ -97,7 +98,7 @@ jobs:
       run: python -m pip install -U pip
 
     - name: Install Dependencies
-      run: python -m pip install --group './briefcase-template/pyproject.toml:create-verify'
+      run: python -m pip install --group './briefcase-template/pyproject.toml:verify'
 
     - name: Get Briefcase Package
       # Briefcase will build and package itself in a previous step in its CI
@@ -122,15 +123,15 @@ jobs:
       with:
         framework: ${{ inputs.framework }}
         # use the current repo checkout if briefcase-template is being tested
-        briefcase-template-source: ${{ endsWith(inputs.repository, 'briefcase-template') && github.workspace || '' }}
+        briefcase-template-source: >-
+          ${{ endsWith(inputs.repository, 'briefcase-template')
+              && format('{0}/inputs-repository', github.workspace) || '' }}
 
-    - name: Run Flake8
+    - name: Run Ruff
       working-directory: ${{ steps.create.outputs.project-path }}
-      run: flake8 --isolated --select=E --max-line-length 119
-
-    - name: Run Black
-      working-directory: ${{ steps.create.outputs.project-path }}
-      run: black --check --diff --color src/
+      run: |
+        ruff check
+        ruff format
 
     - name: Validate pyproject.toml
       working-directory: ${{ steps.create.outputs.project-path }}