diff --git a/conductor-setup.sh b/conductor-setup.sh
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+#!/bin/bash
+set -e
+
+echo "🚀 Setting up Graphiti workspace..."
+
+# Check if uv is installed
+if ! command -v uv &> /dev/null; then
+    echo "❌ Error: 'uv' is not installed. Please install uv first:"
+    echo "   curl -LsSf https://astral.sh/uv/install.sh | sh"
+    exit 1
+fi
+
+# Check Python version
+python_version=$(python3 --version 2>&1 | awk '{print $2}')
+required_version="3.10"
+if ! python3 -c "import sys; exit(0 if sys.version_info >= (3, 10) else 1)"; then
+    echo "❌ Error: Python 3.10 or higher is required (found: $python_version)"
+    exit 1
+fi
+
+echo "✓ Prerequisites check passed"
+
+# Copy necessary files from root repo
+echo "📄 Copying project files from root repo..."
+cp "$CONDUCTOR_ROOT_PATH/pyproject.toml" .
+cp "$CONDUCTOR_ROOT_PATH/uv.lock" .
+cp "$CONDUCTOR_ROOT_PATH/README.md" .
+if [ -f "$CONDUCTOR_ROOT_PATH/pytest.ini" ]; then
+    cp "$CONDUCTOR_ROOT_PATH/pytest.ini" .
+fi
+if [ -f "$CONDUCTOR_ROOT_PATH/conftest.py" ]; then
+    cp "$CONDUCTOR_ROOT_PATH/conftest.py" .
+fi
+if [ -f "$CONDUCTOR_ROOT_PATH/py.typed" ]; then
+    cp "$CONDUCTOR_ROOT_PATH/py.typed" .
+fi
+
+# Create symlink to source code instead of copying
+echo "🔗 Creating symlinks to source code..."
+ln -sf "$CONDUCTOR_ROOT_PATH/graphiti_core" graphiti_core
+ln -sf "$CONDUCTOR_ROOT_PATH/tests" tests
+ln -sf "$CONDUCTOR_ROOT_PATH/examples" examples
+
+# Install dependencies
+echo "📦 Installing dependencies with uv..."
+uv sync --frozen --extra dev
+
+# Create workspace-specific Makefile
+echo "📝 Creating workspace Makefile..."
+cat > Makefile << 'EOF'
+.PHONY: install format lint test all check
+
+# Define variables - using virtualenv directly instead of uv run
+PYTHON = .venv/bin/python
+PYTEST = .venv/bin/pytest
+RUFF = .venv/bin/ruff
+PYRIGHT = .venv/bin/pyright
+
+# Default target
+all: format lint test
+
+# Install dependencies
+install:
+	@echo "Dependencies already installed via conductor-setup.sh"
+	@echo "Run './conductor-setup.sh' to reinstall"
+
+# Format code
+format:
+	$(RUFF) check --select I --fix
+	$(RUFF) format
+
+# Lint code
+lint:
+	$(RUFF) check
+	$(PYRIGHT) ./graphiti_core
+
+# Run tests
+test:
+	DISABLE_FALKORDB=1 DISABLE_KUZU=1 DISABLE_NEPTUNE=1 $(PYTEST) -m "not integration"
+
+# Run format, lint, and test
+check: format lint test
+EOF
+
+# Handle environment variables
+if [ -f "$CONDUCTOR_ROOT_PATH/.env" ]; then
+    echo "🔗 Linking .env file from root repo..."
+    ln -sf "$CONDUCTOR_ROOT_PATH/.env" .env
+    echo "✓ Environment file linked"
+else
+    echo "⚠️  No .env file found in root repo"
+    echo "   Copy $CONDUCTOR_ROOT_PATH/.env.example to $CONDUCTOR_ROOT_PATH/.env"
+    echo "   and add your API keys, then rerun setup"
+    exit 1
+fi
+
+# Check for required environment variable
+if ! grep -q "OPENAI_API_KEY=.*[^[:space:]]" .env 2>/dev/null; then
+    echo "⚠️  Warning: OPENAI_API_KEY not set in .env file"
+    echo "   This is required for most Graphiti functionality"
+fi
+
+echo "✅ Workspace setup complete!"
+echo ""
+echo "Available commands:"
+echo "  make test    - Run unit tests"
+echo "  make lint    - Lint and type check code"
+echo "  make format  - Format code with ruff"
+echo "  make check   - Run all checks (format, lint, test)"
diff --git a/conductor.json b/conductor.json
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+{
+  "scripts": {
+    "setup": "./conductor-setup.sh",
+    "run": "make test"
+  },
+  "runScriptMode": "nonconcurrent"
+}