diff --git a/.github/workflows/pr.yaml b/.github/workflows/pr.yaml
index 1ada0ea1b..1fd00f5a0 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/pr.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/pr.yaml
@@ -50,11 +50,6 @@ jobs:
       - ci_pipe
     secrets: inherit
     uses: rapidsai/shared-workflows/.github/workflows/pr-builder.yaml@branch-24.02
-  checks:
-    secrets: inherit
-    uses: rapidsai/shared-workflows/.github/workflows/checks.yaml@branch-24.02
-    with:
-      enable_check_generated_files: false
   prepare:
     name: Prepare
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
@@ -70,11 +65,22 @@ jobs:
       is_main_branch: ${{ github.ref_name == 'main' }}
       is_dev_branch: ${{ startsWith(github.ref_name, 'branch-') }}
       has_conda_build_label: ${{ steps.get-pr-info.outcome == 'success' && contains(fromJSON(steps.get-pr-info.outputs.pr-info).labels.*.name, 'conda-build') || false }}
+      has_skip_ci_label: ${{ steps.get-pr-info.outcome == 'success' && contains(fromJSON(steps.get-pr-info.outputs.pr-info).labels.*.name, 'skip-ci') || false }}
       pr_info: ${{ steps.get-pr-info.outcome == 'success' && steps.get-pr-info.outputs.pr-info || '' }}
+
+  checks:
+    needs: [prepare]
+    if: ${{ ! fromJSON(needs.prepare.outputs.has_skip_ci_label) }}
+    secrets: inherit
+    uses: rapidsai/shared-workflows/.github/workflows/checks.yaml@branch-24.02
+    with:
+      enable_check_generated_files: false
+
   ci_pipe:
     name: CI Pipeline
     needs: [prepare]
     uses: ./.github/workflows/ci_pipe.yml
+    if: ${{ ! fromJSON(needs.prepare.outputs.has_skip_ci_label) }}
     with:
       # Run checks for any PR branch
       run_check: ${{ fromJSON(needs.prepare.outputs.is_pr) }}
diff --git a/mrc.code-workspace b/mrc.code-workspace
index 30e2eec34..ba738ce1c 100644
--- a/mrc.code-workspace
+++ b/mrc.code-workspace
@@ -187,12 +187,12 @@
             "editor.semanticHighlighting.enabled": true,
             "editor.suggest.insertMode": "replace",
             "editor.tabSize": 4,
-            "editor.wordBasedSuggestions": false,
+            "editor.wordBasedSuggestions": "off",
             "editor.wordWrapColumn": 120
         },
         "[python]": {
             "editor.codeActionsOnSave": {
-                "source.organizeImports": true
+                "source.organizeImports": "explicit"
             },
             "editor.formatOnSave": true,
             "editor.tabSize": 4
@@ -202,7 +202,9 @@
             "-DMRC_PYTHON_INPLACE_BUILD:BOOL=ON" // Allow inplace build for python. Use `pip install -e .` from the python folder to install
         ],
         "cmake.format.allowOptionalArgumentIndentation": true,
-        "editor.rulers": [120],
+        "editor.rulers": [
+            120
+        ],
         "files.insertFinalNewline": true,
         "files.trimTrailingWhitespace": true,
         "files.watcherExclude": {