diff --git a/.github/workflows/github-actions.yml b/.github/workflows/github-actions.yml
index bf9f62f1..aa490a62 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/github-actions.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/github-actions.yml
@@ -11,7 +11,15 @@ on:
       - "branch-*"
       - "main"
 jobs:
+  pre-commit:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+    - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+    - uses: actions/setup-python@v5
+    - uses: pre-commit/action@v3.0.1
+
   build-test:
+    needs: [pre-commit]
     defaults:
       run:
         shell: bash -el {0}
@@ -23,14 +31,25 @@ jobs:
       env:
         NVIDIA_VISIBLE_DEVICES: ${{ env.NVIDIA_VISIBLE_DEVICES }} # GPU jobs must set this container env variable
     steps:
-      - name: Install legate/cunumeric
-        run: |
-          mamba install -y -c legate -c conda-forge legate-core=24.06 cunumeric=24.06 build cmake scikit-build scikit-learn hypothesis 'pytest<8' notebook 'numpy<2' mypy openblas
-          pip install matplotlib seaborn xgboost
       - name: Checkout legateboost
         uses: actions/checkout@v4
         with:
           lfs: true
+      - name: Install legate/cunumeric
+        run: |
+          mamba install --yes -c rapidsai \
+            'rapids-dependency-file-generator>=1.14.0'
+
+          rapids-dependency-file-generator \
+            --output conda \
+            --file-key all \
+            --matrix "cuda=${CUDA_VERSION};arch=$(arch)" | tee /tmp/env.yaml
+
+          # update the current environment (instead of creating a new one), as that
+          # persists across all steps
+          mamba env update \
+            --name base \
+            --file /tmp/env.yaml
       - name: Type check legateboost
         run: |
           mypy ./legateboost --config-file ./setup.cfg --exclude=legateboost/test --exclude=install_info
@@ -52,7 +71,6 @@ jobs:
       - name: Build legateboost docs
         working-directory: docs
         run: |
-          pip install sphinx pydata-sphinx-theme myst-parser
           # invoke sphinx build using legate
           legate --run-mode=python --module sphinx.cmd.build source build -b html
       - uses: actions/upload-pages-artifact@v1
@@ -81,10 +99,3 @@ jobs:
       - name: Deploy to GitHub Pages
         id: deployment
         uses: actions/deploy-pages@v2
-
-  pre-commit:
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    steps:
-    - uses: actions/checkout@v4
-    - uses: actions/setup-python@v5
-    - uses: pre-commit/action@v3.0.1
diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 2f071c1d..dad547e4 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 build
+dist/
 _skbuild
 *.pyc
 *.egg-info
diff --git a/.pre-commit-config.yaml b/.pre-commit-config.yaml
index 5ec0d198..7fe2d855 100644
--- a/.pre-commit-config.yaml
+++ b/.pre-commit-config.yaml
@@ -28,5 +28,10 @@ repos:
         - id: clang-format
           files: \.(cu|cuh|h|cc|inl)$
           types_or: []
+    - repo: https://github.com/rapidsai/dependency-file-generator
+      rev: v1.14.0
+      hooks:
+        - id: rapids-dependency-file-generator
+          args: ["--clean"]
 default_language_version:
     python: python3
diff --git a/conda/environments/all_cuda-118.yaml b/conda/environments/all_cuda-118.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..c5f07951
--- /dev/null
+++ b/conda/environments/all_cuda-118.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+# This file is generated by `rapids-dependency-file-generator`.
+# To make changes, edit ../../dependencies.yaml and run `rapids-dependency-file-generator`.
+channels:
+- legate
+- conda-forge
+dependencies:
+- cmake>=3.24.0,!=3.30.0
+- cunumeric=24.06.*
+- hypothesis
+- legate-core=24.06.*
+- matplotlib
+- mypy
+- myst-parser
+- nbconvert
+- notebook
+- numpy
+- openblas
+- pydata-sphinx-theme
+- pytest<8
+- python-build
+- scikit-build>=0.18.0
+- scikit-learn
+- seaborn
+- setuptools>=70.0
+- sphinx
+- typing-extensions>=4.0
+- xgboost
+name: all_cuda-118
diff --git a/dependencies.yaml b/dependencies.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..36469d87
--- /dev/null
+++ b/dependencies.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,53 @@
+# Dependency list for https://github.com/rapidsai/dependency-file-generator
+files:
+  all:
+    output: conda
+    matrix:
+      cuda: ["11.8"]
+    includes:
+      - build
+      - docs
+      - run
+      - test
+channels:
+  - legate
+  - conda-forge
+dependencies:
+  build:
+    common:
+      - output_types: [conda]
+        packages:
+          - cmake>=3.24.0,!=3.30.0
+          - &legate_core legate-core=24.06.*
+          - openblas
+          - python-build
+          - scikit-build>=0.18.0
+          - setuptools>=70.0
+  docs:
+    common:
+      - output_types: [conda]
+        packages:
+          - sphinx
+          - pydata-sphinx-theme
+          - myst-parser
+  run:
+    common:
+      - output_types: [conda]
+        packages:
+          - cunumeric=24.06.*
+          - *legate_core
+          - numpy
+          - scikit-learn
+          - typing-extensions>=4.0
+  test:
+    common:
+      - output_types: [conda]
+        packages:
+          - hypothesis
+          - matplotlib
+          - mypy
+          - nbconvert
+          - notebook
+          - pytest<8
+          - seaborn
+          - xgboost