Steven Jones focused on stabilizing and maintaining the SoarGroup/Soar repository’s build and CI infrastructure over a two-month period. He addressed macOS build failures by pinning Tcl/Tk dependencies to legacy versions in YAML-based GitHub Actions workflows, ensuring compatibility with Homebrew and older system environments. Later, he updated the CI pipeline to use macOS 15, aligning the build environment with supported tooling and preventing outages from deprecated macOS versions. His work centered on build automation, continuous integration, and DevOps practices, resulting in more reliable cross-platform builds and reduced CI flakiness. The changes improved maintainability without introducing new features.