diff --git a/ci-operator/config/openshift/lightspeed-agentic-operator/openshift-lightspeed-agentic-operator-main.yaml b/ci-operator/config/openshift/lightspeed-agentic-operator/openshift-lightspeed-agentic-operator-main.yaml
index a535ce4fffded..06a5430308639 100644
--- a/ci-operator/config/openshift/lightspeed-agentic-operator/openshift-lightspeed-agentic-operator-main.yaml
+++ b/ci-operator/config/openshift/lightspeed-agentic-operator/openshift-lightspeed-agentic-operator-main.yaml
@@ -13,12 +13,19 @@ resources:
       memory: 2Gi
 tests:
 - as: generate
-  commands: make manifests && git diff --exit-code
+  commands: GOFLAGS="-mod=readonly" GOMODCACHE=/tmp/gomodcache make manifests && git
+    diff --exit-code
+  container:
+    from: src
+  skip_if_only_changed: ^docs/|\.md$|^(?:.*/)?(?:\.gitignore|OWNERS|LICENSE)$
+- as: api-lint
+  commands: GOFLAGS="-mod=mod" GOMODCACHE=/tmp/gomodcache GOLANGCI_LINT_CACHE=/tmp/.cache
+    make api-lint
   container:
     from: src
   skip_if_only_changed: ^docs/|\.md$|^(?:.*/)?(?:\.gitignore|OWNERS|LICENSE)$
 - as: unit
-  commands: make test
+  commands: GOFLAGS="-mod=readonly" GOMODCACHE=/tmp/gomodcache make test
   container:
     from: src
   skip_if_only_changed: ^docs/|\.md$|^(?:.*/)?(?:\.gitignore|OWNERS|LICENSE)$
diff --git a/ci-operator/jobs/openshift/lightspeed-agentic-operator/openshift-lightspeed-agentic-operator-main-presubmits.yaml b/ci-operator/jobs/openshift/lightspeed-agentic-operator/openshift-lightspeed-agentic-operator-main-presubmits.yaml
index 09dd300d7e85f..3dc1f82168d16 100644
--- a/ci-operator/jobs/openshift/lightspeed-agentic-operator/openshift-lightspeed-agentic-operator-main-presubmits.yaml
+++ b/ci-operator/jobs/openshift/lightspeed-agentic-operator/openshift-lightspeed-agentic-operator-main-presubmits.yaml
@@ -1,5 +1,69 @@
 presubmits:
   openshift/lightspeed-agentic-operator:
+  - agent: kubernetes
+    always_run: false
+    branches:
+    - ^main$
+    - ^main-
+    cluster: build02
+    context: ci/prow/api-lint
+    decorate: true
+    decoration_config:
+      skip_cloning: true
+    labels:
+      ci.openshift.io/generator: prowgen
+      pj-rehearse.openshift.io/can-be-rehearsed: "true"
+    name: pull-ci-openshift-lightspeed-agentic-operator-main-api-lint
+    rerun_command: /test api-lint
+    skip_if_only_changed: ^docs/|\.md$|^(?:.*/)?(?:\.gitignore|OWNERS|LICENSE)$
+    spec:
+      containers:
+      - args:
+        - --gcs-upload-secret=/secrets/gcs/service-account.json
+        - --image-import-pull-secret=/etc/pull-secret/.dockerconfigjson
+        - --report-credentials-file=/etc/report/credentials
+        - --target=api-lint
+        command:
+        - ci-operator
+        env:
+        - name: HTTP_SERVER_IP
+          valueFrom:
+            fieldRef:
+              fieldPath: status.podIP
+        image: quay-proxy.ci.openshift.org/openshift/ci:ci_ci-operator_latest
+        imagePullPolicy: Always
+        name: ""
+        ports:
+        - containerPort: 8080
+          name: http
+        resources:
+          requests:
+            cpu: 10m
+        volumeMounts:
+        - mountPath: /secrets/gcs
+          name: gcs-credentials
+          readOnly: true
+        - mountPath: /secrets/manifest-tool
+          name: manifest-tool-local-pusher
+          readOnly: true
+        - mountPath: /etc/pull-secret
+          name: pull-secret
+          readOnly: true
+        - mountPath: /etc/report
+          name: result-aggregator
+          readOnly: true
+      serviceAccountName: ci-operator
+      volumes:
+      - name: manifest-tool-local-pusher
+        secret:
+          secretName: manifest-tool-local-pusher
+      - name: pull-secret
+        secret:
+          secretName: registry-pull-credentials
+      - name: result-aggregator
+        secret:
+          secretName: result-aggregator
+    trigger: (?m)^/test( | .* )api-lint,?($|\s.*)
   - agent: kubernetes
     always_run: false
     branches: