diff --git a/.github/actions/validate-template/action.yml b/.github/actions/validate-template/action.yml
index fb21b2f1..8bf52f0c 100644
--- a/.github/actions/validate-template/action.yml
+++ b/.github/actions/validate-template/action.yml
@@ -28,11 +28,5 @@ runs:
 
     - name: Validate template
       id: validate-template
-      env:
-        INPUT_PATH: ${{ inputs.path }}
-        INPUT_DIRECTORY: ${{ inputs.directory }}
-        ACTION_PATH: ${{ github.action_path }}
-      run: |
-        result=$(deno run --allow-read "${ACTION_PATH}/src/main.ts" "${INPUT_PATH}" "${INPUT_DIRECTORY}")
-        echo "result=${result}" >> "$GITHUB_OUTPUT"
+      run: echo "::set-output name=result::$(deno run --allow-read ${{ github.action_path }}/src/main.ts ${{ inputs.path }} ${{ inputs.directory }})"
       shell: bash
diff --git a/.github/actions/validate-template/src/main.ts b/.github/actions/validate-template/src/main.ts
index fb6f7588..8e47c84b 100644
--- a/.github/actions/validate-template/src/main.ts
+++ b/.github/actions/validate-template/src/main.ts
@@ -1,121 +1,19 @@
 import { writeAllSync } from 'https://deno.land/std@0.146.0/streams/mod.ts';
-import { resolve, normalize } from 'https://deno.land/std@0.146.0/path/mod.ts';
 import validate from './validate.ts';
 
 const DEFAULT_TEMPLATE_DIRECTORY = 'templates';
 
-/**
- * Validates that a path component is safe and does not contain:
- * - Path traversal sequences (../)
- * - Null bytes
- * - Shell metacharacters that could be used for injection
- * - Absolute paths when not expected
- */
-const validatePathComponent = (input: string | undefined, name: string, required: boolean): string | undefined => {
-	if (input === undefined || input === '') {
-		if (required) {
-			throw new Error(`${name} is required but was not provided`);
-		}
-		return undefined;
-	}
-
-	// Check for null bytes (can be used to bypass security checks)
-	if (input.includes('\0')) {
-		throw new Error(`${name} contains invalid null bytes`);
-	}
-
-	// Check for path traversal attempts
-	const normalized = normalize(input);
-	if (normalized.includes('..') || input.includes('..')) {
-		throw new Error(`${name} contains path traversal sequences (..)`);
-	}
-
-	// Check for dangerous shell metacharacters
-	const dangerousChars = /[;&|`$(){}[\]<>!#*?~\n\r]/;
-	if (dangerousChars.test(input)) {
-		throw new Error(`${name} contains potentially dangerous characters`);
-	}
-
-	// Check for excessively long paths (DoS prevention)
-	const MAX_PATH_LENGTH = 4096;
-	if (input.length > MAX_PATH_LENGTH) {
-		throw new Error(`${name} exceeds maximum allowed length of ${MAX_PATH_LENGTH} characters`);
-	}
-
-	return input;
-};
-
-/**
- * Validates that the resolved path is within the expected base directory
- */
-const validatePathWithinBase = (basePath: string, targetPath: string): void => {
-	const resolvedBase = resolve(basePath);
-	const resolvedTarget = resolve(targetPath);
-
-	if (!resolvedTarget.startsWith(resolvedBase)) {
-		throw new Error(`Target path escapes the project root directory`);
-	}
-};
-
-/**
- * Validates that the path exists and is a directory
- */
-const validateDirectoryExists = (path: string): void => {
-	try {
-		const stat = Deno.statSync(path);
-		if (!stat.isDirectory) {
-			throw new Error(`Path exists but is not a directory: ${path}`);
-		}
-	} catch (error) {
-		if (error instanceof Deno.errors.NotFound) {
-			throw new Error(`Directory does not exist: ${path}`);
-		}
-		throw error;
-	}
-};
-
-const outputError = (message: string): void => {
-	const result = { status: 'error', detail: message };
+const main = () => {
+	const PROJECT_ROOT = Deno.args[0];
+	const TEMPLATE_DIRECTORY = Deno.args[1];
+	const TEMPLATES_PATH = `${PROJECT_ROOT}/${
+		TEMPLATE_DIRECTORY ?? DEFAULT_TEMPLATE_DIRECTORY
+	}`;
+	const result = validate(TEMPLATES_PATH);
 	writeAllSync(
 		Deno.stdout,
 		new TextEncoder().encode(JSON.stringify(result)),
 	);
 };
 
-const main = () => {
-	try {
-		// Validate PROJECT_ROOT
-		const PROJECT_ROOT = validatePathComponent(Deno.args[0], 'Project root path', true);
-		if (!PROJECT_ROOT) {
-			throw new Error('Project root path is required');
-		}
-
-		// Validate TEMPLATE_DIRECTORY (optional)
-		const TEMPLATE_DIRECTORY = validatePathComponent(Deno.args[1], 'Template directory', false)
-			?? DEFAULT_TEMPLATE_DIRECTORY;
-
-		// Validate the template directory name itself
-		validatePathComponent(TEMPLATE_DIRECTORY, 'Template directory', false);
-
-		// Construct and validate the full templates path
-		const TEMPLATES_PATH = `${PROJECT_ROOT}/${TEMPLATE_DIRECTORY}`;
-
-		// Ensure the templates path stays within the project root
-		validatePathWithinBase(PROJECT_ROOT, TEMPLATES_PATH);
-
-		// Verify the directory exists
-		validateDirectoryExists(TEMPLATES_PATH);
-
-		const result = validate(TEMPLATES_PATH);
-		writeAllSync(
-			Deno.stdout,
-			new TextEncoder().encode(JSON.stringify(result)),
-		);
-	} catch (error) {
-		const errorMessage = error instanceof Error ? error.message : 'Unknown error occurred';
-		outputError(errorMessage);
-		Deno.exit(1);
-	}
-};
-
 main();