diff --git a/.actrc b/.actrc
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..176f81c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.actrc
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+--workflows .github/workflows/ci.yml
+--eventpath .github/act/events/push.json
+--container-architecture linux/amd64
+--pull=false
+-P ubuntu-latest=cache-apt-pkgs-action-ci:local
diff --git a/.github/act/Dockerfile b/.github/act/Dockerfile
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..dbe0a2f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/act/Dockerfile
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+FROM ghcr.io/catthehacker/ubuntu:act-latest
+
+SHELL ["/bin/bash", "-o", "pipefail", "-c"]
+
+# Keep local runner dependencies explicit so act behavior stays close to ubuntu-latest.
+RUN apt-get update \
+  && apt-get install -y --no-install-recommends \
+  ca-certificates \
+  curl \
+  git \
+  gnupg \
+  jq \
+  lsb-release \
+  sudo \
+  unzip \
+  wget \
+  xz-utils \
+  && rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/*
diff --git a/.github/act/events/push.json b/.github/act/events/push.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..450aae2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/act/events/push.json
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+{
+  "ref": "refs/heads/main-2",
+  "repository": {
+    "name": "cache-apt-pkgs-action",
+    "full_name": "awalsh128/cache-apt-pkgs-action",
+    "owner": {
+      "name": "awalsh128",
+      "login": "awalsh128"
+    }
+  },
+  "head_commit": {
+    "id": "0000000000000000000000000000000000000000"
+  }
+}
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 1f76b46..9731292 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -29,7 +29,8 @@ Create a workflow `.yml` file in your repositories `.github/workflows` directory
 
 There are three kinds of version labels you can use.
 
-- `@latest` - This will give you the latest release.
+- `@latest` - This will give you the latest release of **v1, not v2**.
+- `@latest-v2` - This will give you the latest release of **v2**.
 - `@v#` - Major only will give you the latest release for that major version only (e.g. `v1`).
 - Branch
   - version 1.x
diff --git a/scripts/dev/act_ci.sh b/scripts/dev/act_ci.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..196b53d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/dev/act_ci.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,128 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+set -euo pipefail
+
+# Must match the -P runner image in .actrc.
+IMAGE_TAG="cache-apt-pkgs-action-ci:local"
+
+usage() {
+  cat <<'EOF'
+Usage:
+  scripts/dev/act_ci.sh build-image
+  scripts/dev/act_ci.sh quick
+  scripts/dev/act_ci.sh integration
+  scripts/dev/act_ci.sh job <job-name>
+  scripts/dev/act_ci.sh push
+
+Commands:
+  build-image  Build the local act runner image.
+  quick        Run core CI quality jobs.
+  integration  Run action integration/regression jobs.
+  job          Run a specific ci.yml job by name.
+  push         Run the full push workflow simulation.
+EOF
+}
+
+require_tools() {
+  command -v docker >/dev/null 2>&1 || {
+    echo "docker is required" >&2
+    exit 1
+  }
+
+  command -v act >/dev/null 2>&1 || {
+    echo "nektos/act is required: https://github.com/nektos/act" >&2
+    exit 1
+  }
+}
+
+build_image() {
+  docker build -f .github/act/Dockerfile -t "${IMAGE_TAG}" .
+}
+
+# Workflow, event, platform, and runner image flags come from the repo-root .actrc.
+act_run() {
+  act "$@"
+}
+
+run_quick() {
+  local jobs=(
+    setup-and-cache
+    linters
+    action-deps-pinned
+    testing
+  )
+
+  for job in "${jobs[@]}"; do
+    echo "Running job: ${job}"
+    act_run push --job "${job}"
+  done
+}
+
+run_integration() {
+  local jobs=(
+    list_versions
+    standard_workflow_install
+    standard_workflow_restore
+    standard_workflow_add_package
+    standard_workflow_restore_add_package
+    regression_84_literal_block_install
+    regression_84_literal_block_restore
+    regression_84_folded_block_install
+    regression_84_folded_block_restore
+  )
+
+  for job in "${jobs[@]}"; do
+    echo "Running job: ${job}"
+    act_run push --job "${job}"
+  done
+}
+
+main() {
+  require_tools
+  cd "$(git rev-parse --show-toplevel)"
+
+  # ci.yml checks out explicit refs; with --bind (or a --reuse'd bound container) that checkout
+  # runs as root against this working tree and cleans away all uncommitted and ignored files.
+  if grep -qE '^(--bind|--reuse)\b' .actrc; then
+    echo ".actrc must not set --bind or --reuse; checkout would wipe the working tree" >&2
+    exit 1
+  fi
+
+  if [[ $# -lt 1 ]]; then
+    usage
+    exit 1
+  fi
+
+  case "$1" in
+  build-image)
+    build_image
+    ;;
+  quick)
+    build_image
+    run_quick
+    ;;
+  integration)
+    build_image
+    run_integration
+    ;;
+  job)
+    if [[ $# -ne 2 ]]; then
+      echo "job requires a job name" >&2
+      usage
+      exit 1
+    fi
+    build_image
+    act_run push --job "$2"
+    ;;
+  push)
+    build_image
+    act_run push
+    ;;
+  *)
+    echo "Unknown command: $1" >&2
+    usage
+    exit 1
+    ;;
+  esac
+}
+
+main "$@"