diff --git a/examples/custom_channel.rs b/examples/custom_channel.rs
index dbac7d1..dd3fdf8 100644
--- a/examples/custom_channel.rs
+++ b/examples/custom_channel.rs
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ impl Channel for TelegramChannel {
 
     async fn send(&self, message: &str, chat_id: &str) -> Result<()> {
         self.client
-            .post(&self.api_url("sendMessage"))
+            .post(self.api_url("sendMessage"))
             .json(&serde_json::json!({
                 "chat_id": chat_id,
                 "text": message,
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@ impl Channel for TelegramChannel {
         loop {
             let resp = self
                 .client
-                .get(&self.api_url("getUpdates"))
+                .get(self.api_url("getUpdates"))
                 .query(&[("offset", offset.to_string()), ("timeout", "30".into())])
                 .send()
                 .await?
@@ -110,7 +110,7 @@ impl Channel for TelegramChannel {
 
     async fn health_check(&self) -> bool {
         self.client
-            .get(&self.api_url("getMe"))
+            .get(self.api_url("getMe"))
             .send()
             .await
             .map(|r| r.status().is_success())
diff --git a/examples/custom_memory.rs b/examples/custom_memory.rs
index fcd299d..c69fad7 100644
--- a/examples/custom_memory.rs
+++ b/examples/custom_memory.rs
@@ -48,14 +48,20 @@ pub struct InMemoryBackend {
     store: Mutex<HashMap<String, MemoryEntry>>,
 }
 
-impl InMemoryBackend {
-    pub fn new() -> Self {
+impl Default for InMemoryBackend {
+    fn default() -> Self {
         Self {
             store: Mutex::new(HashMap::new()),
         }
     }
 }
 
+impl InMemoryBackend {
+    pub fn new() -> Self {
+        Self::default()
+    }
+}
+
 #[async_trait]
 impl Memory for InMemoryBackend {
     fn name(&self) -> &str {
diff --git a/src/channels/cli.rs b/src/channels/cli.rs
index 99546e3..8b414fd 100644
--- a/src/channels/cli.rs
+++ b/src/channels/cli.rs
@@ -92,13 +92,13 @@ mod tests {
             sender: "user".into(),
             content: "hello".into(),
             channel: "cli".into(),
-            timestamp: 1234567890,
+            timestamp: 1_234_567_890,
         };
         assert_eq!(msg.id, "test-id");
         assert_eq!(msg.sender, "user");
         assert_eq!(msg.content, "hello");
         assert_eq!(msg.channel, "cli");
-        assert_eq!(msg.timestamp, 1234567890);
+        assert_eq!(msg.timestamp, 1_234_567_890);
     }
 
     #[test]
diff --git a/src/config/schema.rs b/src/config/schema.rs
index 6b57f8e..96813c5 100644
--- a/src/config/schema.rs
+++ b/src/config/schema.rs
@@ -1013,9 +1013,9 @@ default_temperature = 0.7
 
     #[test]
     fn composio_config_partial_toml() {
-        let toml_str = r#"
+        let toml_str = r"
 enabled = true
-"#;
+";
         let parsed: ComposioConfig = toml::from_str(toml_str).unwrap();
         assert!(parsed.enabled);
         assert!(parsed.api_key.is_none());
diff --git a/src/gateway/mod.rs b/src/gateway/mod.rs
index 294e199..6fd27fb 100644
--- a/src/gateway/mod.rs
+++ b/src/gateway/mod.rs
@@ -326,6 +326,26 @@ async fn send_response(
     stream.write_all(response.as_bytes()).await
 }
 
+async fn send_json(
+    stream: &mut tokio::net::TcpStream,
+    status: u16,
+    body: &serde_json::Value,
+) -> std::io::Result<()> {
+    let reason = match status {
+        200 => "OK",
+        400 => "Bad Request",
+        404 => "Not Found",
+        500 => "Internal Server Error",
+        _ => "Unknown",
+    };
+    let json = serde_json::to_string(body).unwrap_or_default();
+    let response = format!(
+        "HTTP/1.1 {status} {reason}\r\nContent-Type: application/json\r\nContent-Length: {}\r\nConnection: close\r\n\r\n{json}",
+        json.len()
+    );
+    stream.write_all(response.as_bytes()).await
+}
+
 #[cfg(test)]
 mod tests {
     use super::*;
@@ -502,23 +522,3 @@ mod tests {
         assert_eq!(extract_header("\r\n\r\n", "X-Webhook-Secret"), None);
     }
 }
-
-async fn send_json(
-    stream: &mut tokio::net::TcpStream,
-    status: u16,
-    body: &serde_json::Value,
-) -> std::io::Result<()> {
-    let reason = match status {
-        200 => "OK",
-        400 => "Bad Request",
-        404 => "Not Found",
-        500 => "Internal Server Error",
-        _ => "Unknown",
-    };
-    let json = serde_json::to_string(body).unwrap_or_default();
-    let response = format!(
-        "HTTP/1.1 {status} {reason}\r\nContent-Type: application/json\r\nContent-Length: {}\r\nConnection: close\r\n\r\n{json}",
-        json.len()
-    );
-    stream.write_all(response.as_bytes()).await
-}
diff --git a/src/heartbeat/engine.rs b/src/heartbeat/engine.rs
index 8c7d084..ee31755 100644
--- a/src/heartbeat/engine.rs
+++ b/src/heartbeat/engine.rs
@@ -193,7 +193,11 @@ mod tests {
 
     #[test]
     fn parse_tasks_many_tasks() {
-        let content: String = (0..100).map(|i| format!("- Task {i}\n")).collect();
+        let content: String = (0..100).fold(String::new(), |mut s, i| {
+            use std::fmt::Write;
+            let _ = writeln!(s, "- Task {i}");
+            s
+        });
         let tasks = HeartbeatEngine::parse_tasks(&content);
         assert_eq!(tasks.len(), 100);
         assert_eq!(tasks[99], "Task 99");
diff --git a/src/integrations/registry.rs b/src/integrations/registry.rs
index e581bdf..c85ea49 100644
--- a/src/integrations/registry.rs
+++ b/src/integrations/registry.rs
@@ -667,7 +667,7 @@ pub fn all_integrations() -> Vec<IntegrationEntry> {
 #[cfg(test)]
 mod tests {
     use super::*;
-    use crate::config::schema::{ChannelsConfig, IMessageConfig, MatrixConfig, TelegramConfig};
+    use crate::config::schema::{IMessageConfig, MatrixConfig, TelegramConfig};
     use crate::config::Config;
 
     #[test]
@@ -685,7 +685,7 @@ mod tests {
         let entries = all_integrations();
         for cat in IntegrationCategory::all() {
             let count = entries.iter().filter(|e| e.category == *cat).count();
-            assert!(count > 0, "Category {:?} has no entries", cat);
+            assert!(count > 0, "Category {cat:?} has no entries");
         }
     }
 
diff --git a/src/memory/chunker.rs b/src/memory/chunker.rs
index d45eb4b..97bddfa 100644
--- a/src/memory/chunker.rs
+++ b/src/memory/chunker.rs
@@ -206,9 +206,14 @@ mod tests {
     #[test]
     fn respects_max_tokens() {
         // Build multi-line text (one sentence per line) to exercise line-level splitting
-        let long_text: String = (0..200)
-            .map(|i| format!("This is sentence number {i} with some extra words to fill it up.\n"))
-            .collect();
+        let long_text: String = (0..200).fold(String::new(), |mut s, i| {
+            use std::fmt::Write;
+            let _ = writeln!(
+                s,
+                "This is sentence number {i} with some extra words to fill it up."
+            );
+            s
+        });
         let chunks = chunk_markdown(&long_text, 50); // 50 tokens ≈ 200 chars
         assert!(
             chunks.len() > 1,
@@ -229,7 +234,8 @@ mod tests {
     fn preserves_heading_in_split_sections() {
         let mut text = String::from("## Big Section\n");
         for i in 0..100 {
-            text.push_str(&format!("Line {i} with some content here.\n\n"));
+            use std::fmt::Write;
+            let _ = write!(text, "Line {i} with some content here.\n\n");
         }
         let chunks = chunk_markdown(&text, 50);
         assert!(chunks.len() > 1);
@@ -355,7 +361,11 @@ mod tests {
     fn no_content_loss() {
         let text = "# A\nContent A line 1\nContent A line 2\n\n## B\nContent B\n\n## C\nContent C";
         let chunks = chunk_markdown(text, 512);
-        let reassembled: String = chunks.iter().map(|c| format!("{}\n", c.content)).collect();
+        let reassembled: String = chunks.iter().fold(String::new(), |mut s, c| {
+            use std::fmt::Write;
+            let _ = writeln!(s, "{}", c.content);
+            s
+        });
         // All original content words should appear
         for word in ["Content", "line", "1", "2"] {
             assert!(
diff --git a/src/memory/sqlite.rs b/src/memory/sqlite.rs
index 8b17ed5..93e6914 100644
--- a/src/memory/sqlite.rs
+++ b/src/memory/sqlite.rs
@@ -763,7 +763,7 @@ mod tests {
     #[tokio::test]
     async fn sqlite_category_roundtrip() {
         let (_tmp, mem) = temp_sqlite();
-        let categories = vec![
+        let categories = [
             MemoryCategory::Core,
             MemoryCategory::Daily,
             MemoryCategory::Conversation,
diff --git a/src/memory/vector.rs b/src/memory/vector.rs
index b7a7d79..4d39b55 100644
--- a/src/memory/vector.rs
+++ b/src/memory/vector.rs
@@ -132,6 +132,12 @@ pub fn hybrid_merge(
 }
 
 #[cfg(test)]
+#[allow(
+    clippy::float_cmp,
+    clippy::approx_constant,
+    clippy::cast_precision_loss,
+    clippy::cast_possible_truncation
+)]
 mod tests {
     use super::*;
 
@@ -271,13 +277,15 @@ mod tests {
         let b = vec![-1.0, 0.0];
         // Cosine = -1.0, clamped to 0.0
         let sim = cosine_similarity(&a, &b);
-        assert_eq!(sim, 0.0);
+        assert!(sim.abs() < f32::EPSILON);
     }
 
     #[test]
     fn cosine_high_dimensional() {
-        let a: Vec<f32> = (0..1536).map(|i| (i as f32) * 0.001).collect();
-        let b: Vec<f32> = (0..1536).map(|i| (i as f32) * 0.001 + 0.0001).collect();
+        let a: Vec<f32> = (0..1536).map(|i| (f64::from(i) * 0.001) as f32).collect();
+        let b: Vec<f32> = (0..1536)
+            .map(|i| (f64::from(i) * 0.001 + 0.0001) as f32)
+            .collect();
         let sim = cosine_similarity(&a, &b);
         assert!(
             sim > 0.99,
@@ -288,14 +296,14 @@ mod tests {
     #[test]
     fn cosine_single_element() {
         assert!((cosine_similarity(&[5.0], &[5.0]) - 1.0).abs() < 0.001);
-        assert_eq!(cosine_similarity(&[5.0], &[-5.0]), 0.0);
+        assert!(cosine_similarity(&[5.0], &[-5.0]).abs() < f32::EPSILON);
     }
 
     #[test]
     fn cosine_both_zero_vectors() {
         let a = vec![0.0, 0.0];
         let b = vec![0.0, 0.0];
-        assert_eq!(cosine_similarity(&a, &b), 0.0);
+        assert!(cosine_similarity(&a, &b).abs() < f32::EPSILON);
     }
 
     // ── Edge cases: vec↔bytes serialization ──────────────────────
@@ -306,7 +314,7 @@ mod tests {
         let bytes = vec![0u8, 0, 0, 0, 0xFF];
         let result = bytes_to_vec(&bytes);
         assert_eq!(result.len(), 1);
-        assert_eq!(result[0], 0.0);
+        assert!(result[0].abs() < f32::EPSILON);
     }
 
     #[test]
@@ -351,7 +359,7 @@ mod tests {
         let merged = hybrid_merge(&vec_results, &kw_results, 0.0, 0.0, 10);
         // All final scores should be 0.0
         for r in &merged {
-            assert_eq!(r.final_score, 0.0);
+            assert!(r.final_score.abs() < f32::EPSILON);
         }
     }
 
diff --git a/src/observability/mod.rs b/src/observability/mod.rs
index 6dbfccd..801771d 100644
--- a/src/observability/mod.rs
+++ b/src/observability/mod.rs
@@ -62,7 +62,9 @@ mod tests {
 
     #[test]
     fn factory_empty_string_falls_back_to_noop() {
-        let cfg = ObservabilityConfig { backend: "".into() };
+        let cfg = ObservabilityConfig {
+            backend: String::new(),
+        };
         assert_eq!(create_observer(&cfg).name(), "noop");
     }
 
diff --git a/src/runtime/mod.rs b/src/runtime/mod.rs
index 3a5a9be..cb8abd5 100644
--- a/src/runtime/mod.rs
+++ b/src/runtime/mod.rs
@@ -64,7 +64,9 @@ mod tests {
 
     #[test]
     fn factory_empty_falls_back() {
-        let cfg = RuntimeConfig { kind: "".into() };
+        let cfg = RuntimeConfig {
+            kind: String::new(),
+        };
         let rt = create_runtime(&cfg);
         assert_eq!(rt.name(), "native");
     }
diff --git a/src/skills/mod.rs b/src/skills/mod.rs
index f14730e..5b5c52b 100644
--- a/src/skills/mod.rs
+++ b/src/skills/mod.rs
@@ -329,6 +329,7 @@ pub fn handle_command(command: super::SkillCommands, workspace_dir: &Path) -> Re
 }
 
 #[cfg(test)]
+#[allow(clippy::similar_names)]
 mod tests {
     use super::*;
     use std::fs;
diff --git a/src/tools/composio.rs b/src/tools/composio.rs
index 479f774..4602d5d 100644
--- a/src/tools/composio.rs
+++ b/src/tools/composio.rs
@@ -396,7 +396,7 @@ mod tests {
 
     #[test]
     fn composio_actions_response_missing_items_defaults() {
-        let json_str = r#"{}"#;
+        let json_str = r"{}";
         let resp: ComposioActionsResponse = serde_json::from_str(json_str).unwrap();
         assert!(resp.items.is_empty());
     }
diff --git a/src/tunnel/mod.rs b/src/tunnel/mod.rs
index 4cb73bc..0682a1b 100644
--- a/src/tunnel/mod.rs
+++ b/src/tunnel/mod.rs
@@ -129,7 +129,7 @@ mod tests {
         CloudflareTunnelConfig, CustomTunnelConfig, NgrokTunnelConfig, TunnelConfig,
     };
 
-    /// Helper: assert create_tunnel returns an error containing `needle`.
+    /// Helper: assert `create_tunnel` returns an error containing `needle`.
     fn assert_tunnel_err(cfg: &TunnelConfig, needle: &str) {
         match create_tunnel(cfg) {
             Err(e) => assert!(