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@@ -0,0 +1,37 @@
+name: CI
+
+# Trigger workflow on pull requests to main and on push to main
+on:
+  pull_request:
+    branches: [main]
+  push:
+    branches: [main]
+
+jobs:
+  test:
+    name: Run Tests
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+
+    steps:
+      # Checkout the code from the PR branch or push branch
+      - name: Checkout code
+        uses: actions/checkout@v4
+
+      # Setup Node.js environment
+      - name: Setup Node
+        uses: actions/setup-node@v4
+        with:
+          node-version: 18
+
+      # Install dependencies
+      - name: Install dependencies
+        run: npm install
+
+      # Run tests
+      - name: Run tests
+        run: npm test
+
+      # Print Node.js version (optional, for verification)
+      - name: Node version
+        run: node --version
+
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
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@@ -22,3 +22,5 @@ npm run dev
 _This starts the server in non-database mode._ It will serve a simple webpage at `http://localhost:8080`.
 
 You do _not_ need to set up a database or any interactivity on the webpage yet. Instructions for that will come later in the course!
+
+dd