diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci_test.yml b/.github/workflows/ci_test.yml
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+name: CI
+
+on:
+  push:
+    branches:
+      - W24
+  pull_request:
+    branches:
+      - W24
+
+jobs:
+  build:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+    - uses: actions/checkout@v3
+    - name: Set up Python 3.11
+      uses: actions/setup-python@v3
+      with:
+        python-version: "3.11"
+    - name: Install dependencies
+      run: |
+        python -m pip install --upgrade pip
+        pip install pytest
+        if [ -f requirements.txt ]; then
+            pip install -r requirements.txt
+        fi
+    - name: Test with pytest
+      run: |
+        pytest .
diff --git a/.github/workflows/greet.yml b/.github/workflows/greet.yml
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+# name of the workflow
+name: greet
+
+# when the workflow should run
+on:
+  push:
+    branches:
+      - W24
+  pull_request:
+    branches:
+      - W24
+      
+# independent jobs in the workflow
+jobs:
+  # this workflow just has one job called "greet"
+  greet:
+    # the operating system to use for this workflow
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    # list of steps in the workflow
+    steps:
+      # use an action provided by github to checkout the repo
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v3
+      # a custom step that runs a couple shell commands
+      - name: List
+        run: |
+            echo "listing files in the design_documents directory"
+            ls design_documents
+      # a custom step that runs R code
+      - name: Greet
+        run: print("Hello, world!")
+        # Replace `shell: Rscript {0}` with `shell: python {0}` to run Python code instead!
+        shell: python {0}
diff --git a/TCGA_matchmaker/test_example.py b/TCGA_matchmaker/test_example.py
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+def test_add():
+  assert 2 + 5 == 7