diff --git a/.github/workflows/build.yml b/.github/workflows/build.yml
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+name: Build
+on: push
+jobs:
+  build:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+    - uses: actions/checkout@v3
+    - name: Set up Python
+      uses: actions/setup-python@v4
+      with:
+        python-version: '3.7'
+    - name: Install dependencies
+      run: |
+        python -m pip install --upgrade pip setuptools wheel
+    - name: Build the alpha_id package
+      run : |
+        python setup.py sdist bdist_wheel
diff --git a/.github/workflows/tests.yml b/.github/workflows/tests.yml
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+name: Tests
+on: push
+jobs:
+  test:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    strategy:
+      matrix:
+        python-version: [3.7, 3.8, 3.9, "3.10"]
+    steps:
+    - uses: actions/checkout@v3
+    - name: Set up Python ${{ matrix.python-version }}
+      uses: actions/setup-python@v4
+      with:
+        python-version: ${{ matrix.python-version }}
+    - name: Install dependencies
+      run: |
+        python -m pip install --upgrade pip setuptools wheel
+    - name: Perform tests
+      run : |
+        python -m unittest tests.test_alpha_id