diff --git a/.github/workflows/main.yaml b/.github/workflows/main.yaml
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+# Compare: https://github.com/pangeo-forge/pangeo-forge-recipes/blob/master/.github/workflows/main.yaml
+
+name: Tests
+
+on:
+  push:
+    branches: "*"
+    paths-ignore:
+    - 'docs/**'
+  pull_request:
+    branches: master
+    paths-ignore:
+    - 'docs/**'
+
+env:
+  PYTEST_ADDOPTS: "--color=yes"
+
+jobs:
+  test:
+    name: ${{ matrix.python-version }}-build
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    strategy:
+      fail-fast: false
+      matrix:
+        python-version: [3.8, 3.9]
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v2
+      - name: Setup Python
+        uses: actions/setup-python@v1
+        with:
+          python-version: ${{ matrix.python-version }}
+          architecture: x64
+      # - name: Cache conda
+      #  uses: actions/cache@v1
+      #  env:
+          # Increase this value to reset cache if ci/py${{ matrix.python-version }}.yml has not changed
+      #    CACHE_NUMBER: 0
+      #  with:
+      #    path: ~/conda_pkgs_dir
+      #    key: ${{ runner.os }}-conda-${{ env.CACHE_NUMBER }}-${{ hashFiles('ci/py${{ matrix.python-version }}.yml') }}
+      - name: setup miniconda
+        uses: conda-incubator/setup-miniconda@v2
+        with:
+      #    activate-environment: pangeo-forge-recipes
+      #    environment-file: ci/py${{ matrix.python-version }}.yml
+          python-version: ${{ matrix.python-version }}
+          auto-activate-base: false
+      #    use-only-tar-bz2: true
+      - name: install pangeo-forge-orchestrator plus deps
+        shell: bash -l {0}
+        run: |
+          poetry install
+      - name: print conda env
+        shell: bash -l {0}
+        run: |
+          conda info
+          conda list
+      - name: Run Tests
+        shell: bash -l {0}
+        run: |
+          pytest tests -v
+      #      --redirect-dask-worker-logs-to-stdout=DEBUG \
+      #      --cov=pangeo_forge_recipes --cov-config .coveragerc \
+      #      --cov-report term-missing \
+      #      --cov-report xml \
+      #      --durations=10 --durations-min=1.0
+      #- name: Codecov
+      #  uses: codecov/codecov-action@v2.0.2
+      #  with:
+      #    file: ./coverage.xml
+      #    env_vars: OS,PYTHON
+      #    name: codecov-umbrella
+      #    fail_ci_if_error: false
diff --git a/.github/workflows/pre-commit.yaml b/.github/workflows/pre-commit.yaml
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+name: pre-commit
+
+on:
+  pull_request:
+  push:
+    branches: [main]
+
+jobs:
+  pre-commit:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+    - uses: actions/checkout@v2
+    - uses: actions/setup-python@v2
+    - uses: pre-commit/action@v2.0.0