diff --git a/.github/workflows/main.yml b/.github/workflows/main.yml
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+++ b/.github/workflows/main.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,53 @@
+name: Test template
+
+on:
+  workflow_dispatch:
+  pull_request:
+
+jobs:
+  build:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+
+    steps:
+      - name: Checkout code
+        uses: actions/checkout@v3
+
+      - name: Set up Python
+        uses: actions/setup-python@v4
+        with:
+          python-version: 3.10
+
+      - name: Install dependencies
+        run: |
+          python -m pip install --upgrade pip
+          pip install -r ci_requirements.txt
+
+      - name: Run Copier
+        run: |
+          copier -d setup_dbt_project=True -d setup_dbt_profile=True -d setup_ci_cd=True -d setup_precommit=True 
+          -d setup_airflow_dag=True -d dbt_project_dir="." -d dbt_project_name="balboa" -d is_new_project=True  
+          -d airflow_profile_path="automate/dbt" -d yml_dags_path="orchestrate/dag_yml_definitions" 
+          -d dags_path="orchestrate/dags" -a ci_answers.yml copy git@github.com:datacoves/setup_template.git ./generated/
+
+      # run dbt debug and dbt compile
+      - name: Run dbt commands
+        run: |
+          cd ./generated
+          dbt debug
+          dbt compile
+
+      # run `dbt-coves generate airflow dags`
+      - name: Generate dags
+        run: |
+          dbt-coves generate airflow-dags --yml-path generated/orchestrate/dag_yml_definitions/sample_dag.yml 
+          --dags-path generated/orchestrate/dags
+
+      # fill Airflow DagBag with the result of generated dags
+      - name: Load dags
+        run: python test_load_dagbag.py
+
+      # run pre-commit
+      - name: Run pre-commit
+        run: |
+          cd ./generated
+          pre-commit run --all-files
diff --git a/ci_answers.yml b/ci_answers.yml
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+++ b/ci_answers.yml
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+ci_provider: github
+dags_path: orchestrate/dags
+dbt_adapter: snowflake
+use_dbt_checkpoint: true
+use_sqlfluff: true
+use_yamllint: true
+yml_dags_path: orchestrate/dag_yml_definitions
diff --git a/ci_requirements.txt b/ci_requirements.txt
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+++ b/ci_requirements.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+# dbt-coves==1.8.0
+git+https://github.com/datacoves/dbt-coves.git@DCV-2515-dbt-coves-setup-datacoves
+dbt-core==1.7.17
+dbt-snowflake==1.7.5
+pre-commit==3.7.1
+apache-airflow==2.8.4
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diff --git a/copier.yml b/copier.yml
index dd41284..805bd85 100644
--- a/copier.yml
+++ b/copier.yml
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+_exclude:
+  - ci_answers.yml
+  - .github/
+  - ci_requirements.txt
+  - test_load_dagbag.py
+
 ci_provider:
   type: str
   choices:
diff --git a/test_load_dagbag.py b/test_load_dagbag.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..244f7e6
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+++ b/test_load_dagbag.py
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+from airflow.models import DagBag
+
+dagbag = DagBag(dag_folder="generated/orchestrate/dags")
+
+if dagbag.import_errors:
+    print("The following DAGs present import errors:")
+    for error in dagbag.import_errors:
+        print(error)
+    print("Review the stack above for details")
+
+
+assert len(dagbag.import_errors) == 0