diff --git a/.github/workflows/build.yaml b/.github/workflows/build.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..077b1e6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/build.yaml
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+name: build
+on: push
+#
+jobs:
+  build-package:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+      - name: checkout
+        uses: actions/checkout@v4
+      - name: install nix
+        uses: cachix/install-nix-action@v23
+      - run: nix build
+
+  build-devshell:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+      - name: checkout
+        uses: actions/checkout@v4
+      - name: install nix
+        uses: cachix/install-nix-action@v23
+      - run: nix build .#devShells.x86_64-linux.default
+
+  check:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+      - name: checkout
+        uses: actions/checkout@v4
+      - name: install nix
+        uses: cachix/install-nix-action@v23
+      - run: nix flake check
diff --git a/.github/workflows/update-flake-lock.yaml b/.github/workflows/update-flake-lock.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..946f7bb
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+++ b/.github/workflows/update-flake-lock.yaml
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+name: update-flake-lock
+on:
+  workflow_dispatch: # allows manual triggering
+  schedule:
+    - cron: '0 15 1 * *'
+
+jobs:
+  lockfile:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+      - name: Checkout repository
+        uses: actions/checkout@v2
+      - name: Install Nix
+        uses: cachix/install-nix-action@v23
+      - name: Update flake.lock
+        uses: DeterminateSystems/update-flake-lock@v20
+        with:
+          pr-title: "Update flake.lock ."
+          pr-labels: |
+            dependencies
+            automated