diff --git a/.github/workflows/tools.yaml b/.github/workflows/tools.yaml
index 505ad9e..45e20b8 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/tools.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/tools.yaml
@@ -182,6 +182,11 @@ jobs:
       continue-on-error: true
     - name: check if all test tools were linted
       run: |
+        set -x
+        # check if the ToolIDValid linter is called (no of tools - 1 ) times, i.e. is skipped once
+        if [ "$(grep -c ToolIDValid ToolIDValid) != "2" ]; then
+          echo "expecting exactly 2 tests for ToolIDValid"; exit 1; 
+        fi
         grep tool1 lint_report.txt
         grep tool2 lint_report.txt
         grep "ERROR: Error 'HTTPConnectionPool" lint_report.txt
diff --git a/test/tools/tool1/.lint_skip b/test/tools/tool1/.lint_skip
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..780125a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/tools/tool1/.lint_skip
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+ToolIDValid
\ No newline at end of file