diff --git a/.editorconfig b/.editorconfig
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..590e58c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.editorconfig
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+root = true
+
+[*]
+end_of_line = lf
+insert_final_newline = true
+
+charset = utf-8
+
+indent_style = space
+indent_size = 4
+
+[*.yml]
+indent_size = 2
diff --git a/.github/dependabot.yml b/.github/dependabot.yml
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index 0000000..c75e875
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/dependabot.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+version: 2
+updates:
+  - package-ecosystem: github-actions
+    directory: "/"
+    schedule:
+      interval: weekly
diff --git a/.github/workflows/automerge-dependabot.yml b/.github/workflows/automerge-dependabot.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..477c6b7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/automerge-dependabot.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+name: Dependabot auto-merge
+
+on:
+  workflow_call:
+
+permissions:
+  pull-requests: write
+  contents: write
+
+jobs:
+  dependabot:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    if: ${{ github.actor == 'dependabot[bot]' }}
+    steps:
+      - name: Enable auto-merge for Dependabot PRs
+        run: gh pr merge --auto --rebase "$PR_URL"
+        env:
+          PR_URL: ${{github.event.pull_request.html_url}}
+          GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN}}
diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yml b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..0f8bea9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,48 @@
+name: Build
+
+on:
+  workflow_call:
+    inputs:
+      java-version:
+        type: string
+        description: The Java version to set up. See https://github.com/actions/setup-java/blob/v4/action.yml#L6
+        default: '21'
+    secrets:
+      GH_TOKEN_REPO:
+        description: Token to access private repositories of the lernejo org
+        required: true
+      CODECOV_TOKEN:
+        description: Repository Codecov token. See https://github.com/codecov/codecov-action/blob/v4/action.yml#L5
+        required: true
+
+jobs:
+  build:
+    name: Build
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+
+      - uses: actions/setup-java@v4
+        with:
+          distribution: temurin
+          java-version: ${{ inputs.java-version }}
+          cache: maven
+
+      - name: Debug JDK info
+        run: |
+          java -version
+          ./mvnw -version
+          echo $JAVA_HOME
+
+      - name: Run tests
+        run: ./mvnw -U test -Dgithub_token="$GH_TOKEN_REPO" -DfailIfNoTests
+        env:
+          GH_TOKEN_REPO: ${{ secrets.GH_TOKEN_REPO }}
+
+      - uses: codecov/codecov-action@v4
+        env:
+          CODECOV_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.CODECOV_TOKEN }}
+        if: ${{ env.CODECOV_TOKEN != '' }}
+        with:
+          token: ${{ secrets.CODECOV_TOKEN }}
+          verbose: true
diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
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index 0000000..3d3b2e4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+### IntelliJ IDEA ###
+.idea/
+*.iml
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 9eda5e3..4e722b9 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -1,2 +1,3 @@
 # reusable-workflows
+
 Reusable GH workflows for the grading ecosystem