diff --git a/.github/workflows/build-and-check-python-package.yml b/.github/workflows/build-and-check-python-package.yml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..d7c13509
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/build-and-check-python-package.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,137 @@
+---
+name: build-and-check-python-package
+
+
+on:
+  workflow_call:
+    inputs:
+      path:
+        description: Where to look for the Python package to inspect.
+        required: false
+        type: string
+        default: .
+    outputs:
+      dist:
+        description: The location of the built packages.
+        value: ${{ jobs.build-package.outputs.dist }}
+
+
+jobs:
+  build-package:
+    name: Build and Verify package
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    outputs:
+      dist: ${{ steps.setter.outputs.dist }}
+
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+        with:
+          fetch-depth: 0
+
+      - name: Set up Python
+        uses: actions/setup-python@v5
+        id: python-bavp
+        with:
+          python-version: '3.10'
+
+      - name: Create venv for tools
+        run: ${{ steps.python-bavp.outputs.python-path }} -Im venv /tmp/bavp
+        shell: bash
+
+      - name: Install dependencies
+        run: >
+          /tmp/bavp/bin/python
+          -Im pip
+          --disable-pip-version-check
+          --no-python-version-warning
+          install build check-wheel-contents==0.6.0 twine==5.1.1 wheel==0.42.0 wheel-filename==1.4.1
+        shell: bash
+
+      - name: Build package
+        run: |
+          SOURCE_DATE_EPOCH=$(git log -1 --pretty=%ct)
+          /tmp/bavp/bin/python -m build --outdir /tmp/bavp/dist
+        shell: bash
+        working-directory: ${{ inputs.path }}
+
+      - name: Set output
+        id: setter
+        run: echo "dist=/tmp/bavp/dist" >>$GITHUB_OUTPUT
+        shell: bash
+        working-directory: ${{ inputs.path }}
+
+      - run: ls -l /tmp/bavp/dist
+        shell: bash
+        working-directory: ${{ inputs.path }}
+
+      - name: Upload built artifacts.
+        uses: actions/upload-artifact@v4
+        with:
+          name: Packages
+          path: /tmp/bavp/dist/*
+
+      - run: /tmp/bavp/bin/check-wheel-contents /tmp/bavp/dist/*.whl
+        shell: bash
+        working-directory: ${{ inputs.path }}
+
+      - name: Check PyPI README
+        shell: bash
+        working-directory: ${{ inputs.path }}
+        run: >
+          /tmp/bavp/bin/python
+          -m twine check
+          --strict
+          /tmp/bavp/dist/*
+
+      - name: Show wheel and SDist contents hierarchically, including metadata.
+        shell: bash
+        working-directory: ${{ inputs.path }}
+        run: |
+          cd /tmp/bavp/dist
+          mkdir -p out/sdist
+          mkdir -p out/wheels
+          /tmp/bavp/bin/python -m wheel unpack --dest out/wheels *.whl
+          tar xf *.tar.gz -C out/sdist
+          
+          echo -e '\n<details><summary>SDist contents</summary>\n' >> $GITHUB_STEP_SUMMARY
+          (cd /tmp/bavp/dist/out/sdist && tree -Da --timefmt="%Y-%m-%dT%H:%M:%SZ" * | sed 's/^/    /' | tee -a $GITHUB_STEP_SUMMARY)
+          echo -e '\n</details>\n' >> $GITHUB_STEP_SUMMARY
+          
+          echo -e '\n<details><summary>Wheel contents</summary>\n' >> $GITHUB_STEP_SUMMARY
+          (cd /tmp/bavp/dist/out/wheels && tree -Da --timefmt="%Y-%m-%dT%H:%M:%SZ" * | sed 's/^/    /' | tee -a $GITHUB_STEP_SUMMARY)
+          echo -e '\n</details>\n' >> $GITHUB_STEP_SUMMARY
+          
+          echo ----- Metadata Follows -----
+          echo -e '\n<details><summary>Metadata</summary>\n' >> $GITHUB_STEP_SUMMARY
+          cat out/sdist/*/PKG-INFO | sed 's/^/    /' | tee -a $GITHUB_STEP_SUMMARY
+          echo -e '\n</details>\n' >> $GITHUB_STEP_SUMMARY
+          echo ----- End of Metadata  -----
+
+      - name: Upload metadata
+        uses: actions/upload-artifact@v4
+        with:
+          name: Package Metadata
+          path: /tmp/bavp/dist/out/sdist/*/PKG-INFO
+
+      - name: Extract PyPI README
+        shell: bash
+        working-directory: /tmp/bavp/dist/out/sdist/
+        run: |
+          cat */PKG-INFO | python -c '
+          import email.parser
+          import sys
+          
+          em = email.parser.Parser().parsestr(sys.stdin.read())
+          suffix = {
+              "text/markdown": "md",
+              "text/x-rst": "rst",
+          }[em["Description-Content-Type"]]
+          with open(f"PyPI-README.{suffix}", "w") as f:
+              f.write(em.get_payload())
+          '
+
+      - name: Upload PyPI README
+        uses: actions/upload-artifact@v4
+        with:
+          name: PyPI README
+          path: /tmp/bavp/dist/out/sdist/PyPI-README.*
diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yml b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..419a680c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,103 @@
+name: ci-for-build-and-tests
+
+on:
+  # push: 
+  #   branches: [ "feature/ci_implement_tests" ]
+  pull_request:
+    branches: [ "main", "develop" ]
+
+jobs:
+  build-package:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+    - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+    - name: Check modified files in cli directory
+      id: check_cli_files
+      shell: bash
+      run: |
+        pwd
+        ls -la
+        git fetch origin develop
+        changed_files=$(git diff --name-only develop)
+        echo "Changed files: ${changed_files}"
+        checked_directory="cli/"
+        for file in ${changed_files}
+        do
+          if [[ ${file} == ${checked_directory}* ]]
+          then
+            echo "Target directory was modified."
+            echo "changes_found=true" >>$GITHUB_OUTPUT
+            exit 0
+          fi
+        done
+        echo "Target directory was not modified."
+        echo "changes_found=false" >>$GITHUB_OUTPUT
+        echo "dist=/tmp/bavp/dist" >>$GITHUB_OUTPUT
+    - name: Build
+      uses: ./.github/workflows/build-and-check-python-package.yml
+      if: steps.check_cli_files.outputs.changes_found == 'true'
+      with:
+        path: ./cli
+
+  tests:
+    needs: build-package
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+    - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+
+    - name: Set up Python 3.10
+      uses: actions/setup-python@v5
+      with:
+        python-version: '3.10'
+  
+    - name: Check modified files
+      id: check_src_files
+      shell: bash
+      run: |
+        git fetch origin ${{ github.pull_request_target }}
+        changed_files=$(git diff --name-only prigin/${{ github.pull_request_target }})
+        echo "Changed files: ${changed_files}"
+        checked_directory="src/"
+        for file in ${changed_files}
+        do
+          if [[ ${file} == ${checked_directory}* ]]
+          then
+            echo "Target directory was modified."
+            echo "changes_found=true" >>$GITHUB_OUTPUT
+            exit 0
+          fi
+        done
+        echo "Target directory was not modified."
+        echo "changes_found=false" >>$GITHUB_OUTPUT
+        echo "dist=/tmp/bavp/dist" >>$GITHUB_OUTPUT
+
+    - name: Setup test env
+      if: steps.check_src_files.outputs.changes_found == 'true'
+      run: |
+        python -VV
+        pip install virtualenv
+        virtualenv .venv
+        source .venv/bin/activate
+        pip --cache-dir=.cache/pip --quiet install tox
+        
+    - name: tests
+      if: steps.check_src_files.outputs.changes_found == 'true'
+      run: |
+        source .venv/bin/activate
+        tox -e py310
+
+    - name: Upload coverage report
+      if: steps.check_src_files.outputs.changes_found == 'true'
+      uses: actions/upload-artifact@v4
+      with:
+        name: coverage-report
+        path: coverage.xml
+        retention-days: 1
+
+    - name: Upload test report
+      if: steps.check_src_files.outputs.changes_found == 'true'
+      uses: actions/upload-artifact@v4
+      with:
+        name: test-report
+        path: report.xml
+        retention-days: 1
diff --git a/tox.ini b/tox.ini
index 5e117fc2..03a5b003 100644
--- a/tox.ini
+++ b/tox.ini
@@ -28,61 +28,3 @@ deps =
 basepython = python3.10
 commands =
     pytest -v {posargs} tests/ --cov=src/ --cov-report term-missing --cov-report xml:coverage.xml --junitxml=report.xml
-
-
-[testenv:lint]
-extras =
-    docs
-    pics
-    test_data
-deps =
-    mypy
-    flake8
-commands =
-    flake8
-    mypy src/onprem docker/ src/handlers tests/
-
-[flake8]
-exclude = setup.py,.git,.venv*,venv,python2.7,.tox,scripts,pics,docs,build,report_commands_to_tables_script
-; W291 trailing whitespace
-; E501 line too long
-; W504 line break after binary operator
-; W503 line break before binary operator
-; E251 unexpected spaces around keyword / parameter equals
-; W605 invalid escape sequence '\/'
-; E741 ambiguous variable name 'l'
-; E126 continuation line over-indented for hanging indent
-; E127 continuation line over-indented for visual indent
-; F811 redefinition of unused # remove when mobile-team synchronize its part after our renaming of parameters in commands
-; F841 local variable '_LOG' is assigned to but never used
-; E121 continuation line under-indented for hanging indent
-ignore = W291,W503,W504,E251,W605,E741,E126,E127,F811,E501,F841, E121
-max-line-length = 82
-
-
-[testenv:pylint]
-deps =
-    pylint
-commands =
-    pylint --rcfile=tox.ini {toxinidir}/src {toxinidir}/scripts {toxinidir}/c7n {toxinidir}/docker
-
-[MESSAGES CONTROL]
-; C0111 Missing docstring
-; I0011: Locally disabling %s
-; I0012: Locally enabling %s
-; W0704 Except doesn't do anything Used when an except clause does nothing but "pass" and there is no "else" clause
-; W0142 Used * or * magic* Used when a function or method is called using *args or **kwargs to dispatch arguments.
-; W0212 Access to a protected member %s of a client class
-; W0232 Class has no __init__ method Used when a class has no __init__ method, neither its parent classes.
-; W0613 Unused argument %r Used when a function or method argument is not used.
-; W0702 No exception's type specified Used when an except clause doesn't specify exceptions type to catch.
-; R0201 Method could be a function
-; W0614 Unused import XYZ from wildcard import
-; R0903 Too few public methods
-; R0904 Too many public methods
-; R0914 Too many local variables
-; R0912 Too many branches
-; R0915 Too many statements
-; R0913 Too many arguments
-; R0923: Interface not implemented
-disable=I0011,I0012,C0111,W0142,R