diff --git a/envSample b/.env.example
similarity index 88%
rename from envSample
rename to .env.example
index 764b41b2..fcb50611 100644
--- a/envSample
+++ b/.env.example
@@ -1,29 +1,39 @@
 # Domain
+
 # This would be set to the production domain with an env var on deployment
+
 # used by Traefik to transmit traffic and aqcuire TLS certificates
+
 DOMAIN=localhost
+
 # To test the local Traefik config
+
 # DOMAIN=localhost.tiangolo.com
 
 # Used by the backend to generate links in emails to the frontend
+
 FRONTEND_HOST=http://localhost:5173
+
 # In staging and production, set this env var to the frontend host, e.g.
+
 # FRONTEND_HOST=https://dashboard.example.com
 
 # Environment: local, staging, production
-ENVIRONMENT=local
 
+ENVIRONMENT=local
 
 PROJECT_NAME="AI Platform"
 STACK_NAME=ai-platform
 
 # Backend
+
 BACKEND_CORS_ORIGINS="http://localhost:5173"
 SECRET_KEY=changethis
 FIRST_SUPERUSER=admin@example.com
 FIRST_SUPERUSER_PASSWORD=changethis
 
 # Emails
+
 SMTP_HOST=
 SMTP_USER=
 SMTP_PASSWORD=
@@ -33,14 +43,19 @@ SMTP_SSL=False
 SMTP_PORT=587
 
 # Postgres
+
 POSTGRES_SERVER=localhost
 POSTGRES_PORT=5432
-POSTGRES_DB=app
+POSTGRES_DB=ai_platform
 POSTGRES_USER=postgres
-POSTGRES_PASSWORD=changethis
+POSTGRES_PASSWORD=postgres
 
 SENTRY_DSN=
 
 # Configure these with your own Docker registry images
+
 DOCKER_IMAGE_BACKEND=backend
-DOCKER_IMAGE_FRONTEND=frontend
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+DOCKER_IMAGE_FRONTEND=frontend
+
+CI=""
+OPENAI_API_KEY="this_is_not_a_secret"
diff --git a/.github/PULL_REQUEST_TEMPLATE.md b/.github/PULL_REQUEST_TEMPLATE.md
index 51e01133..8b548a42 100644
--- a/.github/PULL_REQUEST_TEMPLATE.md
+++ b/.github/PULL_REQUEST_TEMPLATE.md
@@ -1,13 +1,13 @@
 ## Summary
 
 Target issue is #_PLEASE_TYPE_ISSUE_NUMBER_  
- Explain the **motivation** for making this change. What existing problem does the pull request solve?
+Explain the **motivation** for making this change. What existing problem does the pull request solve?
 
 ## Checklist
 
 Before submitting a pull request, please ensure that you mark these task.
 
-- [ ] Ran `poetry run uvicorn src.app.main:app --reload` in the repository root and test.
+- [ ] Ran `fastapi run --reload app/main.py` or `docker compose up` in the repository root and test.
 - [ ] If you've fixed a bug or added code that is tested and has test cases.
 
 ## Notes
diff --git a/.github/workflows/continuous_integration.yml b/.github/workflows/continuous_integration.yml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..0d1d2e94
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/continuous_integration.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,69 @@
+name: AI Platform CI
+
+on:
+  push:
+    branches: [staging]
+  pull_request:
+    branches: [staging]
+
+jobs:
+  checks:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    services:
+      postgres:
+        image: postgres:16
+        env:
+          POSTGRES_USER: postgres
+          POSTGRES_PASSWORD: postgres
+          POSTGRES_DB: ai_platform
+        ports:
+          - 5432:5432
+        options: --health-cmd "pg_isready -U postgres" --health-interval 10s --health-timeout 5s --health-retries 5
+
+    strategy:
+      matrix:
+        python-version: ["3.11.7"]
+        redis-version: [6]
+
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+
+      - name: Set up Python ${{ matrix.python-version }}
+        uses: actions/setup-python@v4
+        with:
+          python-version: ${{ matrix.python-version }}
+
+      - name: Making env file
+        run: cp .env.example .env
+
+      - name: Install uv
+        uses: astral-sh/setup-uv@v5
+        with:
+          version: "0.4.15"
+          enable-cache: true
+
+      - name: Install dependencies
+        run: uv sync
+        working-directory: backend
+
+      - name: Activate virtual environment and run Alembic migrations
+        run: |
+          source .venv/bin/activate
+          alembic upgrade head
+        working-directory: backend
+
+      - name: Run tests
+        run: uv run bash scripts/tests-start.sh "Coverage for ${{ github.sha }}"
+        working-directory: backend
+
+      - name: Upload coverage reports to codecov
+        uses: codecov/codecov-action@v5
+        with:
+          token: ${{ secrets.CODECOV_TOKEN }}
+          fail_ci_if_error: true
+
+      - name: Check coverage percentage
+        run: |
+          source .venv/bin/activate
+          coverage report --fail-under=70
+        working-directory: backend
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 701bb0a3..57cf5af3 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ You can **just fork or clone** this repository and use it as is.
 Create env file using example file
 
 ```bash
-cp envSample .env
+cp .env.example .env
 ```
 
 You can then update configs in the `.env` files to customize your configurations.
@@ -26,7 +26,8 @@ Before deploying it, make sure you change at least the values for:
 - `SECRET_KEY`
 - `FIRST_SUPERUSER_PASSWORD`
 - `POSTGRES_PASSWORD`
-```bash
+
+````bash
 
 ### Generate Secret Keys
 
@@ -36,7 +37,7 @@ You have to change them with a secret key, to generate secret keys you can run t
 
 ```bash
 python -c "import secrets; print(secrets.token_urlsafe(32))"
-```
+````
 
 Copy the content and use that as password / secret key. And run that again to generate another secure key.
 
@@ -62,7 +63,6 @@ or by visiting: http://[your-domain]:8000/api/v1/utils/health-check/ in the brow
 
 Backend docs: [backend/README.md](./backend/README.md).
 
-
 ## Deployment
 
 Deployment docs: [deployment.md](./deployment.md).
diff --git a/backend/scripts/test.sh b/backend/scripts/test.sh
index df23f702..8355f8e1 100755
--- a/backend/scripts/test.sh
+++ b/backend/scripts/test.sh
@@ -1,8 +1,15 @@
-#!/usr/bin/env bash
-
+#!/bin/bash
 set -e
 set -x
 
+# Run tests with coverage tracking
 coverage run --source=app -m pytest
+
+# Generate a human-readable coverage report in the terminal
 coverage report --show-missing
+
+# Generate an HTML report for local viewing
 coverage html --title "${@-coverage}"
+
+# Generate the XML report for Codecov
+coverage xml
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