diff --git a/.github/workflows/main.yml b/.github/workflows/main.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..b3dd81f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/main.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,42 @@
+name: Automated Tests
+
+on: [push, pull_request]
+
+jobs:
+  test:
+    strategy:
+      matrix:
+        python: [3.6, 3.7, 3.8]
+        platform: [ubuntu-latest, macos-latest, windows-latest]
+    runs-on: ${{ matrix.platform }}
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v2
+      - name: Setup Python
+        uses: actions/setup-python@v1
+        with:
+          python-version: ${{ matrix.python }}
+      - name: Install tox
+        run: |
+          python -m pip install tox
+      - name: Run tests
+        run: tox
+
+  release:
+    needs: test
+    if: github.event_name == 'push' && contains(github.ref, 'refs/tags/')
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v2
+      - name: Setup Python
+        uses: actions/setup-python@v1
+        with:
+          python-version: 3.8
+      - name: Install tox
+        run: |
+          python -m pip install tox
+      - name: Release
+        run: tox -e release
+        env:
+          TWINE_PASSWORD: ${{ secrets.PYPI_TOKEN }}
+          GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
diff --git a/azure-pipelines.yml b/azure-pipelines.yml
index fdad0e5..6d31899 100644
--- a/azure-pipelines.yml
+++ b/azure-pipelines.yml
@@ -70,26 +70,3 @@ stages:
         testResultsFiles: '**/test-results.xml'
         testRunTitle: 'Python $(python.version)'
       condition: succeededOrFailed()
-
-- stage: Publish
-  dependsOn: Test
-  jobs:
-  - job: 'Publish'
-
-    steps:
-    - task: UsePythonVersion@0
-      inputs:
-        versionSpec: '3.8'
-        architecture: 'x64'
-
-    - script: python -m pip install tox
-      displayName: 'Install tox'
-
-    - script: |
-        tox -e release
-      env:
-        TWINE_PASSWORD: $(PyPI-token)
-        GITHUB_TOKEN: $(Github-token)
-      displayName: 'publish to PyPI'
-
-  condition: contains(variables['Build.SourceBranch'], 'tags')
diff --git a/skeleton.md b/skeleton.md
index 17a94ed..c6b0cd0 100644
--- a/skeleton.md
+++ b/skeleton.md
@@ -56,6 +56,7 @@ The features/techniques employed by the skeleton include:
 - A README.rst as reStructuredText with some popular badges, but with Read the Docs and AppVeyor badges commented out
 - A CHANGES.rst file intended for publishing release notes about the project
 - Use of [Black](https://black.readthedocs.io/en/stable/) for code formatting (disabled on unsupported Python 3.5 and earlier)
+- Integrated type checking through [mypy](https://github.com/python/mypy/).
 
 ## Packaging Conventions
 
@@ -109,9 +110,20 @@ Relies on a .flake8 file to correct some default behaviors:
 
 The project is pre-configured to run tests through multiple CI providers.
 
+### Github Actions
+
+[Github Actions](https://docs.github.com/en/free-pro-team@latest/actions) are the preferred provider as they provide free, fast, multi-platform services with straightforward configuration. Configured in `.github/workflows`.
+
+Features include:
+- test against multiple Python versions
+- run on late (and updated) platform versions
+- automated releases of tagged commits
+
 ### Azure Pipelines
 
-[Azure Pipelines](https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/services/devops/pipelines/) are the preferred provider as they provide free, fast, multi-platform services. See azure-pipelines.yml for more details.
+[Azure Pipelines](https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/services/devops/pipelines/) were adopted for free, fast, multi-platform services. See azure-pipelines.yml for more details.
+
+Azure Pipelines require many [complicated setup steps](https://github.com/Azure/azure-devops-cli-extension/issues/968) that have not been readily automated.
 
 Features include:
 
@@ -133,20 +145,13 @@ A minimal template for running under AppVeyor (Windows) is provided.
 
 ### Continuous Deployments
 
-In addition to running tests, an additional deploy stage is configured to automatically release tagged commits to PyPI using [API tokens](https://pypi.org/help/#apitoken). The release process expects an authorized token to be configured with Azure as the `Azure secrets` variable group. This variable group needs to be created only once per organization. For example:
+In addition to running tests, an additional publish stage is configured to automatically release tagged commits to PyPI using [API tokens](https://pypi.org/help/#apitoken). The release process expects an authorized token to be configured with each Github project (or org) `PYPI_TOKEN` [secret](https://docs.github.com/en/free-pro-team@latest/actions/reference/encrypted-secrets). Example:
 
 ```
-# create a resource group if none exists
-az group create --name main --location eastus2
-# create the vault (try different names until something works)
-az keyvault create --name secrets007 --resource-group main
-# create the secret
-az keyvault secret set --vault-name secrets007 --name PyPI-token --value $token
+pip-run -q setuptools jaraco.develop -- -m jaraco.develop.add-github-secret PYPI_TOKEN $TOKEN --project org/repo
 ```
 
-Then, in the web UI for the project's Pipelines Library, create the `Azure secrets` variable group referencing the key vault name.
-
-For more details, see [this blog entry](https://blog.jaraco.com/configuring-azure-pipelines-with-secets/).
+<!-- note setuptools is required due to a [bug in munch](https://github.com/Infinidat/munch/issues/67) -->
 
 ## Building Documentation