diff --git a/.github/workflows/blank.yml b/.github/workflows/blank.yml
deleted file mode 100644
index f40ffbc..0000000
--- a/.github/workflows/blank.yml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,18 +0,0 @@
-name: CI
-
-on: [issue_comment]
-
-jobs:
-  build:
-
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-
-    steps:
-    - uses: actions/checkout@v1
-    - name: print event data
-      shell: python
-      run: |
-        import json, os, pprint
-        event_path = os.environ['GITHUB_EVENT_PATH']
-        event_data = json.load(open(event_path))
-        pprint.pprint(event_data)
diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yml b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e1903e0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+name: test suite
+on: [push, pull_request]
+jobs:
+  build:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    strategy:
+      matrix:
+        python: [2.7, 3.6, 3.7, 3.8]
+      fail-fast: false
+    steps:
+    - uses: actions/checkout@v1
+    - name: set up Python
+      uses: actions/setup-python@v1
+      with:
+        python-version: ${{matrix.python}}
+    - name: run tests
+      run: |
+        pip install pytest
+        pytest -v test.py
diff --git a/.github/workflows/test.yml b/.github/workflows/test.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..d8e15fc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/test.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,38 @@
+name: test
+on:
+  check_suite:
+    types: [completed]
+  issue_comment:
+    types: [created]
+  issues:
+    types: [milestoned]
+  pull_request:
+    types: [labeled]
+jobs:
+  react-to-comment:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+    - name: install dependencies
+      run: |
+        pip install PyGithub
+        pip install git+https://github.com/boegel/py-github-actions.git
+    - name: react to comment
+      shell: python
+      env:
+        GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
+      run: |
+        from actions.event import get_event_data, triggered_by
+        from actions.issues import *
+
+        # print event data (just for debugging purposes)
+        event_data = get_event_data(verbose=True)
+
+        print('comments:\n' + '\n'.join(get_issue_comments()))
+        print('labels: ' + ', '.join(get_label_names()))
+        print('milestone: %s' % get_milestone_title())
+        if pr_context():
+          print('PR status: ' + get_pr_status())
+
+        if triggered_by('issue_comment'):
+          reply_txt = "@%(sender_login)s: Thank you for your comment '%(comment_body)s'!"
+          post_comment(reply_txt)
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index f8d86a1..af1a7dd 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -1,2 +1,4 @@
 # test-github-actions
 Testing GitHub Actions...
+
+This is just a test
diff --git a/test.py b/test.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..24e6f64
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test.py
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+import time
+
+def test():
+    for i in range(30):
+        assert(i == i)
+        time.sleep(1)