diff --git a/.github/workflows/tests.yml b/.github/workflows/tests.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..c3b46e0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/tests.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+name: test index
+on:
+  push:
+    branches:
+      - '**'
+  pull_request:
+    branches:
+      - '**'
+
+jobs:
+  build:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+      - name: Set up Python
+        uses: actions/setup-python@v4
+        with:
+          python-version: "3.11"
+      - name: Install reqs
+        run: |
+          pip install --upgrade pip
+          pip install --upgrade setuptools wheel
+          pip install pytest validators
+      - name: Run tests
+        run: pytest -vv
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diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index b0a5122..f6a44d0 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1 +1,2 @@
 env/*
+__pycache__/
diff --git a/test_index.py b/test_index.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..4931142
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test_index.py
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+import json
+import validators
+
+def test_index():
+    with open("index.json") as f:
+        index = json.load(f)
+    
+    names = []
+    for i in index:
+        assert validators.url(i["download_url"])
+        assert i["download_url"].startswith("https://raw.githubusercontent.com/amidaware/reporting-templates/master")
+        names.append(i["name"])
+    
+    # make sure names are all unique
+    assert len(names) == len(set(names))
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