diff --git a/.github/workflows/test.yaml b/.github/workflows/test.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..c5e1197
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/test.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+name: Test
+
+on:
+  workflow_dispatch: 
+  pull_request:
+
+jobs: 
+  validate-task:
+    runs-on: windows-latest
+    steps:
+    - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+
+    - name: 'Run code analysis' 
+      shell: pwsh
+      run: scripts/test-code.ps1
+
+    - name: 'Run test script' 
+      shell: pwsh
+      run: scripts/validate-artifacts.ps1
+  
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diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
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--- /dev/null
+++ b/.gitignore
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+.terraform/*
+.terraform.lock.hcl
+terraform.tfstate
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diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 6b65a34..ba9dc5e 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -1 +1,13 @@
-# aws_devops_task_1_test_lab_setup
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+# aws_devops_task_1_test_lab_setup
+
+how to complete task: 
+1. write terraform code 
+2. generate terraform plan 
+3. test it using the script  
+4. deploy resources
+5. submit task & wait for approval 
+6. delete resources
+
+todo: 
+1. add tasks description 
+2. update gh workflow
diff --git a/main.tf b/main.tf
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+++ b/main.tf
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+# Uncomment the resource bellow to complete the task: 
+# resource "aws_vpc" "network" {
+#   cidr_block = "10.0.0.0/16"
+# }
diff --git a/providers.tf b/providers.tf
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+++ b/providers.tf
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+terraform {
+  required_providers {
+    aws = {
+      source  = "hashicorp/aws"
+      version = "~> 5.0"
+    }
+  }
+}
+
+provider "aws" {}
diff --git a/tests/test-tf-plan.ps1 b/tests/test-tf-plan.ps1
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..4dd9261
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+++ b/tests/test-tf-plan.ps1
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+$tfPlanPath = "tfplan"
+
+# Check if terraform execution plan exists
+if (Test-Path $tfPlanPath) { 
+    Write-Host "`u{2705} Checking if terrafom plan exists - OK. "
+} else { 
+    throw "`u{1F635} Unable to find terraform plan file. Please make sure that you saved terraform execution plan to the file and try again. "
+}
+
+# Convert execution plan to json 
+$tfPlanJsonPath = "tfPlan.json"
+try { 
+    terraform show -json $tfPlanPath > $tfPlanJsonPath
+} catch { 
+    throw "`u{1F635} Unexpected error: unable to read terraform plan file. Please contact your course mentor. "
+}
+
+$plan = (Get-Content -Path $tfPlanJsonPath | ConvertFrom-Json) 
+
+$vpc = $plan.resource_changes | Where-Object {$_.type -eq "aws_vpc"}
+if ($vpc -and ($vpc.Count -eq 1 )) { 
+    Write-Host "`u{2705} Checking if VPC is present in the plan - OK. "
+} else { 
+    throw "`u{1F635} Unable to find VPC. Please make sure that you added a VPC (and only one VPC) to the task module. "
+}