diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yml b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..ce751d3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,65 @@
+name: CI
+
+on:
+  push:
+    branches:
+      - main
+    paths-ignore:
+      - 'LICENSE.md'
+      - 'README.md'
+      - 'docs/**'
+  pull_request:
+    paths-ignore:
+      - 'LICENSE.md'
+      - 'README.md'
+      - 'docs/**'
+  workflow_dispatch:
+    inputs:
+      debug_enabled:
+        description: 'Run the build with tmate debugging enabled (https://github.com/marketplace/actions/debugging-with-tmate)'
+        required: false
+        default: "false"
+
+jobs:
+  test:
+    name: ${{ matrix.os }} - Julia ${{ matrix.julia_version }} - ${{ github.event_name }}
+    runs-on: ${{ matrix.os }}
+    strategy:
+      fail-fast: false
+      matrix:
+        os:
+          - ubuntu-latest
+          - windows-latest
+          - macos-latest
+        arch:
+          - x64
+        julia_version:
+          - '1.10'
+          - '1.11'
+
+    steps:
+      - name: Checkout repository
+        uses: actions/checkout@v4
+
+      - name: Enable Julia cache
+        uses: julia-actions/cache@v2
+
+      - name: Install Julia
+        uses: julia-actions/setup-julia@v2
+        with:
+          version: ${{ matrix.julia_version }}
+          arch: ${{ matrix.arch }}
+          show-versioninfo: true
+
+      - name: Run Julia tests
+        uses: julia-actions/julia-runtest@v1
+        with:
+          coverage: false
+        env:
+          CATALYST_DEBUG: 1
+
+      # Enable tmate debugging of manually-triggered workflows if the input option was provided
+      - name: Setup tmate session for debugging
+        if: ${{ github.event_name == 'workflow_dispatch' && github.event.inputs.debug_enabled && always() }}
+        uses: mxschmitt/action-tmate@v3
+        timeout-minutes: 15
diff --git a/src/conduit.jl b/src/conduit.jl
index be990b5..d5214b5 100644
--- a/src/conduit.jl
+++ b/src/conduit.jl
@@ -9,6 +9,10 @@ struct ConduitNode
 	    nptr = API.conduit_node_create()
 	    return new(nptr)
     end
+
+    function ConduitNode(ptr::Ptr{API.conduit_node})
+        return new(ptr)
+    end
 end
 Base.unsafe_convert(::Type{Ptr{API.conduit_node}}, node::ConduitNode) = node.ptr
 
@@ -23,11 +27,24 @@ function ConduitNode(f::Function)
 end
 
 Base.setindex!(node::ConduitNode, val, path::String) = node_set!(node, path, val)
+Base.getindex(node::ConduitNode, path::String) = node_get(node, path)
+
+function node_get(node::ConduitNode, path::String)
+    if !node_has_path(node, path)
+        throw(KeyError(path))
+    end
+    node_at_path = API.conduit_node_fetch(node, path)
+    dtype = API.conduit_node_dtype(node_at_path)
+    dtypename = Symbol(unsafe_string(API.conduit_datatype_name(dtype)))
+    return node_get(node_at_path, Val(dtypename))
+end
 
 for numtype in (:UInt8, :Int8, :UInt16, :Int16, :UInt32, :Int32, :UInt64, :Int64, :Float32, :Float64)
     cnumtype = Symbol(lowercase("$(numtype)"))
     node_set_path = Symbol("conduit_node_set_path_$(cnumtype)")
     node_set_path_ptr = Symbol("conduit_node_set_path_$(cnumtype)_ptr")
+    node_as = Symbol("conduit_node_as_$(cnumtype)")
+    node_as_ptr = Symbol("conduit_node_as_$(cnumtype)_ptr")
     @eval begin
         function node_set!(node::ConduitNode, path::String, val::$numtype)
             API.$node_set_path(node, path, val)
@@ -37,6 +54,12 @@ for numtype in (:UInt8, :Int8, :UInt16, :Int16, :UInt32, :Int32, :UInt64, :Int64
             API.$node_set_path_ptr(node, path, pointer(val), length(val))
             return node
         end
+        function node_get(nodeptr::Ptr{API.conduit_node}, ::$(Val{cnumtype}))
+            return API.$node_as(nodeptr)
+        end
+        function node_get(nodeptr::Ptr{API.conduit_node}, ::$(Val{Array{cnumtype}}))
+            return API.$node_as_ptr(nodeptr)
+        end
     end
 end
 
@@ -50,6 +73,14 @@ function node_set!(node::ConduitNode, path::String, val::ConduitNode)
     return node
 end
 
+function node_get(nodeptr::Ptr{API.conduit_node}, ::Val{:object})
+    return ConduitNode(nodeptr)
+end
+
+function node_get(nodeptr::Ptr{API.conduit_node}, ::Val{:char8_str})
+    return unsafe_string(API.conduit_node_as_char8_str(nodeptr))
+end
+
 function node_has_path(node::ConduitNode, path::String)
     return Bool(API.conduit_node_has_path(node, path))
 end
diff --git a/test/Project.toml b/test/Project.toml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..0c36332
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/Project.toml
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+[deps]
+Test = "8dfed614-e22c-5e08-85e1-65c5234f0b40"
diff --git a/test/runtests.jl b/test/runtests.jl
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..1ebf72b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/runtests.jl
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+using Test
+
+@time @testset verbose=true showtiming=true "ParaViewCatalyst.jl tests" begin
+    include("test_catalyst_jll.jl")
+end
diff --git a/test/test_catalyst_jll.jl b/test/test_catalyst_jll.jl
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..f5ddd2f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/test_catalyst_jll.jl
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+module TestCatalyst_jll
+
+using Test
+using ParaViewCatalyst
+using ParaViewCatalyst.API
+
+# Manually override the usual initialization and
+# - do not provide search paths
+# - request the stub implementation
+# This test should then pick up the catalyst library shipped with Catalyst_jll
+@testset verbose=true showtiming=true "Check stub" begin
+    ConduitNode() do node
+	    node["catalyst_load/implementation"] = "stub"
+        catalyst_initialize(node)
+    end
+    ConduitNode() do node
+        status = API.catalyst_about(node)
+        @test status === API.catalyst_status_ok
+        @test node["catalyst/implementation"] == "stub"
+        Conduit.node_print(node, detailed=false)
+    end
+    catalyst_finalize()
+end
+end