diff --git a/.env b/.env
new file mode 100755
index 00000000..8dbf58e0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.env
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+ACT_RUNNER_UID=0
+ACT_RUNNER_GID=0
diff --git a/.github/workflows/local-build-test.yml b/.github/workflows/local-build-test.yml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..c5677034
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/local-build-test.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,54 @@
+name: LOCAL Build and Test
+
+env:
+  DOCKER_CLIENT_TIMEOUT: "300"
+  COMPOSE_HTTP_TIMEOUT: "300"
+
+on:
+  push:
+    paths:
+      - "images/**"
+      - "model/**"
+      - "scripts/**"
+      - "dodo.py"
+      - ".github/workflows/local-build-test.yml"
+
+  pull_request:
+    branches: [ main ]
+    paths:
+      - "images/**"
+      - "model/**"
+      - "scripts/**"
+      - "dodo.py"
+      - ".github/workflows/local-build-test.yml"
+
+  workflow_dispatch:
+
+jobs:
+  docker-pipeline:
+    name: Docker Pipeline
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+      - name: Checkout Code
+        uses: actions/checkout@v3
+        with:
+          fetch-depth: 0
+
+      - name: Install pip dependencies
+        run: |
+          sudo apt update
+          sudo apt install -y python3-pip
+          python3 -m venv venv
+          source venv/bin/activate
+          python3 -m pip install --upgrade pip
+          python3 -m pip install -r scripts/requirements.txt
+
+      - name: Run Build and Tests
+        run: |
+          source venv/bin/activate
+          python3 scripts/main.py
+
+      - name: Check Free Space
+        run: |
+          echo "Free space:"
+          df -h
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/images/tests_common/test_packages.py b/images/tests_common/test_packages.py
index a9958718..f19b4596 100644
--- a/images/tests_common/test_packages.py
+++ b/images/tests_common/test_packages.py
@@ -98,6 +98,7 @@
     "jupyterlab-git",
     "jupyter-pluto-proxy",
     "python-lsp-server",
+    "mamba",
 ]