diff --git a/.github/workflows/build.yml b/.github/workflows/build.yml
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+name: Build and test app
+
+on:
+  push:
+    branches: ["master"]
+  pull_request:
+    branches: ["master"]
+jobs:
+  lint-fastapi:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-22.04
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+        with:
+          fetch-depth: 0
+      - name: Set up python
+        uses: actions/setup-python@v5
+        with:
+          python-version: "3.11"
+      - name: Install requirements
+        run: |
+          cd backend
+          pip install -r requirements.txt
+      - name: Linter
+        run: |
+          pip install flake8
+          # stop the build if there are Python syntax errors or undefined names
+          flake8 . --count --select=E9,F63,F7,F82 --show-source --statistics
+          # exit-zero treats all errors as warnings. The GitHub editor is 127 chars wide
+          flake8 . --count --exit-zero --max-complexity=10 --max-line-length=127 --statistics
+  test-fastapi:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-22.04
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+        with:
+          fetch-depth: 0
+      - name: Set up python
+        uses: actions/setup-python@v5
+        with:
+          python-version: "3.11"
+      - name: Install requirements
+        run: |
+          pip install -r backend/requirements.txt
+      - name: Test with tox
+        run: |
+          export ENVIRONMENT=test
+          cd backend
+          tox
diff --git a/.github/workflows/deploy.yml b/.github/workflows/deploy.yml
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+name: Deploy
+
+on:
+  pull_request:
+    branches: ["master"]
+jobs:
+  deploy:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-22.04
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v2
+        with:
+          fetch-depth: 0
+      - uses: akhileshns/heroku-deploy@v3.13.15 # This is the action
+        with:
+          heroku_api_key: ${{ secrets.HEROKU_API_KEY }}
+          heroku_app_name: ${{ secrets.HEROKU_APP_NAME }}
+          heroku_email: ${{ secrets.HEROKU_EMAIL }}
diff --git a/.github/workflows/touch b/.github/workflows/touch
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