diff --git a/.gitmodules b/.gitmodules
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..4417fc1ee9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.gitmodules
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+[submodule "duckdb"]
+	path = duckdb/duckdb
+	url = https://github.com/duckdb/duckdb
+[submodule "extension-ci-tools"]
+	path = duckdb/extension-ci-tools
+	url = https://github.com/duckdb/extension-ci-tools
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/duckdb-vortex/.clang-format b/duckdb-vortex/.clang-format
new file mode 120000
index 0000000000..9a13bb6331
--- /dev/null
+++ b/duckdb-vortex/.clang-format
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+duckdb/.clang-format
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/duckdb-vortex/.clang-tidy b/duckdb-vortex/.clang-tidy
new file mode 120000
index 0000000000..b438d44f6c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/duckdb-vortex/.clang-tidy
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+duckdb/.clang-tidy
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/duckdb-vortex/.editorconfig b/duckdb-vortex/.editorconfig
new file mode 120000
index 0000000000..ec7786c1e5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/duckdb-vortex/.editorconfig
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+duckdb/.editorconfig
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/duckdb-vortex/.github/workflows/MainDistributionPipeline.yml b/duckdb-vortex/.github/workflows/MainDistributionPipeline.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..754a187e02
--- /dev/null
+++ b/duckdb-vortex/.github/workflows/MainDistributionPipeline.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+#
+# This workflow calls the main distribution pipeline from DuckDB to build, test and (optionally) release the extension
+#
+name: Main Extension Distribution Pipeline
+on:
+  push:
+  pull_request:
+  workflow_dispatch:
+
+concurrency:
+  group: ${{ github.workflow }}-${{ github.ref }}-${{ github.head_ref || '' }}-${{ github.base_ref || '' }}-${{ github.ref != 'refs/heads/main' || github.sha }}
+  cancel-in-progress: true
+
+jobs:
+  duckdb-next-build:
+    name: Build extension binaries
+    uses: duckdb/extension-ci-tools/.github/workflows/_extension_distribution.yml@main
+    with:
+      duckdb_version: main
+      ci_tools_version: main
+      extension_name: vortex_duckdb
+
+  duckdb-stable-build:
+    name: Build extension binaries
+    uses: duckdb/extension-ci-tools/.github/workflows/_extension_distribution.yml@v1.2.0
+    with:
+      duckdb_version: v1.2.0
+      ci_tools_version: v1.2.0
+      extension_name: vortex_duckdb
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/duckdb-vortex/.gitignore b/duckdb-vortex/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..d1ca10b5bc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/duckdb-vortex/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+build
+.idea
+cmake-build-debug
+duckdb_unittest_tempdir/
+.DS_Store
+testext
+test/python/__pycache__/
+.Rhistory
+
+# Keep CMAKE
+
+!CMakeLists.txt
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/duckdb-vortex/CMakeLists.txt b/duckdb-vortex/CMakeLists.txt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..60d2a72e17
--- /dev/null
+++ b/duckdb-vortex/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.5)
+
+# Set extension name here
+set(TARGET_NAME vortex_duckdb)
+
+# DuckDB's extension distribution supports vcpkg. As such, dependencies can be added in ./vcpkg.json and then
+# used in cmake with find_package. Feel free to remove or replace with other dependencies.
+# Note that it should also be removed from vcpkg.json to prevent needlessly installing it..
+find_package(OpenSSL REQUIRED)
+
+set(EXTENSION_NAME ${TARGET_NAME}_extension)
+set(LOADABLE_EXTENSION_NAME ${TARGET_NAME}_loadable_extension)
+
+project(${TARGET_NAME})
+include_directories(src/include)
+
+set(EXTENSION_SOURCES src/vortex_duckdb_extension.cpp)
+
+build_static_extension(${TARGET_NAME} ${EXTENSION_SOURCES})
+build_loadable_extension(${TARGET_NAME} " " ${EXTENSION_SOURCES})
+
+# Link OpenSSL in both the static library as the loadable extension
+target_link_libraries(${EXTENSION_NAME} OpenSSL::SSL OpenSSL::Crypto)
+target_link_libraries(${LOADABLE_EXTENSION_NAME} OpenSSL::SSL OpenSSL::Crypto)
+
+install(
+  TARGETS ${EXTENSION_NAME}
+  EXPORT "${DUCKDB_EXPORT_SET}"
+  LIBRARY DESTINATION "${INSTALL_LIB_DIR}"
+  ARCHIVE DESTINATION "${INSTALL_LIB_DIR}")
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/duckdb-vortex/LICENSE b/duckdb-vortex/LICENSE
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..a14aed3120
--- /dev/null
+++ b/duckdb-vortex/LICENSE
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+Copyright 2018-2025 Stichting DuckDB Foundation
+
+Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:
+
+The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in all copies or substantial portions of the Software.
+
+THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM, OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE.
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diff --git a/duckdb-vortex/Makefile b/duckdb-vortex/Makefile
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..6a78ffe02d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/duckdb-vortex/Makefile
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+PROJ_DIR := $(dir $(abspath $(lastword $(MAKEFILE_LIST))))
+
+# Configuration of extension
+EXT_NAME=vortex_duckdb
+EXT_CONFIG=${PROJ_DIR}extension_config.cmake
+
+# Include the Makefile from extension-ci-tools
+include extension-ci-tools/makefiles/duckdb_extension.Makefile
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/duckdb-vortex/README.md b/duckdb-vortex/README.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..e030d976c6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/duckdb-vortex/README.md
@@ -0,0 +1,124 @@
+# VortexDuckdb
+
+This repository is based on https://github.com/duckdb/extension-template, check it out if you want to build and ship
+your own DuckDB extension.
+
+---
+
+This extension, VortexDuckdb, allow you to ... <extension_goal>.
+
+## Building
+
+### Install required system dependencies
+
+#### MacOS
+
+```shell
+brew install pkg-config
+```
+
+### Managing dependencies
+
+DuckDB extensions uses VCPKG for dependency management. Enabling VCPKG is very simple: follow
+the [installation instructions](https://vcpkg.io/en/getting-started) or just run the following:
+
+```shell
+git clone https://github.com/Microsoft/vcpkg.git
+./vcpkg/bootstrap-vcpkg.sh
+export VCPKG_TOOLCHAIN_PATH=`pwd`/vcpkg/scripts/buildsystems/vcpkg.cmake
+```
+
+Note: VCPKG is only required for extensions that want to rely on it for dependency management. If you want to develop an
+extension without dependencies, or want to do your own dependency management, just skip this step. Note that the example
+extension uses VCPKG to build with a dependency for instructive purposes, so when skipping this step the build may not
+work without removing the dependency.
+
+### Build steps
+
+Now to build the extension, run:
+
+```sh
+make
+```
+
+The main binaries that will be built are:
+
+```sh
+./build/release/duckdb
+./build/release/test/unittest
+./build/release/extension/vortex_duckdb/vortex_duckdb.duckdb_extension
+```
+
+- `duckdb` is the binary for the duckdb shell with the extension code automatically loaded.
+- `unittest` is the test runner of duckdb. Again, the extension is already linked into the binary.
+- `vortex_duckdb.duckdb_extension` is the loadable binary as it would be distributed.
+
+## Running the extension
+
+To run the extension code, simply start the shell with `./build/release/duckdb`.
+
+Now we can use the features from the extension directly in DuckDB. The template contains a single scalar function
+`vortex_duckdb()` that takes a string arguments and returns a string:
+
+```
+D select vortex_duckdb('Jane') as result;
+┌───────────────┐
+│    result     │
+│    varchar    │
+├───────────────┤
+│ VortexDuckdb Jane 🐥 │
+└───────────────┘
+```
+
+## Running the tests
+
+Different tests can be created for DuckDB extensions. The primary way of testing DuckDB extensions should be the SQL
+tests in `./test/sql`. These SQL tests can be run using:
+
+```sh
+make test
+```
+
+### Installing the deployed binaries
+
+To install your extension binaries from S3, you will need to do two things. Firstly, DuckDB should be launched with the
+`allow_unsigned_extensions` option set to true. How to set this will depend on the client you're using. Some examples:
+
+CLI:
+
+```shell
+duckdb -unsigned
+```
+
+Python:
+
+```python
+con = duckdb.connect(':memory:', config={'allow_unsigned_extensions': 'true'})
+```
+
+NodeJS:
+
+```js
+db = new duckdb.Database(':memory:', {"allow_unsigned_extensions": "true"});
+```
+
+Secondly, you will need to set the repository endpoint in DuckDB to the HTTP url of your bucket + version of the
+extension
+you want to install. To do this run the following SQL query in DuckDB:
+
+```sql
+SET
+custom_extension_repository='bucket.s3.eu-west-1.amazonaws.com/<your_extension_name>/latest';
+```
+
+Note that the `/latest` path will allow you to install the latest extension version available for your current version
+of
+DuckDB. To specify a specific version, you can pass the version instead.
+
+After running these steps, you can install and load your extension using the regular INSTALL/LOAD commands in DuckDB:
+
+```sql
+INSTALL
+vortex_duckdb
+LOAD vortex_duckdb
+```
diff --git a/duckdb-vortex/docs/UPDATING.md b/duckdb-vortex/docs/UPDATING.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..a3ac73eff8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/duckdb-vortex/docs/UPDATING.md
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+# Extension updating 
+When cloning this template, the target version of DuckDB should be the latest stable release of DuckDB. However, there 
+will inevitably come a time when a new DuckDB is released and the extension repository needs updating. This process goes
+as follows:
+
+- Bump submodules
+  - `./duckdb` should be set to latest tagged release
+  - `./extension-ci-tools` should be set to updated branch corresponding to latest DuckDB release. So if you're building for DuckDB `v1.1.0` there will be a branch in `extension-ci-tools` named `v1.1.0` to which you should check out. 
+- Bump versions in `./github/workflows`
+  - `duckdb_version` input in `duckdb-stable-build` job in `MainDistributionPipeline.yml` should be set to latest tagged release
+  - `duckdb_version` input in `duckdb-stable-deploy` job in `MainDistributionPipeline.yml` should be set to latest tagged release
+  - the reusable workflow `duckdb/extension-ci-tools/.github/workflows/_extension_distribution.yml` for the `duckdb-stable-build` job should be set to latest tagged release
+
+# API changes
+DuckDB extensions built with this extension template are built against the internal C++ API of DuckDB. This API is not guaranteed to be stable.
+What this means for extension development is that when updating your extensions DuckDB target version using the above steps, you may run into the fact that your extension no longer builds properly.
+
+Currently, DuckDB does not (yet) provide a specific change log for these API changes, but it is generally not too hard to figure out what has changed.
+
+For figuring out how and why the C++ API changed, we recommend using the following resources:
+- DuckDB's [Release Notes](https://github.com/duckdb/duckdb/releases)
+- DuckDB's history of [Core extension patches](https://github.com/duckdb/duckdb/commits/main/.github/patches/extensions)
+- The git history of the relevant C++ Header file of the API that has changed
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diff --git a/duckdb-vortex/duckdb b/duckdb-vortex/duckdb
new file mode 160000
index 0000000000..5f5512b827
--- /dev/null
+++ b/duckdb-vortex/duckdb
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Subproject commit 5f5512b827df6397afd31daedb4bbdee76520019
diff --git a/duckdb-vortex/extension-ci-tools b/duckdb-vortex/extension-ci-tools
new file mode 160000
index 0000000000..58970c538d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/duckdb-vortex/extension-ci-tools
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Subproject commit 58970c538d35919db875096460c05806056f4de0
diff --git a/duckdb-vortex/extension_config.cmake b/duckdb-vortex/extension_config.cmake
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..0fab5f5844
--- /dev/null
+++ b/duckdb-vortex/extension_config.cmake
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+# This file is included by DuckDB's build system. It specifies which extension to load
+
+# Extension from this repo
+duckdb_extension_load(vortex_duckdb
+    SOURCE_DIR ${CMAKE_CURRENT_LIST_DIR}
+    LOAD_TESTS
+)
+
+# Any extra extensions that should be built
+# e.g.: duckdb_extension_load(json)
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/duckdb-vortex/scripts/extension-upload.sh b/duckdb-vortex/scripts/extension-upload.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000000..9fd5b39a94
--- /dev/null
+++ b/duckdb-vortex/scripts/extension-upload.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,90 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+# Extension upload script
+
+# Usage: ./extension-upload.sh <name> <extension_version> <duckdb_version> <architecture> <s3_bucket> <copy_to_latest> <copy_to_versioned>
+# <name>                : Name of the extension
+# <extension_version>   : Version (commit / version tag) of the extension
+# <duckdb_version>      : Version (commit / version tag) of DuckDB
+# <architecture>        : Architecture target of the extension binary
+# <s3_bucket>           : S3 bucket to upload to
+# <copy_to_latest>      : Set this as the latest version ("true" / "false", default: "false")
+# <copy_to_versioned>   : Set this as a versioned version that will prevent its deletion
+
+set -e
+
+if [[ $4 == wasm* ]]; then
+  ext="/tmp/extension/$1.duckdb_extension.wasm"
+else
+  ext="/tmp/extension/$1.duckdb_extension"
+fi
+
+echo $ext
+
+script_dir="$(dirname "$(readlink -f "$0")")"
+
+# calculate SHA256 hash of extension binary
+cat $ext > $ext.append
+
+if [[ $4 == wasm* ]]; then
+  # 0 for custom section
+  # 113 in hex = 275 in decimal, total lenght of what follows (1 + 16 + 2 + 256)
+  # [1(continuation) + 0010011(payload) = \x93, 0(continuation) + 10(payload) = \x02]
+  echo -n -e '\x00' >> $ext.append
+  echo -n -e '\x93\x02' >> $ext.append
+  # 10 in hex = 16 in decimal, lenght of name, 1 byte
+  echo -n -e '\x10' >> $ext.append
+  echo -n -e 'duckdb_signature' >> $ext.append
+  # the name of the WebAssembly custom section, 16 bytes
+  # 100 in hex, 256 in decimal
+  # [1(continuation) + 0000000(payload) = ff, 0(continuation) + 10(payload)],
+  # for a grand total of 2 bytes
+  echo -n -e '\x80\x02' >> $ext.append
+fi
+
+# (Optionally) Sign binary
+if [ "$DUCKDB_EXTENSION_SIGNING_PK" != "" ]; then
+  echo "$DUCKDB_EXTENSION_SIGNING_PK" > private.pem
+  $script_dir/../duckdb/scripts/compute-extension-hash.sh $ext.append > $ext.hash
+  openssl pkeyutl -sign -in $ext.hash -inkey private.pem -pkeyopt digest:sha256 -out $ext.sign
+  rm -f private.pem
+fi
+
+# Signature is always there, potentially defaulting to 256 zeros
+truncate -s 256 $ext.sign
+
+# append signature to extension binary
+cat $ext.sign >> $ext.append
+
+# compress extension binary
+if [[ $4 == wasm_* ]]; then
+  brotli < $ext.append > "$ext.compressed"
+else
+  gzip < $ext.append > "$ext.compressed"
+fi
+
+set -e
+
+# Abort if AWS key is not set
+if [ -z "$AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID" ]; then
+    echo "No AWS key found, skipping.."
+    exit 0
+fi
+
+# upload versioned version
+if [[ $7 = 'true' ]]; then
+  if [[ $4 == wasm* ]]; then
+    aws s3 cp $ext.compressed s3://$5/$1/$2/$3/$4/$1.duckdb_extension.wasm --acl public-read --content-encoding br --content-type="application/wasm"
+  else
+    aws s3 cp $ext.compressed s3://$5/$1/$2/$3/$4/$1.duckdb_extension.gz --acl public-read
+  fi
+fi
+
+# upload to latest version
+if [[ $6 = 'true' ]]; then
+  if [[ $4 == wasm* ]]; then
+    aws s3 cp $ext.compressed s3://$5/$3/$4/$1.duckdb_extension.wasm --acl public-read --content-encoding br --content-type="application/wasm"
+  else
+    aws s3 cp $ext.compressed s3://$5/$3/$4/$1.duckdb_extension.gz --acl public-read
+  fi
+fi
diff --git a/duckdb-vortex/scripts/setup-custom-toolchain.sh b/duckdb-vortex/scripts/setup-custom-toolchain.sh
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..4a9273cd65
--- /dev/null
+++ b/duckdb-vortex/scripts/setup-custom-toolchain.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+# This is an example script that can be used to install additional toolchain dependencies. Feel free to remove this script
+# if no additional toolchains are required
+
+# To enable this script, set the `custom_toolchain_script` option to true when calling the reusable workflow
+# `.github/workflows/_extension_distribution.yml` from `https://github.com/duckdb/extension-ci-tools`
+
+# note that the $DUCKDB_PLATFORM environment variable can be used to discern between the platforms
+echo "This is the sample custom toolchain script running for architecture '$DUCKDB_PLATFORM' for the vortex_duckdb extension."
+
diff --git a/duckdb-vortex/src/include/vortex_duckdb_extension.hpp b/duckdb-vortex/src/include/vortex_duckdb_extension.hpp
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..549f4b8f4f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/duckdb-vortex/src/include/vortex_duckdb_extension.hpp
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+#pragma once
+
+#include "duckdb.hpp"
+
+namespace duckdb {
+
+class VortexDuckdbExtension : public Extension {
+public:
+	void Load(DuckDB &db) override;
+	std::string Name() override;
+        std::string Version() const override;
+};
+
+} // namespace duckdb
diff --git a/duckdb-vortex/src/vortex_duckdb_extension.cpp b/duckdb-vortex/src/vortex_duckdb_extension.cpp
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..8cd0426821
--- /dev/null
+++ b/duckdb-vortex/src/vortex_duckdb_extension.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,78 @@
+#define DUCKDB_EXTENSION_MAIN
+
+#include "vortex_duckdb_extension.hpp"
+#include "duckdb.hpp"
+#include "duckdb/common/exception.hpp"
+#include "duckdb/common/string_util.hpp"
+#include "duckdb/function/scalar_function.hpp"
+#include "duckdb/main/extension_util.hpp"
+#include <duckdb/parser/parsed_data/create_scalar_function_info.hpp>
+
+// OpenSSL linked through vcpkg
+#include <openssl/opensslv.h>
+
+namespace duckdb {
+
+inline void VortexDuckdbScalarFun(DataChunk &args, ExpressionState &state, Vector &result) {
+    auto &name_vector = args.data[0];
+    UnaryExecutor::Execute<string_t, string_t>(
+	    name_vector, result, args.size(),
+	    [&](string_t name) {
+			return StringVector::AddString(result, "VortexDuckdb "+name.GetString()+" 🐥");
+        });
+}
+
+inline void VortexDuckdbOpenSSLVersionScalarFun(DataChunk &args, ExpressionState &state, Vector &result) {
+    auto &name_vector = args.data[0];
+    UnaryExecutor::Execute<string_t, string_t>(
+	    name_vector, result, args.size(),
+	    [&](string_t name) {
+			return StringVector::AddString(result, "VortexDuckdb " + name.GetString() +
+                                                     ", my linked OpenSSL version is " +
+                                                     OPENSSL_VERSION_TEXT );
+        });
+}
+
+static void LoadInternal(DatabaseInstance &instance) {
+    // Register a scalar function
+    auto vortex_duckdb_scalar_function = ScalarFunction("vortex", {LogicalType::VARCHAR}, LogicalType::VARCHAR, VortexDuckdbScalarFun);
+    ExtensionUtil::RegisterFunction(instance, vortex_duckdb_scalar_function);
+
+    // Register another scalar function
+    auto vortex_duckdb_openssl_version_scalar_function = ScalarFunction("vortex_openssl_version", {LogicalType::VARCHAR},
+                                                LogicalType::VARCHAR, VortexDuckdbOpenSSLVersionScalarFun);
+    ExtensionUtil::RegisterFunction(instance, vortex_duckdb_openssl_version_scalar_function);
+}
+
+void VortexDuckdbExtension::Load(DuckDB &db) {
+	LoadInternal(*db.instance);
+}
+std::string VortexDuckdbExtension::Name() {
+	return "vortex_duckdb";
+}
+
+std::string VortexDuckdbExtension::Version() const {
+#ifdef EXT_VERSION_VORTEX_DUCKDB
+	return EXT_VERSION_VORTEX_DUCKDB;
+#else
+	return "";
+#endif
+}
+
+} // namespace duckdb
+
+extern "C" {
+
+DUCKDB_EXTENSION_API void vortex_duckdb_init(duckdb::DatabaseInstance &db) {
+    duckdb::DuckDB db_wrapper(db);
+    db_wrapper.LoadExtension<duckdb::VortexDuckdbExtension>();
+}
+
+DUCKDB_EXTENSION_API const char *vortex_duckdb_version() {
+	return duckdb::DuckDB::LibraryVersion();
+}
+}
+
+#ifndef DUCKDB_EXTENSION_MAIN
+#error DUCKDB_EXTENSION_MAIN not defined
+#endif
diff --git a/duckdb-vortex/test/README.md b/duckdb-vortex/test/README.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..fb5e514f96
--- /dev/null
+++ b/duckdb-vortex/test/README.md
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+# Testing this extension
+This directory contains all the tests for this extension. The `sql` directory holds tests that are written as [SQLLogicTests](https://duckdb.org/dev/sqllogictest/intro.html). DuckDB aims to have most its tests in this format as SQL statements, so for the quack extension, this should probably be the goal too.
+
+The root makefile contains targets to build and run all of these tests. To run the SQLLogicTests:
+```bash
+make test
+```
+or 
+```bash
+make test_debug
+```
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diff --git a/duckdb-vortex/test/sql/vortex_duckdb.test b/duckdb-vortex/test/sql/vortex_duckdb.test
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..29ff64503b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/duckdb-vortex/test/sql/vortex_duckdb.test
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+# name: test/sql/vortex_duckdb.test
+# description: test vortex_duckdb extension
+# group: [vortex_duckdb]
+
+# Before we load the extension, this will fail
+statement error
+SELECT vortex_duckdb('Sam');
+----
+Catalog Error: Scalar Function with name vortex_duckdb does not exist!
+
+# Require statement will ensure this test is run with this extension loaded
+require vortex_duckdb
+
+# Confirm the extension works
+query I
+SELECT vortex_duckdb('Sam');
+----
+VortexDuckdb Sam 🐥
+
+query I
+SELECT vortex_duckdb_openssl_version('Michael') ILIKE 'VortexDuckdb Michael, my linked OpenSSL version is OpenSSL%';
+----
+true
diff --git a/duckdb-vortex/vcpkg.json b/duckdb-vortex/vcpkg.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..85936bf44c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/duckdb-vortex/vcpkg.json
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+{
+  "dependencies": [
+    "openssl"
+  ]
+}
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