diff --git a/.github/workflows/main.yml b/.github/workflows/main.yml
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+name: CI
+on: [push, pull_request]
+jobs:
+  build:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+    - uses: actions/checkout@v1
+    - name: install software
+      run: |
+        ZIG=$(wget --quiet --output-document=- https://ziglang.org/download/index.json | jq --raw-output '.master."x86_64-linux".tarball')
+        echo installing $ZIG into ./zig/
+        wget --quiet --output-document=- $ZIG | tar Jx
+        mv zig-linux-x86_64-* zig
+        echo zig version $(./zig/zig version)
+    - name: build
+      run: |
+        export PATH=./zig:$PATH
+        ./ci/linux.sh
+        
diff --git a/ci/linux.sh b/ci/linux.sh
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+zig build
+
+FILE=/zig-cache/bin/zls
+
+if test -f "$FILE"; then
+	exit 0
+fi
+exit 1