diff --git a/.github/workflows/CI.yml b/.github/workflows/CI.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..1ea5276
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/CI.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+name: CI
+
+on:
+  pull_request:
+    branches:
+      - main
+
+jobs:
+  CI:
+    runs-on: ${{ matrix.os }}
+    strategy:
+      matrix:
+        os: [ubuntu-latest, windows-latest, macos-latest]
+        python-version: ["3.10", "3.11", "3.12", "3.13"]
+
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+
+      - uses: astral-sh/setup-uv@v4
+        with:
+          version: ">0.5.0"
+          enable-cache: true
+          cache-dependency-glob: "uv.lock"
+
+      - run: uv python install ${{ matrix.python-version }}
+      - run: uv sync --all-extras
+
+      - name: pre-commit
+        run: uv run pre-commit run --all-files
+
+      - name: testing
+        run: uv run pytest tests
diff --git a/.github/workflows/publishing.yml b/.github/workflows/publishing.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..3bdeedf
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/publishing.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,42 @@
+name: publishing to PI
+
+on:
+  push:
+    tags:
+      - "v*"
+
+jobs:
+  build:
+    name: build
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+
+    steps:
+    - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+    - uses: astral-sh/setup-uv@v4
+      with:
+        version: ">0.5.0"
+        enable-cache: true
+        cache-dependency-glob: "uv.lock"
+    - run: uv build
+    - uses: actions/upload-artifact@v4
+      with:
+        name: alphacodings
+        path: dist/
+
+  publishing:
+    name: publishing
+    needs:
+    - build
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    environment:
+      name: publishing
+      url: https://pypi.org/p/alphacodings
+    permissions:
+      id-token: write
+
+    steps:
+    - uses: actions/download-artifact@v4
+      with:
+        name: alphacodings
+        path: dist/
+    - run: uv publish
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 2f5e6bb..e0b4614 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -54,9 +54,9 @@ if __name__ == "__main__":
 
 ## 🧠 motivation
 
-The library is inspired by [R. Heaton](https://github.com/robert)'s base26 implementation and his story on manipulating data transmission in restrictive network channels on transatlantic flights using alphabetic-only encodings and tokenization.
+The library is inspired by [R. Heaton](https://github.com/robert)'s base26 implementation and his story of manipulating data transmission in restrictive network channels on long-distance flights using alphabetic-only encodings and tokenization.
 
-have a look at the original [repository](https://github.com/robert/pyskywifi) and [story blog post](https://robertheaton.com/pyskywifi) and show him some love!
+have a look at the original [repository](https://github.com/robert/pyskywifi) and [blog post](https://robertheaton.com/pyskywifi) and show him some love!
 
 ## 📊 benchmarking