diff --git a/.github/workflows/test.yml b/.github/workflows/test.yml
index 77ec144..5ab578d 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/test.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/test.yml
@@ -1,5 +1,3 @@
-# This is a basic workflow to help you get started with Actions
-
 name: CI
 
 # Controls when the workflow will run
@@ -13,9 +11,53 @@ on:
   # Allows you to run this workflow manually from the Actions tab
   workflow_dispatch:
 
-# A workflow run is made up of one or more jobs that can run sequentially or in parallel
 jobs:
-  # This workflow contains a single job called "build"
+
+  ##########################################################
+  ## Build software for distribution; perform code-level QA
+  build:
+    name: Build jlmkr tool
+    runs-on: ubuntu-24.04
+    strategy:
+      matrix:
+        python-version:
+          - "3.11"  # TrueNAS SCALE 24.04 Dragonfish
+    steps:
+      # hat tip: <https://github.com/pypa/hatch/issues/669>
+
+      - uses: actions/setup-python@v5
+        with:
+          python-version-file: 'pyproject.toml'
+          cache: 'pip'
+
+      - name: Install Hatch
+        run: pip install hatch
+
+      - name: Checkout code
+        uses: actions/checkout@v4
+        with:
+          fetch-depth: 0
+
+      - name: Build distribution
+        run: hatch build --ext
+        
+      - name: Run style check
+        run: hatch fmt --check
+    
+      - name: Run unit tests
+        run: hatch test --cover
+
+      - name: Upload artifacts
+        uses: actions/upload-artifact@v4
+        with:
+          path:
+            - dist/jlmkr
+            - dist/jlmkr-*.zip
+          if-no-files-found: error
+
+
+  ##########################################################
+  ## Perform rubber-meets-road integration testing
   test:
     # The type of runner that the job will run on
     runs-on: ubuntu-24.04