diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yml b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..1276e8349
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,38 @@
+name: xet-core CI
+
+on:
+  push:
+    branches:
+      - main
+  pull_request:
+
+concurrency:
+  group: ${{ github.workflow }}-${{ github.ref }}
+  cancel-in-progress: true
+
+
+jobs:
+  build_and_test:
+    runs-on:
+      group: cpu-high
+    steps:
+      - name: Checkout repository
+        uses: actions/checkout@v4
+      - name: Install Rust 1.79
+        uses: dtolnay/rust-toolchain@1.79.0
+        with:
+          components: clippy
+      - name: Install protoc compiler
+        run: |
+          sudo apt-get install unzip
+          cd $HOME
+          curl https://github.com/protocolbuffers/protobuf/releases/download/v23.1/protoc-23.1-linux-x86_64.zip -L -o protoc.zip
+          unzip protoc.zip -d .protoc
+          rm protoc.zip
+          echo "PATH=$HOME/.protoc/bin:$PATH" >> $GITHUB_ENV
+      - name: Lint
+        run: |
+          cargo clippy -r --verbose -- -D warnings # elevates warnings to errors
+      - name: Build and Test
+        run: |
+          cargo test --verbose --no-fail-fast --features "strict"
diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 62256563f..d829677b5 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -868,7 +868,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "hex",
  "http 0.2.12",
  "humantime",
- "intaglio",
  "is_executable",
  "itertools 0.10.5",
  "lazy_static",
@@ -1802,12 +1801,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "cfg-if 1.0.0",
 ]
 
-[[package]]
-name = "intaglio"
-version = "1.8.0"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "1b4f756a47a2dac507018af2d4e47988e93829f34a665da3655b23cc1d21ee47"
-
 [[package]]
 name = "integer-encoding"
 version = "3.0.4"
diff --git a/data/Cargo.toml b/data/Cargo.toml
index 0ce655348..193504646 100644
--- a/data/Cargo.toml
+++ b/data/Cargo.toml
@@ -67,7 +67,6 @@ sorted-vec = "0.8.0"
 bincode = "1.3.3"
 enum_dispatch = "0.3.8"
 lru = "0.12"
-intaglio = "1.8.0, <1.9.0"
 walkdir = "2"
 filetime = "0.2"
 ctrlc = "3"