diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yaml b/.github/workflows/ci.yaml
index e9f4b7dc..edb0bb58 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yaml
@@ -19,3 +19,8 @@ jobs:
     uses: uc-cdis/.github/.github/workflows/python_unit_test.yaml@master
     with:
        python-version: '3.9'
+  Coveralls:
+    name: Publish to coveralls.io
+    uses: coverallsapp/github-action@v1.1.2
+    with:
+       github-token: ${{ github.token }}
diff --git a/tests/ci_commands_script.sh b/tests/ci_commands_script.sh
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..e82905b1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/ci_commands_script.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+
+poetry run pytest -vv --cov=indexd --cov-report xml tests