diff --git a/.github/workflows/pr-validation.yml b/.github/workflows/pr-validation.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..8181ea8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/pr-validation.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,39 @@
+# This workflow will install Python dependencies, run tests and lint with a variety of Python versions
+# For more information see: https://docs.github.com/en/actions/automating-builds-and-tests/building-and-testing-python
+
+name: Build Validation
+
+on:
+  push:
+    branches: [ "main" ]
+  pull_request:
+    branches: [ "main" ]
+
+jobs:
+  build:
+
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    strategy:
+      fail-fast: false
+      matrix:
+        python-version: ["3.10", "3.11"]
+
+    steps:
+    - uses: actions/checkout@v3
+    - name: Set up Python ${{ matrix.python-version }}
+      uses: actions/setup-python@v3
+      with:
+        python-version: ${{ matrix.python-version }}
+    - name: Install dependencies
+      run: |
+        python -m pip install --upgrade pip
+        pip install flake8 pytest
+        pip install -r requirements.txt
+    - name: Lint with flake8
+      run: |
+        # flake8 settings are in setup.cfg
+        flake8 . --count --show-source --statistics --exit-zero
+    - name: Test with pytest
+      run: |
+        # pytest markers are defined in setup.cfg
+        pytest -m "not e2e" --verbose
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index c9899d5..c22b2d5 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 # Durable Task Client SDK for Python
 
 [![License: MIT](https://img.shields.io/badge/License-MIT-blue.svg)](https://opensource.org/licenses/MIT)
+[![Build Validation](https://github.com/microsoft/durabletask-python/actions/workflows/pr-validation.yml/badge.svg)](https://github.com/microsoft/durabletask-python/actions/workflows/pr-validation.yml)
 
 This repo contains a Python client SDK for use with the [Durable Task Framework for Go](https://github.com/microsoft/durabletask-go) and [Dapr Workflow](https://docs.dapr.io/developing-applications/building-blocks/workflow/workflow-overview/). With this SDK, you can define, schedule, and manage durable orchestrations using ordinary Python code.
 
@@ -12,7 +13,7 @@ This repo contains a Python client SDK for use with the [Durable Task Framework
 
 ### Prerequisites
 
-- Python 3.8 or higher
+- Python 3.10 or higher
 
 ### Installing
 
@@ -32,13 +33,24 @@ If the gRPC proto definitions need to be updated, the corresponding source code
 python3 -m grpc_tools.protoc --proto_path=./submodules/durabletask-protobuf/protos  --python_out=./durabletask/protos --pyi_out=./durabletask/protos --grpc_python_out=./durabletask/protos orchestrator_service.proto
 ```
 
+### Linting and running unit tests
+
+See the [pr-validation.yml](.github/workflows/pr-validation.yml) workflow for the full list of commands that are run as part of the CI/CD pipeline.
+
 ### Running E2E tests
+
 The E2E (end-to-end) tests require a sidecar process to be running. You can run a sidecar process using the following `docker` command (assumes you have Docker installed on your local system.)
 
 ```sh
 docker run --name durabletask-sidecar -p 4001:4001 --env 'DURABLETASK_SIDECAR_LOGLEVEL=Debug' --rm cgillum/durabletask-sidecar:latest start --backend Emulator
 ```
 
+To run the E2E tests, run the following command from the project root (we assume you have `pytest` installed locally):
+
+```sh
+pytest -m e2e --verbose
+```
+
 ## Contributing
 
 This project welcomes contributions and suggestions.  Most contributions require you to agree to a