diff --git a/test/actions.github.com/envrc.example b/test/actions.github.com/envrc.example
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..4feaa63c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/actions.github.com/envrc.example
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+export TARGET_ORG="org"
+export TARGET_REPO="repo"
+
diff --git a/test/actions.github.com/helper.sh b/test/actions.github.com/helper.sh
index 68963128..06dd8cbb 100644
--- a/test/actions.github.com/helper.sh
+++ b/test/actions.github.com/helper.sh
@@ -124,3 +124,39 @@ function print_results() {
         echo "All tests passed!"
     fi
 }
+
+function run_workflow() {
+    local workflow_file="$1"
+
+    echo "Checking if the workflow file exists"
+    gh workflow view -R "${TARGET_ORG}/${TARGET_REPO}" "${workflow_file}" || return 1
+
+    echo "Getting run count before a new run"
+    local target_run_count=$(($(gh run list -R "${TARGET_ORG}/${TARGET_REPO}" --workflow "${workflow_file}" --limit 1 --jq '. | length') + 1))
+
+    local queue_time=$(date +%FT%TZ)
+
+    echo "Running workflow ${workflow_file}"
+    gh workflow run -R "${TARGET_ORG}/${TARGET_REPO}" "${workflow_file}" --ref main -f arc_name="${SCALE_SET_NAME}" || return 1
+
+    echo "Waiting for run to start"
+    local count=0
+    local run_id=
+    while true; do
+        if [[ "${count}" -ge 12 ]]; then
+            echo "Timeout waiting for run to start"
+            return 1
+        fi
+
+        run_id=$(gh run list -R "${TARGET_ORG}/${TARGET_REPO} --workflow ${workflow_file} --created ">${queue_time}" --json name,databaseId --jq '.[] | select(.name | contains("${SCALE_SET_NAME}"))'")
+        if [ -n "$run_id" ]; then
+            echo "Run found: $run_id"
+            break
+        fi
+        sleep 5
+        count=$((count+1))
+    done
+
+    echo "Waiting for run to complete"
+    gh run watch "${run_id}" -R "${TARGET_ORG}/${TARGET_REPO}" --exit-status
+}