diff --git a/.github/workflows/balfrin-ci.yml b/.github/workflows/balfrin-ci.yml
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+#
+#  Copyright (c) 2025, ETH Zurich. All rights reserved.
+#
+#  Please, refer to the LICENSE file in the root directory.
+#  SPDX-License-Identifier: BSD-3-Clause
+#
+name: Balfrin-CI
+
+# Controls when the workflow will run
+on:
+  # Triggers the workflow on push or pull request events but only for the "main" branch
+  push:
+    branches: [ "main" ]
+  pull_request:
+    branches: [ "main" ]
+
+  # 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 "test_cluster"
+  test_cluster:
+    # The type of runner that the job will run on
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    strategy:
+      matrix:
+        system_name: ["balfrin"]
+
+    # Steps represent a sequence of tasks that will be executed as part of the job
+    steps:
+      # Checks-out your repository under $GITHUB_WORKSPACE, so your job can access it
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v3
+
+      - name: setup python
+        uses: actions/setup-python@v4
+        with:
+          python-version: '3.8'
+
+      - name: install python packages
+        run: |
+          python -m pip install --upgrade pip
+          pip install -r requirements/ci.txt
+
+      - name: Run testing script
+        env:
+          FIRECREST_CLIENT_ID: ${{ secrets.F7T_CLIENT_ID }}
+          FIRECREST_CLIENT_SECRET: ${{ secrets.F7T_CLIENT_SECRET }}
+          FIRECREST_URL: ${{ secrets.F7T_URL }}
+          AUTH_TOKEN_URL: ${{ secrets.F7T_TOKEN_URL }}
+          SYSTEM_WORKING_DIR: ${{ vars.F7T_SYSTEM_WORKING_DIR }}
+        run: |
+            echo "Event name: ${{ github.event_name }}"
+            echo "Head ref: ${{ github.head_ref }}"
+            echo "Ref name: ${{ github.ref_name }}"
+            if [ "${{ github.event_name }}" = "pull_request" ]; then
+              echo "Using branch: ${{ github.head_ref }}"
+              BRANCH_NAME="${{ github.head_ref }}"
+            else
+              echo "Using branch: ${{ github.ref_name }}"
+              BRANCH_NAME="${{ github.ref_name }}"
+            fi
+            python ci/ci_script.py \
+              --system=${{ matrix.system_name }} \
+              --branch="$BRANCH_NAME" \
+              --repo=${{ github.server_url }}/${{ github.repository }}.git \
+              --account=s83
diff --git a/ci/ci_script.py b/ci/ci_script.py
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+#
+#  Copyright (c) 2025, ETH Zurich. All rights reserved.
+#
+#  Please, refer to the LICENSE file in the root directory.
+#  SPDX-License-Identifier: BSD-3-Clause
+#
+import firecrest as fc
+import os
+import time
+import argparse
+import utilities as util
+
+from firecrest import FirecrestException
+
+
+final_slurm_states = {
+    "BOOT_FAIL",
+    "CANCELLED",
+    "COMPLETED",
+    "DEADLINE",
+    "FAILED",
+    "NODE_FAIL",
+    "OUT_OF_MEMORY",
+    "PREEMPTED",
+    "TIMEOUT",
+}
+
+
+def select_dict_by_name(name, list_of_dicts, select_key="name"):
+    res = None
+    for d in list_of_dicts:
+        if d[select_key] == name:
+            res = d
+            break
+
+    return res
+
+
+def check_mandatory_env_var(env_var):
+    r = os.environ.get(env_var)
+    if not r:
+        exit(1)
+
+    return r
+
+
+def main():
+    parser = argparse.ArgumentParser()
+    parser.add_argument(
+        "--system",
+        default=os.environ.get("FIRECREST_SYSTEM"),
+        help="choose system to run",
+    )
+    parser.add_argument("--branch", default="main", help="branch to be tested")
+    parser.add_argument("--account", default="csstaff", help="branch to be tested")
+    parser.add_argument("--repo", help="repository to be tested")
+
+    args = parser.parse_args()
+    system_name = args.system
+    ref = args.branch
+    print(f"Will try to run the ci in system {system_name} on branch {ref}")
+
+    # Setup variables of the client
+    CLIENT_ID = check_mandatory_env_var("FIRECREST_CLIENT_ID")
+    CLIENT_SECRET = check_mandatory_env_var("FIRECREST_CLIENT_SECRET")
+    FIRECREST_URL = check_mandatory_env_var("FIRECREST_URL")
+    AUTH_TOKEN_URL = check_mandatory_env_var("AUTH_TOKEN_URL")
+    SYSTEM_WORKING_DIR = check_mandatory_env_var("SYSTEM_WORKING_DIR")
+
+    keycloak = fc.ClientCredentialsAuth(CLIENT_ID, CLIENT_SECRET, AUTH_TOKEN_URL)
+    client = fc.v2.Firecrest(firecrest_url=FIRECREST_URL, authorization=keycloak)
+
+    all_systems = client.systems()
+    system_names = [system["name"] for system in all_systems]
+    print(f"Available systems: {', '.join(system_names)}")
+
+    script_content = util.create_batch_script(
+        repo=args.repo,
+        # num_nodes=2,
+        # account=args.account,
+        # custom_modules=["cray", "cray-python"],
+        branch=ref,
+    )
+
+    system_state = select_dict_by_name(system_name, all_systems)
+    if not system_state:
+        print(f"System `{system_name}` is not available")
+        exit(1)
+
+    print(f"System info: {system_state}")
+
+    # scheduler information
+    scheduler_health_info = select_dict_by_name(
+        "scheduler", system_state["servicesHealth"], "serviceType"
+    )
+
+    if scheduler_health_info["healthy"]:
+        job = client.submit(
+            system_name,
+            working_dir=SYSTEM_WORKING_DIR,
+            script_str=script_content,
+        )
+        print(f"Submitted job: {job['jobId']}")
+        while True:
+            try:
+                poll_result = client.job_info(system_name, jobid=job["jobId"])
+            except FirecrestException as e:
+                if e.responses[-1].status_code == 404:
+                    print(f"No available information yet for job {job['jobId']}")
+                    time.sleep(2)
+                    continue
+
+                raise e
+
+            print(f"Job status: {poll_result}")
+            state = poll_result[0]["status"]["state"]
+            if state in final_slurm_states:
+                print(f"Job is in final state: {state}")
+                break
+
+            print(f"Status of the job is {state}, will try again in 10 seconds")
+            time.sleep(10)
+
+        stdout_file_path = os.path.join(SYSTEM_WORKING_DIR, "job.out")
+        stderr_file_path = os.path.join(SYSTEM_WORKING_DIR, "job.err")
+
+        print(f"\nSTDOUT in {stdout_file_path}")
+        stdout_content = client.tail(
+            system_name, path=stdout_file_path, num_lines=1000
+        )["content"]
+        print(stdout_content)
+
+        print(f"\nSTDERR in {stderr_file_path}")
+        stderr_content = client.tail(
+            system_name, path=stderr_file_path, num_lines=1000
+        )["content"]
+        print(stderr_content)
+
+        # Some sanity checks:
+        if poll_result[0]["status"]["state"] != "COMPLETED":
+            print(
+                f"Job was not successful, status: {poll_result[0]['status']['state']}"
+            )
+            exit(1)
+
+        util.check_output(stdout_content)
+
+    else:
+        print(f"Scheduler of system `{system_name}` is not healthy")
+        exit(1)
+
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    main()
diff --git a/ci/utilities.py b/ci/utilities.py
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+#
+#  Copyright (c) 2025, ETH Zurich. All rights reserved.
+#
+#  Please, refer to the LICENSE file in the root directory.
+#  SPDX-License-Identifier: BSD-3-Clause
+#
+
+
+def create_batch_script(
+    repo, num_nodes=1, account=None, custom_modules=None, branch="main", constraint=None
+):
+    script = f"""#!/bin/bash -l
+#SBATCH --job-name="ci_job-spack-c2sm"
+#SBATCH --output=job.out
+#SBATCH --error=job.err
+#SBATCH --time=2:00:00
+#SBATCH --partition=postproc
+#SBATCH --nodes={num_nodes}
+"""
+
+    if constraint:
+        script += f"#SBATCH --constraint={constraint}\n"
+
+    if account:
+        script += f"#SBATCH --account={account}\n"
+
+    script += f"""
+
+# Clone command will fail if the directory already exists
+# Remove this first if you are using the same working directory
+# every time
+if [ -d "firecrest-ci" ]; then
+    rm -rf firecrest-ci
+fi
+git clone --depth 1 --shallow-submodules --recurse-submodules -b {branch} {repo} firecrest-ci
+cd firecrest-ci
+
+module use /mch-environment/v8/modules
+module load python/3.11.7
+"""
+
+    if custom_modules:
+        script += f"module load {' '.join(custom_modules)}\n"
+
+    script += """
+python -m venv testing-venv
+source ./testing-venv/bin/activate
+python -m pip install --upgrade pip
+python -m pip install -r requirements/test.txt
+deactivate
+
+python --version
+
+source ./setup-env.sh
+spack spec gnuconfig
+
+source ./setup-env.sh /mch-environment/v8
+source ./testing-venv/bin/activate
+srun pytest -v -n 64 test/common_system_test.py test/balfrin_system_test.py
+"""
+
+    return script
+
+
+def check_output(file_content):
+    assert "loops, best of" in file_content
diff --git a/requirements/ci.txt b/requirements/ci.txt
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+pyfirecrest==3.0.0