diff --git a/.github/workflows/pr.yaml b/.github/workflows/pr.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..42c425c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/pr.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+name: Pull Requests
+
+on:
+  pull_request:
+
+jobs:
+  run:
+    uses: hiconic-os/hiconic.ci.workflows/.github/workflows/pr.yaml@main
+    secrets: inherit
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diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 7909cae..896c0a8 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -5,3 +5,4 @@
 **/.Trashes
 **/ehthumbs.db
 **/Thumbs.db
+.gradle
diff --git a/Jenkinsfile b/Jenkinsfile
deleted file mode 100644
index c3a7d8c..0000000
--- a/Jenkinsfile
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,5 +0,0 @@
-@Library('main') _
-runCiPipeline([
-	jenkinsfile: this,
-	projectBaseName: 'core'
-])
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diff --git a/build.gradle b/build.gradle
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..f5ad2bc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/build.gradle
@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+buildscript {
+    ext.configureBuildscript = { c -> buildscript c }
+    apply from: 'buildscript.gradle'
+
+    dependencies {
+        classpath 'com.braintribe.devrock.cicd:devrock-cicd-steps-plugin:1.0+'
+        classpath 'com.braintribe.devrock.cicd:devrock-cicd-steps:1.0+'
+        classpath 'com.braintribe.devrock.cicd:github-notification:1.0+'
+    }
+}
+
+apply plugin: 'devrock-cicd-steps'
+
+import devrock.cicd.model.api.*
+
+defaultTasks 'build-artifacts'
+    
+steps {
+    
+    step InitializeExchange.T
+
+    step EnrichExchangeContext.T
+
+    step AnalyzeCodebase.T
+
+    step BuildArtifacts.T, { equip { handler = { ant it.folderName, 'install', 'candidateInstall' } } }
+
+    step CheckLinking.T, { equip { handler = { ant it.folderName, 'check-linking' } } }
+    
+    step RunTests.T, { equip { handler = { ant it.folderName, 'test' } } }
+
+    step RaiseAndMergeArtifacts.T // commit + merge
+
+    step PublishArtifacts.T
+
+}
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diff --git a/buildscript.gradle b/buildscript.gradle
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..96065fd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/buildscript.gradle
@@ -0,0 +1,39 @@
+// setup buildscript dependencies based on the libFolder to make RepositoryConfigurations helper available on classpath
+buildscript { 
+    // Determines devrock sdk home directory either by environment variable or by assuming that 
+    // the projectDir lies relatively like that DEVROCK_SDK_HOME/env/dev-env/git/group
+    String devrockSdkRootVar = System.getenv('DEVROCK_SDK_HOME')
+    ext.devrockSdkRoot = devrockSdkRootVar != null?
+        new File(devrockSdkRootVar):
+        new File(projectDir, '../../../..').toPath().toAbsolutePath().normalize().toFile()
+
+    File libFolder = new File(devrockSdkRoot, 'tools/ant-libs');
+    dependencies { classpath files(fileTree(dir: libFolder.absolutePath, include: '*.jar')) } 
+}
+
+// load and check the repository configuration
+File repoConfig = new File(devrockSdkRoot, 'conf/repository-configuration-devrock.yaml');
+def configMaybe = devrock.repository.configuration.RepositoryConfigurations.load repoConfig
+
+if (configMaybe.unsatisfied)
+    throw new GradleException("Error while loading repository configuration for buildscript: " + configMaybe.whyUnsatisfied().stringify())
+
+// transpose the repository configuration to gradle style and pass to to the callers buildscript
+configureBuildscript {
+
+    repositories {
+        for (def repo: configMaybe.get().getRepositories()) {
+            if (repo instanceof com.braintribe.devrock.model.repository.MavenHttpRepository)
+                maven { 
+                    url repo.url 
+                    if (repo.user != null) credentials {
+                        username repo.user
+                        password repo.password
+                    }
+                }
+            else if (repo instanceof com.braintribe.devrock.model.repository.MavenFileSystemRepository)
+                maven { url uri("file://${repo.rootPath}") } 
+        }
+    }
+
+}
diff --git a/repository-configuration-ci.yaml b/repository-configuration-ci.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..1e48c91
--- /dev/null
+++ b/repository-configuration-ci.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+!com.braintribe.devrock.model.repository.RepositoryConfiguration {
+  cachePath: "${config.dir}/../repo",
+
+  installRepository: &install-repo !com.braintribe.devrock.model.repository.MavenFileSystemRepository {
+    name: "install",
+    rootPath: "${config.dir}/../inst",
+    dominanceFilter: !com.braintribe.devrock.model.repository.filters.AllMatchingArtifactFilter {},
+    cachable: false,
+  },
+
+  uploadRepository: &hiconic-dev  !com.braintribe.devrock.model.repository.IndexedMavenHttpRepository {
+    name: "hiconic-dev", 
+    url: "https://maven.pkg.github.com/hiconic-os/maven-repo-dev", 
+    user: "${env.DEVROCK_PIPELINE_UPLOAD_USER}",
+    password: "${env.DEVROCK_PIPELINE_UPLOAD_PASSWORD}",
+    dominanceFilter: !com.braintribe.devrock.model.repository.filters.AllMatchingArtifactFilter {},
+  },
+
+  repositories: [
+    *install-repo,
+    *hiconic-dev,
+    !com.braintribe.devrock.model.repository.MavenHttpRepository {
+      name: "third-party", 
+      url: "https://repo1.maven.org/maven2/", 
+    },
+  ]
+}
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