diff --git a/.github/workflows/validate.yaml b/.github/workflows/ci-bin.yaml
similarity index 77%
rename from .github/workflows/validate.yaml
rename to .github/workflows/ci-bin.yaml
index 9392060..abf55c3 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/validate.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci-bin.yaml
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-name: validate
+name: bin
 on:
   push:
     branches:
@@ -7,8 +7,7 @@ on:
     branches:
       - '**'
 jobs:
-  # TODO: add unit test job here
-  compile-and-lint:
+  compile:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     container:
       image: ghcr.io/thepigeongenerator/mcaselector-lite:latest
@@ -20,4 +19,4 @@ jobs:
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v4
       - run: make compile ARCH=${{matrix.arch}} -j
-      # TODO: add linting checking here
+
diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci-lint.yaml b/.github/workflows/ci-lint.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..0bdf641
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci-lint.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+name: lint
+on:
+  push:
+    branches:
+      - '**'
+  pull_request:
+    branches:
+      - '**'
+jobs:
+  compile:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    container:
+      image: ghcr.io/thepigeongenerator/mcaselector-lite:latest
+    steps:
+      # TODO: add linting checking here
+      - run: echo "TODO"
+
diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci-tests.yaml b/.github/workflows/ci-tests.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..6eaee55
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci-tests.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+name: tests
+on:
+  push:
+    branches:
+      - '**'
+  pull_request:
+    branches:
+      - '**'
+jobs:
+  execute-tests:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    container:
+      image: ghcr.io/thepigeongenerator/mcaselector-lite:latest
+    strategy:
+      matrix:
+        arch:
+          - linux-x86_64
+          - win-x86_64
+    steps:
+      # TODO: add unit test job here
+      - run: echo "TODO"