diff --git a/.github/workflows/lint-test.yaml b/.github/workflows/lint-test.yaml
index f5abd320..b40b8eb4 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/lint-test.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/lint-test.yaml
@@ -182,6 +182,36 @@ jobs:
           include-hidden-files: true
           path: .coverage.py${{ matrix.python_version }}.integration.tuner*
 
+  test-smoke:
+    name: Tests - smoke
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    timeout-minutes: 5
+    strategy:
+      matrix:
+        python_version: [3.12, 3.13]
+    steps:
+      - name: Checkout
+        uses: actions/checkout@v4
+
+      - name: Install python
+        uses: actions/setup-python@v5
+        with:
+          python-version: ${{matrix.python_version}}
+
+      - name: Install uv
+        uses: astral-sh/setup-uv@v4
+        with:
+          enable-cache: true
+          cache-dependency-glob: "uv.lock"
+
+      - name: Install project
+        run: uv sync --group test
+
+      - name: Run smoke tests
+        run: uv run pytest ./tests/smoke/
+        env:
+          OPENAI_API_KEY: ${{ secrets.OPENAI_API_KEY }}
+
   coverage-report:
     name: Report coverage
     needs: [test-unit, test-integration, test-integration-tuner] # Depends on tests passing
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index c3529e85..a693bc56 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -110,6 +110,9 @@ plugboard = "plugboard.cli:app"
 asyncio_mode = "auto"
 asyncio_default_fixture_loop_scope = "session"
 asyncio_default_test_loop_scope = "session"
+markers = [
+    "smoke: marks tests as smoke tests (deselect with '-m \"not smoke\"')"
+]
 
 [tool.coverage.run]
 source = ["plugboard"]
diff --git a/tests/smoke/__init__.py b/tests/smoke/__init__.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..77b6e930
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/smoke/__init__.py
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+"""Smoke tests package."""
diff --git a/tests/smoke/test_examples_smoke.py b/tests/smoke/test_examples_smoke.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..7d1db7ce
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/smoke/test_examples_smoke.py
@@ -0,0 +1,81 @@
+"""Smoke tests for examples/tutorials Python files."""
+
+import os
+from pathlib import Path
+import subprocess
+import sys
+from typing import Iterator, Tuple
+
+import pytest
+
+
+SMOKE_TEST_TIMEOUT = 90
+PROJECT_ROOT = Path(__file__).parent.parent.parent
+
+
+@pytest.fixture(scope="module", autouse=True)
+def ray_disable_uv_run() -> Iterator[None]:
+    """Disable Ray's `uv run` runtime environment for smoke tests."""
+    # uv run environment will prevent tests from running outside of the project root
+    # This is necessary because the smoke tests run in a separate process
+    os.environ["RAY_ENABLE_UV_RUN_RUNTIME_ENV"] = "0"
+    yield
+    os.environ.pop("RAY_ENABLE_UV_RUN_RUNTIME_ENV", None)
+
+
+def pytest_generate_tests(metafunc: pytest.Metafunc) -> None:
+    """Dynamically generate test parameters for each tutorial file."""
+    if "file_and_dir" in metafunc.fixturenames:
+        # Get tutorial files
+        tutorials_dir = PROJECT_ROOT / "examples" / "tutorials"
+
+        if not tutorials_dir.exists():
+            pytest.skip(f"Tutorials directory not found: {tutorials_dir}")
+
+        tutorial_files = []
+        for py_file in tutorials_dir.rglob("*.py"):
+            working_dir = py_file.parent
+            tutorial_files.append((py_file, working_dir))
+
+        if not tutorial_files:
+            pytest.skip("No Python files found in examples/tutorials")
+
+        # Create test IDs for better test output
+        test_ids = [str(py_file.relative_to(PROJECT_ROOT)) for py_file, _ in tutorial_files]
+
+        metafunc.parametrize("file_and_dir", tutorial_files, ids=test_ids)
+
+
+@pytest.mark.smoke
+def test_tutorial_file_runs(file_and_dir: Tuple[Path, Path]) -> None:
+    """Test that a tutorial file runs without errors."""
+    py_file, working_dir = file_and_dir
+
+    try:
+        process = subprocess.Popen(  # noqa: S603
+            [sys.executable, py_file.name],
+            cwd=working_dir,
+            stdout=subprocess.PIPE,
+            stderr=subprocess.PIPE,
+            text=True,
+        )
+        try:
+            stdout, stderr = process.communicate(timeout=SMOKE_TEST_TIMEOUT)
+        except subprocess.TimeoutExpired:
+            process.kill()
+            stdout, stderr = process.communicate()
+            pytest.skip(
+                f"{py_file.relative_to(PROJECT_ROOT)} timed out after {SMOKE_TEST_TIMEOUT} seconds"
+            )
+
+        if process.returncode != 0:
+            error_msg = (
+                f"Tutorial file {py_file.relative_to(PROJECT_ROOT)} "
+                f"failed to run successfully.\n"
+                f"Return code: {process.returncode}\n"
+                f"STDOUT:\n{stdout}\n"
+                f"STDERR:\n{stderr}"
+            )
+            pytest.fail(error_msg)
+    except Exception as e:
+        pytest.fail(f"Error running tutorial file {py_file.relative_to(PROJECT_ROOT)}: {e}")