diff --git a/.github/workflows/test.yaml b/.github/workflows/test.yaml
index 72f3663..98ae9f1 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/test.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/test.yaml
@@ -6,6 +6,13 @@ permissions:
   id-token: write
   contents: read
 
+env:
+  VT_ENV: staging
+  VT_SITE: staging.cloud.vertesia.io
+  VT_ACCOUNT: 652d77895674c387e105948c  # Dengen Labs
+  VT_PROJECT: 654df9de09676ad3b8631dc3  # Experiments
+  VT_PROFILE: staging-experiments # note: this should match the field ".vertesia.profile" in the agent's "package.json" file.
+
 jobs:
   test:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
@@ -42,47 +49,58 @@ jobs:
     needs: test
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
-    - uses: actions/checkout@v2
-    # - name: Authenticate with Google Cloud
-    #   uses: google-github-actions/auth@v2
-    #   id: gauth
-    #   with:
-    #     token_format: access_token
-    #     project_id: dengenlabs
-    #     service_account: gar-pusher@dengenlabs.iam.gserviceaccount.com
-    #     workload_identity_provider: projects/265888598630/locations/global/workloadIdentityPools/composable-cloud/providers/github
-    #     access_token_lifetime: 300s
-    #     create_credentials_file: true
+    - name: Checkout source code
+      uses: actions/checkout@v2
 
-    # - name: Set up Docker Buildx
-    #   uses: docker/setup-buildx-action@v3
+    - name: Authenticate with Google Cloud
+      uses: google-github-actions/auth@v2
+      id: gauth
+      with:
+        token_format: access_token
+        project_id: dengenlabs
+        service_account: gar-pusher@dengenlabs.iam.gserviceaccount.com
+        workload_identity_provider: projects/265888598630/locations/global/workloadIdentityPools/composable-cloud/providers/github
+        access_token_lifetime: 300s
+        create_credentials_file: true
 
-    # - name: Docker meta
-    #   id: meta
-    #   uses: docker/metadata-action@v5
-    #   with:
-    #     # list of Docker images to use as base name for tags
-    #     images: |
-    #       us.gcr.io/dengenlabs/agents/vertesia/github-agent
-    #     tags: |
-    #       type=ref,event=branch
-    #       type=ref,event=pr
-    #       type=sha,format=long,prefix=
+    - name: Get Vertesia API key
+      run: |
+        export VT_API_KEY="$(gcloud secrets versions access latest --secret=release-notes-api-key)"
+        echo "::add-mask::${VT_API_KEY}"
+        echo "VT_API_KEY=${VT_API_KEY}" >> $GITHUB_ENV
 
-    # - name: Login to GAR
-    #   uses: docker/login-action@v3
-    #   with:
-    #     registry: us.gcr.io
-    #     username: oauth2accesstoken
-    #     password: ${{ steps.gauth.outputs.access_token }}
+    - name: Set up Vertesia CLI
+      run: |
+        npm install -g @vertesia/cli
+        bin/init-vertesia-profile.sh
+        vertesia profiles
+
+    - name: Connect to Vertesia NPM registry
+      run: |
+        cd apps/github-agent
+        vertesia agent connect
 
-    # - name: Build and push Docker image
-    #   uses: docker/build-push-action@v6
-    #   with:
-    #     context: .
-    #     file: ./apps/github-agent/Dockerfile
-    #     push: ${{ github.ref == 'refs/heads/main' }}
-    #     tags: ${{ steps.meta.outputs.tags }}
-    #     labels: ${{ steps.meta.outputs.labels }}
-    #     secret-files: |
-    #       "gcp=${{ steps.gauth.outputs.credentials_file_path }}"
+    - name: Set up Docker Buildx
+      uses: docker/setup-buildx-action@v3
+
+    - name: Docker meta
+      id: meta
+      uses: docker/metadata-action@v5
+      with:
+        # list of Docker images to use as base name for tags
+        images: |
+          us.gcr.io/dengenlabs/agents/vertesia/github-agent
+        tags: |
+          type=ref,event=branch
+          type=ref,event=pr
+          type=sha,format=long,prefix=
+
+    - name: Build and push Docker image
+      uses: docker/build-push-action@v6
+      with:
+        context: .
+        file: ./apps/github-agent/Dockerfile
+        push: ${{ github.ref == 'refs/heads/main' }}
+        platforms: linux/amd64
+        tags: ${{ steps.meta.outputs.tags }}
+        labels: ${{ steps.meta.outputs.labels }}
diff --git a/bin/init-vertesia-profile.sh b/bin/init-vertesia-profile.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..6dd3bbe
--- /dev/null
+++ b/bin/init-vertesia-profile.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+# All the env vars must be set
+set -u
+
+# Environment variables
+#   - VT_API_KEY: Vertesia API token
+#   - VT_ACCOUNT: Vertesia account ID
+#   - VT_PROJECT: Vertesia project ID
+#   - VT_ENV: Vertesia environment in which the interaction is defined
+#   - VT_SITE: Vertesia site in which the interaction is defined
+#   - VT_PROFILE: Vertesia profile name
+
+mkdir -p ~/.vertesia
+cat <<EOF >> ~/.vertesia/profiles.json
+{
+    "default": "${VT_PROFILE}",
+    "profiles": [
+        {
+            "name": "${VT_PROFILE}",
+            "config_url": "https://${VT_SITE}/cli",
+            "account": "${VT_ACCOUNT}",
+            "project": "${VT_PROJECT}",
+            "studio_server_url": "https://studio-server-${VT_ENV}.api.vertesia.io",
+            "zeno_server_url": "https://zeno-server-${VT_ENV}.api.vertesia.io",
+            "apikey": "${VT_API_KEY}"
+        }
+    ]
+}
+EOF
+
+echo "Vertesia profile created: ~/.vertesia/profiles.json"