diff --git a/.github/workflows/create_baseline.yaml b/.github/workflows/create_baseline.yaml
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+name: "CovidHub-baseline"
+on:
+  workflow_dispatch:
+  schedule:
+    - cron: "30 20 * * 3"
+
+jobs:
+  generate-baseline-forecasts:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    env:
+      GITHUB_PAT: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
+
+    steps:
+    - name: Checkout code
+      uses: actions/checkout@v4
+
+    - name: Setup R
+      uses: r-lib/actions/setup-r@v2
+      with:
+        install-r: false
+        use-public-rspm: true
+      
+    - name: Install dependencies
+      run: |
+        install.packages(c("readr", "dplyr", "tidyr", "purrr", "checkmate", "cli", "lubridate", "remotes", "genlasso"))
+        remotes::install_github("cmu-delphi/epiprocess")
+        remotes::install_github("cmu-delphi/epipredict")
+      shell: Rscript {0}
+  
+    - name: generate baseline
+      run: |
+        Rscript src/code/get_baseline.r
+
+    - name: Commit changes
+      uses: EndBug/add-and-commit@v9
+      with: 
+        message: "Add baseline forecasts"
+        default_author: github_actions
+        push: true
+        new_branch: add-baseline
+  
+    - name: Create pull request
+      id: create_pr
+      run: |
+        gh pr create --base main --head add-baseline --title "Add baseline forecast" --body "This PR is generated automatically."
+      env:
+        GH_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
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diff --git a/.github/workflows/create_ensemble.yaml b/.github/workflows/create_ensemble.yaml
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+name: "CovidHub-ensemble"
+on:
+  workflow_dispatch:
+  schedule:
+    - cron: "00 15 * * 4"
+
+jobs:
+  generate-covidhub-ensemble:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    env:
+      GITHUB_PAT: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
+
+    steps:
+    - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+    - uses: r-lib/actions/setup-r@v2
+      with:
+        install-r: false
+        use-public-rspm: true
+      
+    - name: Install dependencies
+      run: |
+        install.packages(c("hubEnsemble", "dplyr", "lubridate", "purrr", "yaml", "remotes"))
+        remotes::install_github("hubverse-org/hubData")
+      shell: Rscript {0}
+  
+    - name: generate ensemble
+      run:  Rscript src/code/get_ensemble.r
+
+    - name: Commit changes
+      uses: EndBug/add-and-commit@v9
+      with: 
+        message: "Add CovidHub ensemble forecasts"
+        default_author: github_actions
+        push: true
+        new_branch: add-ensemble
+
+    - name: Create pull request
+      id: create_pr
+      run: |
+        gh pr create --base main --head add-ensemble --title "Add ensemble forecast" --body "This PR is generated automatically to add a quantile median ensemble forecast."
+      env:
+        GH_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
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diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index e3f3d6a..1899fc3 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -15,3 +15,5 @@ hub-config/README_files/
 /README_files/
 /DISCLAIMER_files/
 *.html
+
+/test
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diff --git a/auxiliary-data/exclude_ensemble.json b/auxiliary-data/exclude_ensemble.json
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+++ b/auxiliary-data/exclude_ensemble.json
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+{
+    "locations": [78]
+}  
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diff --git a/src/code/get_baseline.r b/src/code/get_baseline.r
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+++ b/src/code/get_baseline.r
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+library(epipredict)
+
+#' Return `date` if it has the desired weekday, else the next date that does
+#' @param date `Date` vector
+#' @param ltwday integerish vector; of weekday code(s), following POSIXlt
+#'   encoding but allowing either 0 or 7 to represent Sunday.
+#' @return `Date` object
+curr_or_next_date_with_ltwday <- function(date, ltwday) {
+  checkmate::assert_class(date, "Date")
+  checkmate::assert_integerish(ltwday, lower = 0L, upper = 7L)
+  date + (ltwday - as.POSIXlt(date)$wday) %% 7L
+}
+
+# Prepare data, use tentative file-name/location, might need to be changed
+target_tbl <- readr::read_csv(
+  "target-data/covid-hospital-admissions.csv",
+  col_types = readr::cols_only(
+    date = readr::col_date(format = ""),
+    location = readr::col_character(),
+    location_name = readr::col_character(),
+    value = readr::col_double()
+  )
+)
+target_start_date <- min(target_tbl$date)
+loc_df <- read.csv("target-data/locations.csv")
+
+target_epi_df <- target_tbl |>
+  dplyr::transmute(
+    geo_value = loc_df$abbreviation[match(location_name, loc_df$location_name)],
+    time_value = .data$date,
+    weekly_count = .data$value
+  ) |>
+  epiprocess::as_epi_df()
+
+# date settings
+forecast_as_of_date <- Sys.Date()
+reference_date <- curr_or_next_date_with_ltwday(forecast_as_of_date, 6L)
+desired_max_time_value <- reference_date - 7L
+
+# Validation:
+excess_latency_tbl <- target_epi_df |>
+  tidyr::drop_na(weekly_count) |>
+  dplyr::group_by(geo_value) |>
+  dplyr::summarize(
+    max_time_value = max(time_value),
+    .groups = "drop"
+  ) |>
+  dplyr::mutate(
+    excess_latency =
+      pmax(
+        as.integer(desired_max_time_value - max_time_value) %/% 7L,
+        0L
+      ),
+    has_excess_latency = excess_latency > 0L
+  )
+excess_latency_small_tbl <- excess_latency_tbl |>
+  dplyr::filter(has_excess_latency)
+
+overlatent_err_thresh <- 0.20
+prop_locs_overlatent <- mean(excess_latency_tbl$has_excess_latency)
+
+# Error handling for excess latency
+if (prop_locs_overlatent > overlatent_err_thresh) {
+  cli::cli_abort("
+    More than {100*overlatent_err_thresh}% of locations have excess
+    latency. The reference date is {reference_date} so we desire observations at
+    least through {desired_max_time_value}. However,
+    {nrow(excess_latency_small_tbl)} location{?s} had excess latency and did not
+    have reporting through that date: {excess_latency_small_tbl$geo_value}.
+  ")
+} else if (prop_locs_overlatent > 0) {
+  cli::cli_warn("
+    Some locations have excess latency. The reference date is {reference_date}
+    so we desire observations at least through {desired_max_time_value}.
+    However, {nrow(excess_latency_small_tbl)} location{?s} had excess latency
+    and did not have reporting through that date:
+    {excess_latency_small_tbl$geo_value}.
+  ")
+}
+
+rng_seed <- as.integer((59460707 + as.numeric(reference_date)) %% 2e9)
+withr::with_rng_version("4.0.0", withr::with_seed(rng_seed, {
+  fcst <- epipredict::cdc_baseline_forecaster(
+    target_epi_df |>
+      dplyr::filter(time_value >= target_start_date) |>
+      dplyr::filter(time_value <= desired_max_time_value),
+    "weekly_count",
+    epipredict::cdc_baseline_args_list(aheads = 1:4, nsims = 1e5)
+  )
+
+  # advance forecast_date by a week due to data latency and
+  # create forecast for horizon -1
+  preds <- fcst$predictions |>
+    dplyr::mutate(
+      forecast_date = reference_date,
+      ahead = as.integer(.data$target_date - reference_date) %/% 7L
+    ) |>
+    dplyr::bind_rows(
+      # Prepare -1 horizon predictions:
+      target_epi_df |>
+        tidyr::drop_na(weekly_count) |>
+        dplyr::slice_max(time_value) |>
+        dplyr::transmute(
+          forecast_date = reference_date,
+          target_date = reference_date - 7L,
+          ahead = -1L,
+          geo_value,
+          .pred = weekly_count,
+          # get quantiles
+          .pred_distn = epipredict::dist_quantiles(
+            values = purrr::map(
+              weekly_count,
+              rep,
+              length(epipredict::cdc_baseline_args_list()$quantile_levels)
+            ),
+            quantile_levels = epipredict::cdc_baseline_args_list()$quantile_levels # nolint
+          )
+        )
+    )
+}))
+
+# format to hub style
+preds_formatted <- preds |>
+  epipredict::flusight_hub_formatter(
+    target = "wk inc covid hosp",
+    output_type = "quantile"
+  ) |>
+  tidyr::drop_na(output_type_id) |>
+  dplyr::arrange(target, horizon, location) |>
+  dplyr::select(
+    reference_date, horizon, target, target_end_date, location,
+    output_type, output_type_id, value
+  )
+
+output_dirpath <- "CovidHub-baseline/"
+if (!dir.exists(output_dirpath)) {
+  dir.create(output_dirpath, recursive = TRUE)
+}
+
+write.csv(
+  preds_formatted,
+  file.path(
+    output_dirpath,
+    paste0(as.character(reference_date), "-", "CovidHub-baseline.csv")
+  ),
+  row.names = FALSE
+)
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diff --git a/src/code/get_ensemble.r b/src/code/get_ensemble.r
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+# R script to create ensemble forecats using models submitted to the CovidHub
+
+ref_date <- lubridate::ceiling_date(Sys.Date(), "week") - lubridate::days(1)
+hub_path <- "."
+task_id_cols <- c(
+  "reference_date", "location", "horizon",
+  "target", "target_end_date"
+)
+output_dirpath <- "CovidHub-ensemble/"
+if (!dir.exists(output_dirpath)) {
+  dir.create(output_dirpath, recursive = TRUE)
+}
+
+# Get current forecasts from the hub, excluding baseline and ensembles
+hub_content <- hubData::connect_hub(hub_path)
+current_forecasts <- hub_content |>
+  dplyr::filter(
+    reference_date == ref_date,
+    !str_detect(model_id, "CovidHub")
+  ) |>
+  hubData::collect_hub()
+
+yml_files <- list.files(paste0(hub_path, "/model-metadata"),
+  pattern = "\\.ya?ml$", full.names = TRUE
+)
+
+# Read model metadata and extract designated models
+is_model_designated <- function(yaml_file) {
+  yml_data <- yaml::yaml.load_file(yaml_file)
+  team_and_model <- glue::glue("{yml_data$team_abbr}-{yml_data$model_abbr}")
+  is_designated <- ifelse("designated_model" %in% names(yml_data),
+    as.logical(yml_data$designated_model),
+    FALSE
+  )
+  return(list(Model = team_and_model, Designated_Model = is_designated))
+}
+
+eligible_models <- purrr::map(yml_files, is_model_designated) |>
+  dplyr::bind_rows() |>
+  dplyr::filter(Designated_Model)
+
+write.csv(
+  eligible_models,
+  file.path(
+    output_dirpath,
+    paste0(as.character(ref_date), "-", "models-to-include-in-ensemble.csv")
+  ),
+  row.names = FALSE
+)
+
+models <- eligible_models$Model
+#filter excluded locations
+exclude_data <- jsonlite::fromJSON("auxiliary-data/exclude_ensemble.json")
+excluded_locations <- exclude_data$locations
+current_forecasts <- current_forecasts |>
+  dplyr::filter(model_id %in% models, !(location %in% excluded_locations))
+
+# QUANTILE ENSEMBLE
+quantile_forecasts <- current_forecasts |>
+  dplyr::filter(output_type == "quantile") |>
+  #ensure quantiles are handled accurately even with leading/trailing zeros
+  dplyr::mutate(output_type_id = as.factor(as.numeric(output_type_id)))
+
+median_ensemble_outputs <- quantile_forecasts |>
+  hubEnsembles::simple_ensemble(
+    agg_fun = "median",
+    model_id = "CovidHub-quantile-median-ensemble",
+    task_id_cols = task_id_cols
+  ) |>
+  dplyr::mutate(value = pmax(value, 0)) |>
+  dplyr::select(-model_id)
+
+write.csv(
+  median_ensemble_outputs,
+  file.path(
+    output_dirpath,
+    paste0(as.character(ref_date), "-", "CovidHub-ensemble.csv")
+  ),
+  row.names = FALSE
+)