diff --git a/.github/workflows/python.yml b/.github/workflows/python.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..14b749b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/python.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,42 @@
+name: Python CI
+
+on:
+  push:
+    branches: [main]
+  pull_request:
+    branches: [main]
+
+jobs:
+  test:
+    name: Test and Lint
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+
+    steps:
+      - name: 🧾 Checkout repository
+        uses: actions/checkout@v4
+
+      - name: 🐍 Set up Python
+        uses: actions/setup-python@v5
+        with:
+          python-version: '3.13'
+
+      - name: 📦 Install Poetry
+        run: |
+          pip install poetry
+          poetry config virtualenvs.create false
+
+      - name: 📄 Install dependencies
+        run: poetry install --no-interaction --no-root
+
+      - name: ✅ Run tests
+        run: poetry run pytest -v
+
+      - name: 🧼 Check formatting
+        run: |
+          pip install black
+          black --check .
+
+      - name: 🔍 Lint with ruff
+        run: |
+          pip install ruff
+          ruff check .
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index ef5ec57..a8194f6 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ Built to showcase best practices in Python backend development and serve as a so
 - 🔀 Routing with versioned endpoints
 - 📄 OpenAPI docs auto-generated (`/docs`, `/redoc`)
 - ✅ Data validation and typing with Pydantic v2
-- 🧪 Async-ready test setup with `pytest`, `httpx`, `pytest-asyncio` (in progress)
+- 🧪 Async-ready test setup with `pytest`, `httpx`, `pytest-asyncio`
 - 🐳 Minimal Docker support
 - 🧰 Designed as a reusable starter template
 
diff --git a/app/api/users.py b/app/api/users.py
index 47053e6..a0e7bde 100644
--- a/app/api/users.py
+++ b/app/api/users.py
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
-from fastapi import APIRouter, HTTPException
+from fastapi import APIRouter
+
 from app.models.user import User, UserCreate
 from app.services.user_service import save_user, get_all_users
 
diff --git a/app/main.py b/app/main.py
index bc014b6..39431a8 100644
--- a/app/main.py
+++ b/app/main.py
@@ -2,9 +2,10 @@
 import sys
 
 from fastapi import FastAPI
+
 from app.api import users
 
-log_format = '%(asctime)s | %(levelname)-8s | %(name)-12s - %(message)s'
+log_format = "%(asctime)s | %(levelname)-8s | %(name)-12s - %(message)s"
 logging.basicConfig(stream=sys.stdout, level=logging.DEBUG, format=log_format)
 
 app = FastAPI(title="Python FastAPI Template", version="0.1.0")
diff --git a/tests/api/__init__.py b/tests/api/__init__.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e69de29
diff --git a/tests/api/test_users.py b/tests/api/test_users.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..f2f95e1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/api/test_users.py
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+import httpx
+import pytest
+
+from app.main import app
+
+
+@pytest.mark.asyncio
+async def test_create_user():
+    transport = httpx.ASGITransport(app=app)
+    async with httpx.AsyncClient(transport=transport, base_url="http://test") as ac:
+        response = await ac.post(
+            "/api/v1/users/", json={"name": "Simone", "email": "simone@example.com"}
+        )
+    assert response.status_code == 200
+    data = response.json()
+    assert data["name"] == "Simone"
+    assert data["email"] == "simone@example.com"
+
+
+@pytest.mark.asyncio
+async def test_get_users():
+    transport = httpx.ASGITransport(app=app)
+    async with httpx.AsyncClient(transport=transport, base_url="http://test") as ac:
+        response = await ac.get("/api/v1/users/")
+    assert response.status_code == 200
+    data = response.json()
+    assert isinstance(data, list)
diff --git a/tests/services/__init__.py b/tests/services/__init__.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e69de29
diff --git a/tests/services/test_user_service.py b/tests/services/test_user_service.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..36c4afc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/services/test_user_service.py
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+import pytest
+
+from app.models.user import UserCreate
+from app.services.user_service import save_user, get_all_users
+
+
+@pytest.mark.asyncio
+async def test_save_user():
+    user = UserCreate(name="Simone", email="simone@example.com")
+    saved_user = await save_user(user)
+    assert saved_user.name == "Simone"
+    assert saved_user.email == "simone@example.com"
+
+
+@pytest.mark.asyncio
+async def test_get_all_users_empty():
+    users = await get_all_users()
+    assert isinstance(users, list)
+    assert len(users) > 0