diff --git a/.buildkite/pipeline.yml b/.buildkite/pipeline.yml
index fd2cb06ed..fcad3a0ae 100644
--- a/.buildkite/pipeline.yml
+++ b/.buildkite/pipeline.yml
@@ -118,3 +118,5 @@ steps:
       - docker-compose#v3.0.0:
           run: unit-test-docker-sticky-off
           config: docker/buildkite/docker-compose.yaml
+
+# TODO: delete this file after migration to github actions
diff --git a/.buildkite/scripts/coverage_metadata.sh b/.buildkite/scripts/coverage_metadata.sh
index 15ffb3a5d..4296e01d6 100755
--- a/.buildkite/scripts/coverage_metadata.sh
+++ b/.buildkite/scripts/coverage_metadata.sh
@@ -8,4 +8,6 @@ set -ex
 output_path="$1"
 echo "commit-sha: $(git rev-parse HEAD)" > "$output_path"
 echo "timestamp: $(date -u +%Y-%m-%dT%H:%M:%SZ)" >> "$output_path"
-echo "Coverage metadata written to $output_path"
\ No newline at end of file
+echo "Coverage metadata written to $output_path"
+
+# TODO: delete this file after migration to github actions
diff --git a/.buildkite/scripts/lint.sh b/.buildkite/scripts/lint.sh
index cf3757453..1b7a19f44 100755
--- a/.buildkite/scripts/lint.sh
+++ b/.buildkite/scripts/lint.sh
@@ -9,4 +9,6 @@ if [ -n "$(git status --porcelain)" ]; then
   echo "Please rerun the command and commit the changes"
   git status --porcelain
   exit 1
-fi
\ No newline at end of file
+fi
+
+# TODO: delete this file after migration to github actions
diff --git a/.github/scripts/coverage_metadata.sh b/.github/scripts/coverage_metadata.sh
new file mode 100755
index 000000000..15ffb3a5d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/scripts/coverage_metadata.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+set -ex
+# This script generates coverage metadata for the coverage report.
+# Output is used by SonarQube integration in Uber and not used by OS repo coverage tool itself.
+# Example output:
+#   commit-sha: 6953daa563e8e44512bc349c9608484cfd4ec4ff
+#   timestamp: 2024-03-04T19:29:16Z
+output_path="$1"
+echo "commit-sha: $(git rev-parse HEAD)" > "$output_path"
+echo "timestamp: $(date -u +%Y-%m-%dT%H:%M:%SZ)" >> "$output_path"
+echo "Coverage metadata written to $output_path"
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/.github/scripts/lint.sh b/.github/scripts/lint.sh
new file mode 100755
index 000000000..cf3757453
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/scripts/lint.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+
+set -ex
+
+./gradlew goJF
+
+if [ -n "$(git status --porcelain)" ]; then
+  echo "There are changes after linting (used goJF) cmd: ./gradlew goJF"
+  echo "Please rerun the command and commit the changes"
+  git status --porcelain
+  exit 1
+fi
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci-checks.yml b/.github/workflows/ci-checks.yml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..10c0f7caf
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci-checks.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,102 @@
+name: CI Checks
+on: 
+  push:
+  pull_request:
+
+jobs:
+  lint-check:
+    name: Lint Check
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+
+    steps:
+      - name: Checkout
+        uses: actions/checkout@v4
+        with:
+          submodules: true
+          fetch-depth: 0 # get full history for branch checking
+
+      - name: Run lint check
+        run: docker compose -f docker/github_actions/docker-compose.yml run unit-test-test-service bash -c ".github/scripts/lint.sh"
+
+  unit-test-with-test-service:
+    name: Unit Test with Test Service
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+
+    steps:
+      - name: Checkout
+        uses: actions/checkout@v4
+        with:
+          submodules: true
+          fetch-depth: 0 # get full history for branch checking
+
+      - name: Run unit test with test service
+        uses: nick-fields/retry@v3
+        with:
+          max_attempts: 3
+          timeout_minutes: 30
+          command: |
+            docker compose -f docker/github_actions/docker-compose.yml run unit-test-test-service bash -c "./gradlew --no-daemon test jacocoTestReport && .github/scripts/coverage_metadata.sh build/reports/metadata.txt"
+
+      - name: Upload coverage artifacts
+        uses: actions/upload-artifact@v4
+        with:
+          name: unit-test-with-test-service-coverage
+          path: |
+            build/reports/tests/test/**/*
+            build/reports/jacoco/test/jacocoTestReport.xml
+            build/reports/metadata.txt
+          include-hidden-files: true
+
+  unit-test-with-docker-service-sticky-on:
+    name: Unit Test with Docker Service (Sticky On)
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+
+    steps:
+      - name: Checkout
+        uses: actions/checkout@v4
+        with:
+          submodules: true
+          fetch-depth: 0 # get full history for branch checking
+
+      - name: Run unit test with docker service (sticky on)
+        uses: nick-fields/retry@v3
+        with:
+          max_attempts: 3
+          timeout_minutes: 50
+          command: |
+            docker compose -f docker/github_actions/docker-compose.yml run unit-test-docker-sticky-on bash -c "./gradlew --no-daemon test"
+
+      - name: Upload coverage artifacts
+        uses: actions/upload-artifact@v4
+        with:
+          name: unit-test-with-docker-service-sticky-on-coverage
+          path: |
+            build/reports/tests/test/**/*
+          include-hidden-files: true
+
+  unit-test-with-docker-service-sticky-off:
+    name: Unit Test with Docker Service (Sticky Off)
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+
+    steps:
+      - name: Checkout
+        uses: actions/checkout@v4
+        with:
+          submodules: true
+          fetch-depth: 0 # get full history for branch checking
+
+      - name: Run unit test with docker service (sticky off)
+        uses: nick-fields/retry@v3
+        with:
+          max_attempts: 3
+          timeout_minutes: 50
+          command: |
+            docker compose -f docker/github_actions/docker-compose.yml run unit-test-docker-sticky-off bash -c "./gradlew --no-daemon test"
+
+      - name: Upload coverage artifacts
+        uses: actions/upload-artifact@v4
+        with:
+          name: unit-test-with-docker-service-sticky-off-coverage
+          path: |
+            build/reports/tests/test/**/*
+          include-hidden-files: true
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/.github/workflows/codecov.yml b/.github/workflows/codecov.yml
index 30bdef8eb..22f304655 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/codecov.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/codecov.yml
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ jobs:
         with:
           submodules: 'true'
       - name: Install dependencies, run tests, and collect coverage
-        run: docker compose -f docker/buildkite/docker-compose.yaml run unit-test-test-service
+        run: docker compose -f docker/github_actions/docker-compose.yml run unit-test-test-service
       - name: Upload coverage to Codecov
         uses: codecov/codecov-action@v4
         env:
diff --git a/docker-compose.yml b/docker-compose.yml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..dba07a534
--- /dev/null
+++ b/docker-compose.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,69 @@
+services:
+  cassandra:
+    image: cassandra:4.1.1
+    ports:
+      - "9042:9042"
+    environment:
+      - "MAX_HEAP_SIZE=256M"
+      - "HEAP_NEWSIZE=128M"
+    healthcheck:
+      test: ["CMD", "cqlsh", "-u cassandra", "-p cassandra" ,"-e describe keyspaces"]
+      interval: 15s
+      timeout: 30s
+      retries: 10
+  prometheus:
+    image: prom/prometheus:latest
+    volumes:
+      - ./prometheus:/etc/prometheus
+    command:
+      - '--config.file=/etc/prometheus/prometheus.yml'
+    ports:
+      - '9090:9090'
+  node-exporter:
+    image: prom/node-exporter
+    ports:
+      - '9100:9100'
+  cadence:
+    image: ubercadence/server:master-auto-setup
+    ports:
+     - "8000:8000"
+     - "8001:8001"
+     - "8002:8002"
+     - "8003:8003"
+     - "7933:7933"
+     - "7934:7934"
+     - "7935:7935"
+     - "7939:7939"
+     - "7833:7833"
+     - "7936:7936"
+    environment:
+      - "CASSANDRA_SEEDS=cassandra"
+      - "PROMETHEUS_ENDPOINT_0=0.0.0.0:8000"
+      - "PROMETHEUS_ENDPOINT_1=0.0.0.0:8001"
+      - "PROMETHEUS_ENDPOINT_2=0.0.0.0:8002"
+      - "PROMETHEUS_ENDPOINT_3=0.0.0.0:8003"
+      - "DYNAMIC_CONFIG_FILE_PATH=config/dynamicconfig/development.yaml"
+      - "FRONTEND_PPROF_PORT=7936"
+      - "LOG_LEVEL=debug"
+    depends_on:
+      cassandra:
+        condition: service_healthy
+      prometheus:
+        condition: service_started
+  cadence-web:
+    image: ubercadence/web:latest
+    environment:
+      - "CADENCE_GRPC_PEERS=cadence:7833"
+    ports:
+      - "8088:8088"
+    depends_on:
+      - cadence
+  grafana:
+    image: grafana/grafana
+    volumes:
+      - ./grafana:/etc/grafana
+    user: "1000"
+    depends_on:
+      - prometheus
+    ports:
+      - '3000:3000'
diff --git a/docker/buildkite/Dockerfile b/docker/buildkite/Dockerfile
index 88e1957ec..b192fd72a 100644
--- a/docker/buildkite/Dockerfile
+++ b/docker/buildkite/Dockerfile
@@ -33,3 +33,5 @@ RUN apk del build-dependencies wget && rm -rf /var/cache/apk/*
 
 RUN mkdir /cadence-java-client
 WORKDIR /cadence-java-client
+
+# TODO: delete this file after migration to github actions
diff --git a/docker/buildkite/README.md b/docker/buildkite/README.md
index dc5c3d6d0..decf6bb94 100644
--- a/docker/buildkite/README.md
+++ b/docker/buildkite/README.md
@@ -19,3 +19,4 @@ And finally make sure to shutdown all docker resources:
 ```bash
 docker-compose  down
 ```
+TODO: delete this file after migration to github actions
diff --git a/docker/buildkite/docker-compose.yaml b/docker/buildkite/docker-compose.yaml
index bf0d41381..44cab51e7 100644
--- a/docker/buildkite/docker-compose.yaml
+++ b/docker/buildkite/docker-compose.yaml
@@ -93,3 +93,5 @@ services:
       - "USE_DOCKER_SERVICE=false"
     volumes:
       - "../../:/cadence-java-client"
+
+# TODO: delete this file after migration to github actions
diff --git a/docker/github_actions/Dockerfile b/docker/github_actions/Dockerfile
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..80d770d4a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/docker/github_actions/Dockerfile
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+# Always use a release version or a specific commit hash below. Don't use
+# a branch name since we'd keep getting updates as long as there are new
+# commits to that branch and one of them can break the build
+FROM adoptopenjdk/openjdk11:jdk-11.0.10_9-alpine
+
+# Apache Thrift version
+ENV APACHE_THRIFT_VERSION=0.9.3
+
+# Install dependencies using apk
+RUN apk update && apk add --virtual wget ca-certificates wget && apk add --virtual build-dependencies build-base gcc
+# Git is needed in order to update the dls submodule
+RUN apk add git libstdc++ bash curl
+
+# Compile source
+RUN set -ex ;\
+	wget https://archive.apache.org/dist/thrift/${APACHE_THRIFT_VERSION}/thrift-${APACHE_THRIFT_VERSION}.tar.gz && \
+	tar -xvf thrift-${APACHE_THRIFT_VERSION}.tar.gz && \
+	rm thrift-${APACHE_THRIFT_VERSION}.tar.gz && \
+	cd thrift-${APACHE_THRIFT_VERSION}/ && \
+	./configure --enable-libs=no --enable-tests=no --enable-tutorial=no --with-cpp=no --with-c_glib=no --with-java=yes --with-ruby=no --with-erlang=no --with-go=no --with-nodejs=no --with-python=no && \
+	make && \
+	make install && \
+	cd .. && \
+	rm -rf thrift-${APACHE_THRIFT_VERSION}
+
+# Cleanup packages and remove cache
+RUN apk del build-dependencies wget && rm -rf /var/cache/apk/*
+
+RUN mkdir /cadence-java-client
+WORKDIR /cadence-java-client
diff --git a/docker/github_actions/README.md b/docker/github_actions/README.md
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..e06e7fc6e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/docker/github_actions/README.md
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+# Debug Github Actions integration test
+Sometimes the environment on IDE may be different as Github Actions.
+You can run the following command to trigger the same test as running on Github Actions:
+
+```bash
+docker-compose -f docker/github_actions/docker-compose.yml run unit-test-docker-sticky-on &> test.log
+```
+Or
+```bash
+docker-compose -f docker/github_actions/docker-compose.yml run unit-test-docker-sticky-off &> test.log
+```
+
+Or
+```bash
+docker-compose -f docker/github_actions/docker-compose.yml run unit-test-test-service &> test.log
+```
+
+And finally make sure to shutdown all docker resources:
+```bash
+docker-compose  down
+```
diff --git a/docker/github_actions/docker-compose.yml b/docker/github_actions/docker-compose.yml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..af56802fb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/docker/github_actions/docker-compose.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,95 @@
+version: '3.5'
+
+services:
+  cassandra:
+    image: cassandra:4.1.3
+    deploy:
+      resources:
+        limits:
+          cpus: '4'
+          memory: 12000M
+    ports:
+      - "9042:9042"
+
+  statsd:
+    image: hopsoft/graphite-statsd
+    deploy:
+      resources:
+        limits:
+          cpus: '0.50'
+          memory: 1024M
+    ports:
+      - "8080:80"
+      - "2003:2003"
+      - "8125:8125"
+      - "8126:8126"
+
+  cadence:
+    image: ubercadence/server:master-auto-setup
+    deploy:
+      resources:
+        limits:
+          cpus: '2'
+          memory: 8192M
+    ports:
+      - "7933:7933"
+      - "7934:7934"
+      - "7935:7935"
+      - "7939:7939"
+    environment:
+      - "CASSANDRA_SEEDS=cassandra"
+      - "STATSD_ENDPOINT=statsd:8125"
+    depends_on:
+      - cassandra
+      - statsd
+
+  unit-test-docker-sticky-off:
+    build:
+      context: ../../
+      dockerfile: ./docker/github_actions/Dockerfile
+    command: "./gradlew --no-daemon test"
+    deploy:
+      resources:
+        limits:
+          cpus: '2'
+          memory: 8192M
+    environment:
+      - "USER=unittest"
+      - "CADENCE_SEEDS=cadence"
+      - "USE_DOCKER_SERVICE=true"
+      - "STICKY_OFF=true"
+    depends_on:
+      - cadence
+    volumes:
+      - "../../:/cadence-java-client"
+
+  unit-test-docker-sticky-on:
+    build:
+      context: ../../
+      dockerfile: ./docker/github_actions/Dockerfile
+    command: "./gradlew --no-daemon test"
+    deploy:
+      resources:
+        limits:
+          cpus: '2'
+          memory: 8192M
+    environment:
+      - "USER=unittest"
+      - "CADENCE_SEEDS=cadence"
+      - "USE_DOCKER_SERVICE=true"
+      - "STICKY_OFF=false"
+    depends_on:
+      - cadence
+    volumes:
+      - "../../:/cadence-java-client"
+
+  unit-test-test-service:
+    build:
+      context: ../../
+      dockerfile: ./docker/github_actions/Dockerfile
+    command: "./gradlew --no-daemon test"
+    environment:
+      - "USER=unittest"
+      - "USE_DOCKER_SERVICE=false"
+    volumes:
+      - "../../:/cadence-java-client"