diff --git a/.github/workflows/test_proto.yml b/.github/workflows/test_proto.yml
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index 00000000..8dfd1d35
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/test_proto.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+# docs: https://docs.github.com/en/actions/reference/workflow-syntax-for-github-actions
+
+name: CT ProtoBuf
+
+on:
+  push:
+    branches: ['master', 'main']
+  pull_request:
+  workflow_dispatch:
+
+concurrency:
+  group: ${{ github.workflow }}-${{ github.ref }}
+  cancel-in-progress: true
+
+jobs:
+  test:
+    timeout-minutes: 30
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+      - name: Checkout
+        # see https://github.com/actions/checkout
+        uses: actions/checkout@v4
+      - name: run tests
+        run: tools/src/test/proto-test.sh
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diff --git a/proto-test/*.textproto b/proto-test/*.textproto
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index 00000000..e69de29b
diff --git a/tools/src/test/proto-test.sh b/tools/src/test/proto-test.sh
index fa3377aa..894954df 100755
--- a/tools/src/test/proto-test.sh
+++ b/tools/src/test/proto-test.sh
@@ -1,6 +1,30 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env bash
-mkdir -p proto-test
-for filename in resources/1.3/*.textproto;
-do
-  protoc --proto_path=../../../schema/ --encode=cyclonedx.v1_3.Bom bom-1.3-SNAPSHOT.proto < $filename | protoc --proto_path=../../../schema/ --decode=cyclonedx.v1_3.Bom bom-1.3-SNAPSHOT.proto > proto-test/${filename##*/}
-done;
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+set -ex
+
+if [[ -n "$CI" ]]
+then
+  LOG_FORMAT="github-actions"
+else
+  LOG_FORMAT="json"
+fi
+
+# lint protobuf schema files
+docker run \
+  --volume "$(pwd):/workspace" \
+  --workdir /workspace \
+  bufbuild/buf:1.29.0 \
+  lint --error-format "$LOG_FORMAT"
+
+# check protobuf schema files for breaking changes
+# docker run \
+#  --volume "$(pwd):/workspace" \
+#  --workdir /workspace \
+#  bufbuild/buf:1.29.0 \
+#  breaking
+
+# test all examples against the schema files
+# mkdir -p proto-test
+# for filename in resources/1.3/*.textproto;
+# do
+#   protoc --proto_path=../../../schema/ --encode=cyclonedx.v1_3.Bom bom-1.3-SNAPSHOT.proto < $filename | protoc --proto_path=../../../schema/ --decode=cyclonedx.v1_3.Bom bom-1.3-SNAPSHOT.proto > proto-test/${filename##*/}
+# done
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