diff --git a/.github/workflows/run-test.yml b/.github/workflows/run-test.yml
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--- a/.github/workflows/run-test.yml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,33 +0,0 @@
-name: "Test cpp-linter-action"
-
-on:
-  # push:
-  #   branches: main
-  #   paths-ignore: "docs/**"
-  pull_request_target:
-    branches: main
-    paths-ignore: "docs/**"
-  workflow_dispatch:
-
-jobs:
-  add-tag:
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    steps:
-      - name: Checkout
-        uses: actions/checkout@v4
-        with:
-          fetch-depth: 0
-          token: ${{ github.token }}
-      - name: retag latest commit for testing
-        run: |
-          git config user.name 'github-actions'
-          git config user.email '41898282+github-actions[bot]@users.noreply.github.com'
-          git tag --delete latest || true
-          git push --delete origin latest || true
-          git tag -a latest -m 'Retag latest commit'
-          git push origin latest
-
-  call-test-action:
-    uses: cpp-linter/test-cpp-linter-action/.github/workflows/cpp-lint-action.yml@master
-    secrets: inherit
-    needs: add-tag
diff --git a/.github/workflows/self-test.yml b/.github/workflows/self-test.yml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..725a8773
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/self-test.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,59 @@
+name: Self test action
+
+on:
+  push:
+    branches: main
+    paths-ignore: "docs/**"
+  pull_request:
+    branches: main
+    paths-ignore: "docs/**"
+
+jobs:
+  test:
+    strategy:
+      matrix:
+        os: [ ubuntu-latest, macos-latest, windows-latest ]
+        clang-version: ['9','10', '11', '12', '13', '14', '15', '16', '17', '18']
+      fail-fast: false
+    runs-on: ${{ matrix.os }}
+    steps:
+      - name: Checkout
+        uses: actions/checkout@v4
+
+      - name: Cache the build artifacts
+        id: cache-build
+        uses: actions/cache@v4
+        with:
+          path: build
+          key: ${{ runner.os }}-${{ hashFiles('docs/examples/demo/**') }}
+
+      - name: Generate compilation database
+        if: steps.cache-build.outputs.cache-hit != 'true'
+        run: mkdir build && cmake -Bbuild docs/examples/demo
+
+      - name: Self test action
+        uses: ./
+        id: linter
+        env:
+          GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
+        with:
+          style: file
+          files-changed-only: false
+          # to ignore all build folder contents
+          ignore: build|venv
+          database: build
+          verbosity: debug
+          version: ${{ matrix.clang-version }}
+          thread-comments: ${{ matrix.clang-version == '12' && 'update' }}
+          file-annotations: ${{ runner.os == 'Linux' && matrix.clang-version == '12' }}
+          step-summary: ${{ matrix.clang-version == '12' }}
+          extra-args: -std=c++14 -Wall
+
+      - name: Fail fast?!
+        # if: steps.linter.outputs.checks-failed > 0
+        run: |
+          echo "some linter checks failed"
+          echo "${{ steps.linter.outputs.checks-failed }}"
+          echo "${{ env.checks-failed }}"
+        # for actual deployment
+        # run: exit 1
diff --git a/docs/examples/demo/CMakeLists.txt b/docs/examples/demo/CMakeLists.txt
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index 00000000..c618c927
--- /dev/null
+++ b/docs/examples/demo/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.15)
+
+# Set the project name to your project name
+project(demo C CXX)
+
+set(CMAKE_EXPORT_COMPILE_COMMANDS ON)
+
+add_executable(demo_app
+    ${CMAKE_BINARY_SOURCE_DIR}demo.hpp
+    ${CMAKE_BINARY_SOURCE_DIR}demo.cpp
+)
+target_include_directories(demo_app PUBLIC ${CMAKE_BINARY_SOURCE_DIR})