diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yml b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
index 0b426a9..8b3739f 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
@@ -6,15 +6,29 @@ on:
   pull_request:
     branches: [ master ]
 
+permissions:
+  contents: read
+  checks: write
+  pull-requests: write
+
 concurrency:
   group: ${{ github.workflow }}-${{ github.ref }}
   cancel-in-progress: true
 
 jobs:
+  # Status check - always runs
+  status-check:
+    name: Workflow Status
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+      - name: Workflow started
+        run: echo "✅ CI workflow is running"
+
   # Quick validation - fail fast on obvious issues
   validate:
     name: Quick Validation
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    needs: status-check
     
     steps:
     - name: Checkout code
diff --git a/.github/workflows/test-simple.yml b/.github/workflows/test-simple.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..762c7b9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/test-simple.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+name: Simple Test
+
+on:
+  push:
+    branches: [ master ]
+  pull_request:
+    branches: [ master ]
+
+jobs:
+  simple:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+      - name: Echo test
+        run: echo "Hello from GitHub Actions"