diff --git a/.github/workflows/R-CMD-check.yaml b/.github/workflows/R-CMD-check.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..310c25b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/R-CMD-check.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,50 @@
+# Workflow derived from https://github.com/r-lib/actions/tree/v2/examples
+# Need help debugging build failures? Start at https://github.com/r-lib/actions#where-to-find-help
+
+on:
+  push:
+    branches: [main, master]
+  pull_request:
+    branches: [main, master]
+
+name: R CMD Check
+
+jobs:
+  R-CMD-check:
+    runs-on: ${{ matrix.config.os }}
+
+    name: ${{ matrix.config.os }} (${{ matrix.config.r }})
+
+    strategy:
+      fail-fast: false
+      matrix:
+        config:
+          - {os: macos-latest,   r: 'release'}
+          - {os: windows-latest, r: 'release'}
+          - {os: ubuntu-latest,  r: 'devel', http-user-agent: 'release'}
+          - {os: ubuntu-latest,  r: 'release'}
+          - {os: ubuntu-latest,  r: 'oldrel-1'}
+
+    env:
+      GITHUB_PAT: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
+      R_KEEP_PKG_SOURCE: yes
+
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v3
+
+      - uses: r-lib/actions/setup-pandoc@v2
+
+      - uses: r-lib/actions/setup-r@v2
+        with:
+          r-version: ${{ matrix.config.r }}
+          http-user-agent: ${{ matrix.config.http-user-agent }}
+          use-public-rspm: true
+
+      - uses: r-lib/actions/setup-r-dependencies@v2
+        with:
+          extra-packages: any::rcmdcheck
+          needs: check
+
+      - uses: r-lib/actions/check-r-package@v2
+        with:
+          upload-snapshots: true
diff --git a/README.Rmd b/README.Rmd
index ee7513f..9b602df 100644
--- a/README.Rmd
+++ b/README.Rmd
@@ -16,6 +16,8 @@ knitr::opts_chunk$set(
 
 <!-- badges: start -->
 ![License: MIT](https://img.shields.io/badge/License-MIT-yellow.svg)
+[![codecov](https://codecov.io/gh/davidcrone/xafty/branch/main/graph/badge.svg)](https://codecov.io/gh/davidcrone/xafty)
+[![R CMD Check](https://github.com/davidcrone/xafty/actions/workflows/R-CMD-check.yaml/badge.svg)](https://github.com/davidcrone/xafty/actions/workflows/R-CMD-check.yaml)
 <!-- badges: end -->
 
 The package is designed to help with creating automation for
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 2dc7dd5..97ac41f 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -6,14 +6,20 @@
 <!-- badges: start -->
 
 ![License: MIT](https://img.shields.io/badge/License-MIT-yellow.svg)
+[![codecov](https://codecov.io/gh/davidcrone/xafty/branch/main/graph/badge.svg)](https://codecov.io/gh/davidcrone/xafty)
+[![R CMD
+Check](https://github.com/davidcrone/xafty/actions/workflows/R-CMD-check.yaml/badge.svg)](https://github.com/davidcrone/xafty/actions/workflows/R-CMD-check.yaml)
 <!-- badges: end -->
 
-The package is designed to facilitate task automation for tasks that are
-often completed in Excel. After reading in data from Excel, values and
-columns usually do not align with the assumptions of the code. The xafty
-package offers a lightweight solution to check whether the Excel data
-adheres to the specified rules stored in a validation table (referred to
-as “validity table”). The package aims to achieve the following goals:
+The package is designed to help with creating automation for tasks that
+are based on a Spreadsheet document (like Excel). After reading in data
+from a spreadsheet, values and columns usually do not align with the
+assumptions of the code if the document is edited by hand.
+
+Xafty offers a lightweight solution to check whether the spreadsheet
+data adheres to the specified rules stored in a validation table
+(referred to as “validity table”). The package aims to achieve the
+following goals:
 
 1.  Facilitate communication between the developer and user by agreeing
     on rules detailing how the data should be structured.