diff --git a/.github/actions/get-shards/action.yml b/.github/actions/get-shards/action.yml
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+++ b/.github/actions/get-shards/action.yml
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+name: "Get number of shards"
+description: "Get the number of nf-test shards for the current CI job"
+inputs:
+  max_shards:
+    description: "Maximum number of shards allowed"
+    required: true
+  paths:
+    description: "Component paths to test"
+    required: false
+outputs:
+  shard:
+    description: "Array of shard numbers"
+    value: ${{ steps.shards.outputs.shard }}
+  total_shards:
+    description: "Total number of shards"
+    value: ${{ steps.shards.outputs.total_shards }}
+runs:
+  using: "composite"
+  steps:
+    - name: Install nf-test
+      uses: nf-core/setup-nf-test@v1
+      with:
+        version: ${{ env.NFT_VER }}
+    - name: Get number of shards
+      id: shards
+      shell: bash
+      run: |
+        # Run nf-test with dynamic parameter
+        nftest_output=$(nf-test test \
+          --dry-run \
+          --profile +docker \
+          --filter function,workflow,pipeline \
+          --ci \
+          --changed-since HEAD^) || {
+            echo "nf-test command failed with exit code $?"
+            echo "Full output: $nftest_output"
+            exit 1
+        }
+        echo "nf-test dry-run output: $nftest_output"
+
+        # Default values for shard and total_shards
+        shard="[]"
+        total_shards=0
+
+        # Check if there are related tests
+        if echo "$nftest_output" | grep -q 'No tests to execute'; then
+          echo "No related tests found."
+        else
+          # Extract the number of related tests
+          number_of_shards=$(echo "$nftest_output" | sed -n 's|.*Executed \([0-9]*\) tests.*|\1|p')
+          if [[ -n "$number_of_shards" && "$number_of_shards" -gt 0 ]]; then
+            shards_to_run=$(( $number_of_shards < ${{ inputs.max_shards }} ? $number_of_shards : ${{ inputs.max_shards }} ))
+            shard=$(seq 1 "$shards_to_run" | jq -R . | jq -c -s .)
+            total_shards="$shards_to_run"
+          else
+            echo "Unexpected output format. Falling back to default values."
+          fi
+        fi
+
+        # Write to GitHub Actions outputs
+        echo "shard=$shard" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
+        echo "total_shards=$total_shards" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
+
+        # Debugging output
+        echo "Final shard array: $shard"
+        echo "Total number of shards: $total_shards"
diff --git a/.github/actions/nf-test/action.yml b/.github/actions/nf-test/action.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e4fd9c3
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+++ b/.github/actions/nf-test/action.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,118 @@
+name: "nf-test Action"
+description: "Runs nf-test with common setup steps"
+inputs:
+  profile:
+    description: "Profile to use"
+    required: true
+  shard:
+    description: "Shard number for this CI job"
+    required: true
+  total_shards:
+    description: "Total number of test shards(NOT the total number of matrix jobs)"
+    required: true
+  paths:
+    description: "Test paths"
+    required: true
+
+runs:
+  using: "composite"
+  steps:
+    - name: Setup Nextflow
+      uses: nf-core/setup-nextflow@v2
+      with:
+        version: "${{ env.NXF_VERSION }}"
+
+    - name: Set up Python
+      uses: actions/setup-python@42375524e23c412d93fb67b49958b491fce71c38 # v5
+      with:
+        python-version: "3.11"
+
+    - name: Install nf-test
+      uses: nf-core/setup-nf-test@v1
+      with:
+        version: "${{ env.NFT_VER }}"
+
+    - name: Setup apptainer
+      if: contains(inputs.profile, 'singularity')
+      uses: eWaterCycle/setup-apptainer@main
+
+    - name: Set up Singularity
+      if: contains(inputs.profile, 'singularity')
+      shell: bash
+      run: |
+        mkdir -p $NXF_SINGULARITY_CACHEDIR
+        mkdir -p $NXF_SINGULARITY_LIBRARYDIR
+
+    - name: Conda setup
+      if: ${{inputs.profile == 'conda'}}
+      uses: conda-incubator/setup-miniconda@505e6394dae86d6a5c7fbb6e3fb8938e3e863830 # v3
+      with:
+        auto-update-conda: true
+        conda-solver: libmamba
+        conda-remove-defaults: true
+
+    - name: Install pdiff
+      shell: bash
+      run: |
+        python -m pip install pdiff
+
+    - name: Clean up Disk space
+      uses: jlumbroso/free-disk-space@54081f138730dfa15788a46383842cd2f914a1be # v1.3.1
+
+      # TODO Skip failing conda tests and document their failures
+      # https://github.com/nf-core/modules/issues/7017
+    - name: Run nf-test
+      shell: bash
+      env:
+        NFT_DIFF: ${{ env.NFT_DIFF }}
+        NFT_DIFF_ARGS: ${{ env.NFT_DIFF_ARGS }}
+        NFT_WORKDIR: ${{ env.NFT_WORKDIR }}
+      run: |
+        nf-test test \
+          --profile=+${{ inputs.profile }} \
+          --tap=test.tap \
+          --verbose \
+          --ci \
+          --changed-since HEAD^ \
+          --shard ${{ inputs.shard }}/${{ inputs.total_shards }} \
+          --filter function,workflow,pipeline
+
+          # Save the absolute path of the test.tap file to the output
+          echo "tap_file_path=$(realpath test.tap)" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
+
+    - name: Generate test summary
+      if: always()
+      shell: bash
+      run: |
+        # Add header if it doesn't exist (using a token file to track this)
+        if [ ! -f ".summary_header" ]; then
+          echo "# 🚀 nf-test results" >> $GITHUB_STEP_SUMMARY
+          echo "" >> $GITHUB_STEP_SUMMARY
+          echo "| Status | Test Name | Profile | Shard |" >> $GITHUB_STEP_SUMMARY
+          echo "|:------:|-----------|---------|-------|" >> $GITHUB_STEP_SUMMARY
+          touch .summary_header
+        fi
+
+        if [ -f test.tap ]; then
+          while IFS= read -r line; do
+            if [[ $line =~ ^ok ]]; then
+              test_name="${line#ok }"
+              # Remove the test number from the beginning
+              test_name="${test_name#* }"
+              echo "| ✅ | ${test_name} | ${{ inputs.profile }} | ${{ inputs.shard }}/${{ inputs.total_shards }} |" >> $GITHUB_STEP_SUMMARY
+            elif [[ $line =~ ^not\ ok ]]; then
+              test_name="${line#not ok }"
+              # Remove the test number from the beginning
+              test_name="${test_name#* }"
+              echo "| ❌ | ${test_name} | ${{ inputs.profile }} | ${{ inputs.shard }}/${{ inputs.total_shards }} |" >> $GITHUB_STEP_SUMMARY
+            fi
+          done < test.tap
+        else
+          echo "| ⚠️ | No test results found | ${{ inputs.profile }} | ${{ inputs.shard }}/${{ inputs.total_shards }} |" >> $GITHUB_STEP_SUMMARY
+        fi
+
+    - name: Clean up
+      if: always()
+      shell: bash
+      run: |
+        sudo rm -rf /home/ubuntu/tests/
diff --git a/.github/workflows/nf-test.yml b/.github/workflows/nf-test.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..c951f6d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/nf-test.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,149 @@
+name: Run nf-test
+on:
+  push:
+    paths-ignore:
+      - "docs/**"
+      - "**/meta.yml"
+      - "**/*.md"
+      - "**/*.png"
+      - "**/*.svg"
+  pull_request:
+    paths-ignore:
+      - "docs/**"
+      - "**/meta.yml"
+      - "**/*.md"
+      - "**/*.png"
+      - "**/*.svg"
+  release:
+    types: [published]
+  workflow_dispatch:
+    inputs:
+      runners:
+        description: "Runners to test on"
+        type: choice
+        options:
+          - "ubuntu-latest"
+          - "self-hosted"
+        default: "ubuntu-latest"
+
+# Cancel if a newer run is started
+concurrency:
+  group: ${{ github.workflow }}-${{ github.event.pull_request.number || github.ref }}
+  cancel-in-progress: true
+
+env:
+  GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
+  NFT_DIFF: "pdiff"
+  NFT_DIFF_ARGS: "--line-numbers --width 120 --expand-tabs=2"
+  # renovate: datasource=github-releases depName=askimed/nf-test versioning=semver
+  NFT_VER: "0.9.2"
+  NFT_WORKDIR: "~"
+  NXF_ANSI_LOG: false
+  NXF_SINGULARITY_CACHEDIR: ${{ github.workspace }}/.singularity
+  NXF_SINGULARITY_LIBRARYDIR: ${{ github.workspace }}/.singularity
+
+jobs:
+  nf-test-changes:
+    name: nf-test-changes
+    runs-on: ${{ github.event.inputs.runners || github.run_number > 1 && 'ubuntu-latest' || 'self-hosted' }}
+    outputs:
+      shard: ${{ steps.set-shards.outputs.shard }}
+      total_shards: ${{ steps.set-shards.outputs.total_shards }}
+    steps:
+      - name: Clean Workspace # Purge the workspace in case it's running on a self-hosted runner
+        run: |
+          ls -la ./
+          rm -rf ./* || true
+          rm -rf ./.??* || true
+          ls -la ./
+      - uses: actions/checkout@11bd71901bbe5b1630ceea73d27597364c9af683 # v4
+        with:
+          fetch-depth: 0
+
+      - name: get number of shards
+        id: set-shards
+        uses: ./.github/actions/get-shards
+        env:
+          NFT_VER: ${{ env.NFT_VER }}
+        with:
+          max_shards: 7
+
+      - name: debug
+        run: |
+          echo ${{ steps.set-shards.outputs.shard }}
+          echo ${{ steps.set-shards.outputs.total_shards }}
+
+  nf-test:
+    runs-on: ${{ github.event.inputs.runners || github.run_number > 1 && 'ubuntu-latest' || 'self-hosted' }}
+    name: "${{ matrix.profile }} | ${{ matrix.NXF_VER }} | ${{ matrix.shard }}/${{ needs.nf-test-changes.outputs.total_shards }}"
+    needs: [nf-test-changes]
+    if: ${{ needs.nf-test-changes.outputs.total_shards != '0' }}
+    strategy:
+      fail-fast: false
+      matrix:
+        shard: ${{ fromJson(needs.nf-test-changes.outputs.shard) }}
+        profile: [conda, docker, singularity]
+        isMaster:
+          - ${{ github.base_ref == 'master' }}
+        # Exclude conda and singularity on dev
+        exclude:
+          - isMaster: false
+            profile: "conda"
+          - isMaster: false
+            profile: "singularity"
+        NXF_VER:
+          # renovate: datasource=github-releases depName=nextflow/nextflow versioning=semver
+          - "24.10.2"
+          - "latest-everything"
+    env:
+      NXF_ANSI_LOG: false
+      TOTAL_SHARDS: ${{ needs.nf-test-changes.outputs.total_shards }}
+
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@11bd71901bbe5b1630ceea73d27597364c9af683 # v4
+        with:
+          fetch-depth: 0
+
+      - name: Run nf-test
+        uses: ./.github/actions/nf-test
+        env:
+          NFT_DIFF: ${{ env.NFT_DIFF }}
+          NFT_DIFF_ARGS: ${{ env.NFT_DIFF_ARGS }}
+          NFT_WORKDIR: ${{ env.NFT_WORKDIR }}
+        with:
+          profile: ${{ matrix.profile }}
+          shard: ${{ matrix.shard }}
+          total_shards: ${{ env.TOTAL_SHARDS }}
+
+  confirm-pass:
+    runs-on: ${{ github.event.inputs.runners || github.run_number > 1 && 'ubuntu-latest' || 'self-hosted' }}
+    needs: [nf-test]
+    if: always()
+    steps:
+      - name: One or more tests failed
+        if: ${{ contains(needs.*.result, 'failure') }}
+        run: exit 1
+
+      - name: One or more tests cancelled
+        if: ${{ contains(needs.*.result, 'cancelled') }}
+        run: exit 1
+
+      - name: All tests ok
+        if: ${{ contains(needs.*.result, 'success') }}
+        run: exit 0
+
+      - name: debug-print
+        if: always()
+        run: |
+          echo "::group::DEBUG: `needs` Contents"
+          echo "DEBUG: toJSON(needs) = ${{ toJSON(needs) }}"
+          echo "DEBUG: toJSON(needs.*.result) = ${{ toJSON(needs.*.result) }}"
+          echo "::endgroup::"
+
+      - name: Clean Workspace # Purge the workspace in case it's running on a self-hosted runner
+        if: always()
+        run: |
+          ls -la ./
+          rm -rf ./* || true
+          rm -rf ./.??* || true
+          ls -la ./
diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index a42ce01..d2998c7 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -7,3 +7,5 @@ testing/
 testing*
 *.pyc
 null/
+
+nf-test/*
diff --git a/assets/proteinannotator-metromap.excalidraw.png b/assets/proteinannotator-metromap.excalidraw.png
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diff --git a/nf-test.config b/nf-test.config
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index 0000000..a020e65
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+++ b/nf-test.config
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+config {
+    // location for all nf-test tests
+    testsDir "."
+
+    // nf-test directory including temporary files for each test
+    workDir System.getenv("NFT_WORKDIR") ?: ".nf-test"
+
+    // location of an optional nextflow.config file specific for executing tests
+    configFile "tests/nextflow.config"
+
+    // ignore tests coming from the nf-core/modules repo
+    ignore 'modules/nf-core/**/*', 'subworkflows/nf-core/**/*'
+
+    // run all test with defined profile(s) from the main nextflow.config
+    profile "test"
+
+    // list of filenames or patterns that should be trigger a full test run
+    triggers 'nextflow.config', 'nf-test.config', 'conf/test.config', 'tests/nextflow.config'
+
+    // load the necessary plugins
+    plugins {
+        load "nft-utils@0.0.3"
+    }
+}