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+name: CI
+
+on: [push]
+
+jobs:
+  flake8_py3:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@master
+      - uses: actions/setup-python@v1
+        with:
+          python-version: 3.7
+          architecture: x64
+      - name: Install flake8
+        run: pip install flake8
+      - name: Run flake8
+        uses: suo/flake8-github-action@releases/v1
+        with:
+          checkName: 'flake8_py3'   # NOTE: this needs to be the same as the job name
+        env:
+          GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}