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+name: Downstream
+on:
+  push:
+    branches:
+      - main
+    tags: '*'
+  pull_request:
+
+concurrency:
+  group: ${{ github.workflow }}-${{ github.ref }}
+  cancel-in-progress: true
+
+jobs:
+  test:
+    name: downstream ${{ package }}
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    strategy:
+      fail-fast: false
+      package:
+        - 'ClimaCoupler.jl'
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+      - uses: julia-actions/setup-julia@v1
+        with:
+          version: '1.10'
+      - uses: julia-actions/cache@v2
+      - uses: julia-actions/julia-buildpkg@v1
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+        with:
+          repository: 'CliMA/${{ package }}'
+          path: ${{ package }}
+      - run: |
+          julia --color=yes --project=${{ package }}/experiments/ClimaEarth/ -e 'using Pkg; Pkg.instantiate()'
+          julia --color=yes --project=${{ package }}/experiments/ClimaEarth/ -e 'using Pkg; Pkg.develop(; path = ".")'
+          julia --color=yes --project=${{ package }}/experiments/ClimaEarth/ experiments/ClimaEarth/run_amip.jl --config_file ${{ package }}/config/ci_configs/slabplanet_albedo_function.yml --job_id slabplanet_albedo_function