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+name: Leo Programs
+on:
+  pull_request:
+  push:
+    branches:
+      - master
+env:
+  RUST_BACKTRACE: 1
+
+jobs:
+  new:
+    name: Hello Leo
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+      - name: Checkout
+        uses: actions/checkout@v1
+
+      - name: Load snarkOS
+        run: |
+          mkdir ~/.ssh
+          echo "${{ secrets.SNARKOS_DEPLOY_KEY }}" > ~/.ssh/id_rsa
+          chmod 600 ~/.ssh/id_rsa
+          eval $(ssh-agent -s)
+          ssh-add -k ~/.ssh/id_rsa
+
+      - name: Install Rust
+        uses: actions-rs/toolchain@v1
+        with:
+          profile: minimal
+          toolchain: nightly
+          override: true
+          components: rustfmt
+
+      - name: Install Leo
+        uses: actions-rs/cargo@v1
+        env:
+          CARGO_NET_GIT_FETCH_WITH_CLI: true
+        with:
+          command: install
+          args: --path .
+
+      - name: 'leo new'
+        run: |
+          cd ..
+          leo new hello_world
+          cd hello_world
+          leo run