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+name: CI for Data Loader CLI
+
+on:
+  pull_request:
+  workflow_dispatch:
+
+jobs:
+  data_loader_ci:
+    name: Build Data Loader CLI
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+
+      - name: Set up JDK 8
+        uses: actions/setup-java@v4
+        with:
+          distribution: 'temurin'
+          java-version: 8
+
+      - name: Setup Gradle
+        uses: gradle/actions/setup-gradle@v4
+
+      - name: Gradle Data Loader CLI build
+        run: ./gradlew :data-loader:cli:build --no-daemon --stacktrace
+