diff --git a/.github/workflows/integration-tests.yml b/.github/workflows/integration-tests.yml
index a0f6b0c..44c0d5c 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/integration-tests.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/integration-tests.yml
@@ -4,6 +4,162 @@ on:
   workflow_dispatch:
     inputs:
       commit-sha:
-        description: "Commit SHA to test against"
-        required: true
+        description: "Commit SHA to test against (defaults to current branch)"
+        required: false
         type: string
+
+permissions:
+  contents: read
+  packages: write
+
+jobs:
+  run-integration-tests:
+    name: "Run Integration Tests - s000-hello-acp"
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+      - name: Checkout
+        uses: actions/checkout@v4
+        with:
+          ref: ${{ inputs.commit-sha || github.ref }}
+
+      - name: Login to GitHub Container Registry
+        uses: docker/login-action@v3
+        with:
+          registry: ghcr.io
+          username: ${{ github.repository_owner }}
+          password: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
+
+      - name: Pull agent image
+        run: |
+          echo "🐳 Pulling agent image..."
+          docker pull ghcr.io/scaleapi/scale-agentex-python/tutorial-agents/00_sync-000_hello_acp:latest
+          echo "✅ Agent image pulled successfully"
+
+      - name: Start AgentEx services with host access
+        working-directory: ./agentex
+        run: |
+          echo "🚀 Starting AgentEx services with host access override..."
+          docker compose -f docker-compose.yml -f docker-compose.host-access.yml up -d
+          echo "⏳ Waiting for services to be ready..."
+          sleep 30
+          docker compose ps
+
+      - name: Run agent integration test
+        run: |
+          echo "🧪 Running integration test for agent: s000-hello-acp"
+          echo "🐳 Using image: ghcr.io/scaleapi/scale-agentex-python/tutorial-agents/00_sync-000_hello_acp:latest"
+
+          # Start the agent container
+
+          docker run -d --name agent-test-s000-hello-acp \
+            -e AGENT_NAME=s000-hello-acp \
+            -e ACP_URL=http://agent-test-s000-hello-acp:8000 \
+            -e ACP_PORT=8000 \
+            -e ACP_TYPE=sync \
+            -e AGENTEX_BASE_URL=http://agentex:5003 \
+            -e AGENTEX_API_BASE_URL=http://agentex:5003 \
+            -p 8000:8000 \
+            --network agentex-network \
+            ghcr.io/scaleapi/scale-agentex-python/tutorial-agents/00_sync-000_hello_acp:latest
+
+          echo "⏳ Waiting for agent to start..."
+          sleep 10
+
+          # Check for "Application startup complete" log message
+          echo "🔍 Waiting for 'Application startup complete' log message..."
+          TIMEOUT=60
+          ELAPSED=0
+
+          while [ $ELAPSED -lt $TIMEOUT ]; do
+            if docker logs agent-test-s000-hello-acp 2>&1 | grep -q "Application startup complete"; then
+              echo "✅ Agent application has started successfully"
+              break
+            fi
+
+            echo "⏳ Still waiting for startup... (${ELAPSED}s/${TIMEOUT}s)"
+            sleep 2
+            ELAPSED=$((ELAPSED + 2))
+          done
+
+          if [ $ELAPSED -ge $TIMEOUT ]; then
+            echo "❌ Timeout waiting for 'Application startup complete' message"
+            echo "📋 Container logs:"
+            docker logs agent-test-s000-hello-acp
+            exit 1
+          fi
+
+      - name: Run agent tests with retry
+        run: |
+          echo "🧪 Running pytest tests against the agent..."
+
+          echo "🔗 Testing connectivity from agentex container to agent..."
+          echo "📡 From agentex container, try to reach agent:"
+          docker exec agentex curl -v http://agent-test-s000-hello-acp:8000
+          echo "🏥 From agentex container, try to reach agent health endpoint:"
+          docker exec agentex curl -v http://agent-test-s000-hello-acp:8000/health
+
+          echo "🔗 Testing connectivity from agent container to agentex..."
+          echo "📡 From agent container, try to reach agentex:"
+          docker exec agent-test-s000-hello-acp curl -v http://agentex:5003
+          echo "🏥 From agent container, try to reach agentex health endpoint:"
+          docker exec agent-test-s000-hello-acp curl -v http://agentex:5003/health
+
+          echo "🔗 Testing basic network connectivity (ping)..."
+          echo "📍 Ping from agentex to agent:"
+          docker exec agentex ping -c 3 agent-test-s000-hello-acp
+          echo "📍 Ping from agent to agentex:"
+          docker exec agent-test-s000-hello-acp ping -c 3 agentex
+          MAX_ATTEMPTS=2
+          ATTEMPT=1
+          SUCCESS=false
+
+          while [ $ATTEMPT -le $MAX_ATTEMPTS ] && [ "$SUCCESS" = false ]; do
+            echo "📝 Test attempt $ATTEMPT/$MAX_ATTEMPTS"
+
+            if docker exec agent-test-s000-hello-acp pytest tests/test_agent.py -v; then
+              echo "✅ Tests passed on attempt $ATTEMPT!"
+              SUCCESS=true
+            else
+              echo "❌ Tests failed on attempt $ATTEMPT"
+              if [ $ATTEMPT -lt $MAX_ATTEMPTS ]; then
+                echo "⏳ Waiting 5 seconds before retry..."
+                sleep 5
+              fi
+            fi
+
+            ATTEMPT=$((ATTEMPT + 1))
+          done
+
+          if [ "$SUCCESS" = false ]; then
+            echo "❌ All $MAX_ATTEMPTS test attempts failed"
+            exit 1
+          fi
+
+          echo "🎉 Agent tests completed successfully!"
+
+      - name: Show agent logs
+        if: always()
+        run: |
+          echo "📋 Agent logs for s000-hello-acp:"
+          docker logs agent-test-s000-hello-acp || echo "No logs available"
+
+      - name: Show AgentEx server logs
+        if: always()
+        run: |
+          echo "📋 AgentEx server logs:"
+          docker logs agentex || echo "No AgentEx server logs available"
+
+      - name: Cleanup agent container
+        if: always()
+        run: |
+          echo "🧹 Cleaning up agent container..."
+          docker stop agent-test-s000-hello-acp || true
+          docker rm agent-test-s000-hello-acp || true
+
+      - name: Cleanup services
+        if: always()
+        working-directory: ./agentex
+        run: |
+          echo "🧹 Cleaning up services..."
+          docker compose -f docker-compose.yml -f docker-compose.host-access.yml down
+          docker system prune -f
diff --git a/agentex/Makefile b/agentex/Makefile
index b94353b..fbedf74 100644
--- a/agentex/Makefile
+++ b/agentex/Makefile
@@ -53,6 +53,14 @@ dev-wipe: ## Stop dev server and wipe DB
 	@echo "Stopping dev server and wiping DB"
 	docker compose down -v
 
+dev-test: install-dev ## Start development server with host access for testing
+	@echo "🚀 Starting development server with host access for testing..."
+	docker compose -f docker-compose.yml -f docker-compose.host-access.yml up --build
+
+dev-test-stop: ## Stop development server with host access configuration
+	@echo "Stopping dev test server with host access configuration"
+	docker compose -f docker-compose.yml -f docker-compose.host-access.yml down
+
 # Database Commands
 #
 
diff --git a/agentex/docker-compose.host-access.yml b/agentex/docker-compose.host-access.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..55033ce
--- /dev/null
+++ b/agentex/docker-compose.host-access.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+# docker-compose.host-access.yml
+# Override file to add host access when needed
+# Usage: docker-compose -f docker-compose.yml -f docker-compose.host-access.yml up
+# docker-compose.host-access.yml
+services:
+  agentex:
+    networks:
+      agentex-network:
+        aliases:
+          - localhost # Make agentex reachable as localhost