diff --git a/.github/workflows/child_repos.yml b/.github/workflows/child_repos.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..21cf472
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/child_repos.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,40 @@
+name: Run Pytest with Coverage
+on: 
+  workflow_call:
+    inputs:
+      BEC_CORE_BRANCH:
+        description: 'Branch for BEC Core'
+        required: false
+        default: 'main'
+        type: string
+      OPHYD_DEVICES_BRANCH:
+        description: 'Branch for Ophyd Devices'
+        required: false
+        default: 'main'
+        type: string
+
+
+jobs:
+  bec:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    defaults:
+      run:
+        shell: bash -el {0}
+
+    steps:
+      - name: Checkout BEC
+        uses: actions/checkout@v4
+        with:
+          repository: bec-project/bec
+          ref: ${{ inputs.BEC_CORE_BRANCH }}
+
+      - name: Install BEC and dependencies
+        uses: ./.github/actions/bec_install
+        with:
+          BEC_CORE_BRANCH: ${{ inputs.BEC_CORE_BRANCH }}
+          OPHYD_DEVICES_BRANCH: ${{ inputs.OPHYD_DEVICES_BRANCH }}
+          PYTHON_VERSION: '3.11'
+      - name: Run Pytest
+        run: |
+          pip install pytest pytest-random-order
+          pytest -v --maxfail=2 --junitxml=report.xml --random-order ./bec_server/tests ./bec_ipython_client/tests/client_tests ./bec_lib/tests
diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yml b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
index afb3742..4077b49 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
@@ -41,4 +41,12 @@ jobs:
     uses: ./.github/workflows/pytest-matrix.yml
     with:
       BEC_CORE_BRANCH: ${{ inputs.BEC_CORE_BRANCH || 'main' }}
-      OPHYD_DEVICES_BRANCH: ${{ inputs.OPHYD_DEVICES_BRANCH || github.head_ref || github.sha}}
\ No newline at end of file
+      OPHYD_DEVICES_BRANCH: ${{ inputs.OPHYD_DEVICES_BRANCH || github.head_ref || github.sha}}
+
+  child-repos:
+    needs: [check_pr_status, formatter]
+    if: needs.check_pr_status.outputs.branch-pr == ''
+    uses: ./.github/workflows/child_repos.yml
+    with:
+      BEC_CORE_BRANCH: ${{ inputs.BEC_CORE_BRANCH || github.head_ref || github.sha}}
+      OPHYD_DEVICES_BRANCH: ${{ inputs.OPHYD_DEVICES_BRANCH || 'main' }}
\ No newline at end of file