diff --git a/.drone.yml b/.drone.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..755f90b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.drone.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+---
+kind: pipeline
+type: docker
+name: default
+
+steps:
+- name: merlin
+  image: golang:1.17
+  commands:
+    # add linter
+    - cd merlin
+    - go build
+    - go test
+
+trigger:
+  event:
+    - push
diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index f9b3e14..c746cbd 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-/.*
 !.gitignore
 .git_old/
 /dead.letter