diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yaml b/.github/workflows/ci.yaml
index 31ff92d0..3ded42b0 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yaml
@@ -19,6 +19,10 @@ jobs:
       run: |
         make format
         make check
+    - name: Run test
+      working-directory: backend
+      run: |
+        make test
     - name: Populate environment variables
       run: |
         cp backend/.env.example backend/.env
diff --git a/backend/.coveragerc b/backend/.coveragerc
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..7e382fdf
--- /dev/null
+++ b/backend/.coveragerc
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+[run]
+omit =
+    tests/*
+    */__init__.py
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diff --git a/backend/.gitignore b/backend/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..0177ff3a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/backend/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+# Coverage files
+.coverage
+coverage.xml
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diff --git a/backend/Makefile b/backend/Makefile
index 72878508..a104ec3b 100644
--- a/backend/Makefile
+++ b/backend/Makefile
@@ -15,3 +15,7 @@ format:
 check:
 	@. .venv/bin/activate && \
 		ruff check --fix
+
+test:
+	@. .venv/bin/activate && \
+		pytest
diff --git a/backend/pyproject.toml b/backend/pyproject.toml
index 50ad191d..9328e330 100644
--- a/backend/pyproject.toml
+++ b/backend/pyproject.toml
@@ -90,3 +90,12 @@ skip-magic-trailing-comma = false
 line-ending = "auto"
 docstring-code-format = false
 docstring-code-line-length = "dynamic"
+
+[tool.pytest.ini_options]
+python_files = "test_*.py"
+python_functions = "test_*"
+log_format = "%(asctime)s %(levelname)s %(message)s"
+log_date_format = "%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S"
+log_level = "NOTSET"
+log_cli = true
+testpaths = "tests"
diff --git a/backend/requirements-test.txt b/backend/requirements-test.txt
index 44d6faee..6cfd4cf0 100644
--- a/backend/requirements-test.txt
+++ b/backend/requirements-test.txt
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ sphinx-book-theme==1.1.3
 sphinx-copybutton==0.5.2
 sphinx-external-toc==1.0.1
 pypdf==4.2.0
-unstructured==0.15.1
 nltk==3.9.1
 huggingface_hub[cli]==0.24.6
+pytest==8.3.0
+pytest-logger==1.1.1
diff --git a/backend/tests/test_build_docs.py b/backend/tests/test_build_docs.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..2b2842f3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/backend/tests/test_build_docs.py
@@ -0,0 +1,113 @@
+import os
+import sys
+import logging
+from dotenv import load_dotenv
+
+backend_dir = os.path.join(os.path.dirname(__file__), '..')
+sys.path.append(os.path.join(os.path.dirname(__file__), '..'))
+load_dotenv()
+
+from build_docs import (
+    purge_folders,
+    get_yosys_docs_html,
+    get_opensta_docs,
+    clone_repo,
+    build_or_docs,
+    build_orfs_docs,
+)
+
+
+docs_paths = [
+    'data/markdown/manpages',
+    'data/markdown/OR_docs',
+    'data/markdown/OR_docs/installation',
+    'data/markdown/OR_docs/tools',
+    'data/markdown/ORFS_docs',
+    'data/markdown/ORFS_docs/installation',
+    'data/pdf/OpenSTA',
+    'data/rtdocs',
+]
+
+
+logger = logging.getLogger()
+logger.setLevel(logging.INFO)
+
+def test_setup():
+    logger.info('Setting up...')
+    for path in docs_paths:
+        os.makedirs(path, exist_ok=True)
+
+
+def test_purge_folders():
+    os.chdir(backend_dir)
+    lst = ['test1', 'test2']
+    purge_folders(lst)
+
+    # Check if the folders are deleted
+    for folder in lst:
+        assert not os.path.exists(folder)
+
+
+def test_get_yosys_rtdocs():
+    os.chdir(backend_dir)
+    yosys_version='0.36'
+    yosys_docs_count=283
+    get_yosys_docs_html()
+    assert os.path.exists('data/html')
+
+    count = sum(len(files) for _, _, files in os.walk(f"data/html/yosys_docs/yosyshq.readthedocs.io/projects/yosys/en/{yosys_version}"))
+    assert count == yosys_docs_count, f"Expected {yosys_docs_count} files, got {count}"    
+
+
+# def test_get_opensta_docs():
+#     os.chdir(backend_dir)
+#     get_opensta_docs()
+#     assert os.path.exists('data/pdf/OpenSTA/OpenSTA_docs.pdf')
+
+
+# def test_clone_repo():
+#     os.chdir(backend_dir)
+#     clone_repo(
+#         url = 'https://github.com/octocat/Hello-World.git',
+#         commit_hash='7fd1a60b01f91b314f59955a4e4d4e80d8edf11d',
+#         folder_name = 'Hello-World',
+#     )
+#     assert os.path.exists('README')
+
+
+# def test_build_or_docs():
+#     os.chdir(backend_dir)
+#     or_docs_count = 55
+
+#     clone_repo(
+#         url='https://github.com/The-OpenROAD-Project/OpenROAD.git',
+#         commit_hash=os.getenv('OR_REPO_COMMIT', 'ffc5760f2df639cd184c40ceba253c7e02a006d5'),
+#         folder_name='OpenROAD',
+#     )
+#     build_or_docs()
+#     count = sum(len(files) for _, _, files in os.walk('data/markdown/OR_docs'))
+#     assert count == or_docs_count, f"Expected {or_docs_count} files, got {count}"
+
+
+# def test_build_orfs_docs():
+#     os.chdir(backend_dir)
+#     orfs_docs_count = 27
+
+#     clone_repo(
+#         url='https://github.com/The-OpenROAD-Project/OpenROAD-flow-scripts.git',
+#         commit_hash=os.getenv('ORFS_REPO_COMMIT', 'b94834df01cb58915bc0e8dabf85a314fbd8fb9e'),
+#         folder_name='OpenROAD-flow-scripts',
+#     )
+#     build_orfs_docs()
+#     count = sum(len(files) for _, _, files in os.walk('data/markdown/ORFS_docs'))
+#     logging.info(count)
+#     assert count == orfs_docs_count, f"Expected {orfs_docs_count} files, got {count}"
+
+
+def test_teardown():
+    os.chdir(backend_dir)
+    logger.info('Cleaning up...')
+    purge_folders(docs_paths)
+    purge_folders(['Hello-World'])
+    purge_folders(['OpenROAD'])
+    purge_folders(['OpenROAD-flow-scripts'])
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