diff --git a/.github/workflows/smoke.yml b/.github/workflows/smoke.yml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..7f621246c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/smoke.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+name: smoke
+
+on:
+  push:
+    branches:
+      - main
+    paths-ignore:
+      - 'docs/**'
+      - '*.md'
+  pull_request:
+    paths-ignore:
+      - 'docs/**'
+      - '*.md'
+
+# This allows a subsequently queued workflow run to interrupt previous runs
+concurrency:
+  group: "${{ github.workflow }} @ ${{ github.event.pull_request.head.label || github.head_ref || github.ref }}"
+  cancel-in-progress: true
+
+jobs:
+  smoke:
+    name: Smoke Test
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v3
+      - name: Install dependencies
+        run: npm install
+      - uses: boneskull/nodejs-production-test-action@v1
+        with:
+          script: test-ci-smoke
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index a993ce4ba..c1aed27e9 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -12,23 +12,23 @@
     "pino.d.ts",
     "bin.js",
     "browser.js",
-    "pretty.js",
-    "usage.txt",
     "test",
     "docs",
-    "example.js",
+    "smoke.js",
     "lib"
   ],
   "scripts": {
     "docs": "docsify serve",
     "browser-test": "airtap --local 8080 test/browser*test.js",
     "lint": "eslint .",
+    "smoker": "smoker test-ci-smoke",
     "prepublishOnly": "tap --no-check-coverage test/internals/version.test.js",
     "test": "npm run lint && npm run transpile && tap --ts && jest test/jest && npm run test-types",
     "test-ci": "npm run lint && npm run transpile && tap --ts --no-check-coverage --coverage-report=lcovonly && npm run test-types",
     "test-ci-pnpm": "pnpm run lint && npm run transpile && tap --ts --no-coverage --no-check-coverage && pnpm run test-types",
     "test-ci-yarn-pnp": "yarn run lint && npm run transpile && tap --ts --no-check-coverage --coverage-report=lcovonly",
     "test-types": "tsc && tsd && ts-node test/types/pino.ts",
+    "test-ci-smoke": "node smoke.js",
     "transpile": "node ./test/fixtures/ts/transpile.cjs",
     "cov-ui": "tap --ts --coverage-report=html",
     "bench": "node benchmarks/utils/runbench all",
@@ -91,6 +91,7 @@
     "jest": "^29.0.3",
     "log": "^6.0.0",
     "loglevel": "^1.6.7",
+    "midnight-smoker": "^2.0.1",
     "pino-pretty": "^9.0.0",
     "pre-commit": "^1.2.2",
     "proxyquire": "^2.1.3",
diff --git a/smoke.js b/smoke.js
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..5c19dd132
--- /dev/null
+++ b/smoke.js
@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+'use strict'
+const pino = require('pino')()
+
+pino.info('hello world')
+pino.error('this is at error level')
+pino.info('the answer is %d', 42)
+pino.info({ obj: 42 }, 'hello world')
+pino.info({ obj: 42, b: 2 }, 'hello world')
+pino.info({ nested: { obj: 42 } }, 'nested')
+setImmediate(() => {
+  pino.info('after setImmediate')
+})
+pino.error(new Error('an error'))
+
+const child = pino.child({ a: 'property' })
+child.info('hello child!')
+
+const childsChild = child.child({ another: 'property' })
+childsChild.info('hello baby..')
+
+pino.debug('this should be mute')
+
+pino.level = 'trace'
+
+pino.debug('this is a debug statement')
+
+pino.child({ another: 'property' }).debug('this is a debug statement via child')
+pino.trace('this is a trace statement')
+
+pino.debug('this is a "debug" statement with "')
+
+pino.info(new Error('kaboom'))
+pino.info(null)
+
+pino.info(new Error('kaboom'), 'with', 'a', 'message')