diff --git a/actions/justfile b/actions/justfile
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index 00000000000..f948b72c07e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/actions/justfile
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+import '../lib.just'
+
+[group('build')]
+build: (_build_dist "actions")
+
+[group('test')]
+language-tests *EXTRA_ARGS: (_language_tests EXTRA_ARGS source_dir() 'ql/test')
diff --git a/actions/ql/justfile b/actions/ql/justfile
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index 00000000000..e613c25b52c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/actions/ql/justfile
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+import "../../lib.just"
+
+[no-cd]
+format *ARGS=".": (_format_ql ARGS)
+
+consistency_queries := ""
diff --git a/actions/ql/test/justfile b/actions/ql/test/justfile
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..b1877d2edbf
--- /dev/null
+++ b/actions/ql/test/justfile
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+import "../justfile"
+
+base_flags := ""
+
+all_checks := default_db_checks
+
+[no-cd]
+test *ARGS=".": (_codeql_test "actions" base_flags all_checks ARGS)