diff --git a/.github/workflows/cypress.yml b/.github/workflows/cypress.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..4d2d27a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/cypress.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,58 @@
+name: Cypress Tests
+
+on:
+  # allows the manual trigger
+  workflow_dispatch:
+
+  schedule:
+    - cron: '0 */1 * * *' # every hour
+
+jobs:
+  cypress-run:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    timeout-minutes: 10
+    steps:
+      - name: Checkout
+        uses: actions/checkout@v4
+      # Install NPM dependencies, cache them correctly
+      # and run all Cypress tests
+      - name: Cypress run
+        uses: cypress-io/github-action@v6
+        env:
+          TRACETEST_API_TOKEN: ${{secrets.TRACETEST_TOKEN}}
+          POKESHOP_DEMO_URL: ${{secrets.POKESHOP_DEMO_URL}}
+      - name: Send message on Slack in case of failure
+        if: ${{ failure() }}
+        uses: slackapi/slack-github-action@v1.24.0
+        with:
+          # check the block kit builder docs to understand how it works
+          # and how to modify it: https://api.slack.com/block-kit
+          payload: |
+            {
+              "blocks": [
+                {
+                  "type": "header",
+                  "text": {
+                    "type": "plain_text",
+                    "text": ":warning: Synthetic Monitoring Alert - E2E Cypress - Pokeshop Demo :warning:",
+                    "emoji": true
+                  }
+                },
+                {
+                  "type": "section",
+                  "fields": [
+                    {
+                      "type": "mrkdwn",
+                      "text": "*Status:*\nFailed"
+                    },
+                    {
+                      "type": "mrkdwn",
+                      "text": "*Pipeline:*\n<${{ github.server_url }}/${{ github.repository }}/actions/runs/${{ github.run_id }}|View workflow>"
+                    }
+                  ]
+                }
+              ]
+            }
+        env:
+          SLACK_WEBHOOK_URL: ${{ secrets.SYNTETIC_MONITORING_SLACK_WEBHOOK_URL }}
+          SLACK_WEBHOOK_TYPE: INCOMING_WEBHOOK
diff --git a/cypress/e2e/1-getting-started/home.cy.ts b/cypress/e2e/1-getting-started/home.cy.ts
index a9776a0..e77fb5e 100644
--- a/cypress/e2e/1-getting-started/home.cy.ts
+++ b/cypress/e2e/1-getting-started/home.cy.ts
@@ -36,30 +36,25 @@ describe('Home', { defaultCommandTimeout: 60000 }, () => {
   });
 
   const definition = `
-    type: Test
-    spec:
-      id: aW1wb3J0cyBhIHBva2Vtb24=
-      name: imports a pokemon
-      trigger:
-        type: traceid
-        traceid:
-          id: \${var:TRACE_ID}
-      specs:
-      - selector: span[tracetest.span.type="http"]
-        name: "All HTTP Spans: Status  code is not 400"
-        assertions:
-        - attr:http.status_code != 400
-      - selector: span[tracetest.span.type="database"]
-        name: "All Database Spans: Processing time is less than 100ms"
-        assertions:
-        - attr:tracetest.span.duration < 100ms
-      outputs:
-      - name: MY_OUTPUT
-        selector: span[tracetest.span.type="general" name="Tracetest trigger"]
-        value: attr:name
-      - name: MY_OUTPUT_2
-        selector: span[tracetest.span.type="general" name="Tracetest trigger"]
-        value: attr:name
+  type: Test
+  spec:
+    id: aW1wb3J0cyBhIHBva2Vtb24=
+    name: imports a pokemon
+    trigger:
+      type: cypress
+    specs:
+    - selector: span[tracetest.span.type="http"] span[tracetest.span.type="http"]
+      name: "All HTTP Spans: Status  code is 200"
+      assertions:
+      - attr:http.status_code   =   200
+    - selector: span[tracetest.span.type="database"]
+      name: "All Database Spans: Processing time is less than 100ms"
+      assertions:
+      - attr:tracetest.span.duration < 100ms
+    outputs:
+    - name: MY_OUTPUT
+      selector: span[tracetest.span.type="general" name="Tracetest trigger"]
+      value: attr:name
     `;
 
   it('imports a pokemon', { env: { definition } }, () => {