diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..56767ac46cebf619f4eb2eaa9bd909113fa1b6b0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+stages: 
+  - test
+
+test:
+  image: alpine
+  stage: test
+  extends: .gcp_k8s_deploy
+  script:
+    - echo $DOCKER_DRIVER
+    - echo "override"
diff --git a/base/gcp-k8s-auth.yml b/base/gcp-k8s-auth.yml
index f6c4dacf0d8b564b9672ef8b1bd2be79545310f7..43386e9a7b870c9d6baef19ac431023ef210e28b 100644
--- a/base/gcp-k8s-auth.yml
+++ b/base/gcp-k8s-auth.yml
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+# [[ AUTH ]] - authenticates against a GCP cluster 
+# - ZONE - GCP cluster zone (e.g. us-east1-b)
+# - PROJECT - GCP project ID
+# - CLUSTER - name of the cluster to authenticate to 
+# - SERVICE_ACCOUNT_CREDENTIALS - JSON credentials for the service account
+
 .gcp_k8s_auth: 
   image: shomika17/gcloud-kubectl-kustomize:latest
   before_script: