diff --git a/.pre-commit-config.yaml b/.pre-commit-config.yaml
index 0e7dd6c..d680f85 100644
--- a/.pre-commit-config.yaml
+++ b/.pre-commit-config.yaml
@@ -60,6 +60,7 @@ repos:
           - plumbum
           - pytest
           - pydantic
+          - types-PyYAML
 
   - repo: https://github.com/codespell-project/codespell
     rev: "v2.2.5"
diff --git a/.pylintrc b/.pylintrc
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..b0f41c6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.pylintrc
@@ -0,0 +1,571 @@
+[MASTER]
+
+# A comma-separated list of package or module names from where C extensions may
+# be loaded. Extensions are loading into the active Python interpreter and may
+# run arbitrary code.
+extension-pkg-allow-list=
+
+# A comma-separated list of package or module names from where C extensions may
+# be loaded. Extensions are loading into the active Python interpreter and may
+# run arbitrary code. (This is an alternative name to extension-pkg-allow-list
+# for backward compatibility.)
+extension-pkg-whitelist=
+
+# Return non-zero exit code if any of these messages/categories are detected,
+# even if score is above --fail-under value. Syntax same as enable. Messages
+# specified are enabled, while categories only check already-enabled messages.
+fail-on=
+
+# Specify a score threshold to be exceeded before program exits with error.
+fail-under=10.0
+
+# Files or directories to be skipped. They should be base names, not paths.
+ignore=CVS
+
+# Add files or directories matching the regex patterns to the ignore-list. The
+# regex matches against paths and can be in Posix or Windows format.
+ignore-paths=^.*/fasthep_flow/_version.py$
+
+# Files or directories matching the regex patterns are skipped. The regex
+# matches against base names, not paths.
+ignore-patterns=
+
+# Python code to execute, usually for sys.path manipulation such as
+# pygtk.require().
+#init-hook=
+
+# Use multiple processes to speed up Pylint. Specifying 0 will auto-detect the
+# number of processors available to use.
+jobs=1
+
+# Control the amount of potential inferred values when inferring a single
+# object. This can help the performance when dealing with large functions or
+# complex, nested conditions.
+limit-inference-results=100
+
+# List of plugins (as comma separated values of python module names) to load,
+# usually to register additional checkers.
+load-plugins=
+
+# Pickle collected data for later comparisons.
+persistent=yes
+
+# Minimum Python version to use for version dependent checks. Will default to
+# the version used to run pylint.
+py-version=3.10
+
+# When enabled, pylint would attempt to guess common misconfiguration and emit
+# user-friendly hints instead of false-positive error messages.
+suggestion-mode=yes
+
+# Allow loading of arbitrary C extensions. Extensions are imported into the
+# active Python interpreter and may run arbitrary code.
+unsafe-load-any-extension=no
+
+
+[MESSAGES CONTROL]
+
+# Only show warnings with the listed confidence levels. Leave empty to show
+# all. Valid levels: HIGH, INFERENCE, INFERENCE_FAILURE, UNDEFINED.
+confidence=
+
+# Disable the message, report, category or checker with the given id(s). You
+# can either give multiple identifiers separated by comma (,) or put this
+# option multiple times (only on the command line, not in the configuration
+# file where it should appear only once). You can also use "--disable=all" to
+# disable everything first and then reenable specific checks. For example, if
+# you want to run only the similarities checker, you can use "--disable=all
+# --enable=similarities". If you want to run only the classes checker, but have
+# no Warning level messages displayed, use "--disable=all --enable=classes
+# --disable=W".
+disable=raw-checker-failed,
+        bad-inline-option,
+        locally-disabled,
+        file-ignored,
+        suppressed-message,
+        useless-suppression,
+        deprecated-pragma,
+        use-symbolic-message-instead,
+        import-outside-toplevel,
+        fixme,
+        super-init-not-called
+
+# Enable the message, report, category or checker with the given id(s). You can
+# either give multiple identifier separated by comma (,) or put this option
+# multiple time (only on the command line, not in the configuration file where
+# it should appear only once). See also the "--disable" option for examples.
+enable=c-extension-no-member
+
+
+[REPORTS]
+
+# Python expression which should return a score less than or equal to 10. You
+# have access to the variables 'error', 'warning', 'refactor', and 'convention'
+# which contain the number of messages in each category, as well as 'statement'
+# which is the total number of statements analyzed. This score is used by the
+# global evaluation report (RP0004).
+evaluation=10.0 - ((float(5 * error + warning + refactor + convention) / statement) * 10)
+
+# Template used to display messages. This is a python new-style format string
+# used to format the message information. See doc for all details.
+#msg-template=
+
+# Set the output format. Available formats are text, parseable, colorized, json
+# and msvs (visual studio). You can also give a reporter class, e.g.
+# mypackage.mymodule.MyReporterClass.
+output-format=text
+
+# Tells whether to display a full report or only the messages.
+reports=no
+
+# Activate the evaluation score.
+score=yes
+
+
+[REFACTORING]
+
+# Maximum number of nested blocks for function / method body
+max-nested-blocks=5
+
+# Complete name of functions that never returns. When checking for
+# inconsistent-return-statements if a never returning function is called then
+# it will be considered as an explicit return statement and no message will be
+# printed.
+never-returning-functions=sys.exit,argparse.parse_error
+
+
+[SIMILARITIES]
+
+# Comments are removed from the similarity computation
+ignore-comments=yes
+
+# Docstrings are removed from the similarity computation
+ignore-docstrings=yes
+
+# Imports are removed from the similarity computation
+ignore-imports=no
+
+# Signatures are removed from the similarity computation
+ignore-signatures=no
+
+# Minimum lines number of a similarity.
+min-similarity-lines=4
+
+
+[BASIC]
+
+# Naming style matching correct argument names.
+argument-naming-style=snake_case
+
+# Regular expression matching correct argument names. Overrides argument-
+# naming-style.
+#argument-rgx=
+
+# Naming style matching correct attribute names.
+attr-naming-style=snake_case
+
+# Regular expression matching correct attribute names. Overrides attr-naming-
+# style.
+#attr-rgx=
+
+# Bad variable names which should always be refused, separated by a comma.
+bad-names=foo,
+          bar,
+          baz,
+          toto,
+          tutu,
+          tata
+
+# Bad variable names regexes, separated by a comma. If names match any regex,
+# they will always be refused
+bad-names-rgxs=
+
+# Naming style matching correct class attribute names.
+class-attribute-naming-style=any
+
+# Regular expression matching correct class attribute names. Overrides class-
+# attribute-naming-style.
+#class-attribute-rgx=
+
+# Naming style matching correct class constant names.
+class-const-naming-style=UPPER_CASE
+
+# Regular expression matching correct class constant names. Overrides class-
+# const-naming-style.
+#class-const-rgx=
+
+# Naming style matching correct class names.
+class-naming-style=PascalCase
+
+# Regular expression matching correct class names. Overrides class-naming-
+# style.
+#class-rgx=
+
+# Naming style matching correct constant names.
+const-naming-style=UPPER_CASE
+
+# Regular expression matching correct constant names. Overrides const-naming-
+# style.
+#const-rgx=
+
+# Minimum line length for functions/classes that require docstrings, shorter
+# ones are exempt.
+docstring-min-length=-1
+
+# Naming style matching correct function names.
+function-naming-style=snake_case
+
+# Regular expression matching correct function names. Overrides function-
+# naming-style.
+#function-rgx=
+
+# Good variable names which should always be accepted, separated by a comma.
+good-names=i,
+           j,
+           k,
+           ex,
+           Run,
+           _
+
+# Good variable names regexes, separated by a comma. If names match any regex,
+# they will always be accepted
+good-names-rgxs=
+
+# Include a hint for the correct naming format with invalid-name.
+include-naming-hint=no
+
+# Naming style matching correct inline iteration names.
+inlinevar-naming-style=any
+
+# Regular expression matching correct inline iteration names. Overrides
+# inlinevar-naming-style.
+#inlinevar-rgx=
+
+# Naming style matching correct method names.
+method-naming-style=snake_case
+
+# Regular expression matching correct method names. Overrides method-naming-
+# style.
+#method-rgx=
+
+# Naming style matching correct module names.
+module-naming-style=snake_case
+
+# Regular expression matching correct module names. Overrides module-naming-
+# style.
+#module-rgx=
+
+# Colon-delimited sets of names that determine each other's naming style when
+# the name regexes allow several styles.
+name-group=
+
+# Regular expression which should only match function or class names that do
+# not require a docstring.
+no-docstring-rgx=^_
+
+# List of decorators that produce properties, such as abc.abstractproperty. Add
+# to this list to register other decorators that produce valid properties.
+# These decorators are taken in consideration only for invalid-name.
+property-classes=abc.abstractproperty
+
+# Naming style matching correct variable names.
+variable-naming-style=snake_case
+
+# Regular expression matching correct variable names. Overrides variable-
+# naming-style.
+#variable-rgx=
+
+
+[SPELLING]
+
+# Limits count of emitted suggestions for spelling mistakes.
+max-spelling-suggestions=4
+
+# Spelling dictionary name. Available dictionaries: none. To make it work,
+# install the 'python-enchant' package.
+spelling-dict=
+
+# List of comma separated words that should be considered directives if they
+# appear and the beginning of a comment and should not be checked.
+spelling-ignore-comment-directives=fmt: on,fmt: off,noqa:,noqa,nosec,isort:skip,mypy:
+
+# List of comma separated words that should not be checked.
+spelling-ignore-words=
+
+# A path to a file that contains the private dictionary; one word per line.
+spelling-private-dict-file=
+
+# Tells whether to store unknown words to the private dictionary (see the
+# --spelling-private-dict-file option) instead of raising a message.
+spelling-store-unknown-words=no
+
+
+[FORMAT]
+
+# Expected format of line ending, e.g. empty (any line ending), LF or CRLF.
+expected-line-ending-format=
+
+# Regexp for a line that is allowed to be longer than the limit.
+ignore-long-lines=^\s*(# )?<?https?://\S+>?$
+
+# Number of spaces of indent required inside a hanging or continued line.
+indent-after-paren=4
+
+# String used as indentation unit. This is usually "    " (4 spaces) or "\t" (1
+# tab).
+indent-string='    '
+
+# Maximum number of characters on a single line.
+max-line-length=100
+
+# Maximum number of lines in a module.
+max-module-lines=1000
+
+# Allow the body of a class to be on the same line as the declaration if body
+# contains single statement.
+single-line-class-stmt=no
+
+# Allow the body of an if to be on the same line as the test if there is no
+# else.
+single-line-if-stmt=no
+
+
+[VARIABLES]
+
+# List of additional names supposed to be defined in builtins. Remember that
+# you should avoid defining new builtins when possible.
+additional-builtins=
+
+# Tells whether unused global variables should be treated as a violation.
+allow-global-unused-variables=yes
+
+# List of names allowed to shadow builtins
+allowed-redefined-builtins=
+
+# List of strings which can identify a callback function by name. A callback
+# name must start or end with one of those strings.
+callbacks=cb_,
+          _cb
+
+# A regular expression matching the name of dummy variables (i.e. expected to
+# not be used).
+dummy-variables-rgx=_+$|(_[a-zA-Z0-9_]*[a-zA-Z0-9]+?$)|dummy|^ignored_|^unused_
+
+# Argument names that match this expression will be ignored. Default to name
+# with leading underscore.
+ignored-argument-names=_.*|^ignored_|^unused_
+
+# Tells whether we should check for unused import in __init__ files.
+init-import=no
+
+# List of qualified module names which can have objects that can redefine
+# builtins.
+redefining-builtins-modules=six.moves,past.builtins,future.builtins,builtins,io
+
+
+[STRING]
+
+# This flag controls whether inconsistent-quotes generates a warning when the
+# character used as a quote delimiter is used inconsistently within a module.
+check-quote-consistency=no
+
+# This flag controls whether the implicit-str-concat should generate a warning
+# on implicit string concatenation in sequences defined over several lines.
+check-str-concat-over-line-jumps=no
+
+
+[LOGGING]
+
+# The type of string formatting that logging methods do. `old` means using %
+# formatting, `new` is for `{}` formatting.
+logging-format-style=old
+
+# Logging modules to check that the string format arguments are in logging
+# function parameter format.
+logging-modules=logging
+
+
+[TYPECHECK]
+
+# List of decorators that produce context managers, such as
+# contextlib.contextmanager. Add to this list to register other decorators that
+# produce valid context managers.
+contextmanager-decorators=contextlib.contextmanager
+
+# List of members which are set dynamically and missed by pylint inference
+# system, and so shouldn't trigger E1101 when accessed. Python regular
+# expressions are accepted.
+generated-members=
+
+# Tells whether missing members accessed in mixin class should be ignored. A
+# class is considered mixin if its name matches the mixin-class-rgx option.
+ignore-mixin-members=yes
+
+# Tells whether to warn about missing members when the owner of the attribute
+# is inferred to be None.
+ignore-none=yes
+
+# This flag controls whether pylint should warn about no-member and similar
+# checks whenever an opaque object is returned when inferring. The inference
+# can return multiple potential results while evaluating a Python object, but
+# some branches might not be evaluated, which results in partial inference. In
+# that case, it might be useful to still emit no-member and other checks for
+# the rest of the inferred objects.
+ignore-on-opaque-inference=yes
+
+# List of class names for which member attributes should not be checked (useful
+# for classes with dynamically set attributes). This supports the use of
+# qualified names.
+ignored-classes=optparse.Values,thread._local,_thread._local
+
+# List of module names for which member attributes should not be checked
+# (useful for modules/projects where namespaces are manipulated during runtime
+# and thus existing member attributes cannot be deduced by static analysis). It
+# supports qualified module names, as well as Unix pattern matching.
+ignored-modules=
+
+# Show a hint with possible names when a member name was not found. The aspect
+# of finding the hint is based on edit distance.
+missing-member-hint=yes
+
+# The minimum edit distance a name should have in order to be considered a
+# similar match for a missing member name.
+missing-member-hint-distance=1
+
+# The total number of similar names that should be taken in consideration when
+# showing a hint for a missing member.
+missing-member-max-choices=1
+
+# Regex pattern to define which classes are considered mixins ignore-mixin-
+# members is set to 'yes'
+mixin-class-rgx=.*[Mm]ixin
+
+# List of decorators that change the signature of a decorated function.
+signature-mutators=
+
+
+[MISCELLANEOUS]
+
+# List of note tags to take in consideration, separated by a comma.
+notes=FIXME,
+      XXX,
+      TODO
+
+# Regular expression of note tags to take in consideration.
+#notes-rgx=
+
+
+[IMPORTS]
+
+# List of modules that can be imported at any level, not just the top level
+# one.
+allow-any-import-level=
+
+# Allow wildcard imports from modules that define __all__.
+allow-wildcard-with-all=no
+
+# Analyse import fallback blocks. This can be used to support both Python 2 and
+# 3 compatible code, which means that the block might have code that exists
+# only in one or another interpreter, leading to false positives when analysed.
+analyse-fallback-blocks=no
+
+# Deprecated modules which should not be used, separated by a comma.
+deprecated-modules=
+
+# Output a graph (.gv or any supported image format) of external dependencies
+# to the given file (report RP0402 must not be disabled).
+ext-import-graph=
+
+# Output a graph (.gv or any supported image format) of all (i.e. internal and
+# external) dependencies to the given file (report RP0402 must not be
+# disabled).
+import-graph=
+
+# Output a graph (.gv or any supported image format) of internal dependencies
+# to the given file (report RP0402 must not be disabled).
+int-import-graph=
+
+# Force import order to recognize a module as part of the standard
+# compatibility libraries.
+known-standard-library=
+
+# Force import order to recognize a module as part of a third party library.
+known-third-party=enchant
+
+# Couples of modules and preferred modules, separated by a comma.
+preferred-modules=
+
+
+[CLASSES]
+
+# Warn about protected attribute access inside special methods
+check-protected-access-in-special-methods=no
+
+# List of method names used to declare (i.e. assign) instance attributes.
+defining-attr-methods=__init__,
+                      __new__,
+                      setUp,
+                      __post_init__
+
+# List of member names, which should be excluded from the protected access
+# warning.
+exclude-protected=_asdict,
+                  _fields,
+                  _replace,
+                  _source,
+                  _make
+
+# List of valid names for the first argument in a class method.
+valid-classmethod-first-arg=cls
+
+# List of valid names for the first argument in a metaclass class method.
+valid-metaclass-classmethod-first-arg=cls
+
+
+[DESIGN]
+
+# List of regular expressions of class ancestor names to ignore when counting
+# public methods (see R0903)
+exclude-too-few-public-methods=
+
+# List of qualified class names to ignore when counting class parents (see
+# R0901)
+ignored-parents=
+
+# Maximum number of arguments for function / method.
+max-args=5
+
+# Maximum number of attributes for a class (see R0902).
+max-attributes=7
+
+# Maximum number of boolean expressions in an if statement (see R0916).
+max-bool-expr=5
+
+# Maximum number of branch for function / method body.
+max-branches=12
+
+# Maximum number of locals for function / method body.
+max-locals=15
+
+# Maximum number of parents for a class (see R0901).
+max-parents=7
+
+# Maximum number of public methods for a class (see R0904).
+max-public-methods=20
+
+# Maximum number of return / yield for function / method body.
+max-returns=6
+
+# Maximum number of statements in function / method body.
+max-statements=50
+
+# Minimum number of public methods for a class (see R0903).
+min-public-methods=2
+
+
+[EXCEPTIONS]
+
+# Exceptions that will emit a warning when being caught. Defaults to
+# "BaseException, Exception".
+overgeneral-exceptions=BaseException,
+                       Exception
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 04f2f0f..8b2af1e 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -31,6 +31,10 @@
 
 ## Examples
 
+```bash
+fasthep-flow execute docs/examples/hello_world.yaml
+```
+
 ## Contributing
 
 ## License
diff --git a/mypy.ini b/mypy.ini
index 7a35df0..7aace11 100644
--- a/mypy.ini
+++ b/mypy.ini
@@ -36,3 +36,7 @@ implicit_reexport = true
 [mypy-prefect.*]
 ignore_missing_imports = true
 implicit_reexport = true
+
+[mypy-prefect_dask.*]
+ignore_missing_imports = true
+implicit_reexport = true
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 7514b5a..f3a8563 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@ dependencies = [
   "hydra-core",
   "plumbum",
   "prefect",
+  "prefect-dask",
   "pyyaml >=5.4",
   "omegaconf >=2.1",
   "typer >=0.4",
diff --git a/src/fasthep_flow/_version.pyi b/src/fasthep_flow/_version.pyi
index 91744f9..e232c84 100644
--- a/src/fasthep_flow/_version.pyi
+++ b/src/fasthep_flow/_version.pyi
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+"""Type hints for the version module."""
 from __future__ import annotations
 
 version: str
diff --git a/src/fasthep_flow/cli.py b/src/fasthep_flow/cli.py
index d80e737..1576bac 100644
--- a/src/fasthep_flow/cli.py
+++ b/src/fasthep_flow/cli.py
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+"""Command line interface for fasthep-flow."""
 from __future__ import annotations
 
 from pathlib import Path
@@ -7,6 +8,7 @@
 import typer
 
 from .config import FlowConfig, load_config
+from .orchestration import prefect_workflow
 from .workflow import Workflow
 
 app = typer.Typer()
@@ -43,7 +45,7 @@ def print_defaults() -> None:
     context_settings={"ignore_unknown_options": True, "allow_extra_args": True}
 )
 def execute(
-    config: Path, overrides: Annotated[list[str] | None, typer.Argument()] = None
+    config: Path, overrides: Annotated[list[str] | None, typer.Argument([])] = None
 ) -> None:
     """Execute a config file."""
     typer.echo(f"Executing {config}...")
@@ -51,7 +53,10 @@ def execute(
     # initialize hydra
     cfg = init_config(config, overrides)
     workflow = Workflow(config=cfg)
-    workflow.run()
+    flow = prefect_workflow(workflow)
+    results = flow()
+    # results = workflow.run()
+    typer.echo(f"Results: {results}")
 
 
 @app.command("list")
diff --git a/src/fasthep_flow/config.py b/src/fasthep_flow/config.py
index 7243a97..2935dca 100644
--- a/src/fasthep_flow/config.py
+++ b/src/fasthep_flow/config.py
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+"""Definitions for the configuration for describing the workflow."""
+
 from __future__ import annotations
 
 import importlib
@@ -22,20 +24,21 @@ class StageConfig:
 
     @field_validator("type")
     @classmethod
-    def validate_type(cls, v: str) -> str:
-        """Validate the type field. Any specified type needs to be a Python class that can be imported"""
+    def validate_type(cls, value: str) -> str:
+        """Validate the type field
+        Any specified type needs to be a Python class that can be imported"""
         # Split the string to separate the module from the class name
-        module_path, class_name = v.rsplit(".", 1)
+        module_path, class_name = value.rsplit(".", 1)
         try:
             # Import the module
             mod = importlib.import_module(module_path)
             # this must be a class
             getattr(mod, class_name)
-        except ImportError as e:
+        except ImportError as previous_error:
             msg = f"Could not import {module_path}.{class_name}"
-            raise ValueError(msg) from e
+            raise ValueError(msg) from previous_error
         # Return the original string if everything is fine
-        return v
+        return value
 
     def resolve(self) -> Any:
         """Resolve the stage to a class."""
diff --git a/src/fasthep_flow/operators/__init__.py b/src/fasthep_flow/operators/__init__.py
index 98e13d9..6af9d94 100644
--- a/src/fasthep_flow/operators/__init__.py
+++ b/src/fasthep_flow/operators/__init__.py
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+"""Module for defining basic operators."""
 from __future__ import annotations
 
 from .base import Operator
diff --git a/src/fasthep_flow/operators/base.py b/src/fasthep_flow/operators/base.py
index 60f92d5..7ef62b1 100644
--- a/src/fasthep_flow/operators/base.py
+++ b/src/fasthep_flow/operators/base.py
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+"""Definition of the Operator protocol."""
 from __future__ import annotations
 
 from typing import Any, Protocol
@@ -5,7 +6,8 @@
 
 class Operator(Protocol):
     """The base class for all operators.
-    Only named parameters are allowed, since we need to have a way to pass the YAML configuration to the operator.
+    Only named parameters are allowed,
+    since we need to have a way to pass the YAML configuration to the operator.
     """
 
     def __call__(self, **kwargs: Any) -> dict[str, Any]:
diff --git a/src/fasthep_flow/operators/bash.py b/src/fasthep_flow/operators/bash.py
index 19eaed8..394dd1c 100644
--- a/src/fasthep_flow/operators/bash.py
+++ b/src/fasthep_flow/operators/bash.py
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+"""Bash related operators."""
 from __future__ import annotations
 
 from typing import Any
diff --git a/src/fasthep_flow/orchestration.py b/src/fasthep_flow/orchestration.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..4963fd7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/fasthep_flow/orchestration.py
@@ -0,0 +1,47 @@
+"""Orchestration module for the fasthep-flow package.
+This module contains functions to convert a fasthep-flow workflow into various other workflows,
+e.g. Prefect, NetworkX, etc., to either execute them or visualize them.
+"""
+
+from __future__ import annotations
+
+from typing import Any
+
+from .workflow import Workflow
+
+
+def get_runner(runner: str) -> Any:
+    """Get the task runner for the given name."""
+    from prefect.task_runners import ConcurrentTaskRunner, SequentialTaskRunner
+    from prefect_dask import DaskTaskRunner
+
+    runners: dict[str, Any] = {
+        "Dask": DaskTaskRunner,
+        "Sequential": SequentialTaskRunner,
+        "Concurrent": ConcurrentTaskRunner,
+    }
+
+    return runners[runner]
+
+
+def prefect_workflow(workflow: Workflow) -> Any:
+    """Convert a workflow into a Prefect flow."""
+    from prefect import Flow, Task
+
+    def prefect_wrapper() -> Any:
+        """Function to execute all tasks in the workflow."""
+        for task in workflow.tasks:
+            # TODO: add subflows
+            prefect_task = Task(task.payload, name=task.name)
+            prefect_task()
+
+    return Flow(
+        prefect_wrapper,
+        name="config name",
+        flow_run_name="fasthep-flow",
+        version="0.0.1",
+    )
+
+
+# def networkx_workflow(workflow: Workflow):
+#     """Convert a workflow into a networkx directed graph."""
diff --git a/src/fasthep_flow/workflow.py b/src/fasthep_flow/workflow.py
index 6b160d1..885172f 100644
--- a/src/fasthep_flow/workflow.py
+++ b/src/fasthep_flow/workflow.py
@@ -1,43 +1,50 @@
+"""Workflow and Task classes to define and execute a compute graph."""
 from __future__ import annotations
 
+from dataclasses import dataclass
 from typing import Any
 
 from .config import FlowConfig
 
 
+@dataclass
+class Task:
+    """Wrapper for any compute task implementation we want to support."""
+
+    name: str
+    type: str
+    kwargs: dict[str, Any]
+    payload: Any
+
+    def __call__(self) -> Any:
+        return self.payload()
+
+
+@dataclass
 class Workflow:
-    """Wrapper for any compute graph implementation we want to support. Currently using Prefect."""
+    """Wrapper for any compute graph implementation we want to support."""
 
-    tasks: list[
-        Any
-    ]  # this should be prefect.Task, but that's not working with pydantic v2 for now
+    tasks: list[Task]  # TODO: Maybe this should be an OrderedDict
 
     def __init__(self, config: FlowConfig) -> None:
-        from prefect import Task  # pylint: disable=import-outside-toplevel
-
         stages = config.stages
         self.tasks = []
         for stage in stages:
             self.tasks.append(
                 Task(
-                    stage.resolve(),
                     name=stage.name,
+                    type=stage.type,
+                    kwargs=stage.kwargs if stage.kwargs is not None else {},
+                    payload=stage.resolve() if hasattr(stage, "resolve") else None,
+                    # TODO: pass information about the task's dependencies and execution environment
                 )
             )
 
-    def __call__(self) -> None:
+    def __call__(self) -> Any:
+        """Function to execute all tasks in the workflow."""
+        for task in self.tasks:
+            yield task.payload()
+
+    def run(self) -> Any:
         """Function to execute all tasks in the workflow."""
-        for t in self.tasks:
-            t()
-
-    def run(self) -> None:
-        """Function to execute the workflow. Wraps __call__ to convert the workflow into a Prefect flow."""
-        from prefect import Flow  # pylint: disable=import-outside-toplevel
-
-        f = Flow(
-            self.__call__,
-            name="config name",
-            flow_run_name="fasthep-flow",
-            version="0.0.1",
-        )
-        f()
+        return list(self())
diff --git a/tests/conftest.py b/tests/conftest.py
index b62ccf6..7e27fa0 100644
--- a/tests/conftest.py
+++ b/tests/conftest.py
@@ -1,8 +1,10 @@
 from __future__ import annotations
 
 from pathlib import Path
+from typing import Any
 
 import pytest
+import yaml
 
 current_dir = Path(__file__).parent
 
@@ -16,3 +18,8 @@ def simple_config_yaml() -> Path:
 def simple_config(simple_config_yaml) -> str:
     with Path.open(simple_config_yaml, "r") as file:
         return file.read()
+
+
+@pytest.fixture()
+def simple_dict_config(simple_config) -> Any:
+    return yaml.safe_load(simple_config)
diff --git a/tests/test_workflow.py b/tests/test_workflow.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..9682b9a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/test_workflow.py
@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+from __future__ import annotations
+
+import pytest
+
+from fasthep_flow import FlowConfig, Workflow
+
+
+@pytest.fixture()
+def config(simple_dict_config):
+    return FlowConfig.from_dictconfig(simple_dict_config)
+
+
+def test_create_workflow(config):
+    workflow = Workflow(config=config)
+    assert workflow.tasks
+    assert len(workflow.tasks) == 1
+    task = workflow.tasks[0]
+    assert task.name == "printEcho"
+    assert task.type == "fasthep_flow.operators.BashOperator"
+    params = task.kwargs
+    assert params["bash_command"] == "echo"
+    assert params["arguments"] == ["Hello World!"]
+
+
+def test_run_workflow(config):
+    workflow = Workflow(config=config)
+    results = workflow.run()
+    assert results
+    assert len(results) == 1
+    result = results[0]
+    assert result["stdout"] == "Hello World!\n"