diff --git a/.github/workflows/build-deploy.yml b/.github/workflows/build-deploy.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..4d12001
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/build-deploy.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,50 @@
+name: Build and deploy runner
+
+on:
+  push:
+    branches:
+      - main
+
+jobs:
+  build:
+    name: Build runner
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+      - name: Checkout repository
+        uses: actions/checkout@v6
+
+      - name: Enable corepack
+        run: corepack enable
+
+      - name: Setup node
+        uses: actions/setup-node@v4
+        with:
+          node-version: 22
+          cache: yarn
+
+      - name: Install dependencies
+        run: yarn install --frozen-lockfile
+
+      - name: Build
+        run: yarn run build --all || yarn build
+
+      - name: Upload artifacts
+        id: deployment
+        uses: actions/upload-pages-artifact@v3
+        with:
+          path: dist/
+
+  deploy:
+    needs: build
+    name: Deploy runner
+    permissions:
+      pages: write
+      id-token: write
+    environment:
+      name: github-pages
+      url: ${{ steps.deployment.outputs.page_url }}
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+      - name: Deploy to GitHub Pages
+        id: deployment
+        uses: actions/deploy-pages@v4
diff --git a/src/compiler/symbol-table.ts b/src/compiler/symbol-table.ts
index 394ffd3..127ac47 100644
--- a/src/compiler/symbol-table.ts
+++ b/src/compiler/symbol-table.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 import { UnannType } from '../ast/types/classes'
 import { ImportDeclaration } from '../ast/types/packages-and-modules'
+import { METHOD_FLAGS } from '../ClassFile/types/methods'
 import {
   generateClassAccessFlags,
   generateFieldAccessFlags,
@@ -12,7 +13,6 @@ import {
   SymbolRedeclarationError
 } from './error'
 import { libraries } from './import/libs'
-import { METHOD_FLAGS } from '../ClassFile/types/methods'
 
 export const typeMap = new Map([
   ['byte', 'B'],
diff --git a/src/conductor/JavaEvaluator.ts b/src/conductor/JavaEvaluator.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..6709ab7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/conductor/JavaEvaluator.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,51 @@
+import setupJVM from '../jvm/index'
+import BasicEvaluator, { IRunnerPlugin } from './runner'
+
+/**
+ * Minimal Java conductor evaluator stub.
+ * Currently this evaluator is a placeholder that demonstrates how to
+ * integrate with the local JVM runner. It expects class file bytes
+ * encoded as a base64 string when used via conductor channels.
+ */
+export class JavaEvaluator extends BasicEvaluator {
+  constructor(conductor: IRunnerPlugin) {
+    super(conductor)
+  }
+
+  async evaluateChunk(_chunk: string): Promise<void> {
+    this.conductor.sendOutput('JavaEvaluator: evaluateChunk not supported; use evaluateFile with a .class file encoded as base64')
+  }
+
+  async evaluateFile(fileName: string, fileContent: string): Promise<void> {
+    try {
+      if (fileName.endsWith('.class')) {
+        // Expect class file content as base64 to allow conductor transport via JSON
+        Buffer.from(fileContent, 'base64')
+        // NOTE: we intentionally do not parse the class bytes here in the stub
+        // to avoid coupling the evaluator to the full classfile parser. A future
+        // implementation may call `parseBin` and then load into the JVM.
+        // create a JVM and run the Main class if present (not implemented in this stub)
+        setupJVM({
+          callbacks: {
+            readFileSync: (path: string) => {
+              throw new Error('readFileSync not available in conductor JavaEvaluator')
+            },
+            stdout: (m: string) => this.conductor.sendOutput(m),
+            stderr: (m: string) => this.conductor.sendOutput(`ERR: ${m}`)
+          }
+        })
+        // Register a readFileSync that returns our in-memory class when requested
+        // The JVM runner currently expects classes on disk; for now we run using a minimal approach
+        this.conductor.sendOutput('JavaEvaluator: running class via in-memory runner is not yet implemented')
+        this.conductor.sendResult('')
+        return
+      }
+
+      this.conductor.sendOutput('JavaEvaluator: unsupported file type')
+    } catch (err) {
+      this.conductor.sendError(`${err instanceof Error ? err.message : String(err)}`)
+    }
+  }
+}
+
+export default JavaEvaluator
diff --git a/src/conductor/__tests__/JavaEvaluator.test.ts b/src/conductor/__tests__/JavaEvaluator.test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..353f659
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/conductor/__tests__/JavaEvaluator.test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,44 @@
+import { JavaEvaluator } from '../JavaEvaluator'
+import { IRunnerPlugin } from '../runner'
+
+class MockConductor implements IRunnerPlugin {
+  outputs: string[] = []
+  results: string[] = []
+  errors: string[] = []
+  statuses: Array<{ s: string; a: boolean }> = []
+  sendOutput(message: string): void {
+    this.outputs.push(message)
+  }
+  sendResult(result: string): void {
+    this.results.push(result)
+  }
+  sendError(error: string): void {
+    this.errors.push(error)
+  }
+  updateStatus(status: any, isActive: boolean): void {
+    this.statuses.push({ s: String(status), a: isActive })
+  }
+}
+
+test('evaluateFile with unsupported file emits message', async () => {
+  const mock = new MockConductor()
+  const ev = new JavaEvaluator(mock)
+  await ev.evaluateFile('hello.txt', 'console')
+  expect(mock.outputs.length).toBeGreaterThan(0)
+  expect(mock.outputs[0]).toMatch(/unsupported file type/)
+  expect(mock.errors.length).toBe(0)
+})
+
+test('evaluateFile with .class base64 emits placeholder run message and result', async () => {
+  const mock = new MockConductor()
+  const ev = new JavaEvaluator(mock)
+  // Use a minimal dummy classfile header (CAFEBABE) as base64; the evaluator
+  // stub only inspects bytes and currently does not run them.
+  const buf = Buffer.from([0xca, 0xfe, 0xba, 0xbe])
+  const b64 = buf.toString('base64')
+  await ev.evaluateFile('Main.class', b64)
+  // JavaEvaluator currently emits a placeholder message then a result string
+  expect(mock.outputs.some(o => /running class via in-memory runner is not yet implemented/.test(o))).toBe(true)
+  // sendResult is called with an empty string in the stub
+  expect(mock.results.length).toBeGreaterThanOrEqual(1)
+})
diff --git a/src/conductor/evaluator.ts b/src/conductor/evaluator.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..a18cd23
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/conductor/evaluator.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+// `__EVALUATOR__` is replaced at build time by bundlers in other projects.
+// We declare it here for type compatibility when bundle replacement is used.
+declare const __EVALUATOR__: any
+
+export default __EVALUATOR__
diff --git a/src/conductor/index.ts b/src/conductor/index.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..f0065c5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/conductor/index.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+export { JavaEvaluator } from './JavaEvaluator'
+export { default as BasicEvaluator } from './runner'
diff --git a/src/conductor/initialise.ts b/src/conductor/initialise.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..b1b47ed
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/conductor/initialise.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+import { initialise } from './runner'
+// @ts-expect-error — __EVALUATOR__ is replaced at build time by bundlers
+import { __EVALUATOR__ } from './index'
+
+initialise(__EVALUATOR__)
diff --git a/src/conductor/runner.ts b/src/conductor/runner.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..3f906dc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/conductor/runner.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+export type RunnerStatus = 'IDLE' | 'RUNNING' | 'ERROR' | 'FINISHED'
+
+export interface IRunnerPlugin {
+  sendOutput(message: string): void
+  sendResult(result: string): void
+  sendError(error: string): void
+  updateStatus(status: RunnerStatus, isActive: boolean): void
+}
+
+export abstract class BasicEvaluator {
+  protected conductor: IRunnerPlugin
+  constructor(conductor: IRunnerPlugin) {
+    this.conductor = conductor
+  }
+
+  abstract evaluateChunk(chunk: string): Promise<void>
+
+  async evaluateFile(fileName: string, fileContent: string): Promise<void> {
+    // default: treat file content as a single chunk
+    await this.evaluateChunk(fileContent)
+  }
+}
+
+export function initialise(_evaluator: any) {
+  // This is a minimal shim for initialise used in bundling entrypoints.
+  // Real conductor runner initialisation is out of scope for this repo.
+  return
+}
+
+export default BasicEvaluator
diff --git a/src/jvm/exception-table.ts b/src/jvm/exception-table.ts
index 15248a8..46a1573 100644
--- a/src/jvm/exception-table.ts
+++ b/src/jvm/exception-table.ts
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ export class ExceptionTable {
     }
 
     insert(from: number, to: number, target: number, type: ClassData): void {
-        var entry = new Entry(from, to, target, type)
+        const entry = new Entry(from, to, target, type)
         this.entries.push(entry)
     }
 }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/yarn.lock b/yarn.lock
index f67a700..eff5375 100644
--- a/yarn.lock
+++ b/yarn.lock
@@ -1299,6 +1299,10 @@ concat-map@0.0.1:
   resolved "https://registry.npmjs.org/concat-map/-/concat-map-0.0.1.tgz"
   integrity sha512-/Srv4dswyQNBfohGpz9o6Yb3Gz3SrUDqBH5rTuhGR7ahtlbYKnVxw2bCFMRljaA7EXHaXZ8wsHdodFvbkhKmqg==
 
+"conductor@https://github.com/source-academy/conductor.git#0.3.0":
+  version "0.3.0"
+  resolved "https://github.com/source-academy/conductor.git#56e4a421005b909d0fef55ba8119a736b9bd1e0c"
+
 convert-source-map@^1.6.0, convert-source-map@^1.7.0:
   version "1.9.0"
   resolved "https://registry.npmjs.org/convert-source-map/-/convert-source-map-1.9.0.tgz"