diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 023f305..1f3ed42 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -49,4 +49,5 @@ milestones.md
 bin/
 src/*.asm
 src/*.cu
-cmake/
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+notes.md
+*.pdf
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diff --git a/cmake/ctest_checks.py b/cmake/ctest_checks.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..7517fb0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cmake/ctest_checks.py
@@ -0,0 +1,165 @@
+# this is just an internal script for CI/CD. The main goal is to 
+# check whether all of the techniques are actually updated since 
+# keeping track of the docs, the cli, and the table isn't easy,
+# so I'm automating the checks in case I forget to update any.
+
+import sys
+import re
+
+def fetch():
+    # fetch file content
+    with open("../src/vmaware.hpp", 'r') as vmaware:
+        header_content = vmaware.readlines()
+
+    # reversed since the table is at the very end of the vmaware.hpp file 
+    header_content.reverse()
+
+    # breakpoint
+    keyword = "const std::map<VM::u64, VM::technique> VM::table = {"
+
+    # fetch index of breakpoint
+    index_of_keyword = next((i for i, line in enumerate(header_content) if keyword in line), None)
+
+    # remove everything before the breakpoint for simplification
+    if index_of_keyword is not None:
+        header_content = header_content[:index_of_keyword + 1]
+
+    return header_content
+
+
+
+def filter(raw_content):
+    trimmed_content = []
+
+    # filter
+    trimmed_content = [s for s in raw_content if not (
+        s.isspace() or 
+        "//" in s or 
+        ";" in s or
+        "VM::technique" in s
+    )]
+
+    # strip all whitespace
+    trimmed_content = [s.strip() for s in trimmed_content]
+
+    return trimmed_content
+
+
+
+def tokenize(trimmed_content):
+    flag_array = []
+
+    # pattern for VM::FLAG_EXAMPLE1
+    pattern = r'\bVM::([A-Z0-9_]+)\b'
+
+    # match and push to flag_array[]
+    for line in trimmed_content:
+        match = re.search(pattern, line)
+
+        if match:
+            flag_array.append(match.group(0))
+        else:
+            print("Unable to find flag variable for " + line)
+            sys.exit(1)
+
+    return flag_array
+
+
+
+def check_docs(flag_array):
+    # fetch docs content
+    with open("../docs/documentation.md", 'r') as docs:
+        docs_content = docs.readlines()
+
+    # strip whitespace
+    docs_content = [s.strip() for s in docs_content]
+
+    # find indices
+    start = "# Flag table"
+    end = "# Non-technique flags"
+
+    # extract the indexes
+    try:
+        start_index = docs_content.index(start)
+        end_index = docs_content.index(end)
+    except ValueError:
+        print("Couldn't find range index point \"# Flag table\" or \"# Non-technique flags\"")
+        start_index = end_index = None
+        sys.exit(1)
+
+    # extract the range between the aforementioned indexes
+    if start_index is not None and end_index is not None:
+        extracted_range = docs_content[start_index + 1:end_index]
+        docs_content = extracted_range
+
+    # filter elements with whitespace
+    docs_content = [s for s in docs_content if not s.isspace() and s and "VM::" in s]
+
+    # extract flag string for every line
+    docs_flags = []
+    pattern = r'`([^`]+)`'
+    for line in docs_content:
+        match = re.search(pattern, line)
+
+        if match:
+            docs_flags.append(match.group(1))
+        else:
+            print("Pattern not found in the line \"" + line + "\"")
+            sys.exit(1)
+
+    set1 = set(docs_flags)
+    set2 = set(flag_array)
+
+    # Check if every element in set1 has a corresponding element in set2
+    all_elements_have_pair = set1.issubset(set2) and set2.issubset(set1)
+
+    if all_elements_have_pair:
+        return
+    else:
+        print("Mismatched elements found in documentation.md and vmaware.hpp, make sure to include the technique in both files")
+        sys.exit(1)
+
+
+
+def check_cli(flag_array):
+    # fetch docs content
+    with open("../src/cli.cpp", 'r') as cli:
+        cli_content = cli.readlines()
+
+    # strip whitespace
+    cli_content = [s.strip() for s in cli_content]
+
+    # filter elements with whitespace
+    cli_content = [s for s in cli_content if ("checker(" in s)]
+
+    # extract the flags
+    cli_flags = []
+    pattern = r'checker\((.*?),'
+    for line in cli_content:
+        match = re.search(pattern, line)
+
+        if match:
+            cli_flags.append(match.group(1).strip())
+        else:
+            print("Pattern not found in the string.")
+    
+    set1 = set(cli_flags)
+    set2 = set(flag_array)
+
+    # check if every element in set1 has a corresponding element in set2
+    all_elements_have_pair = set1.issubset(set2) and set2.issubset(set1)
+
+    if all_elements_have_pair:
+        return
+    else:
+        print("Mismatched elements found in cli.cpp and vmaware.hpp, make sure to include the technique in both files")
+        sys.exit(1)
+
+
+
+raw_content = fetch()
+trimmed_content = filter(raw_content)
+flags = tokenize(trimmed_content)
+
+check_docs(flags)
+check_cli(flags)
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