diff --git a/.github/workflows/testPatches.sh b/.github/workflows/testPatches.sh
new file mode 100755
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+#!/bin/bash
+
+update_line() {
+    local line="$1"         # line from opened file is passed in
+    local testResult="$2"   # result from git diff
+
+    echo "Processing line: $line with additional argument: $additional_argument"
+}
+
+wikiDirectory=./dwl.wiki
+dwlSrcDirectory=./dwl
+patchRE="https://github\.com/[^/]+/[^/]+/compare/[^/]+\.patch"
+
+for file in "$wikiDirectory"/*.md; do
+    if [ -f "$file" ]; then
+        if ! grep -q "Download" "$file"; then
+            echo "no download heading found in $file, skipping..."
+            continue
+        fi
+
+        while IFS= read -r line
+        do
+            if [[ $line =~ $patchRE ]]; then
+                extractedURL=${BASH_REMATCH[0]}
+                patchAccessResult=$(curl -s -w "%{http_code}" -o /dev/null "$extractedURL")
+                if [ "$patchAccessResult" -ne 200 ]; then
+                    update_line "$line" "inaccessible"
+                    continue
+                fi
+
+                git -C $dwlSrcDirectory apply --check <(curl -s "$extractedURL") > /dev/null 2>&1
+                patchApplicationExitCode=$?
+                if [ $patchApplicationExitCode -eq 0 ]; then
+                    printf "\e[32m[PASS]\e[0m %-40s\n" "$extractedURL"
+                    update_line "$line" "pass"
+                else
+                    printf "\e[31m[FAIL]\e[0m %-40s\n" "$extractedURL"
+                    update_line "$line" "fail"
+                fi
+
+            fi
+        done < "$file"
+
+
+    fi
+done