diff --git a/strawboss.projectdef.json b/strawboss.projectdef.json
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+{
+  "name": "strawboss",
+  "steps": {
+    "build": {
+      "artifacts": ["strawboss"],
+      "stepCmd": "nimble build"
+    },
+    "test": { "depends": ["unittest", "functest"] },
+    "functest": { "stepCmd": "nimble functest" },
+    "unittest": { "stepCmd": "nimble unittest" }
+  }
+}