diff --git a/nomos-cluster-tests/Cargo.toml b/nomos-cluster-tests/Cargo.toml
index 994fa023..c3b478c6 100644
--- a/nomos-cluster-tests/Cargo.toml
+++ b/nomos-cluster-tests/Cargo.toml
@@ -11,4 +11,5 @@ nomos-tracing = { path = "../nomos-tracing" }
 nomos-tracing-service = { path = "../nomos-services/tracing" }
 overwatch-rs = { git = "https://github.com/logos-co/Overwatch", rev = "2f70806" }
 color-eyre = "0.6.0"
-tracing = "0.1"
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+tracing = "0.1"
+anyhow = "1.0.93"
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diff --git a/nomos-cluster-tests/src/cluster.rs b/nomos-cluster-tests/src/cluster.rs
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..65f8da97
--- /dev/null
+++ b/nomos-cluster-tests/src/cluster.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+use crate::node::NomosNode;
+
+pub trait Cluster {
+    fn members(&self) -> Vec<Box<dyn NomosNode>>;
+
+}
+
+
diff --git a/nomos-cluster-tests/src/lib.rs b/nomos-cluster-tests/src/lib.rs
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..98e67a9b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/nomos-cluster-tests/src/lib.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+mod cluster;
+mod node;
+pub mod config;
+pub mod test_case;
+
+pub trait TestCase {
+    fn name(&self) -> &'static str;
+    fn run(&self) -> Result<(), anyhow::Error>;
+}
+
diff --git a/nomos-cluster-tests/src/main.rs b/nomos-cluster-tests/src/main.rs
index 57aa308e..3d20d4bb 100644
--- a/nomos-cluster-tests/src/main.rs
+++ b/nomos-cluster-tests/src/main.rs
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
-mod config;
 
-use crate::config::{Config, LogArgs};
+
+use nomos_cluster_tests::{config::{Config, LogArgs}, test_case::data_integrity_nodes_join_leave::DataIntegrityNodesJoinLeave, TestCase};
 use clap::Parser;
 use color_eyre::eyre::Result;
 
@@ -21,6 +21,8 @@ fn main() -> Result<()> {
         .update_from_args(log_args)?;
 
     // Run the test suite
+    let tc1 = DataIntegrityNodesJoinLeave {};
+    println!("Running test: {}", tc1.name());
 
     Ok(())
 }
diff --git a/nomos-cluster-tests/src/node.rs b/nomos-cluster-tests/src/node.rs
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..34087f7b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/nomos-cluster-tests/src/node.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+
+pub trait NomosNode {
+    fn start(&self) -> String;
+    fn stop(&self) -> String;
+}
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diff --git a/nomos-cluster-tests/src/test_case/data_integrity_nodes_join_leave.rs b/nomos-cluster-tests/src/test_case/data_integrity_nodes_join_leave.rs
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..500a461d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/nomos-cluster-tests/src/test_case/data_integrity_nodes_join_leave.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+use anyhow::Error;
+use crate::TestCase;
+
+pub struct DataIntegrityNodesJoinLeave;
+
+impl TestCase for DataIntegrityNodesJoinLeave {
+    fn name(&self) -> &'static str {
+        module_path!().split("::").last().unwrap()
+    }
+
+    fn run(&self) -> Result<(), Error> {
+        todo!()
+    }
+}
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diff --git a/nomos-cluster-tests/src/test_case/mod.rs b/nomos-cluster-tests/src/test_case/mod.rs
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..07b78d12
--- /dev/null
+++ b/nomos-cluster-tests/src/test_case/mod.rs
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+pub mod data_integrity_nodes_join_leave;
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