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diff --git a/.github/scripts/python/requirements.txt b/.github/scripts/python/requirements.txt
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+cbor==1.0.0
+PyGithub==1.45
diff --git a/.github/scripts/python/test_unpack_entities.py b/.github/scripts/python/test_unpack_entities.py
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+++ b/.github/scripts/python/test_unpack_entities.py
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+from unpack_entities import unpack_entities, InvalidEntitiesDetected
+import unittest
+import os
+import shutil
+import tempfile
+
+CURRENT_DIR = os.path.dirname(os.path.abspath(__file__))
+
+
+class TestUnpack(unittest.TestCase):
+    def setUp(self):
+        self.test_temp_dir = tempfile.mkdtemp()
+
+    def tearDown(self):
+        shutil.rmtree(self.test_temp_dir)
+
+    def fixture_dir(self, name):
+        return os.path.join(
+            CURRENT_DIR,
+            'fixtures', '%s_entity_packages' % name
+        )
+
+    def test_entity_package_missing_files(self):
+        """Tests when the entity package is missing files"""
+        with self.assertRaises(InvalidEntitiesDetected):
+            unpack_entities(self.fixture_dir('bad1'), self.test_temp_dir)
+
+    def test_entity_package_node_not_registered(self):
+        """Tests when the entity package node is not registered properly"""
+        with self.assertRaises(InvalidEntitiesDetected):
+            unpack_entities(self.fixture_dir('bad2'), self.test_temp_dir)
+
+    def test_succeeds(self):
+        unpack_entities(self.fixture_dir('good'), self.test_temp_dir)
+
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    unittest.main()
diff --git a/.github/scripts/python/unpack_entities.py b/.github/scripts/python/unpack_entities.py
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+#!/usr/bin/env python3
+import json
+import os
+import sys
+import tempfile
+import tarfile
+import logging
+import base64
+import cbor
+
+ENTITY_FILENAME_SUFFIX = '-entity.tar.gz'
+
+EXPECTED_FILES = [
+    'entity/entity.json',
+    'entity/entity_genesis.json',
+    'node/node_genesis.json',
+]
+
+logger = logging.getLogger('unpack_entities')
+
+
+# May want a more granular error in the future
+class InvalidEntitiesDetected(Exception):
+    pass
+
+
+def unpack_entities(src_entities_dir_path, dest_entities_dir_path):
+    invalid_entity_packages = []
+    # Unpack all of the entity packages in the form of `*-entity.tar.gz`. Also
+    # unpack the entities in lexicographical order so it is potentially easier
+    # to read logs.
+    for filename in sorted(os.listdir(src_entities_dir_path)):
+        if filename.endswith(ENTITY_FILENAME_SUFFIX):
+            entity_owner = filename[:-len(ENTITY_FILENAME_SUFFIX)]
+
+            unpacked_entity_dir_path = os.path.join(
+                dest_entities_dir_path,
+                entity_owner
+            )
+            # Create the new entity directory
+            logger.info('Unpack package for entity owner "%s"' % entity_owner)
+            os.mkdir(unpacked_entity_dir_path)
+
+            package = tarfile.open(os.path.join(src_entities_dir_path,
+                                                filename))
+            package.extractall(unpacked_entity_dir_path)
+
+            if not validate_entity_package(unpacked_entity_dir_path):
+                invalid_entity_packages.append(entity_owner)
+            else:
+                logger.info('Entity owned by "%s" is valid' % entity_owner)
+
+    if len(invalid_entity_packages) > 0:
+        for entity_owner in invalid_entity_packages:
+            logger.error('Invalid Entity for %s' % entity_owner)
+        raise InvalidEntitiesDetected()
+
+
+def validate_entity_package(package_path):
+    is_valid = True
+    # Validate that the expected directory structure exists
+    for expected_file_name in EXPECTED_FILES:
+        expected_file_path = os.path.join(package_path, expected_file_name)
+
+        if not os.path.isfile(expected_file_path):
+            logger.warning('Expected file "%s" missing' % expected_file_path)
+            is_valid = False
+
+    if not is_valid:
+        return is_valid
+
+    # Ensure that the node is properly loaded into the
+    # FIXME we should do this check using something written with oasis-core as a
+    # library. This is quick and dirty.
+    entity_genesis_path = os.path.join(
+        package_path, 'entity/entity_genesis.json')
+    node_genesis_path = os.path.join(package_path, 'node/node_genesis.json')
+
+    with open(entity_genesis_path) as entity_genesis_file:
+        entity_genesis = json.load(entity_genesis_file)
+
+    with open(node_genesis_path) as node_genesis_file:
+        node_genesis = json.load(node_genesis_file)
+
+    entity_descriptor = cbor.loads(base64.b64decode(
+        entity_genesis['untrusted_raw_value']))
+    node_descriptor = cbor.loads(
+        base64.b64decode(node_genesis['untrusted_raw_value']))
+
+    entity_nodes = entity_descriptor['nodes'] or []
+
+    if not node_descriptor['id'] in entity_nodes:
+        logger.warning('Expected node to be added to entity')
+        is_valid = False
+
+    return is_valid
+
+
+def main():
+    logging.basicConfig(stream=sys.stdout, level=logging.DEBUG)
+
+    src_entities_dir_path = os.path.abspath(sys.argv[1])
+    dest_entities_dir_path = os.path.abspath(sys.argv[2])
+
+    logger.info('Unpacking to %s' % dest_entities_dir_path)
+    try:
+        unpack_entities(src_entities_dir_path, dest_entities_dir_path)
+    except InvalidEntitiesDetected:
+        sys.exit(1)
+
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    main()
diff --git a/.github/scripts/python/validate_pull_request.py b/.github/scripts/python/validate_pull_request.py
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+++ b/.github/scripts/python/validate_pull_request.py
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+#!/usr/bin/env python3
+import os
+import sys
+from github import Github
+
+
+class InvalidEntityPR(Exception):
+    pass
+
+
+def validate_entity_pull_request(gh, repo, pr_number):
+    """Validate if this pull request is a valid entity pull request."""
+    repo = gh.get_repo(repo)
+    pr = repo.get_pull(pr_number)
+    pr_creator = pr.user.login
+
+    is_valid = False
+
+    expected_filename = "entities/%s-entity.tar.gz" % pr_creator
+
+    for changed_file in pr.get_files():
+        if changed_file.filename == expected_filename:
+            is_valid = True
+
+    if not is_valid:
+        raise InvalidEntityPR(
+            'The entity file is expected to be named %s. Please remediate.' % expected_filename
+        )
+
+
+def main():
+    token = os.environ.get('GITHUB_TOKEN')
+    github_ref = os.environ.get('GITHUB_REF', '')
+    if not token:
+        print('No github token specified')
+        sys.exit(1)
+    if not github_ref:
+        print('No github_ref specified')
+        sys.exit(1)
+
+    try:
+        pr_number = int(github_ref.split('/')[2])
+    except TypeError:
+        print("This might not be a PR or something is wrong")
+        sys.exit(1)
+    gh = Github(token)
+
+    print("Validating PR #%d" % pr_number)
+
+    try:
+        validate_entity_pull_request(
+            gh,
+            'oasislabs/the-quest-entities',
+            pr_number
+        )
+    except InvalidEntityPR as e:
+        print(e)
+        sys.exit(1)
+
+
+if __name__ == '__main__':
+    main()
diff --git a/.github/workflows/test-scripts.yml b/.github/workflows/test-scripts.yml
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+name: Check validation scripts
+
+on: [push]
+
+jobs:
+  build:
+    name: Test that the validation scripts work as expected
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v1
+
+      - name: Setup Python 3
+        uses: actions/setup-python@v1
+        with:
+          python-version: '3.x'
+
+      - run: pip3 install -r .github/scripts/python/requirements.txt
+
+      - run: python3 .github/scripts/python/test_unpack_entities.py
diff --git a/.github/workflows/validate-pull-request-files.yml b/.github/workflows/validate-pull-request-files.yml
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+++ b/.github/workflows/validate-pull-request-files.yml
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+name: Validate Entity Package PR
+
+on: [pull_request]
+
+jobs:
+  validate_package_file_name:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@master
+
+      - name: Setup Python 3
+        uses: actions/setup-python@v1
+        with:
+          python-version: '3.x'
+
+      - run: pip3 install -r .github/scripts/python/requirements.txt
+
+      - name: Validate the entity package name
+        run: python3 .github/scripts/python/validate_pull_request.py
+        env:
+          GITHUB_TOKEN: "${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}"
+
+      - name: Validate entity packages
+        run: mkdir /tmp/unpack && python3 .github/scripts/python/unpack_entities.py ./entities /tmp/unpack