diff --git a/inst/templates/gitlab_ci/dot.gitlab-ci.Dockerfile b/inst/templates/gitlab_ci/dot.gitlab-ci.Dockerfile
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+# Use appropriate R version for runner
+FROM rstudio/r-base:4.2.2-focal
+
+# Install other app system dependencies here
+RUN apt-get update && apt-get install --yes libcurl4-openssl-dev
+
+# Install cypress dependencies
+RUN apt-get update && apt-get install --yes \
+  libgtk2.0-0 libgtk-3-0 libgbm-dev libnotify-dev libgconf-2-4 libnss3 libxss1 libasound2 \
+  libxtst6 xauth xvfb \
+  && rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/*
+
+# Install nodejs
+RUN curl -sL https://deb.nodesource.com/setup_18.x | bash \
+  && apt-get install nodejs -yq \
+  && rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/*
+
+# Build: docker build -f .gitlab-ci.Dockerfile -t your/image:latest .
+# Push: docker push your/image:latest
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diff --git a/inst/templates/gitlab_ci/dot.gitlab-ci.yml b/inst/templates/gitlab_ci/dot.gitlab-ci.yml
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+variables:
+  # For caching renv library
+  RENV_PATHS_CACHE: ${CI_PROJECT_DIR}/cache
+  RENV_PATHS_LIBRARY: ${CI_PROJECT_DIR}/renv/library
+  # Cache .rhino
+  DOT_RHINO_PATH: ${CI_PROJECT_DIR}/.rhino
+  # Necessary for cypress to run.
+  # https://docs.cypress.io/guides/references/error-messages#A-Cached-Cypress-Binary-Could-not-be-found
+  # https://docs.cypress.io/guides/continuous-integration/introduction#Caching
+  CYPRESS_CACHE_FOLDER: ${CI_PROJECT_DIR}/.cache/Cypress
+
+
+default:
+  # Use deployed image with .gitlab-ci.Dockerfile
+  image: your/image:latest
+  cache:
+    # This key needs to be constant so all jobs in all branches will share the same cache
+    key: rhino-ci
+    paths:
+      - ${RENV_PATHS_CACHE}
+      - ${RENV_PATHS_LIBRARY}
+      - ${DOT_RHINO_PATH}
+      - ${CYPRESS_CACHE_FOLDER}
+
+Runs linters and tests:
+  before_script:
+    # Restores renv when cache is not available.
+    - R -e "options(renv.config.cache.symlinks = FALSE); renv::restore(clean = TRUE);"
+  script:
+    - R -e "rhino::lint_r()"
+    - R -e "rhino::lint_sass()"
+    - R -e "rhino::lint_js()"
+    - R -e "rhino::build_sass()"
+    - R -e "rhino::build_js()"
+    - R -e "rhino::test_r()"
+    - R -e "rhino::test_e2e()"
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