diff --git a/.github/workflows/deploy.yaml b/.github/workflows/deploy.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..627fd03
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/deploy.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,69 @@
+name: Deploy recipes
+
+on:
+  push:
+    branches: ["main"]
+  pull_request:
+    branches: ["main"]
+    types: [opened, reopened, synchronize, labeled]
+
+jobs:
+  deploy-recipes:
+    name: deploy-recipes
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    strategy:
+      fail-fast: false
+
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v3
+      - name: "Authenticate to Google Cloud"
+        id: "auth"
+        uses: "google-github-actions/auth@v1"
+        with:
+          credentials_json: "${{ secrets.GCP_DATAFLOW_SERVICE_KEY }}"
+      - name: "Set prune config based on github event type"
+        run: >
+          if ${{ github.event_name == 'pull_request' }}; then
+            echo prune=true >> $GITHUB_ENV
+          else
+            echo prune=false >> $GITHUB_ENV
+          fi
+      - name: "Deploy recipes"
+        uses: "pangeo-forge/deploy-recipe-action@main"
+        with:
+          select_recipe_by_label: "true"
+          pangeo_forge_runner_config: >
+            {
+            "Bake": {
+                "prune": ${{ env.prune }},
+                "bakery_class": "pangeo_forge_runner.bakery.dataflow.DataflowBakery"
+            },
+            "DataflowBakery": {
+                "use_public_ips": false,
+                "service_account_email": "pangeo-forge-dataflow@pangeo-forge-4967.iam.gserviceaccount.com",
+                "project_id": "pangeo-forge-4967",
+                "temp_gcs_location": "gs://pangeo-forge-prod-dataflow/temp"
+            },
+            "TargetStorage": {
+                "fsspec_class": "s3fs.S3FileSystem",
+                "fsspec_args": {
+                    "key": "${{ secrets.PANGEO_FORGE_OSN_KEY }}",
+                    "secret": "${{ secrets.PANGEO_FORGE_OSN_SECRET }}",
+                    "client_kwargs": {
+                        "endpoint_url": "https://ncsa.osn.xsede.org"
+                    },
+                    "default_cache_type": "none",
+                    "default_fill_cache": false,
+                    "use_listings_cache": false
+                },
+                "root_path": "Pangeo/pangeo-forge/aqua-modis-feedstock/{job_name}"
+            },
+            "InputCacheStorage": {
+                "fsspec_class": "gcsfs.GCSFileSystem",
+                "root_path": "gs://pangeo-forge-prod-cache"
+            }
+            }
+        env:
+          GOOGLE_APPLICATION_CREDENTIALS: "${{ steps.auth.outputs.credentials_file_path }}"
+          EARTHDATA_USERNAME: cisaacstern
+          EARTHDATA_PASSWORD: "${{ secrets.EARTHDATA_PASSWORD }}"
diff --git a/feedstock/recipe.py b/feedstock/recipe.py
index 6f1d69f..6a8bda7 100644
--- a/feedstock/recipe.py
+++ b/feedstock/recipe.py
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 import datetime as dt
+import itertools
 import os
 
 import aiohttp
@@ -13,8 +14,21 @@
     StoreToZarr,
     T,
 )
+ 
+def make_dates(freq="8D"):
+    """Create the list of dates of available data."""
+    yrs = {  # start with a dict of dates as if every year was complete...
+        yr: pd.date_range(f"{yr}-01-01", f"{yr}-12-27", freq=freq) for yr in range(2002, 2024)
+    }
+    # ...but we need to make some edits due to missing data
+    yrs[2002] = yrs[2002][slice(*yrs[2002].slice_locs("2002-07-04", "2002-12-27"))]
+    yrs[2022] = yrs[2022].drop("2022-04-07")  # missing for `sst`, but not `bbp_403` + `chlor_a`
+    yrs[2023] = yrs[2023][slice(*yrs[2023].slice_locs("2023-01-01", "2023-07-20"))]
+    # now flatten everything to a single list
+    return list(itertools.chain.from_iterable(yrs.values()))
 
-dates = pd.date_range("2002-07-04", "2002-07-11", freq="8D")
+
+dates = make_dates()
 variables = ["CHL.chlor_a", "IOP.bbp_443", "SST.sst"]
 
 
diff --git a/feedstock/requirements.txt b/feedstock/requirements.txt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..13a565e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/feedstock/requirements.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+# FIXME: pinned to latest commit on main because concurrency limiting is not released yet
+git+https://github.com/pangeo-forge/pangeo-forge-recipes.git@f8dd0387b011eb16aefa178edd4c371ee414a445#egg=pangeo_forge_recipes