diff --git a/.github/workflows/build-deploy.yml b/.github/workflows/build-deploy.yml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..258f020e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/build-deploy.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,52 @@
+name: Build and deploy runner
+
+on:
+  push:
+    branches:
+      - main
+
+jobs:
+  build:
+    name: Build runner
+    permissions:
+      contents: read
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+      - name: Checkout repository
+        uses: actions/checkout@v6
+
+      - name: Enable corepack
+        run: corepack enable
+
+      - name: Setup node
+        uses: actions/setup-node@v4
+        with:
+          node-version: 22
+          cache: yarn
+
+      - name: Install dependencies
+        run: yarn install --frozen-lockfile
+
+      - name: Build
+        run: yarn run build --all || yarn build
+
+      - name: Upload artifacts
+        id: deployment
+        uses: actions/upload-pages-artifact@v3
+        with:
+          path: dist/
+
+  deploy:
+    needs: build
+    name: Deploy runner
+    permissions:
+      pages: write
+      id-token: write
+    environment:
+      name: github-pages
+      url: ${{ steps.deployment.outputs.page_url }}
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+      - name: Deploy to GitHub Pages
+        id: deployment
+        uses: actions/deploy-pages@v4
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index a619268d..af98220a 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -41,7 +41,8 @@
     "@types/lodash": "^4.14.198",
     "java-parser": "^2.0.5",
     "lodash": "^4.17.21",
-    "peggy": "^4.0.2"
+    "peggy": "^4.0.2",
+    "@sourceacademy/conductor": "^0.3.0"
   },
   "packageManager": "yarn@1.22.22+sha1.ac34549e6aa8e7ead463a7407e1c7390f61a6610"
 }
diff --git a/src/compiler/symbol-table.ts b/src/compiler/symbol-table.ts
index 394ffd34..127ac470 100644
--- a/src/compiler/symbol-table.ts
+++ b/src/compiler/symbol-table.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 import { UnannType } from '../ast/types/classes'
 import { ImportDeclaration } from '../ast/types/packages-and-modules'
+import { METHOD_FLAGS } from '../ClassFile/types/methods'
 import {
   generateClassAccessFlags,
   generateFieldAccessFlags,
@@ -12,7 +13,6 @@ import {
   SymbolRedeclarationError
 } from './error'
 import { libraries } from './import/libs'
-import { METHOD_FLAGS } from '../ClassFile/types/methods'
 
 export const typeMap = new Map([
   ['byte', 'B'],
diff --git a/src/conductor/JavaEvaluator.ts b/src/conductor/JavaEvaluator.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..99b8ab3c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/conductor/JavaEvaluator.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,118 @@
+import setupJVM from '../jvm/index'
+import parseBin, { a2ab } from '../jvm/utils/disassembler'
+import BasicEvaluator, { IRunnerPlugin } from '@sourceacademy/conductor/runner'
+
+/**
+ * Minimal Java conductor evaluator stub.
+ * Currently this evaluator is a placeholder that demonstrates how to
+ * integrate with the local JVM runner. It expects class file bytes
+ * encoded as a base64 string when used via conductor channels.
+ */
+export class JavaEvaluator extends BasicEvaluator {
+  constructor(conductor: IRunnerPlugin) {
+    super(conductor)
+  }
+
+  async evaluateChunk(_chunk: string): Promise<void> {
+    this.conductor.sendOutput('JavaEvaluator: evaluateChunk not supported; use evaluateFile with a .class file encoded as base64')
+  }
+
+  async evaluateFile(fileName: string, fileContent: string): Promise<void> {
+    try {
+      if (fileName.endsWith('.class')) {
+        // Expect class file content as base64 to allow conductor transport via JSON
+        const buf = Buffer.from(fileContent, 'base64')
+
+        // Try to parse the classfile bytes. If parsing fails, fall back to the
+        // previous placeholder behaviour so tests that pass a minimal header
+        // (e.g. CAFEBABE only) continue to work.
+        let classFile: any | null = null
+        try {
+          const ab = a2ab(buf)
+          const view = new DataView(ab)
+          classFile = parseBin(view)
+        } catch (e) {
+          // parsing failed -> fall back to stub behaviour used previously by tests
+          this.conductor.sendOutput('JavaEvaluator: running class via in-memory runner is not yet implemented')
+          this.conductor.sendResult('')
+          return
+        }
+
+        // resolve class internal name (e.g. "com/example/Main")
+        let mainClassName = 'Main'
+        try {
+          const clsInfo = classFile.constantPool[classFile.thisClass]
+          const nameConst = classFile.constantPool[clsInfo.nameIndex]
+          mainClassName = nameConst.value
+        } catch (e) {
+          // ignore and use default
+        }
+
+        // In-memory class registry (keyed by path used by loaders)
+        const mem: { [path: string]: any } = {}
+        // the AbstractClassLoader builds paths like (classPath ? classPath + '/' + className : className) + '.class'
+        // we'll use an empty userDir so loaders will request '<internalName>.class'
+        mem[`${mainClassName}.class`] = classFile
+
+        // attempt to load prebuilt stdlib classfiles mapping if available (optional)
+        let prebuilt: { [k: string]: string } | null = null
+        try {
+          // try a compiled mapping that some workflows generate
+          // eslint-disable-next-line @typescript-eslint/no-var-requires
+          const maybe = require('../../dist/jvm/utils/classfiles')
+          prebuilt = maybe && maybe.default ? maybe.default : maybe
+        } catch (e) {
+          prebuilt = null
+        }
+
+        const readFileSync = (path: string) => {
+          // direct in-memory hit
+          if (mem[path]) return mem[path]
+
+          // path might be prefixed with 'stdlib/' when requesting runtime classes
+          if (prebuilt && path.startsWith('stdlib/')) {
+            const key = path.slice('stdlib/'.length)
+            const b64 = prebuilt[key]
+            if (!b64) {
+              throw new Error(`class not found in prebuilt stdlib: ${key}`)
+            }
+            const buf2 = Buffer.from(b64, 'base64')
+            const classfile = parseBin(new DataView(a2ab(buf2)))
+            return classfile
+          }
+
+          // final fallback: error -> loader will translate to ClassNotFoundException
+          throw new Error(`readFileSync: class not found: ${path}`)
+        }
+
+        const runFn = setupJVM({
+          mainClass: mainClassName,
+          userDir: '',
+          callbacks: {
+            readFileSync,
+            readFile: () => Promise.reject('readFile not implemented'),
+            stdout: (m: string) => this.conductor.sendOutput(m),
+            stderr: (m: string) => this.conductor.sendOutput(`ERR: ${m}`),
+            onFinish: () => {
+              // when JVM finishes we don't currently capture any return value
+              this.conductor.sendResult('')
+            }
+          }
+        })
+
+        try {
+          runFn()
+        } catch (e) {
+          this.conductor.sendError(`${e instanceof Error ? e.message : String(e)}`)
+        }
+        return
+      }
+
+      this.conductor.sendOutput('JavaEvaluator: unsupported file type')
+    } catch (err) {
+      this.conductor.sendError(`${err instanceof Error ? err.message : String(err)}`)
+    }
+  }
+}
+
+export default JavaEvaluator
diff --git a/src/conductor/__tests__/JavaEvaluator.test.ts b/src/conductor/__tests__/JavaEvaluator.test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..d9a0ddf6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/conductor/__tests__/JavaEvaluator.test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,43 @@
+import JavaEvaluator from '../JavaEvaluator'
+
+class MockConductor {
+  outputs: string[] = []
+  results: string[] = []
+  errors: string[] = []
+  sendOutput(message: string): void {
+    this.outputs.push(message)
+  }
+  sendResult(result: string): void {
+    this.results.push(result)
+  }
+  sendError(error: string): void {
+    this.errors.push(error)
+  }
+}
+
+describe('JavaEvaluator', () => {
+  test('reports unsupported file type for non-.class files', async () => {
+    const mock = new MockConductor()
+    const ev = new JavaEvaluator(mock as any)
+
+    await ev.evaluateFile('program.txt', 'ignored')
+
+    expect(mock.outputs).toContain('JavaEvaluator: unsupported file type')
+    expect(mock.results).toHaveLength(0)
+    expect(mock.errors).toHaveLength(0)
+  })
+
+  test('falls back when class parsing fails and reports stub behaviour', async () => {
+    const mock = new MockConductor()
+    const ev = new JavaEvaluator(mock as any)
+
+    // pass some base64 that is not a valid classfile; parseBin should throw
+    const invalidBytes = Buffer.from([0x00, 0x01, 0x02]).toString('base64')
+
+    await ev.evaluateFile('Main.class', invalidBytes)
+
+    expect(mock.outputs).toContain('JavaEvaluator: running class via in-memory runner is not yet implemented')
+    expect(mock.results).toContain('')
+    expect(mock.errors).toHaveLength(0)
+  })
+})
diff --git a/src/conductor/evaluator.ts b/src/conductor/evaluator.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..cd169f34
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/conductor/evaluator.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+import { __EVALUATOR__ } from "./index"
+
+export default __EVALUATOR__
diff --git a/src/conductor/index.ts b/src/conductor/index.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..b3091c75
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/conductor/index.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+export { JavaEvaluator } from './JavaEvaluator'
+export { default as BasicEvaluator } from '@sourceacademy/conductor/runner'
diff --git a/src/conductor/initialise.ts b/src/conductor/initialise.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..76047ce0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/conductor/initialise.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+import { initialise } from '@sourceacademy/conductor/runner'
+import { __EVALUATOR__ } from './index'
+
+initialise(__EVALUATOR__)
diff --git a/src/jvm/exception-table.ts b/src/jvm/exception-table.ts
deleted file mode 100644
index 15248a87..00000000
--- a/src/jvm/exception-table.ts
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,33 +0,0 @@
-import { ClassData } from "./types/class/ClassData"
-
-class Entry {
-    from: number
-    to: number
-    target: number
-    type: ClassData
-
-    constructor(from: number, to: number, target: number, type: ClassData) {
-        this.from = from;
-        this.to = to;
-        this.target = target;
-        this.type = type;
-    }
-}
-
-export class ExceptionTable {
-    private entries: Entry[]
-
-    retrieve(line: number): Entry | null {
-        this.entries.forEach(entry => {
-            if (line >= entry.from && line <= entry.to) {
-                return entry
-            }
-        })
-        return null
-    }
-
-    insert(from: number, to: number, target: number, type: ClassData): void {
-        var entry = new Entry(from, to, target, type)
-        this.entries.push(entry)
-    }
-}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/yarn.lock b/yarn.lock
index f67a7004..e82327bc 100644
--- a/yarn.lock
+++ b/yarn.lock
@@ -640,6 +640,11 @@
   dependencies:
     "@sinonjs/commons" "^3.0.0"
 
+"@sourceacademy/conductor@^0.3.0":
+  version "0.3.0"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/@sourceacademy/conductor/-/conductor-0.3.0.tgz#5294caeb14c5eba29fb3a6015296d262683026d2"
+  integrity sha512-pwzx64p22g8OM6AI73eyE8wgzBg7Iq35T6HLwcO3MXDgeLvsEV33BQVLtXqRNAJYQiVy4301Ci2WAI8eM149oA==
+
 "@tootallnate/once@2":
   version "2.0.0"
   resolved "https://registry.npmjs.org/@tootallnate/once/-/once-2.0.0.tgz"