diff --git a/json-schema/exampleWorkflow.json b/json-schema/exampleWorkflow.json
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..ba01bcdf
--- /dev/null
+++ b/json-schema/exampleWorkflow.json
@@ -0,0 +1,121 @@
+{
+  "schemaVersion": "0.0.1",
+  "name": "Example workflow",
+  "parameters": {
+    "ENV": "production",
+    "BUCKET": "mybucket"
+  },
+  "schedule": "0 6 * * *",
+  "timezone": "UTC",
+  "tasks": [
+    {
+      "node_id": "T1",
+      "name": "Initial Data Prep",
+      "input_uri": "/data/input1.csv",
+      "depends_on": [],
+      "runtime_environment_name": "python-env",
+      "runtime_environment_parameters": {
+        "python_version": "3.9"
+      },
+      "output_formats": [
+        "html",
+        "pdf"
+      ],
+      "parameters": {
+        "cleanup": "true"
+      },
+      "tags": [
+        "data-prep"
+      ],
+      "compute_type": "small",
+      "package_input_folder": false
+    },
+    {
+      "node_id": "T2",
+      "name": "Combine Data",
+      "input_uri": "/data/combined_input.csv",
+      "depends_on": [
+        {
+          "node_id": "T1"
+        },
+        {
+          "node_id": "T3"
+        }
+      ],
+      "runtime_environment_name": "python-env",
+      "runtime_environment_parameters": {
+        "python_version": "3.9"
+      },
+      "output_formats": [
+        "notebook"
+      ],
+      "parameters": {
+        "merge_mode": "full-outer"
+      },
+      "tags": [
+        "combine",
+        "processing"
+      ],
+      "compute_type": "medium",
+      "package_input_folder": false
+    },
+    {
+      "node_id": "T3",
+      "name": "Preprocess Data",
+      "input_uri": "/data/raw_data.csv",
+      "depends_on": [],
+      "runtime_environment_name": "python-env",
+      "runtime_environment_parameters": {},
+      "output_formats": [],
+      "parameters": {
+        "normalize": "true"
+      },
+      "tags": [
+        "preprocess"
+      ],
+      "compute_type": "large",
+      "package_input_folder": true
+    },
+    {
+      "node_id": "T4",
+      "name": "Analysis",
+      "input_uri": "/data/analysis_input.csv",
+      "depends_on": [
+        {
+          "node_id": "T2"
+        }
+      ],
+      "runtime_environment_name": "r-env",
+      "runtime_environment_parameters": {
+        "r_version": "4.2"
+      },
+      "output_formats": [
+        "html"
+      ],
+      "parameters": {
+        "analysis_type": "timeseries"
+      },
+      "tags": [
+        "analysis",
+        "R"
+      ],
+      "compute_type": "medium",
+      "package_input_folder": false
+    },
+    {
+      "node_id": "T5",
+      "name": "Final Output",
+      "input_uri": "/data/final_result.csv",
+      "depends_on": [],
+      "runtime_environment_name": "python-env",
+      "runtime_environment_parameters": {},
+      "output_formats": [],
+      "parameters": {},
+      "tags": [
+        "final"
+      ],
+      "compute_type": "small",
+      "package_input_folder": false
+    }
+  ]
+}
diff --git a/json-schema/workflow.schema.json b/json-schema/workflow.schema.json
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..5fd6d33f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/json-schema/workflow.schema.json
@@ -0,0 +1,121 @@
+{
+  "$schema": "http://json-schema.org/draft-07/schema#",
+  "version": "0.0.1",
+  "title": "Workflow",
+  "type": "object",
+  "properties": {
+    "schemaVersion": {
+      "type": "string",
+      "default": "0.0.1"
+    },
+    "tasks": {
+      "type": "array",
+      "items": {
+        "$ref": "#/definitions/Task"
+      },
+      "description": "Worfklow tasks."
+    },
+    "name": {
+      "type": "string",
+      "description": "The name of the workflow."
+    },
+    "parameters": {
+      "type": "object",
+      "additionalProperties": {
+        "type": "string"
+      },
+      "description": "Optional parameters for the workflow."
+    },
+    "schedule": {
+      "type": "string",
+      "description": "Optional schedule in cron format."
+    },
+    "timezone": {
+      "type": "string",
+      "description": "Timezone for the schedule."
+    }
+  },
+  "required": [
+    "tasks",
+    "name"
+  ],
+  "definitions": {
+    "Task": {
+      "type": "object",
+      "properties": {
+        "input_uri": {
+          "type": "string",
+          "description": "The URI of the input file."
+        },
+        "runtime_environment_name": {
+          "type": "string",
+          "description": "Name of the runtime environment."
+        },
+        "runtime_environment_parameters": {
+          "type": "object",
+          "additionalProperties": {
+            "type": "string"
+          },
+          "description": "Parameters for the runtime environment."
+        },
+        "output_formats": {
+          "type": "array",
+          "items": {
+            "type": "string"
+          }
+        },
+        "parameters": {
+          "type": "object",
+          "additionalProperties": {
+            "type": "string"
+          },
+          "description": "Task-specific parameters."
+        },
+        "tags": {
+          "type": "array",
+          "items": {
+            "type": "string"
+          },
+          "description": "Tags for categorizing the job."
+        },
+        "name": {
+          "type": "string",
+          "description": "Name of the job."
+        },
+        "compute_type": {
+          "type": "string",
+          "description": "Type of compute resource to use."
+        },
+        "package_input_folder": {
+          "type": "boolean",
+          "description": "Whether to package the input folder."
+        },
+        "depends_on": {
+          "type": "array",
+          "description": "DAG node IDs of tasks this task depends on (upstream dependencies).",
+          "items": {
+            "type": "object",
+            "properties": {
+              "node_id": {
+                "type": "string"
+              }
+            },
+            "required": [
+              "node_id"
+            ]
+          }
+        },
+        "node_id": {
+          "type": "string",
+          "description": "DAG node ID of this task."
+        }
+      },
+      "required": [
+        "input_uri",
+        "name",
+        "node_id",
+        "depends_on"
+      ]
+    }
+  }
+}