diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index c520f37..3faaf94 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -3,6 +3,9 @@ TAG ?= latest
 IMG := $(REPOSITORY):$(TAG)
 CLUSTER = kind
 
+.PHONY: run-local
+run-local: cluster-delete cluster build docker kind-load-image echo deploy
+
 .PHONY: build
 build:
 	go build -o deployment-tracker cmd/deployment-tracker/main.go
@@ -15,6 +18,13 @@ docker:
 kind-load-image:
 	kind load docker-image ${IMG} --name ${CLUSTER}
 
+.PHONY: deploy
+deploy:
+	@echo "Deploying deployment-tracker to cluster..."
+	kubectl apply -f deploy/manifest.yaml
+	@echo "Deployment complete. Waiting for deployment to be ready..."
+	kubectl rollout status deployment/deployment-tracker -n deployment-tracker --timeout=60s
+
 fmt:
 	go fmt ./...
 
@@ -26,3 +36,35 @@ integration-test:
 
 test-short:
 	go test -short ./...
+
+.PHONY: cluster
+cluster:
+	@echo "Creating kind cluster: ${CLUSTER}"
+	kind create cluster --name ${CLUSTER}
+	@echo "Creating namespaces..."
+	kubectl create namespace test1 --dry-run=client -o yaml | kubectl apply -f -
+	kubectl create namespace test2 --dry-run=client -o yaml | kubectl apply -f -
+	kubectl create namespace test3 --dry-run=client -o yaml | kubectl apply -f -
+	@echo "Kind cluster '${CLUSTER}' created with namespaces: test1, test2, test3"
+
+.PHONY: cluster-delete
+cluster-delete:
+	@echo "Deleting kind cluster: ${CLUSTER}"
+	kind delete cluster --name ${CLUSTER}
+
+# adds an echo server to the cluster that deployment tracker can point to to simulate 200 response
+.PHONY: echo
+echo:
+	@echo "Deploying echo server to artifact-registry namespace..."
+	kubectl create namespace artifact-registry --dry-run=client -o yaml | kubectl apply -f -
+	kubectl run artifact-registry --image=ealen/echo-server:latest --port=80 -n artifact-registry --restart=Always --labels="app=artifact-registry"
+	kubectl expose pod artifact-registry --port=9090 --target-port=80 --name=artifact-registry -n artifact-registry --type=ClusterIP
+	@echo "Echo server deployed and reachable at http://artifact-registry.artifact-registry.svc.cluster.local:9090"
+
+.PHONY: echo-delete
+echo-delete:
+	@echo "Deleting echo server from artifact-registry namespace..."
+	kubectl delete service artifact-registry -n artifact-registry --ignore-not-found=true
+	kubectl delete pod artifact-registry -n artifact-registry --ignore-not-found=true
+	kubectl delete namespace artifact-registry --ignore-not-found=true
+	@echo "Echo server deleted"