diff --git a/.github/workflows/print-loss.yml b/.github/workflows/print-loss.yml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..55737432
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/print-loss.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,44 @@
+name: Print Loss
+
+on:
+  pull_request:
+    types: [opened, reopened]
+    branches:
+      - main
+
+jobs:
+  print-loss:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+
+    steps:
+      - name: Checkout repository
+        uses: actions/checkout@v4
+
+      - name: Set up Python
+        uses: actions/setup-python@v4
+        with:
+          python-version: '3.x'
+
+      - name: Install dependencies
+        run: |
+          python -m pip install --upgrade pip
+          pip install -r requirements-dev.txt
+
+      - name: Generate test data
+        run: |
+          printf '{"total_loss": 2.0}\n{"total_loss": 1.8023}\n{"total_loss": 1.52324}\n{"total_loss": 1.3234}' > test-log.jsonl
+          ls -al
+      - name: Print loss
+        run: |
+          python scripts/create-loss-graph.py --log-file test-log.jsonl
+      - name: Print a comment
+        uses: actions/github-script@v7
+        with:
+          github-token: ${{secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN}}
+          script: |
+            github.rest.issues.createComment({
+              issue_number: context.issue.number,
+              owner: context.repo.owner,
+              repo: context.repo.repo,
+              body: 'Thank you for your contribution! Please make sure to review our contribution guidelines.'
+            })
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diff --git a/requirements-dev.txt b/requirements-dev.txt
index a0dff1ed..26c9141a 100644
--- a/requirements-dev.txt
+++ b/requirements-dev.txt
@@ -11,3 +11,7 @@ ipython
 ipykernel
 jupyter
 
+
+# for printing out the loss
+matplotlib
+numpy
diff --git a/scripts/create-loss-graph.py b/scripts/create-loss-graph.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..f4cc6b1e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/create-loss-graph.py
@@ -0,0 +1,52 @@
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+# Standard
+from argparse import ArgumentParser, Namespace
+from base64 import b64encode
+from io import BytesIO
+from pathlib import Path
+import json
+
+# Third Party
+from matplotlib import pyplot as plt
+
+
+def main(args: Namespace):
+    log_file = Path(args.log_file)
+    if not log_file.exists():
+        raise FileNotFoundError(f'log file "{args.log_file}" does not exist')
+
+    if not log_file.is_file():
+        raise RuntimeError(f'log file cannot be a directory: "{log_file}"')
+
+    with open(Path(log_file), "r", encoding="utf-8") as infile:
+        contents = [json.loads(l) for l in infile.read().splitlines()]
+
+    loss_data = [item["total_loss"] for item in contents if "total_loss" in item]
+
+    # create the plot
+    plt.figure()
+    plt.plot(loss_data)
+    plt.xlabel("Steps")
+    plt.ylabel("Loss")
+    plt.title("Training performance over fixed dataset")
+
+    buf = BytesIO()
+    plt.savefig(buf, format="png")
+    buf.seek(0)
+
+    imgb64 = b64encode(buf.read()).decode("utf-8")
+
+    output_file = Path(args.output_file) if args.output_file else None
+    if output_file:
+        output_file.write_text(imgb64, encoding="utf-8")
+    else:
+        # just print the file without including a newline, this way it can be piped
+        print(imgb64, end="")
+
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    parser = ArgumentParser()
+    parser.add_argument("--log-file", type=str)
+    parser.add_argument("--output-file", type=str, default=None)
+    args = parser.parse_args()
+    main(args)