diff --git a/.devcontainer/Dockerfile b/.devcontainer/Dockerfile
index 42ae6df492..1e80365116 100644
--- a/.devcontainer/Dockerfile
+++ b/.devcontainer/Dockerfile
@@ -10,14 +10,28 @@ RUN apt-get update && apt-get upgrade -y && apt-get install -y \
   strip-nondeterminism \
   uuid-runtime \
   parallel \
-  bc
+  bc \
+  curl \
+  ca-certificates \
+  gnupg
+
+# Prepare github-cli install
+RUN mkdir -p /etc/apt/keyrings \
+  && curl -fsSL https://cli.github.com/packages/githubcli-archive-keyring.gpg \
+  | gpg --dearmor \
+  | tee /etc/apt/keyrings/githubcli-archive-keyring.gpg > /dev/null \
+  && chmod go+r /etc/apt/keyrings/githubcli-archive-keyring.gpg \
+  && echo "deb [arch=$(dpkg --print-architecture) signed-by=/etc/apt/keyrings/githubcli-archive-keyring.gpg] \
+  https://cli.github.com/packages stable main" \
+  | tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/github-cli.list > /dev/null
 
 # Install CLI tools.
 RUN apt-get update && apt-get install -y \
   vim \
   ranger \
   tmux \
-  fzf
+  fzf \
+  gh
 
 # Install base neovim
 RUN set -eux; \
diff --git a/.devcontainer/devcontainer.json b/.devcontainer/devcontainer.json
index ce88bee614..afb1f79547 100644
--- a/.devcontainer/devcontainer.json
+++ b/.devcontainer/devcontainer.json
@@ -48,7 +48,9 @@
     "source=${localEnv:HOME}/.ssh,target=/home/vscode/.ssh,type=bind,consistency=cached",
     "source=${localEnv:HOME}/.gnupg,target=/home/vscode/.gnupg,type=bind,consistency=cached",
     "source=${localWorkspaceFolder}/.devcontainer/config/nvim,target=/home/vscode/.config/nvim,type=bind",
-    "source=${env:HOME}/.gitconfig,target=/home/vscode/.gitconfig,type=bind,consistency=cached"
+    "source=${env:HOME}/.gitconfig,target=/home/vscode/.gitconfig,type=bind,consistency=cached",
+    "source=${localEnv:HOME}/.config/gh,target=/home/vscode/.config/gh,type=bind",
+    "source=${localEnv:NDRI_LOCATION},target=/workspaces/national-document-repository-infrastructure,type=bind,consistency=cached"
   ],
   "postCreateCommand": "HOST_PWD=${localWorkspaceFolder} bash -c '.devcontainer/src/create.sh' ",
   "runArgs": [
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 4400570e9b..11013a969c 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ ZIP_BASE_PATH = ./$(LAMBDAS_BUILD_PATH)/$(lambda_name)/tmp
 ZIP_COMMON_FILES = lambdas/utils lambdas/models lambdas/services lambdas/repositories lambdas/enums lambdas/scripts
 CONTAINER ?= false
 
-.PHONY: install clean help format list requirements ruff
+.PHONY: install clean help format list requirements ruff build-and-deploy-sandbox
 
 default: help
 
@@ -68,6 +68,17 @@ check-packages:
 	./lambdas/venv/bin/pip-audit -r $(REPORTS_REQUIREMENTS)
 	./lambdas/venv/bin/pip-audit -r $(ALERTING_REQUIREMENTS)
 
+build-and-deploy-sandbox: ## Build a sandbox and deploy code. If no SANDBOX_NAME is provided it will use your current branch as the name. It will default to building and deploying using 'main', You can skip building infrastructure by BUILD_INFRA=false. Usage: make build-and-deploy-sandbox SANDBOX_NAME=<sandbox_name> NDRI_WORKFLOW_BRANCH=<branch> NDRI_BRANCH=<branch> NDR_WORKFLOW_BRANCH=<branch> NDR_BRANCH=<branch> BUILD_INFRA=<true|false> NDRI_DIR_LOC_OVERRIDE=<dir_location>
+	@./scripts/build_and_deploy_sandbox.sh \
+		$(if $(NDRI_WORKFLOW_BRANCH),--ndri_workflow_branch=$(NDRI_WORKFLOW_BRANCH)) \
+		$(if $(NDRI_BRANCH),--ndri_branch=$(NDRI_BRANCH)) \
+		$(if $(NDR_WORKFLOW_BRANCH),--ndr_workflow_branch=$(NDR_WORKFLOW_BRANCH)) \
+		$(if $(NDR_BRANCH),--ndr_branch=$(NDR_BRANCH)) \
+		$(if $(SANDBOX_NAME),--sandbox_name=$(SANDBOX_NAME)) \
+		$(if $(BUILD_INFRA),--build_infra=$(BUILD_INFRA)) \
+		$(if $(FULL_DEPLOY),--full_deploy=$(FULL_DEPLOY)) \
+		$(if $(NDRI_DIR_LOC_OVERRIDE),--ndri_dir_loc_override=$(NDRI_DIR_LOC_OVERRIDE))
+
 download-api-certs: ## Downloads mTLS certificates (use with dev envs only). Usage: make download-api-certs WORKSPACE=<workspace>
 	rm -rf ./lambdas/mtls_env_certs/$(WORKSPACE)
 	./scripts/aws/download-api-certs.sh $(WORKSPACE)
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 9621ae9fde..5c4b0c3086 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -31,6 +31,15 @@ The following tools are required for all options:
 - [Git](https://git-scm.com/)
 - Docker (e.g. via [Brew](https://formulae.brew.sh/formula/docker))
 
+Setup an environment variable on your local system. The environment variable points to your national-document-repository-infrastructure directory on your local system.
+For Linux/MacOS users add the following to your ~/.zshrc or ~/.bashrc file
+
+```bash
+export NDRI_LOCATION=<national-document-repository-infrastructure FOLDER location>
+```
+
+For Windows users, please follow Microsoft's recommendations for creating persistent environment variables
+
 ### Method 1 - Dev container within VS Code (recommended)
 
 > [!IMPORTANT]
@@ -70,6 +79,14 @@ lazygit
 - [Node@24](https://formulae.brew.sh/formula/node@24)
 - [Python@3.11](https://formulae.brew.sh/formula/python@3.11)
 
+### Initial Setup of the container
+
+1. Configure Github-CLI with
+
+```bash
+gh auth login
+```
+
 ## Monitoring
 
 We have configured AWS CloudWatch to provide alarm notifications whenever one of a number of metrics exceeds its normal
diff --git a/scripts/build_and_deploy_sandbox.sh b/scripts/build_and_deploy_sandbox.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000000..c9c6bfd9df
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/build_and_deploy_sandbox.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,228 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+set -euo pipefail
+
+# Initialize variables to track options
+NDR_DIRECTORY="$(pwd)"
+PARENT_DIR="$(dirname "$NDR_DIRECTORY")"
+NDRI_DIRECTORY="$PARENT_DIR/national-document-repository-infrastructure"
+BUILD_INFRA=true
+NDRI_BRANCH="main"
+NDRI_WORKFLOW_BRANCH="main"
+NDRI_WORKFLOW_FILE="deploy-sandbox.yml"
+NDR_BRANCH="main"
+NDR_WORKFLOW_BRANCH="main"
+NDR_WORKFLOW_FILE="lambdas-deploy-feature-to-sandbox.yml"
+NDR_WORKFLOW_FILE_FULL="full-deploy-to-sandbox.yml"
+FULL_DEPLOY=false
+SANDBOX_NAME=""
+START_TIME="$(date -u +"%Y-%m-%dT%H:%M:%SZ")"
+
+spinner=(⠋ ⠙ ⠹ ⠸ ⠼ ⠴ ⠦ ⠧ ⠇ ⠏)
+spin_i=0
+poll_interval=10
+spin_interval=0.15
+last_poll=0
+
+# Parse arguments
+for arg in "$@"; do
+  case $arg in
+  --ndri_workflow_branch=*)
+    NDRI_WORKFLOW_BRANCH="${arg#*=}"
+    ;;
+  --ndri_branch=*)
+    NDRI_BRANCH="${arg#*=}"
+    ;;
+  --ndr_workflow_branch=*)
+    NDR_WORKFLOW_BRANCH="${arg#*=}"
+    ;;
+  --ndr_branch=*)
+    NDR_BRANCH="${arg#*=}"
+    ;;
+  --sandbox_name=*)
+    SANDBOX_NAME="${arg#*=}"
+    ;;
+  --build_infra=*)
+    BUILD_INFRA="${arg#*=}"
+    ;;
+  --full_deploy=*)
+    FULL_DEPLOY="${arg#*=}"
+    ;;
+  --ndri_dir_loc_override=*)
+    NDRI_DIRECTORY="${arg#*=}"
+    ;;
+  *)
+    echo "Unknown argument: $arg"
+    echo "Usage: $0 [--ndri_workflow_branch=<branch>] [--ndri_branch=<branch>] [--ndr_branch=<branch>] [--ndr_workflow_branch=<branch>] [--sandbox_name=<sandbox_name>] [--build_infra=<true|false>]  [--ndri_dir_loc_override=<absolute_path>]"
+    exit 1
+    ;;
+  esac
+done
+
+if [[ -z "$SANDBOX_NAME" ]]; then
+  branch=$(git rev-parse --abbrev-ref HEAD)
+  branch=$(echo "$branch" | sed 's/[^a-zA-Z0-9]//g')
+  branch="${branch,,}"
+  SANDBOX_NAME="$branch"
+fi
+
+case "$SANDBOX_NAME" in
+main | dev | ndr-dev | ndr-test | pre-prod | prod)
+  echo "Error: sandbox_name '$SANDBOX_NAME' is not allowed."
+  echo "Refusing to run against protected environments (main, dev, ndr-dev)."
+  exit 1
+  ;;
+esac
+
+if [[ "$BUILD_INFRA" == "true" ]]; then
+  echo "🏗️ Running infrastructure build"
+  cd "$NDRI_DIRECTORY"
+  echo "🔁 Triggering infrastructure workflow '$NDRI_WORKFLOW_FILE' from '$NDRI_WORKFLOW_BRANCH' with branch '$NDRI_BRANCH' to '$SANDBOX_NAME'..."
+  # Trigger the workflow and capture the run ID
+  gh workflow run "$NDRI_WORKFLOW_FILE" --ref "$NDRI_WORKFLOW_BRANCH" --field git_ref="$NDRI_BRANCH" --field sandbox_name="$SANDBOX_NAME" >/dev/null
+
+  for i in {1..10}; do
+    run_id=$(
+      gh run list \
+        --workflow "$NDRI_WORKFLOW_FILE" \
+        --event workflow_dispatch \
+        --json status,databaseId,createdAt,displayTitle \
+        --jq ".[]
+            | select(.displayTitle == \"$NDRI_WORKFLOW_BRANCH | $SANDBOX_NAME\")
+            | select(.createdAt >= \"$START_TIME\")
+            | select(.status == \"queued\" or .status == \"in_progress\")
+            | .databaseId" |
+        head -n1
+    )
+
+    [[ -n "$run_id" ]] && break
+    sleep 1
+  done
+
+  if [[ -z "$run_id" ]]; then
+    echo "❌ Could not find a workflow run to monitor."
+    exit 1
+  fi
+
+  echo "✅ Workflow triggered successfully (run ID: $run_id)"
+  echo "⏳ Monitoring workflow progress..."
+
+  printf "\n"
+
+  while true; do
+    now=$(date +%s)
+
+    # Poll GitHub only every $poll_interval seconds
+    if ((now - last_poll >= poll_interval)); then
+      read -r status conclusion < <(
+        gh run view "$run_id" --json status,conclusion \
+          -q '.status + " " + (.conclusion // "")'
+      )
+      last_poll=$now
+    fi
+
+    case "$status" in
+    queued)
+      printf "\r🕐 Deploy - Sandbox workflow queued... %s" "${spinner[spin_i++ % ${#spinner[@]}]}"
+      ;;
+    in_progress)
+      printf "\r🏃 Deploy - Sandbox workflow is in progress... %s" "${spinner[spin_i++ % ${#spinner[@]}]}"
+      ;;
+    completed)
+      printf "\r\033[K"
+      if [[ "$conclusion" == "success" ]]; then
+        echo "✅ Deploy - Sandbox workflow completed successfully."
+        printf "\n"
+        break
+      else
+        echo "❌ Deploy - Sandbox workflow failed with conclusion: $conclusion"
+        printf "\n"
+        exit 1
+      fi
+      ;;
+    esac
+
+    sleep "$spin_interval"
+  done
+else
+  echo "🏃 Skipping infrastructure build"
+fi
+
+echo "🏗️ Running Lambda deployment"
+cd "$NDR_DIRECTORY"
+if [[ "$FULL_DEPLOY" == "true" ]]; then
+  echo "🔁 Triggering Full Deploy to Sandbox workflow '$NDR_WORKFLOW_FILE_FULL' from '$NDR_WORKFLOW_BRANCH' with branch '$NDR_BRANCH' to '$SANDBOX_NAME'..."
+  # Trigger the workflow and capture the run ID
+  gh workflow run "$NDR_WORKFLOW_FILE_FULL" --ref "$NDR_WORKFLOW_BRANCH" --field build_branch="$NDR_BRANCH" --field sandbox="$SANDBOX_NAME" --field environment="development" >/dev/null
+  DISPLAY_TITLE="$NDR_BRANCH | $SANDBOX_NAME | development | false | true | true"
+  WORKFLOW_FILE="$NDR_WORKFLOW_FILE_FULL"
+else
+  echo "🔁 Triggering Deploy lambdas to Sandbox workflow '$NDR_WORKFLOW_FILE' from '$NDR_WORKFLOW_BRANCH' with branch '$NDR_BRANCH' to '$SANDBOX_NAME'..."
+  # Trigger the workflow and capture the run ID
+  gh workflow run "$NDR_WORKFLOW_FILE" --ref "$NDR_WORKFLOW_BRANCH" --field build_branch="$NDR_BRANCH" --field sandbox="$SANDBOX_NAME" --field environment="development" >/dev/null
+  DISPLAY_TITLE="$NDR_BRANCH | $SANDBOX_NAME | development | true"
+  WORKFLOW_FILE="$NDR_WORKFLOW_FILE"
+fi
+
+for i in {1..10}; do
+  lambda_run_id=$(
+    gh run list \
+      --workflow "$WORKFLOW_FILE" \
+      --event workflow_dispatch \
+      --json status,databaseId,createdAt,displayTitle \
+      --jq ".[]
+          | select(.displayTitle == \"$DISPLAY_TITLE\")
+          | select(.createdAt >= \"$START_TIME\")
+          | select(.status == \"queued\" or .status == \"in_progress\")
+          | .databaseId" |
+      head -n1
+  )
+
+  [[ -n "$lambda_run_id" ]] && break
+  sleep 1
+done
+
+if [[ -z "$lambda_run_id" ]]; then
+  echo "❌ Could not find a Deploy to Sandbox workflow run to monitor."
+  exit 1
+fi
+
+echo "✅ Deploy to Sandbox workflow triggered successfully (run ID: $lambda_run_id)"
+echo "⏳ Monitoring Deploy to Sandbox workflow progress..."
+
+spin_i=0
+last_poll=0
+printf "\n"
+
+while true; do
+  now=$(date +%s)
+
+  # Poll GitHub only every $poll_interval seconds
+  if ((now - last_poll >= poll_interval)); then
+    read -r status conclusion < <(
+      gh run view "$lambda_run_id" --json status,conclusion \
+        -q '.status + " " + (.conclusion // "")'
+    )
+    last_poll=$now
+  fi
+
+  case "$status" in
+  queued)
+    printf "\r🕐 Deploy to Sandbox workflow queued... %s" "${spinner[spin_i++ % ${#spinner[@]}]}"
+    ;;
+  in_progress)
+    printf "\r🏃 Deploy to Sandbox workflow in progress... %s" "${spinner[spin_i++ % ${#spinner[@]}]}"
+    ;;
+  completed)
+    printf "\r\033[K"
+    if [[ "$conclusion" == "success" ]]; then
+      echo "✅ Deploy to Sandbox workflow completed successfully."
+      break
+    else
+      echo "❌ Deploy to Sandbox workflow failed with conclusion: $conclusion"
+      exit 1
+    fi
+    ;;
+  esac
+
+  sleep "$spin_interval"
+done