diff --git a/.github/workflows/run-qa-engine.yml b/.github/workflows/run-qa-engine.yml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..717e9db0198b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/run-qa-engine.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+name: Run QA Engine
+
+on:
+  workflow_dispatch:
+  schedule:
+    # 1pm UTC is 6am PDT.
+    # same time as Generate Build Report
+    - cron: "0 13 * * *"
+
+jobs:
+  run-qa-engine:
+    name: "Run QA Engine"
+    if: github.ref == 'refs/heads/master'
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+      - name: Checkout Airbyte
+        uses: actions/checkout@v3
+      - name: Setup Cloud SDK
+        uses: google-github-actions/setup-gcloud@v0
+        with:
+          service_account_key: ${{ secrets.PROD_SPEC_CACHE_SA_KEY }}
+          export_default_credentials: true
+      - name: Install Python
+        uses: actions/setup-python@v4
+        with:
+          python-version: "3.9"
+      - name: Install ci-connector-ops package
+        run: pip install --quiet -e ./tools/ci_connector_ops
+      - name: Run QA Engine
+        run: run-qa-engine
diff --git a/tools/ci_connector_ops/ci_connector_ops/qa_engine/__init__.py b/tools/ci_connector_ops/ci_connector_ops/qa_engine/__init__.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..e69de29bb2d1
diff --git a/tools/ci_connector_ops/ci_connector_ops/qa_engine/inputs.py b/tools/ci_connector_ops/ci_connector_ops/qa_engine/inputs.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..1e560df0be56
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/ci_connector_ops/ci_connector_ops/qa_engine/inputs.py
@@ -0,0 +1,50 @@
+#
+# Copyright (c) 2023 Airbyte, Inc., all rights reserved.
+#
+
+
+import requests
+import pandas as pd
+
+CLOUD_CATALOG_URL = "https://storage.googleapis.com/prod-airbyte-cloud-connector-metadata-service/cloud_catalog.json"
+OSS_CATALOG_URL = "https://storage.googleapis.com/prod-airbyte-cloud-connector-metadata-service/oss_catalog.json"
+
+
+def fetch_remote_catalog(catalog_url: str) -> pd.DataFrame:
+    """Fetch a combined remote catalog and return a single DataFrame 
+    with sources and destinations defined by the connector_type column.
+
+    Args:
+        catalog_url (str): The remote catalog url.
+
+    Returns:
+        pd.DataFrame: Sources and destinations combined under a denormalized DataFrame.
+    """
+    raw_catalog = requests.get(catalog_url).json()
+    sources = pd.DataFrame(raw_catalog["sources"])
+    destinations = pd.DataFrame(raw_catalog["destinations"])
+    sources["connector_type"] = "source"
+    sources["connector_definition_id"] = sources.sourceDefinitionId
+    destinations["connector_type"] = "destination"
+    destinations["connector_definition_id"] = destinations.destinationDefinitionId
+    return pd.concat([sources, destinations])
+
+def fetch_adoption_metrics_per_connector_version() -> pd.DataFrame:
+    """Retrieve adoptions metrics for each connector version from our data warehouse.
+
+    Returns:
+        pd.DataFrame: A Dataframe with adoption metrics per connector version.
+    """
+    # TODO: directly query BigQuery
+    # use query in https://airbyte.metabaseapp.com/question/1642-adoption-and-success-rate-per-connector-version-oss-cloud
+    return pd.DataFrame(columns=[
+        "connector_definition_id",
+        "connector_version",
+        "number_of_connections",
+        "number_of_users",
+        "sync_success_rate",
+    ])
+
+CLOUD_CATALOG = fetch_remote_catalog(CLOUD_CATALOG_URL)
+OSS_CATALOG = fetch_remote_catalog(OSS_CATALOG_URL)
+ADOPTION_METRICS_PER_CONNECTOR_VERSION = fetch_adoption_metrics_per_connector_version()
diff --git a/tools/ci_connector_ops/ci_connector_ops/qa_engine/main.py b/tools/ci_connector_ops/ci_connector_ops/qa_engine/main.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..7d632788aa6a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/ci_connector_ops/ci_connector_ops/qa_engine/main.py
@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+#
+# Copyright (c) 2023 Airbyte, Inc., all rights reserved.
+#
+
+
+import pandas as pd
+from .models import QAReport
+
+GCS_QA_REPORT_PATH = "gs://prod-airbyte-cloud-connector-metadata-service/qa_report.json"
+DUMMY_REPORT = pd.DataFrame([
+        {
+            "connector_type": "source",
+            "connector_name": "test",
+            "docker_image_tag": "0.0.0",
+            "release_stage": "alpha",
+            "is_on_cloud": False,
+            "latest_build_is_successful": False,
+            "documentation_is_available": False,
+            "number_of_connections": 0,
+            "number_of_users": 0,
+            "sync_success_rate": .99
+        }
+    ])
+
+def write_qa_report_to_gcs(qa_report: pd.DataFrame, output_file_path: str):
+    # Validate the report structure with pydantic QAReport model.
+    QAReport(connectors_qa_report=qa_report.to_dict(orient="records"))
+    qa_report.to_json(output_file_path, orient="records")
+
+def main():
+    write_qa_report_to_gcs(DUMMY_REPORT, GCS_QA_REPORT_PATH)
diff --git a/tools/ci_connector_ops/ci_connector_ops/qa_engine/models.py b/tools/ci_connector_ops/ci_connector_ops/qa_engine/models.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..eec91b90eee7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/ci_connector_ops/ci_connector_ops/qa_engine/models.py
@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+#
+# Copyright (c) 2023 Airbyte, Inc., all rights reserved.
+#
+
+
+from enum import Enum
+from typing import List
+from pydantic import BaseModel
+
+class ConnectorTypeEnum(str, Enum):
+    source = "source"
+    destination = "destination"
+
+class ReleaseStageEnum(str, Enum):
+    alpha = "alpha"
+    beta = "beta"
+    generally_available = "generally_available"
+
+class ConnectorQAReport(BaseModel):
+    connector_type: ConnectorTypeEnum
+    connector_name: str
+    docker_image_tag: str
+    release_stage: ReleaseStageEnum
+    is_on_cloud: bool
+    latest_build_is_successful: bool
+    documentation_is_available: bool
+    number_of_connections: int 
+    number_of_users: int
+    sync_success_rate: float
+
+class QAReport(BaseModel):
+    connectors_qa_report: List[ConnectorQAReport]
diff --git a/tools/ci_connector_ops/setup.py b/tools/ci_connector_ops/setup.py
index c573c8d7148b..0fc79a9f6e1e 100644
--- a/tools/ci_connector_ops/setup.py
+++ b/tools/ci_connector_ops/setup.py
@@ -5,11 +5,19 @@
 
 from setuptools import find_packages, setup
 
-MAIN_REQUIREMENTS = ["requests", "PyYAML~=6.0", "GitPython~=3.1.29"]
+MAIN_REQUIREMENTS = [
+    "requests",
+    "PyYAML~=6.0",
+    "GitPython~=3.1.29",
+    "pandas~=1.5.3",
+    "pydantic~=1.10.4",
+    "fsspec~=2023.1.0",
+    "gcsfs~=2023.1.0"
+]
 
 
 setup(
-    version="0.1.2",
+    version="0.1.3",
     name="ci_connector_ops",
     description="Packaged maintained by the connector operations team to perform CI for connectors",
     author="Airbyte",
@@ -22,6 +30,7 @@
             "check-test-strictness-level = ci_connector_ops.sat_config_checks:check_test_strictness_level",
             "write-review-requirements-file = ci_connector_ops.sat_config_checks:write_review_requirements_file",
             "print-mandatory-reviewers = ci_connector_ops.sat_config_checks:print_mandatory_reviewers",
+            "run-qa-engine = ci_connector_ops.qa_engine.main:main"
             "run-qa-checks = ci_connector_ops.qa_checks:run_qa_checks"
         ],
     },
diff --git a/tools/ci_connector_ops/tests/test_qa_engine/__init__.py b/tools/ci_connector_ops/tests/test_qa_engine/__init__.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..e69de29bb2d1
diff --git a/tools/ci_connector_ops/tests/test_qa_engine/test_inputs.py b/tools/ci_connector_ops/tests/test_qa_engine/test_inputs.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..d0a4fb037e03
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/ci_connector_ops/tests/test_qa_engine/test_inputs.py
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+#
+# Copyright (c) 2023 Airbyte, Inc., all rights reserved.
+#
+
+
+import pandas as pd
+import pytest
+
+from ci_connector_ops.qa_engine import inputs
+
+@pytest.mark.parametrize("catalog_url", [inputs.OSS_CATALOG_URL, inputs.CLOUD_CATALOG_URL])
+def test_fetch_remote_catalog(catalog_url):
+    catalog = inputs.fetch_remote_catalog(catalog_url)
+    assert isinstance(catalog, pd.DataFrame)
+    expected_columns = ["connector_type", "connector_definition_id"]
+    assert all(expected_column in catalog.columns for expected_column in expected_columns)
+    assert set(catalog.connector_type.unique()) == {"source", "destination"}
+
+def test_fetch_adoption_metrics_per_connector_version():
+    expected_columns = {
+        "connector_definition_id",
+        "connector_version",
+        "number_of_connections",
+        "number_of_users",
+        "sync_success_rate",
+    }
+
+    adoption_metrics_per_connector_version = inputs.fetch_adoption_metrics_per_connector_version()
+    assert len(adoption_metrics_per_connector_version) == 0
+    assert set(adoption_metrics_per_connector_version.columns) == expected_columns
diff --git a/tools/ci_connector_ops/tests/test_qa_engine/test_main.py b/tools/ci_connector_ops/tests/test_qa_engine/test_main.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..815568e2d8a9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/ci_connector_ops/tests/test_qa_engine/test_main.py
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+#
+# Copyright (c) 2023 Airbyte, Inc., all rights reserved.
+#
+
+import pandas
+from ci_connector_ops.qa_engine import main
+
+def test_write_qa_report_to_gcs(tmp_path):
+    output_path = tmp_path / "output.json"
+    main.write_qa_report_to_gcs(main.DUMMY_REPORT, output_path)
+    assert pandas.read_json(output_path).to_dict() == main.DUMMY_REPORT.to_dict()