diff --git a/.github/workflows/examples_matrix.yml b/.github/workflows/integration_tests.yml
similarity index 51%
rename from .github/workflows/examples_matrix.yml
rename to .github/workflows/integration_tests.yml
index fb9cca41..71b6382a 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/examples_matrix.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/integration_tests.yml
@@ -7,10 +7,22 @@ on:
         type: string
         description: "The name of the workflow used for the concurrency group."
         required: true
-      # examples:
-      #   type: sequence
-      #   description: "The examples to run."
-      #   required: true
+      # We pass the list of examples here, but we can't pass an array as argument
+      # Instead, we pass a String with a valid JSON array.
+      # The workaround is mentioned here https://github.com/orgs/community/discussions/11692
+      examples:
+        type: string
+        description: "The list of examples to run. Pass a String with a valid JSON array such as \"[ 'HelloWorld', 'APIGateway' ]\""
+        required: true
+        default: ""
+      examples_enabled:
+        type: boolean
+        description: "Boolean to enable the compilation of examples. Defaults to true."
+        default: true
+      archive_plugin_enabled:
+        type: boolean
+        description: "Boolean to enable the test of the archive plugin. Defaults to true."
+        default: true
       matrix_linux_command:
         type: string
         description: "The command of the current Swift version linux matrix job to execute."
@@ -26,15 +38,14 @@ concurrency:
   cancel-in-progress: true
 
 jobs:
-  linux:
-    name: Example/${{ matrix.examples }} on Linux ${{ matrix.swift.swift_version }}
+  test-examples:
+    name: Test Examples/${{ matrix.examples }} on ${{ matrix.swift.swift_version }}
+    if: ${{ inputs.examples_enabled }}
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     strategy:
       fail-fast: false
       matrix:
-        # This should be passed as an argument in input. Can we pass arrays as argument ?
-        examples: ["HelloWorld", "APIGateway", "S3_AWSSDK", "S3_Soto"]
-        # examples: ${{ inputs.examples }}
+        examples: ${{ fromJson(inputs.examples) }}
 
         # We are using only one Swift version
         swift:
@@ -78,3 +89,42 @@ jobs:
           EXAMPLE: ${{ matrix.examples }}
         run: |
           ./scripts/integration_tests.sh
+          echo "✅ The examples compile correctly"
+
+  test-archive-plugin:
+    name: Test archive plugin
+    if: ${{ inputs.archive_plugin_enabled }}
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    strategy:
+      fail-fast: false
+    steps:
+      - name: Checkout repository
+        uses: actions/checkout@v4
+        with:
+          persist-credentials: false
+      - name: Mark the workspace as safe
+        # https://github.com/actions/checkout/issues/766
+        run: git config --global --add safe.directory ${GITHUB_WORKSPACE}
+      - name: Test the archive plugin
+        env:
+          EXAMPLE: HelloWorld
+          OUTPUT_FILE: .build/plugins/AWSLambdaPackager/outputs/AWSLambdaPackager/MyLambda/bootstrap
+          ZIP_FILE: .build/plugins/AWSLambdaPackager/outputs/AWSLambdaPackager/MyLambda/MyLambda.zip
+        run: |
+          pushd Examples/${EXAMPLE}
+
+          # package the example (docker and swift toolchain are installed on the GH runner)
+          echo yes | swift package archive --allow-network-connections docker
+
+          # did the plugin generated a Linux binary?
+          [ -f ${OUTPUT_FILE} ]
+          file ${OUTPUT_FILE} | grep --silent ELF
+
+          # did the plugin created a ZIP file?
+          [ -f ${ZIP_FILE} ]
+
+          # does the ZIP file contain the bootstrap?
+          unzip -l ${ZIP_FILE} | grep --silent bootstrap
+
+          echo "✅ The archive plugin is OK"
+          popd
diff --git a/.github/workflows/pull_request.yml b/.github/workflows/pull_request.yml
index e12e4593..7e1c61b8 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/pull_request.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/pull_request.yml
@@ -28,12 +28,17 @@ jobs:
 
   integration-tests:
     name: Integration Tests
-    uses: ./.github/workflows/examples_matrix.yml
+    uses: ./.github/workflows/integration_tests.yml
     with:
-      # We should pass the list of examples here, but we can't pass an array as argument
-      # examples: [ "HelloWorld", "APIGateway" ]
       name: "Integration tests"
+      examples_enabled: true
       matrix_linux_command: "LAMBDA_USE_LOCAL_DEPS=../.. swift build"
+      # We pass the list of examples here, but we can't pass an array as argument
+      # Instead, we pass a String with a valid JSON array.
+      # The workaround is mentioned here https://github.com/orgs/community/discussions/11692
+      examples: "[ 'HelloWorld', 'APIGateway','S3_AWSSDK', 'S3_Soto' ]"
+
+      archive_plugin_enabled: true
 
   swift-6-language-mode:
     name: Swift 6 Language Mode