diff --git a/cli/test/helper.go b/cli/test/helper.go
index 912a3a71db..995367c4b1 100644
--- a/cli/test/helper.go
+++ b/cli/test/helper.go
@@ -1,26 +1,64 @@
 package tests
 
-type Secret struct {
-	Key   string
-	Value string
+import (
+	"fmt"
+	"os"
+	"os/exec"
+	"strings"
+	"testing"
+)
+
+const (
+	CLI_NAME = "infisical-merge"
+)
+
+var (
+	FORMATTED_CLI_NAME = fmt.Sprintf("./%s", CLI_NAME)
+)
+
+type Credentials struct {
+	ClientID      string
+	ClientSecret  string
+	UAAccessToken string
+	ServiceToken  string
+	ProjectID     string
+	EnvSlug       string
 }
 
-func Map[T, U any](ts []T, f func(T) U) []U {
-	us := make([]U, len(ts))
-	for i := range ts {
-		us[i] = f(ts[i])
+var creds = Credentials{
+	UAAccessToken: "",
+	ClientID:      os.Getenv("CLI_TESTS_UA_CLIENT_ID"),
+	ClientSecret:  os.Getenv("CLI_TESTS_UA_CLIENT_SECRET"),
+	ServiceToken:  os.Getenv("CLI_TESTS_SERVICE_TOKEN"),
+	ProjectID:     os.Getenv("CLI_TESTS_PROJECT_ID"),
+	EnvSlug:       os.Getenv("CLI_TESTS_ENV_SLUG"),
+}
+
+func ExecuteCliCommand(command string, args ...string) (string, error) {
+	cmd := exec.Command(command, args...)
+	output, err := cmd.CombinedOutput()
+	if err != nil {
+		return strings.TrimSpace(string(output)), err
 	}
-	return us
+	return strings.TrimSpace(string(output)), nil
 }
 
-func getSecretKeysAndValues(secrets []Secret) (keys []string, values []string) {
-	secretKeys := []string{}
-	secretValues := []string{}
+func SetupCli(t *testing.T) {
 
-	for _, secret := range secrets {
-		secretKeys = append(secretKeys, secret.Key)
-		secretValues = append(secretValues, secret.Value)
+	if creds.ClientID == "" || creds.ClientSecret == "" || creds.ServiceToken == "" || creds.ProjectID == "" || creds.EnvSlug == "" {
+		panic("Missing required environment variables")
+	}
+
+	// check if the CLI is already built, if not build it
+	alreadyBuilt := false
+	if _, err := os.Stat(FORMATTED_CLI_NAME); err == nil {
+		alreadyBuilt = true
+	}
+
+	if !alreadyBuilt {
+		if err := exec.Command("go", "build", "../.").Run(); err != nil {
+			t.Fatal(err)
+		}
 	}
 
-	return secretKeys, secretValues
 }