diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 55a8a18..14b7a4f 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -148,6 +148,16 @@ Options:
   -h, --help                 Show this help message
 ```
 
+## GitHub Token Verification
+
+The project includes a utility to verify the validity of your GitHub token:
+
+```bash
+check-github-token <token>
+```
+
+If no token is provided as an argument, it will attempt to read from the `GITHUB_TOKEN` environment variable.
+
 ## Asset Selection Procedure
 
 The list of assets from the latest release is filtered based on the following rules:
diff --git a/dist/check-token.js b/dist/check-token.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..65edc03
--- /dev/null
+++ b/dist/check-token.js
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env node
+"use strict";var n=require("util");async function i(t,e){let s=`https://api.github.com/repos/${t}/releases/latest`,r={Accept:"application/vnd.github.v3+json","User-Agent":"setup-github-release-action"};e&&(r.Authorization=`token ${e}`);let o=await fetch(s,{headers:r});if(!o.ok){let a=await o.text();throw new Error(`Failed to fetch latest release for ${t}: ${o.statusText}. ${a}`)}return await o.json()}async function c(){let{positionals:t}=(0,n.parseArgs)({allowPositionals:!0}),e=t[0]||process.env.GITHUB_TOKEN;e||(console.error("Error: No GitHub token provided as an argument or found in GITHUB_TOKEN environment variable."),process.exit(1));try{console.log("Verifying GitHub token..."),await i("actions/checkout",e),console.log("\x1B[32mSuccess: The provided GitHub token is valid and has sufficient permissions to access public repositories.\x1B[0m")}catch(s){console.error("\x1B[31mError: GitHub token verification failed.\x1B[0m"),console.error(`Reason: ${s.message}`),process.exit(1)}}c();
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 00aaf9a..c8d9822 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -4,12 +4,14 @@
   "description": "A GitHub Action and CLI tool to download and install binaries from GitHub releases",
   "main": "dist/index.js",
   "bin": {
-    "install-github-release": "dist/cli.js"
+    "install-github-release": "dist/cli.js",
+    "check-github-token": "dist/check-token.js"
   },
   "scripts": {
     "build:action": "esbuild src/index.ts --bundle --platform=node --target=node24 --outfile=dist/index.js --minify",
     "build:cli": "esbuild src/cli.ts --bundle --platform=node --target=node24 --outfile=dist/cli.js --minify --banner:js=\"#!/usr/bin/env node\"",
-    "build": "npm run build:action && npm run build:cli",
+    "build:check-token": "esbuild src/check-token.ts --bundle --platform=node --target=node24 --outfile=dist/check-token.js --minify --banner:js=\"#!/usr/bin/env node\"",
+    "build": "npm run build:action && npm run build:cli && npm run build:check-token",
     "format": "prettier --write '**/*.ts'",
     "format-check": "prettier --check '**/*.ts'",
     "lint": "eslint src/**/*.ts",
diff --git a/src/check-token.ts b/src/check-token.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..eec3588
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/check-token.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+import { parseArgs } from 'util';
+import { fetchLatestRelease } from './core/downloader';
+
+async function run() {
+  const { positionals } = parseArgs({
+    allowPositionals: true
+  });
+
+  const token = positionals[0] || process.env.GITHUB_TOKEN;
+
+  if (!token) {
+    console.error('Error: No GitHub token provided as an argument or found in GITHUB_TOKEN environment variable.');
+    process.exit(1);
+  }
+
+  try {
+    console.log('Verifying GitHub token...');
+    // Attempt to list latest release of actions/checkout as a test
+    await fetchLatestRelease('actions/checkout', token);
+
+    console.log('\x1b[32mSuccess: The provided GitHub token is valid and has sufficient permissions to access public repositories.\x1b[0m');
+  } catch (error: any) {
+    console.error('\x1b[31mError: GitHub token verification failed.\x1b[0m');
+    console.error(`Reason: ${error.message}`);
+    process.exit(1);
+  }
+}
+
+run();