diff --git a/.github/workflows/blt.yml b/.github/workflows/blt.yml
index 566731f8..cc5f52cd 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/blt.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/blt.yml
@@ -34,12 +34,4 @@ jobs:
     - name: Test with pytest
       run: |
         poetry run pytest ./tests --junit-xml=pytest.xml --cov-report=term  \
-        --cov-report=xml --cov=nmdc_automation
-
-
-    - name: Pytest coverage comment
-      uses: MishaKav/pytest-coverage-comment@main
-      with:
-        pytest-xml-coverage-path: coverage.xml
-        junitxml-path: pytest.xml
-
+        --cov-report=xml --cov=nmdc_automation --local-badge-output-dir badges/
diff --git a/badges/coverage.svg b/badges/coverage.svg
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..24c797f7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/badges/coverage.svg
@@ -0,0 +1,50 @@
+
+<svg
+    xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg"
+    xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink"
+    width="92.5"
+    height="20"
+    role="img"
+    aria-label="coverage: 63%"
+>
+    <style>
+        rect {
+            height: 20px;
+        }
+
+        text {
+            text-rendering: geometricPrecision;
+            dominant-baseline: middle;
+            text-anchor: middle;
+            font-family: Verdana,Geneva,DejaVu Sans,sans-serif;
+            font-size: 11.4px;
+            fill: #fff;
+        }
+
+        .shadow {
+            transform: translate(1px, 1px);
+            fill: #010101;
+        }
+    </style>
+    <title>coverage: 63%</title>
+    <linearGradient id="s" x2="0" y2="100%">
+        <stop offset="0" stop-color="#bbb" stop-opacity=".1"/>
+        <stop offset="1" stop-opacity=".1"/>
+    </linearGradient>
+    <clipPath id="r">
+        <rect width="100%" rx="3" fill="#fff"/>
+    </clipPath>
+    <g clip-path="url(#r)" >
+        <g>
+            <rect width="60.0" fill="#555"/>
+            <text x="30.0" y="10.0" class="shadow">coverage</text>
+            <text x="30.0" y="10.0">coverage</text>
+        </g>
+        <g transform="translate(60.0 0)">
+            <rect width="32.5" fill="#dfb317"/>
+            <text x="16.25" y="10.0" class="shadow">63%</text>
+            <text x="16.25" y="10.0">63%</text>
+        </g>
+        <rect width="100%" height="100%" fill="url(#s)"/>
+    </g>
+</svg>
diff --git a/badges/tests.svg b/badges/tests.svg
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..1227c608
--- /dev/null
+++ b/badges/tests.svg
@@ -0,0 +1,50 @@
+
+<svg
+    xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg"
+    xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink"
+    width="62.5"
+    height="20"
+    role="img"
+    aria-label="tests: 26"
+>
+    <style>
+        rect {
+            height: 20px;
+        }
+
+        text {
+            text-rendering: geometricPrecision;
+            dominant-baseline: middle;
+            text-anchor: middle;
+            font-family: Verdana,Geneva,DejaVu Sans,sans-serif;
+            font-size: 11.4px;
+            fill: #fff;
+        }
+
+        .shadow {
+            transform: translate(1px, 1px);
+            fill: #010101;
+        }
+    </style>
+    <title>tests: 26</title>
+    <linearGradient id="s" x2="0" y2="100%">
+        <stop offset="0" stop-color="#bbb" stop-opacity=".1"/>
+        <stop offset="1" stop-opacity=".1"/>
+    </linearGradient>
+    <clipPath id="r">
+        <rect width="100%" rx="3" fill="#fff"/>
+    </clipPath>
+    <g clip-path="url(#r)" >
+        <g>
+            <rect width="37.5" fill="#555"/>
+            <text x="18.75" y="10.0" class="shadow">tests</text>
+            <text x="18.75" y="10.0">tests</text>
+        </g>
+        <g transform="translate(37.5 0)">
+            <rect width="25.0" fill="#4c1"/>
+            <text x="12.5" y="10.0" class="shadow">26</text>
+            <text x="12.5" y="10.0">26</text>
+        </g>
+        <rect width="100%" height="100%" fill="url(#s)"/>
+    </g>
+</svg>
diff --git a/poetry.lock b/poetry.lock
index d8c6eec1..05fa8c4a 100644
--- a/poetry.lock
+++ b/poetry.lock
@@ -1575,6 +1575,23 @@ pytest = ">=4.6"
 [package.extras]
 testing = ["fields", "hunter", "process-tests", "pytest-xdist", "six", "virtualenv"]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "pytest-local-badge"
+version = "1.0.3"
+description = "Generate local badges (shields) reporting your test suite status."
+optional = false
+python-versions = ">=3.7"
+files = [
+    {file = "pytest-local-badge-1.0.3.tar.gz", hash = "sha256:e13274cc9cadf91a1e3fa290d0bbbd371a365f9d719411e475596f722c2725a5"},
+    {file = "pytest_local_badge-1.0.3-py3-none-any.whl", hash = "sha256:e14dc79922598e5b27ef4398a3537535ad115df2229ebba0259f6c6d92c6047b"},
+]
+
+[package.dependencies]
+pytest = ">=6.1.0"
+
+[package.extras]
+develop = ["black (>=22.12.0)", "build", "flake8-bugbear", "flake8-comprehensions", "flake8-import-order", "flake8-print", "pep8-naming", "pytest (>=7.1.0,<8)", "pytest-cov", "pytest-mock"]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "pytest-logging"
 version = "2015.11.4"
@@ -2484,4 +2501,4 @@ files = [
 [metadata]
 lock-version = "2.0"
 python-versions = "^3.9"
-content-hash = "618a52f79fd4086de98898dcec72b7c2ae7d9d88e10f20074a6f7108bc9997dc"
+content-hash = "211c7b05291828dc0859f1df7e90d97cb941e420bae65330b930a582627565c1"
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 275c28fe..9ac707fc 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ pytest-mock = "^3.12.0"
 pymongo-inmemory = "^0.4.0"
 flake8 = "^6.1.0"
 setuptools = "^69.0.2"
+pytest-local-badge = "^1.0.3"
 
 
 [tool.poetry.group.dev.dependencies]