diff --git a/app/controllers/guide_cards_controller.rb b/app/controllers/guide_cards_controller.rb
index 1ed968a3..5610ff1d 100644
--- a/app/controllers/guide_cards_controller.rb
+++ b/app/controllers/guide_cards_controller.rb
@@ -1,4 +1,8 @@
 # frozen_string_literal: true
 
+# controller for GuideCards
 class GuideCardsController < ApplicationController
+  def index; end
+
+  def show; end
 end
diff --git a/app/helpers/guide_cards_helper.rb b/app/helpers/guide_cards_helper.rb
index 43c1f0d0..fc4fa32a 100644
--- a/app/helpers/guide_cards_helper.rb
+++ b/app/helpers/guide_cards_helper.rb
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 # frozen_string_literal: true
 
-# a helper for GuideCards
+# helper for GuideCards
 module GuideCardsHelper
 end
diff --git a/app/views/guide_cards/index.html.erb b/app/views/guide_cards/index.html.erb
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..ce378a4d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/views/guide_cards/index.html.erb
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+<h1>GuideCards#index</h1>
+<p>Find me in app/views/guide_cards/index.html.erb</p>
diff --git a/app/views/guide_cards/show.html.erb b/app/views/guide_cards/show.html.erb
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..dc37d904
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/views/guide_cards/show.html.erb
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+<h1>GuideCards#show</h1>
+<p>Find me in app/views/guide_cards/show.html.erb</p>
diff --git a/config/routes.rb b/config/routes.rb
index a891cb27..6eb3aee9 100644
--- a/config/routes.rb
+++ b/config/routes.rb
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 # frozen_string_literal: true
 
 Rails.application.routes.draw do
+  get 'guide_cards/index'
+  get 'guide_cards/show'
   resources :guide_cards
   # Define your application routes per the DSL in https://guides.rubyonrails.org/routing.html
 
diff --git a/spec/requests/guide_cards_spec.rb b/spec/requests/guide_cards_spec.rb
index 4db4d275..acc3a596 100644
--- a/spec/requests/guide_cards_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/requests/guide_cards_spec.rb
@@ -4,6 +4,16 @@
 
 RSpec.describe 'GuideCards', type: :request do
   describe 'GET /index' do
-    pending "add some examples (or delete) #{__FILE__}"
+    it 'returns http success' do
+      get '/guide_cards/index'
+      expect(response).to have_http_status(:success)
+    end
+  end
+
+  describe 'GET /show' do
+    it 'returns http success' do
+      get '/guide_cards/show'
+      expect(response).to have_http_status(:success)
+    end
   end
 end
diff --git a/spec/views/guide_cards/index.html.erb_spec.rb b/spec/views/guide_cards/index.html.erb_spec.rb
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..1fd373a6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/spec/views/guide_cards/index.html.erb_spec.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+# frozen_string_literal: true
+
+require 'rails_helper'
+
+RSpec.describe 'guide_cards/index.html.erb', type: :view do
+  pending "add some examples to (or delete) #{__FILE__}"
+end
diff --git a/spec/views/guide_cards/show.html.erb_spec.rb b/spec/views/guide_cards/show.html.erb_spec.rb
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..7864cbb5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/spec/views/guide_cards/show.html.erb_spec.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+# frozen_string_literal: true
+
+require 'rails_helper'
+
+RSpec.describe 'guide_cards/show.html.erb', type: :view do
+  pending "add some examples to (or delete) #{__FILE__}"
+end