diff --git a/.github/workflows/afternoon_seal_quotes.yml b/.github/workflows/afternoon_seal_quotes.yml
index 6309d5eb..87ffdee3 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/afternoon_seal_quotes.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/afternoon_seal_quotes.yml
@@ -24,11 +24,4 @@ jobs:
       - name: Afternoon Seal Quotes
         id: afternoon_seal_quotes
         run: |
-          teams=(
-            govuk-developers
-            govuk-platform-security-reliability
-          )
-          
-          for team in ${teams[*]} ; do
-            ./bin/seal_runner.rb $team quotes
-          done
+          ./bin/seal_runner.rb "afternoon_seal_quotes"
diff --git a/.github/workflows/morning_seal_quotes.yml b/.github/workflows/morning_seal_quotes.yml
index d82855f1..105db675 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/morning_seal_quotes.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/morning_seal_quotes.yml
@@ -34,5 +34,5 @@ jobs:
           )
 
           for team in ${morning_quote_teams[*]}; do
-            ./bin/seal_runner.rb $team quotes
+            ./bin/seal_runner.rb $team morning_seal_quotes
           done
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index d2af2a1c..5618ccd1 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -37,6 +37,11 @@ export SLACK_WEBHOOK="get_your_incoming_webhook_link_for_your_slack_group_channe
 export SLACK_CHANNEL="#whatever-channel-you-prefer"
 export GITHUB_USE_LABELS=true
 export GITHUB_SECURITY_ALERTS=true
+export MORNING_SEAL_QUOTES=true
+export MORNING_SEAL_PRS=true
+export AFTERNOON_SEAL_QUOTES=true
+export DEPENDAPANDA=true
+export CI_CHECKS=true
 export GITHUB_EXCLUDE_LABELS="[DO NOT MERGE],Don't merge,DO NOT MERGE,Waiting on factcheck,wip"
 export GITHUB_REPOS="myapp,anotherrepo" # Repos you want to be notified about
 export COMPACT=true # Use a more compact version of the seal output
diff --git a/bin/seal_runner.rb b/bin/seal_runner.rb
index 5a3eb98e..f579f27b 100755
--- a/bin/seal_runner.rb
+++ b/bin/seal_runner.rb
@@ -4,6 +4,6 @@
 require_relative '../lib/team_builder'
 
 if !Date.today.saturday? && !Date.today.sunday?
-  teams = TeamBuilder.build(env: ENV, team_name: ARGV[0])
-  Seal.new(teams).bark(mode: ARGV[1])
+  teams = TeamBuilder.build(env: ENV)
+  Seal.new(teams).bark(mode: ARGV[0])
 end
diff --git a/config/alphagov.yml b/config/alphagov.yml
index 2e27e194..9c17c18d 100644
--- a/config/alphagov.yml
+++ b/config/alphagov.yml
@@ -2,7 +2,11 @@
 # To overwrite a specific section of common_properties, add the desired property with a new value after the '<<: *common_properties' line in the corresponding section
 
 common_properties: &common_properties
-  security_alerts: true
+  security_alerts: false
+  morning_seal_quotes: false
+  morning_seal_prs: false
+  afternoon_seal_quotes: false
+  dependapanda: false
   exclude_labels:
     - WIP
     - ignore
@@ -21,6 +25,13 @@ common_properties: &common_properties
     - Thursday
     - Friday
 
+murilo-testing:
+  channel: "#murilo-testing"
+  morning_seal_quotes: true
+  afternoon_seal_quotes: true
+  quotes:
+    - Just testing some stuff.
+
 data-infrastructure:
   channel: '#data-infrastructure'
   <<: *common_properties
diff --git a/lib/seal.rb b/lib/seal.rb
index 853965b9..f9849796 100755
--- a/lib/seal.rb
+++ b/lib/seal.rb
@@ -24,21 +24,27 @@ def bark(mode: nil)
 
   def bark_at(team, mode: nil)
     message = case mode
-              when "quotes"
-                Message.new(team.quotes.sample) if team.quotes_days.map(&:downcase).include?(Date.today.strftime("%A").downcase)
+              when "morning_seal_quotes", "afternoon_seal_quotes"
+                send_quotes_message(team, mode)
               when "dependapanda"
-                MessageBuilder.new(team, :panda).build
+                MessageBuilder.new(team, :panda).build if team.dependapanda
               when "ci"
-                MessageBuilder.new(team, :ci).build
+                MessageBuilder.new(team, :ci).build if team.ci_checks
               else
-                MessageBuilder.new(team, :seal).build
+                MessageBuilder.new(team, :seal).build if team.morning_seal_prs
               end
-
+  
     return if message.nil? || message.text.nil?
-
+  
     poster = SlackPoster.new(team.channel, message.mood)
     poster.send_request(message.text)
   rescue StandardError => e
     puts "Error barking at team '#{team.name}': #{e.message}"
   end
+  
+  def send_quotes_message(team, mode)
+    if team.quotes_days.map(&:downcase).include?(Date.today.strftime("%A").downcase) && team.public_send("#{mode}")
+      Message.new(team.quotes.sample)
+    end
+  end
 end
diff --git a/lib/slack_poster.rb b/lib/slack_poster.rb
index 9368498a..998c33fb 100644
--- a/lib/slack_poster.rb
+++ b/lib/slack_poster.rb
@@ -102,6 +102,6 @@ def set_mood_from_team
   end
 
   def channel
-    @team_channel = "#bot-testing" if ENV["DEVELOPMENT"]
+    @team_channel = "#murilo-testing"
   end
 end
diff --git a/lib/team.rb b/lib/team.rb
index 8c32be7c..daf4ca97 100644
--- a/lib/team.rb
+++ b/lib/team.rb
@@ -2,6 +2,11 @@ class Team
   def initialize(
     use_labels: nil,
     security_alerts: nil,
+    morning_seal_quotes: nil,
+    morning_seal_prs: nil,
+    afternoon_seal_quotes: nil,
+    dependapanda: nil,
+    ci_checks: nil,
     compact: nil,
     exclude_labels: nil,
     exclude_titles: nil,
@@ -12,6 +17,11 @@ def initialize(
   )
     @use_labels = (use_labels.nil? ? false : use_labels)
     @security_alerts = (security_alerts.nil? ? false : security_alerts)
+    @morning_seal_quotes = (morning_seal_quotes.nil? ? false : morning_seal_quotes)
+    @morning_seal_prs = (morning_seal_prs.nil? ? false : morning_seal_prs)
+    @afternoon_seal_quotes = (afternoon_seal_quotes.nil? ? false : afternoon_seal_quotes)
+    @dependapanda = (dependapanda.nil? ? false : dependapanda)
+    @ci_checks = (ci_checks.nil? ? false : ci_checks)
     @compact = (compact.nil? ? false : compact)
     @quotes_days = quotes_days || []
     @exclude_labels = exclude_labels || []
@@ -25,6 +35,11 @@ def initialize(
     use_labels
     quotes_days
     security_alerts
+    morning_seal_quotes
+    morning_seal_prs
+    afternoon_seal_quotes
+    dependapanda
+    ci_checks
     compact
     exclude_labels
     exclude_titles
diff --git a/lib/team_builder.rb b/lib/team_builder.rb
index b1e8e248..0c64d63d 100644
--- a/lib/team_builder.rb
+++ b/lib/team_builder.rb
@@ -44,9 +44,10 @@ def build_single_team(team_name)
   end
 
   def build_all_teams
-    static_config.map do |_, team_config|
+    static_config.map do |key, team_config|
       if team_config["repos"].nil?
         team_config["repos"] = govuk_team_repos(team_config["channel"])
+        team_config["ci_checks"] = is_govuk_team?(key)
       end
       Team.new(**apply_env(team_config))
     end
@@ -60,6 +61,11 @@ def apply_env(config)
       use_labels: env["GITHUB_USE_LABELS"] == "true" || config["use_labels"],
       quotes_days: env["GITHUB_QUOTES_DAYS"]&.split(",") || config["quotes_days"],
       security_alerts: env["GITHUB_SECURITY_ALERTS"] == "true" || config["security_alerts"],
+      morning_seal_quotes: env["MORNING_SEAL_QUOTES"] == "true" || config["morning_seal_quotes"],
+      morning_seal_prs: env["MORNING_SEAL_PRS"] == "true" || config["morning_seal_prs"],
+      afternoon_seal_quotes: env["AFTERNOON_SEAL_QUOTES"] == "true" || config["afternoon_seal_quotes"],
+      dependapanda: env["DEPENDAPANDA"] == "true" || config["dependapanda"],
+      ci_checks: env["CI_CHECKS"] == "true" || config["ci_checks"],
       compact: env["COMPACT"] == "true" || config["compact"],
       exclude_labels: env["GITHUB_EXCLUDE_LABELS"]&.split(",") || config["exclude_labels"],
       exclude_titles: env["GITHUB_EXCLUDE_TITLES"]&.split(",") || config["exclude_titles"],
@@ -99,4 +105,8 @@ def govuk_team_repos(team_channel)
     puts "Error fetching govuk team repos (#{team_channel}): #{e.message}"
     []
   end
+
+  def is_govuk_team?(team)
+    @govuk_data.include? { |repos| repos["team"] == team }
+  end
 end