diff --git a/multichain-testing/.gitignore b/multichain-testing/.gitignore
index 353e7ea6469..ee0e3626500 100644
--- a/multichain-testing/.gitignore
+++ b/multichain-testing/.gitignore
@@ -2,4 +2,4 @@
 .yarn/*
 !.yarn/patches/*
 revise-chain-info*
-start-*
+start*
diff --git a/multichain-testing/test/basic-flows.test.ts b/multichain-testing/test/basic-flows.test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..40a037a5045
--- /dev/null
+++ b/multichain-testing/test/basic-flows.test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,121 @@
+import anyTest from '@endo/ses-ava/prepare-endo.js';
+import type { TestFn } from 'ava';
+import { commonSetup, SetupContextWithWallets } from './support.js';
+import { makeDoOffer } from '../tools/e2e-tools.js';
+import { chainConfig, chainNames } from './support.js';
+
+const test = anyTest as TestFn<SetupContextWithWallets>;
+
+const accounts = ['user1', 'user2', 'user3']; // one account for each scenario
+
+const contractName = 'basicFlows';
+const contractBuilder =
+  '../packages/builders/scripts/orchestration/init-basic-flows.js';
+
+test.before(async t => {
+  const { deleteTestKeys, setupTestKeys, ...rest } = await commonSetup(t);
+  deleteTestKeys(accounts).catch();
+  const wallets = await setupTestKeys(accounts);
+  t.context = { ...rest, wallets, deleteTestKeys };
+
+  t.log('bundle and install contract', contractName);
+  await t.context.deployBuilder(contractBuilder);
+  const vstorageClient = t.context.makeQueryTool();
+  await t.context.retryUntilCondition(
+    () => vstorageClient.queryData(`published.agoricNames.instance`),
+    res => contractName in Object.fromEntries(res),
+    `${contractName} instance is available`,
+  );
+});
+
+test.after(async t => {
+  const { deleteTestKeys } = t.context;
+  deleteTestKeys(accounts);
+});
+
+const makeAccountScenario = test.macro({
+  title: (_, chainName: string) => `Create account on ${chainName}`,
+  exec: async (t, chainName: string) => {
+    const config = chainConfig[chainName];
+    if (!config) return t.fail(`Unknown chain: ${chainName}`);
+
+    const {
+      wallets,
+      provisionSmartWallet,
+      makeQueryTool,
+      retryUntilCondition,
+    } = t.context;
+
+    const vstorageClient = makeQueryTool();
+
+    const wallet = accounts[chainNames.indexOf(chainName)];
+    const wdUser1 = await provisionSmartWallet(wallets[wallet], {
+      BLD: 100n,
+      IST: 100n,
+    });
+    t.log(`provisioning agoric smart wallet for ${wallets[wallet]}`);
+
+    const doOffer = makeDoOffer(wdUser1);
+    t.log(`${chainName} makeAccount offer`);
+    const offerId = `${chainName}-makeAccount-${Date.now()}`;
+
+    // FIXME we get payouts but not an offer result; it times out
+    // https://github.com/Agoric/agoric-sdk/issues/9643
+    // chain logs shows an UNPUBLISHED result
+    const _offerResult = await doOffer({
+      id: offerId,
+      invitationSpec: {
+        source: 'agoricContract',
+        instancePath: [contractName],
+        callPipe: [['makeOrchAccountInvitation']],
+      },
+      offerArgs: { chainName },
+      proposal: {},
+    });
+    t.true(_offerResult);
+    // t.is(await _offerResult, 'UNPUBLISHED', 'representation of continuing offer');
+
+    // TODO fix above so we don't have to poll for the offer result to be published
+    // https://github.com/Agoric/agoric-sdk/issues/9643
+    const currentWalletRecord = await retryUntilCondition(
+      () =>
+        vstorageClient.queryData(`published.wallet.${wallets[wallet]}.current`),
+      ({ offerToPublicSubscriberPaths }) =>
+        Object.fromEntries(offerToPublicSubscriberPaths)[offerId],
+      `${offerId} continuing invitation is in vstorage`,
+    );
+
+    const offerToPublicSubscriberMap = Object.fromEntries(
+      currentWalletRecord.offerToPublicSubscriberPaths,
+    );
+
+    const address = offerToPublicSubscriberMap[offerId]?.account
+      .split('.')
+      .pop();
+    t.log('Got address:', address);
+    t.regex(
+      address,
+      new RegExp(`^${config.expectedAddressPrefix}1`),
+      `address for ${chainName} is valid`,
+    );
+
+    const latestWalletUpdate = await vstorageClient.queryData(
+      `published.wallet.${wallets[wallet]}`,
+    );
+    t.log('latest wallet update', latestWalletUpdate);
+    t.like(
+      latestWalletUpdate.status,
+      {
+        id: offerId,
+        numWantsSatisfied: 1,
+        result: 'UNPUBLISHED',
+        error: undefined,
+      },
+      'wallet offer satisfied without errors',
+    );
+  },
+});
+
+test.serial(makeAccountScenario, 'agoric');
+test.serial(makeAccountScenario, 'cosmoshub');
+test.serial(makeAccountScenario, 'osmosis');
diff --git a/multichain-testing/test/stake-ica.test.ts b/multichain-testing/test/stake-ica.test.ts
index 12f0e0bffe7..1746e4f0194 100644
--- a/multichain-testing/test/stake-ica.test.ts
+++ b/multichain-testing/test/stake-ica.test.ts
@@ -114,7 +114,7 @@ const stakeScenario = test.macro(async (t, scenario: StakeIcaScenario) => {
   const queryClient = makeQueryClient(getRestEndpoint());
 
   t.log('Requesting faucet funds');
-  // XXX fails intermitently until https://github.com/cosmology-tech/starship/issues/417
+  // XXX fails intermittently until https://github.com/cosmology-tech/starship/issues/417
   await creditFromFaucet(address);
 
   const { balances } = await retryUntilCondition(
diff --git a/multichain-testing/test/support.ts b/multichain-testing/test/support.ts
index ef095ead9d1..d54f3f226bc 100644
--- a/multichain-testing/test/support.ts
+++ b/multichain-testing/test/support.ts
@@ -12,6 +12,26 @@ import { makeDeployBuilder } from '../tools/deploy.js';
 
 const setupRegistry = makeSetupRegistry(makeGetFile({ dirname, join }));
 
+export const chainConfig = {
+  cosmoshub: {
+    chainId: 'gaialocal',
+    denom: 'uatom',
+    expectedAddressPrefix: 'cosmos',
+  },
+  osmosis: {
+    chainId: 'osmosislocal',
+    denom: 'uosmo',
+    expectedAddressPrefix: 'osmo',
+  },
+  agoric: {
+    chainId: 'agoriclocal',
+    denom: 'ubld',
+    expectedAddressPrefix: 'agoric',
+  },
+};
+
+export const chainNames = Object.keys(chainConfig);
+
 const makeKeyring = async (
   e2eTools: Pick<E2ETools, 'addKey' | 'deleteKey'>,
 ) => {
diff --git a/multichain-testing/tools/agd-tools.ts b/multichain-testing/tools/agd-tools.ts
index a7b62f5380a..5b87be3e1ea 100644
--- a/multichain-testing/tools/agd-tools.ts
+++ b/multichain-testing/tools/agd-tools.ts
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ export const makeAgdTools = async (
     execFileSync,
   }: Pick<typeof import('child_process'), 'execFile' | 'execFileSync'>,
 ) => {
-  const bundleCache = unsafeMakeBundleCache('bundles');
+  const bundleCache = await unsafeMakeBundleCache('bundles');
   const tools = await makeE2ETools(log, bundleCache, {
     execFileSync,
     execFile,