diff --git a/kernelci/cli/config.py b/kernelci/cli/config.py
index e565eb3a3c..757185111c 100644
--- a/kernelci/cli/config.py
+++ b/kernelci/cli/config.py
@@ -6,11 +6,14 @@
 """Tool to manage the KernelCI YAML pipeline configuration"""
 
 import os
+import sys
+import json
 
 import click
 import yaml
 
 import kernelci.config
+import kernelci.api.helper
 from . import Args, kci
 
 
@@ -75,3 +78,124 @@ def dump(section, config, indent, recursive):
     else:
         echo = click.echo_via_pager if recursive else click.echo
         echo(yaml.dump(data, indent=indent))
+
+
+def validate_rules(node, rules):
+    """Validate if the node should be created based on the rules"""
+    helper = kernelci.api.helper.APIHelper(None)
+    return helper.should_create_node(rules, node)
+
+
+def compare_builds(merged_data):
+    """
+    Compare kbuilds and print builds with identical params
+    """
+    result = ""
+    jobs = merged_data.get("jobs")
+    if not jobs:
+        click.echo("No jobs found in the merged data, "
+                   "maybe you need to add parameter "
+                   "-c path/kernelci-pipeline/config?")
+        sys.exit(1)
+    kbuilds_list = []
+    for job in jobs:
+        if jobs[job].get("kind") == "kbuild":
+            kbuilds_list.append(job)
+
+    kbuilds_dict = {}
+    for kbuild in kbuilds_list:
+        params = jobs[kbuild].get("params", {})
+        # Convert params to a hashable type by serializing to JSON
+        key = json.dumps(params, sort_keys=True)
+        if key not in kbuilds_dict:
+            kbuilds_dict[key] = []
+        kbuilds_dict[key].append(kbuild)
+
+    # print builds with identical params
+    for params, kbuild_list in kbuilds_dict.items():
+        if len(kbuild_list) > 1:
+            result += f"Params {params}: {kbuild_list},"
+
+    return result
+
+
+# pylint: disable=too-many-branches disable=too-many-locals
+def do_forecast(merged_data):
+    """
+    We will simulate checkout event on each tree/branch
+    and try to build list of builds/tests it will run
+    """
+    checkouts = []
+    build_configs = merged_data.get("build_configs", {})
+    for bcfg in build_configs:
+        data = build_configs[bcfg]
+        if not data.get("architectures"):
+            data["architectures"] = None
+        checkouts.append(data)
+
+    # sort checkouts by tree and branch
+    checkouts.sort(key=lambda x: (x.get("tree", ""), x.get("branch", "")))
+
+    # iterate over checkouts
+    for checkout in checkouts:
+        checkout["kbuilds"] = []
+        # iterate over events (jobs)
+        jobs = merged_data.get("scheduler", [])
+        for job in jobs:
+            kind = job.get("event", {}).get("kind")
+            if kind != "checkout":
+                continue
+            job_name = job.get("job")
+            job_kind = merged_data.get("jobs", {}).get(job_name, {}).get("kind")
+            if job_kind == "kbuild":
+                # check "params" "arch"
+                job_params = merged_data.get("jobs", {}).get(job_name, {}).get("params", {})
+                arch = job_params.get("arch")
+                if checkout.get("architectures") and arch not in checkout.get("architectures"):
+                    continue
+            scheduler_rules = job.get("rules", [])
+            job = merged_data.get("jobs", {}).get(job_name, {})
+            job_rules = job.get("rules", [])
+            node = {
+                "kind": "checkout",
+                "data": {
+                    "kernel_revision": {
+                        "tree": checkout.get("tree"),
+                        "branch": checkout.get("branch"),
+                        "version": {
+                            "version": 6,
+                            "patchlevel": 16,
+                            "extra": "-rc3-973-gb7d1bbd97f77"
+                        },
+                    }
+                },
+            }
+            if not validate_rules(node, job_rules) or not validate_rules(node, scheduler_rules):
+                continue
+            checkout["kbuilds"].append(job_name)
+        checkout["kbuilds_identical"] = compare_builds(merged_data)
+
+    # print the results
+    for checkout in checkouts:
+        print(f"Checkout: {checkout.get('tree')}:{checkout.get('branch')}")
+        if checkout.get("kbuilds_identical"):
+            print(f"  Identical builds: {checkout['kbuilds_identical']}")
+        if checkout.get("kbuilds"):
+            num_builds = len(checkout["kbuilds"])
+            print(f"  Number of builds: {num_builds}")
+            print("  Builds:")
+            for build in checkout["kbuilds"]:
+                print(f"    - {build}")
+        else:
+            print("  No builds found for this checkout")
+
+
+@kci_config.command
+@Args.config
+def forecast(config):
+    """Dump entries from the SECTION of the pipeline YAML configuration"""
+    config_paths = kernelci.config.get_config_paths(config)
+    if not config_paths:
+        return
+    data = kernelci.config.load_yaml(config_paths)
+    do_forecast(data)