diff --git a/MuonSpectrometer/MuonValidation/MuonRecValidation/MuonRecRTT/test/test_Run3_asymmetric_fullChain.sh b/MuonSpectrometer/MuonValidation/MuonRecValidation/MuonRecRTT/test/test_Run3_asymmetric_fullChain.sh
index 6f0966b8812ecd3c3e8dd3ad391a3060b382c5cf..fbdc31d5c82df4e1e1d1721153b8f5da11caa9f4 100755
--- a/MuonSpectrometer/MuonValidation/MuonRecValidation/MuonRecRTT/test/test_Run3_asymmetric_fullChain.sh
+++ b/MuonSpectrometer/MuonValidation/MuonRecValidation/MuonRecRTT/test/test_Run3_asymmetric_fullChain.sh
@@ -8,7 +8,9 @@
 # art-include: 21.9/Athena
 # art-output: OUT_HITS.root
 # art-output: OUT_RDO.root
+# art-output: NSWPRDValAlg.digi.ntuple.root
 # art-output: OUT_ESD.root
+# art-output: NSWPRDValAlg.reco.ntuple.root
 
 #####################################################################
 # run simulation on 25 events using the asymmetric Run3 layout
@@ -36,9 +38,12 @@ echo "Found ${NWARNING} WARNING, ${NERROR} ERROR and ${NFATAL} FATAL messages in
 # now use the produced HITS file and run digitisation
 # (since the 21.X and master branches use a different Geant4 version, we use the HITS file produced in 21.X
 # to avoid tiny differences in the number of secondary particles and hit positions and start from the same HITS file)
+# the postInclude adds a validation algorithm which writes out an ntuple for digit/RDO validation
+# (without the postInclude, a standard digitisation job would run)
 LOG_DIGI="log_Run3_asymmetric_digi.log"
 Digi_tf.py --inputHITSFile /cvmfs/atlas-nightlies.cern.ch/repo/data/data-art/MuonRecRTT/Run3/HITS/AsymmetricLayout_HITS_v1.root \
            --imf False \
+           --postInclude MuonPRDTest/NSWPRDValAlg.digi.py \
            --outputRDOFile OUT_RDO.root &> ${LOG_DIGI}
 exit_code=$?
 echo  "art-result: ${exit_code} Digi_tf.py"
@@ -55,11 +60,14 @@ echo "Found ${NWARNING} WARNING, ${NERROR} ERROR and ${NFATAL} FATAL messages in
 
 #####################################################################
 # now use the produced RDO file and run reconstruction
+# the postInclude adds a validation algorithm which writes out an ntuple for digit/RDO/PRD validation
+# (without the postInclude, a standard reconstruction job would run)
 LOG_RECO="log_Run3_asymmetric_reco.log"
 Reco_tf.py --inputRDOFile OUT_RDO.root \
            --preExec "from MuonRecExample.MuonRecFlags import muonRecFlags;muonRecFlags.setDefaults();muonRecFlags.doFastDigitization=False;muonRecFlags.useLooseErrorTuning.set_Value_and_Lock(True);from RecExConfig.RecFlags import rec;rec.doTrigger=False;rec.doEgamma=True;rec.doLucid=True;rec.doZdc=True;rec.doJetMissingETTag=True" \
            --autoConfiguration everything \
            --imf False \
+           --postInclude MuonPRDTest/NSWPRDValAlg.reco.py \
            --outputESDFile OUT_ESD.root &> ${LOG_RECO}
 exit_code=$?
 echo  "art-result: ${exit_code} Reco_tf.py"
diff --git a/MuonSpectrometer/MuonValidation/MuonRecValidation/MuonRecRTT/test/test_Run3_symmetric_fullChain.sh b/MuonSpectrometer/MuonValidation/MuonRecValidation/MuonRecRTT/test/test_Run3_symmetric_fullChain.sh
index 848fe228384a442c903f3d2ddba1ba7673668683..c8b2cadc799f58a5ca6ebc74db70df738080bced 100755
--- a/MuonSpectrometer/MuonValidation/MuonRecValidation/MuonRecRTT/test/test_Run3_symmetric_fullChain.sh
+++ b/MuonSpectrometer/MuonValidation/MuonRecValidation/MuonRecRTT/test/test_Run3_symmetric_fullChain.sh
@@ -8,7 +8,9 @@
 # art-include: 21.9/Athena
 # art-output: OUT_HITS.root
 # art-output: OUT_RDO.root
+# art-output: NSWPRDValAlg.digi.ntuple.root
 # art-output: OUT_ESD.root
+# art-output: NSWPRDValAlg.reco.ntuple.root
 
 #####################################################################
 # run simulation on 25 events using the symmetric Run3 layout
@@ -36,9 +38,12 @@ echo "Found ${NWARNING} WARNING, ${NERROR} ERROR and ${NFATAL} FATAL messages in
 # now use the produced HITS file and run digitisation
 # (since the 21.X and master branches use a different Geant4 version, we use the HITS file produced in 21.X
 # to avoid tiny differences in the number of secondary particles and hit positions and start from the same HITS file)
+# the postInclude adds a validation algorithm which writes out an ntuple for digit/RDO validation
+# (without the postInclude, a standard digitisation job would run)
 LOG_DIGI="log_Run3_symmetric_digi.log"
 Digi_tf.py --inputHITSFile /cvmfs/atlas-nightlies.cern.ch/repo/data/data-art/MuonRecRTT/Run3/HITS/SymmetricLayout_HITS_v1.root \
            --imf False \
+           --postInclude MuonPRDTest/NSWPRDValAlg.digi.py \
            --outputRDOFile OUT_RDO.root &> ${LOG_DIGI}
 exit_code=$?
 echo  "art-result: ${exit_code} Digi_tf.py"
@@ -55,11 +60,14 @@ echo "Found ${NWARNING} WARNING, ${NERROR} ERROR and ${NFATAL} FATAL messages in
 
 #####################################################################
 # now use the produced RDO file and run reconstruction
+# the postInclude adds a validation algorithm which writes out an ntuple for digit/RDO/PRD validation
+# (without the postInclude, a standard reconstruction job would run)
 LOG_RECO="log_Run3_symmetric_reco.log"
 Reco_tf.py --inputRDOFile OUT_RDO.root \
            --preExec "from MuonRecExample.MuonRecFlags import muonRecFlags;muonRecFlags.setDefaults();muonRecFlags.doFastDigitization=False;muonRecFlags.useLooseErrorTuning.set_Value_and_Lock(True);from RecExConfig.RecFlags import rec;rec.doTrigger=False;rec.doEgamma=True;rec.doLucid=True;rec.doZdc=True;rec.doJetMissingETTag=True" \
            --autoConfiguration everything \
            --imf False \
+           --postInclude MuonPRDTest/NSWPRDValAlg.reco.py \
            --outputESDFile OUT_ESD.root &> ${LOG_RECO}
 exit_code=$?
 echo  "art-result: ${exit_code} Reco_tf.py"