diff --git a/.github/workflows/lint_and_test.yml b/.github/workflows/lint_and_test.yml
index 99e8a8d..2cf1807 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/lint_and_test.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/lint_and_test.yml
@@ -7,7 +7,23 @@ on:
     types: [created]
 
 jobs:
-  lint:
+  lint-pre-commit:
+      runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+      name: pre-commit
+      steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+      - name: Set up Python
+        uses: actions/setup-python@v4
+        with:
+          python-version: "3.10"
+      - name: pre-commit
+        run: |
+          pip install pre-commit
+          pre-commit run -a
+
+  lint-quality:
+    needs: lint-pre-commit
+
     if: github.ref == 'refs/heads/master'
 
     permissions:
@@ -55,6 +71,8 @@ jobs:
         continue-on-error: true
 
   build:
+    needs: lint-pre-commit
+
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     strategy:
       matrix:
diff --git a/.pre-commit-config.yaml b/.pre-commit-config.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..2f74de9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.pre-commit-config.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+exclude: |
+    (?x)^(
+        tests/test_data/.*|
+        examples/.*|
+        py3gpp/codes/.*
+    )$
+
+repos:
+- repo: "https://github.com/psf/black"
+  rev: "23.3.0"
+  hooks:
+  - id: "black"
+    args: [--line-length=120]
+
+- repo: "https://github.com/pycqa/isort"
+  rev: "5.12.0"
+  hooks:
+  - id: "isort"
+    args:
+    - "--profile=black"
+
+- repo: "https://github.com/pycqa/flake8"
+  rev: "6.0.0"
+  hooks:
+  - id: "flake8"
+    args: [--max-line-length=120]
+
+- repo: "https://github.com/pre-commit/pre-commit-hooks"
+  rev: "v4.4.0"
+  hooks:
+  - id: "trailing-whitespace"
+  - id: "mixed-line-ending"
+    args:
+    - "--fix=lf"
+  - id: "end-of-file-fixer"
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 6a3fbaa..247be17 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ See Matlab documentation of equivalent function
 ## Formatting
 * Screen width 120
 * spaces on each side of math operators like +-*/
+* run `pre-commit run -a` before any push. Otherwise PR will be rejected
 ## Testing
 * Each function must have a hard-coded test that can run on CI
 * Each function should have a Matlab test that can run on a machine with Matlab license
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 1d379ca..690f7ac 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -4,4 +4,5 @@ pylint
 anybadge
 pytest
 pytest-xdist
-importlib_resources
\ No newline at end of file
+importlib_resources
+pre-commit