diff --git a/.pre-commit-config.yaml b/.pre-commit-config.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..0cd98a8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.pre-commit-config.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+default_language_version:
+  python: python3
+
+repos:
+  - repo: https://github.com/pre-commit/pre-commit-hooks
+    rev: v4.4.0
+    hooks:
+      # list of supported hooks: https://pre-commit.com/hooks.html
+      - id: trailing-whitespace
+      - id: end-of-file-fixer
+      - id: check-docstring-first
+      - id: check-yaml
+      - id: debug-statements
+      - id: detect-private-key
+      - id: check-executables-have-shebangs
+      - id: check-toml
+      - id: check-case-conflict
+      - id: check-added-large-files
+
+  # python code formatting
+  - repo: https://github.com/psf/black
+    rev: 23.1.0
+    hooks:
+      - id: black
+        args: [--line-length, "79", --experimental-string-processing]