diff --git a/.codespellrc b/.codespellrc
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..7af18ee
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.codespellrc
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+[codespell]
+skip = '.git'
+check-hidden = true
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/.github/workflows/docs_build_and_deploy.yml b/.github/workflows/docs_build_and_deploy.yml
index eb395b5..e2fd50f 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/docs_build_and_deploy.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/docs_build_and_deploy.yml
@@ -15,7 +15,15 @@ on:
   workflow_dispatch:
 
 jobs:
+  linting:
+    # scheduled workflows should not run on forks
+    if: (${{ github.event_name == 'schedule' }} && ${{ github.repository_owner == 'neuroinformatics-unit' }} && ${{ github.ref == 'refs/heads/main' }}) || (${{ github.event_name != 'schedule' }})
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+      - uses: neuroinformatics-unit/actions/lint@v1
+
   build_sphinx_docs:
+    needs: linting
     name: Build Sphinx Docs
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
diff --git a/.pre-commit-config.yaml b/.pre-commit-config.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..cd35c4b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.pre-commit-config.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+# Configuring https://pre-commit.ci/
+ci:
+  autoupdate_schedule: monthly
+
+exclude: "conf.py"
+
+repos:
+  - repo: https://github.com/codespell-project/codespell
+    rev: v2.2.6
+    hooks:
+      - id: codespell
diff --git a/docs/source/guidelines/languages_frameworks.md b/docs/source/guidelines/languages_frameworks.md
index 1552096..89ac0e5 100644
--- a/docs/source/guidelines/languages_frameworks.md
+++ b/docs/source/guidelines/languages_frameworks.md
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ code style.
 ### Continuous integration
 * All pushes and pull requests will be built by [GitHub actions](https://docs.github.com/en/actions). This will usually include linting, testing and deployment.
 * As a rule, actions will run on all operating systems (Linux, macOS, Windows) and on all Python versions that are supported by the project.
-* GitHub actions workflows should be contributed to the [NIU actions repository](https://github.com/neuroinformatics-unit/actions) to aid re-use.
+* GitHub actions workflows should be contributed to the [NIU actions repository](https://github.com/neuroinformatics-unit/actions) to aid reuse.
 
 ### Automated versioning
 We use [`setuptools_scm`](https://github.com/pypa/setuptools_scm) to automatically version packages. It should be 
@@ -79,5 +79,5 @@ User-editable configuration files should use the YAML format. As far as possible
 
 ### Release
 * All Python software should be released on PyPI to enable a simple `pip install`. At a minimum, each project should 
-* have two owners - [Adam (adamltyson)](https://github.com/adamltyson) and the lead developer. Others can be added as owners/maintainers as appropriate.
+* Have two owners - [Adam (adamltyson)](https://github.com/adamltyson) and the lead developer. Others can be added as owners/maintainers as appropriate.
 * We will also aim to release projects on [conda-forge](https://conda-forge.org/), especially for packages with non-Python dependencies.