diff --git a/.pre-commit-config.yaml b/.pre-commit-config.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..633f7c2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.pre-commit-config.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+---
+repos:
+  - repo: https://github.com/pre-commit/pre-commit-hooks
+    rev: v4.6.0
+    hooks:
+      - id: check-yaml
+  - repo: https://github.com/shellcheck-py/shellcheck-py
+    rev: v0.10.0.1
+    hooks:
+      - id: shellcheck
+  - repo: https://github.com/tekwizely/pre-commit-golang
+    rev: master
+    hooks:
+      - id: go-test-mod
+      - id: go-fmt
+      - id: go-vet-mod
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index b9c18cb..9dc8e31 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -22,3 +22,7 @@ curl https://forge.karnov.club/spadinastan/spud/raw/branch/main/install.sh | bas
 
 To pull a specific version, supply a `$SPUD_VERSION` that corresponds to an existing release tag, and to control where
 the binary is unpacked and installed, supply `$SPUD_ROOT`.
+
+## Development
+
+The `bootstrap.sh` script should be run to prepare any pre-commit hooks and other required tooling for local development. Checks can be run manually via `pipx run pre-commit run -a`.
diff --git a/bootstrap.sh b/bootstrap.sh
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index 0000000..6dac009
--- /dev/null
+++ b/bootstrap.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+if [[ -z "$(command -v pipx)" ]]; then
+    echo "ERROR: Pre-commit tooling requires pipx to be available."
+    exit 1
+fi
+
+pipx run pre-commit install