diff --git a/.github/actions/setup-poetry/action.yml b/.github/actions/setup-poetry/action.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e9ce697
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/actions/setup-poetry/action.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+name: 'Set up Poetry and install'
+description: 'Set up a specific version of Poetry and install dependencies using caching.'
+inputs:
+  python-version:
+    description: "Version range or exact version of Python or PyPy to use, using SemVer's version range syntax."
+    default: '3.11'
+runs:
+  using: 'composite'
+  steps:
+    - name: Install poetry
+      run: pipx install poetry==1.8.3
+      shell: bash
+    - uses: actions/setup-python@v4
+      with:
+        python-version: ${{ inputs.python-version }}
+        cache: 'poetry'
+    - name: Install dependencies
+      run: poetry install --all-extras
+      shell: bash
diff --git a/.github/workflows/actionlint.yml b/.github/workflows/actionlint.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..c2ae5b4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/actionlint.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+name: Lint GitHub Actions workflows
+on:
+  push:
+    branches: ["main"]
+    paths:
+      - '.github/**'
+  pull_request:
+    branches: ["main"]
+    paths:
+      - '.github/**'
+
+jobs:
+  actionlint:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+      - name: Download actionlint
+        id: get_actionlint
+        run: bash <(curl https://raw.githubusercontent.com/rhysd/actionlint/main/scripts/download-actionlint.bash)
+        shell: bash
+      - name: Check workflow files
+        run: PATH=".:$PATH" make action-lint
+        shell: bash
diff --git a/.github/workflows/checks.yml b/.github/workflows/checks.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..312fb05
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/checks.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+name: Run code maintenance checks [linters and tests]
+on:
+  push:
+    branches: ["main"]
+  pull_request:
+    branches: ["main"]
+
+concurrency:
+  group: ${{ github.workflow }}-${{ github.event.pull_request.number || github.ref }}
+  cancel-in-progress: true
+
+jobs:
+  py-lint:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    strategy:
+      matrix:
+        python-version: ['3.10', '3.11', '3.12']
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v3
+      - uses: ./.github/actions/setup-poetry
+        with:
+          python-version: ${{ matrix.python-version }}
+      - name: Run styling check
+        run: poetry run pre-commit run --all-files
+
+  markdown-lint:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+      - name: markdownlint-cli2-action
+        uses: DavidAnson/markdownlint-cli2-action@v16
+        with:
+          globs: "**/*.md"
+
diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 1369e39..694b749 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -441,3 +441,4 @@ pip-selfcheck.json
 
 # Makefile
 .action-lint
+.markdown-lint
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 1bca857..d5d6ab2 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -18,9 +18,12 @@ endif
 
 TAG=$(shell git rev-parse HEAD)
 
-lint:
+action-lint-file:
 	$(CMD_PREFIX) touch .action-lint
 
+md-lint-file:
+	$(CMD_PREFIX) touch .markdown-lint
+
 .PHONY: docling-serve-cpu-image
 docling-serve-cpu-image: Containerfile ## Build docling-serve "cpu only" continaer image
 	$(ECHO_PREFIX) printf "  %-12s Containerfile\n" "[docling-serve CPU ONLY]"
@@ -37,7 +40,7 @@ docling-serve-gpu-image: Containerfile ## Build docling-serve continaer image wi
 
 .PHONY: action-lint
 action-lint: .action-lint ##      Lint GitHub Action workflows
-.action-lint: $(shell find .github -type f) | lint
+.action-lint: $(shell find .github -type f) | action-lint-file
 	$(ECHO_PREFIX) printf "  %-12s .github/...\n" "[ACTION LINT]"
 	$(CMD_PREFIX) if ! which actionlint $(PIPE_DEV_NULL) ; then \
 		echo "Please install actionlint." ; \
@@ -51,3 +54,21 @@ action-lint: .action-lint ##      Lint GitHub Action workflows
 	fi
 	$(CMD_PREFIX) actionlint -color
 	$(CMD_PREFIX) touch $@
+
+.PHONY: md-lint
+md-lint: .md-lint ##      Lint markdown files
+.md-lint: $(wildcard */**/*.md) | md-lint-file
+	$(ECHO_PREFIX) printf "  %-12s ./...\n" "[MD LINT]"
+	$(CMD_PREFIX) docker run --rm -v $$(pwd):/workdir davidanson/markdownlint-cli2:v0.14.0 "**/*.md"
+	$(CMD_PREFIX) touch $@
+
+.PHONY: py-Lint
+py-lint: ##      Lint Python files
+	$(ECHO_PREFIX) printf "  %-12s ./...\n" "[PY LINT]"
+	$(CMD_PREFIX) if ! which poetry $(PIPE_DEV_NULL) ; then \
+		echo "Please install poetry." ; \
+		echo "pip install poetry" ; \
+		exit 1 ; \
+	fi
+	$(CMD_PREFIX) poetry install --all-extras
+	$(CMD_PREFIX) poetry run pre-commit run --all-files