diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 8a101cc..091a223 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -18,3 +18,4 @@ coverage.xml
 
 # Data directories
 data/
+exploratory/
diff --git a/.pre-commit-config.yaml b/.pre-commit-config.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..a31f116
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.pre-commit-config.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+repos:
+  - repo: https://github.com/pre-commit/pre-commit-hooks
+    rev: v4.4.0
+    hooks:
+      - id: trailing-whitespace
+      - id: end-of-file-fixer
+      - id: check-yaml
+      - id: check-json
+
+  - repo: https://github.com/pycqa/flake8
+    rev: 6.0.0
+    hooks:
+      - id: flake8
+        args: [--max-line-length=79]  # Customize flake8 options here
+
+  - repo: https://github.com/pre-commit/mirrors-autopep8
+    rev: v1.6.0
+    hooks:
+      - id: autopep8
+        args: [--max-line-length=79, --in-place]
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