diff --git a/.github/workflows/poetry-publish.yml b/.github/workflows/poetry-publish.yml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..e691f777
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/poetry-publish.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+name: Python package
+on:
+  push:
+    tags:
+      - "v*.*.*"
+jobs:
+  build:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v3
+      - name: Build and publish to pypi
+        uses: JRubics/poetry-publish@v1.17
+        with:
+          pypi_token: ${{ secrets.PYPI_TOKEN }}
diff --git a/.pre-commit-config.yaml b/.pre-commit-config.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..4bfbe2f5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.pre-commit-config.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+repos:
+-   repo: https://github.com/pre-commit/pre-commit-hooks
+    rev: v2.3.0
+    hooks:
+    -   id: check-yaml
+    -   id: end-of-file-fixer
+    -   id: trailing-whitespace
+-   repo: https://github.com/psf/black
+    rev: 22.10.0
+    hooks:
+    -   id: black
+        args: ['--line-length', '140']
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index e7a1a41b..eed32351 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -358,6 +358,12 @@ git clone git@github.com:cpacker/MemGPT.git
 poetry shell
 poetry install
 ```
+We recommend installing pre-commit to ensure proper formatting during development:
+```
+pip install pre-commit
+pre-commit install
+pre-commit run --all-files
+```
 
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