diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yml b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
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+# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: Copyright (c) <2025> NVIDIA CORPORATION & AFFILIATES. All rights reserved.
+#
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+
+name: CI
+
+on:
+  push:
+    branches: [main]
+  pull_request:
+    branches: [main]
+  workflow_dispatch:
+
+concurrency:
+  group: ${{ github.workflow }}-${{ github.ref }}
+  cancel-in-progress: true
+
+jobs:
+  lint:
+    name: Lint
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    timeout-minutes: 10
+    container:
+      image: python:3.10-slim
+    steps:
+      - name: Checkout repository
+        uses: actions/checkout@v6
+
+      - name: Install lint dependencies
+        env:
+          PIP_BREAK_SYSTEM_PACKAGES: 1
+        run: pip install --no-cache-dir flake8==7.3.0 reuse==5.1.0
+
+      - name: Run flake8
+        run: flake8
+
+      - name: Run cpplint
+        run: python ci/cpplint.py
+
+      - name: Check license headers (REUSE)
+        run: ci/scripts/check_license.sh
+
+      - name: Check inline samples are up to date
+        run: python test/tools/inline_samples.py --check
diff --git a/ci/cpplint.py b/ci/cpplint.py
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+#!/usr/bin/env python3
+# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: Copyright (c) <2025> NVIDIA CORPORATION & AFFILIATES. All rights reserved.
+#
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+
+import os
+import sys
+
+file_extensions = [
+    ".h",
+    ".hpp",
+    ".hh",
+    ".c",
+    ".C",
+    ".cpp",
+    ".cxx",
+    ".cc",
+    ".pyx",
+    ".pxd",
+]
+max_line_len = 100
+
+
+def should_lint(filename: str):
+    return any(filename.endswith(x) for x in file_extensions)
+
+
+def lint(paths):
+    num_errors = 0
+    num_files = 0
+
+    def report_error(message: str):
+        nonlocal num_errors
+        print(f"{full_name[len(path) + 1:]}:{i + 1}: {message}", file=sys.stderr)
+        num_errors += 1
+
+    for path in paths:
+        for root, dirs, files in os.walk(path):
+            for filename in files:
+                if not should_lint(filename):
+                    continue
+                full_name = os.path.join(root, filename)
+                with open(full_name, "r") as f:
+                    for i, line in enumerate(f):
+                        if "noqa" in line:
+                            continue
+                        if "SPDX" in line:
+                            continue
+
+                        length = len(line)
+                        if line.endswith("\n"):
+                            length -= 1
+                        if length > max_line_len:
+                            report_error(
+                                f"Line is longer than {max_line_len} characters"
+                            )
+                        if length > 0 and line[length - 1].isspace():
+                            report_error("Trailing whitespace at the end of the line")
+                num_files += 1
+
+    if num_errors > 0:
+        print(f"Found {num_errors} errors", file=sys.stderr)
+        sys.exit(1)
+    elif num_files == 0:
+        print("No input files found!", file=sys.stderr)
+        sys.exit(2)
+    else:
+        print(f"Checked {num_files} files, all OK")
+
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    script_dir = os.path.dirname(__file__)
+    project_root = os.getcwd()
+    dirs = ["cext", "src"]
+    paths = [os.path.join(project_root, d) for d in dirs]
+    lint(paths)
diff --git a/ci/scripts/check_license.sh b/ci/scripts/check_license.sh
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+#!/bin/bash
+# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: Copyright (c) <2025> NVIDIA CORPORATION & AFFILIATES. All rights reserved.
+#
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+
+ignore_files=("src/cuda/tile/VERSION")
+outputs=$(reuse lint --lines | grep -v ${ignore_files[@]/#/-e })
+if [ -n "$outputs" ]; then
+  echo -e "License check failed\n${outputs}"
+  exit 1
+fi