diff --git a/.github/workflows/pre-commit-checks.yml b/.github/workflows/pre-commit-checks.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..9b85938
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/pre-commit-checks.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+---
+# used for running pre-commit checks
+name: pre-commit checks
+
+on:
+  push:
+    branches: [main]
+  pull_request:
+    branches: [main]
+
+jobs:
+  run_pre_commit_tests:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+      - uses: actions/setup-python@v5
+        with:
+          python-version: "3.10"
+      - uses: pre-commit/action@v3.0.0
diff --git a/.pre-commit-config.yaml b/.pre-commit-config.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..14ab7ac
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.pre-commit-config.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+# See https://pre-commit.com for more information
+# See https://pre-commit.com/hooks.html for more hooks
+default_language_version:
+  python: python3.10
+repos:
+  - repo: https://github.com/pre-commit/pre-commit-hooks
+    rev: v4.5.0
+    hooks:
+      - id: trailing-whitespace
+      - id: end-of-file-fixer
+      - id: check-added-large-files
+  - repo: https://github.com/codespell-project/codespell
+    rev: v2.2.6
+    hooks:
+      - id: codespell
+  - repo: https://github.com/executablebooks/mdformat
+    rev: 0.7.17
+    hooks:
+      - id: mdformat
+  - repo: https://github.com/hadolint/hadolint
+    rev: v2.12.1-beta
+    hooks:
+      - id: hadolint
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 45dfca2..abf0af1 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -1 +1 @@
-# test-semver-docker-deploy
\ No newline at end of file
+# test-semver-docker-deploy
diff --git a/build/docker/Dockerfile b/build/docker/Dockerfile
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..ef9692d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/build/docker/Dockerfile
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+FROM python:3
+
+WORKDIR /usr/src/app
+
+COPY pyproject.toml poetry.lock ./
+
+# hadolint ignore=DL3013
+RUN pip install --no-cache-dir poetry poetry-dynamic-versioning && \
+    poetry install
+
+COPY . .
diff --git a/poetry.lock b/poetry.lock
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..1c8b73e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/poetry.lock
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+# This file is automatically @generated by Poetry 1.7.1 and should not be changed by hand.
+
+[[package]]
+name = "cowsay"
+version = "6.1"
+description = "The famous cowsay for GNU/Linux is now available for python"
+optional = false
+python-versions = ">=3.8"
+files = [
+    {file = "cowsay-6.1-py3-none-any.whl", hash = "sha256:274b1e6fc1b966d53976333eb90ac94cb07a450a700b455af9fbdf882244b30a"},
+]
+
+[metadata]
+lock-version = "2.0"
+python-versions = "^3.9"
+content-hash = "ba313313849be1ff1444eb5825f50c3b3e5668b8f5a86e41808ad51ca59f0032"
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..25b382a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+[tool.poetry]
+name = "wintry"
+version = "0.0.0"
+description = ""
+authors = ["d33bs <dave.bunten@cuanschutz.edu>"]
+readme = "README.md"
+packages = [{include = "src/wintry"}]
+
+[tool.poetry.dependencies]
+python = "^3.9"
+cowsay = "^6.1"
+
+[tool.poetry-dynamic-versioning]
+enable = true
+style = "pep440"
+vcs = "git"
+
+[build-system]
+requires = ["poetry-core>=1.0.0", "poetry-dynamic-versioning>=1.0.0,<2.0.0"]
+build-backend = "poetry_dynamic_versioning.backend"
+
+[tool.setuptools_scm]
diff --git a/src/wintry/__init__.py b/src/wintry/__init__.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..3983143
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/wintry/__init__.py
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+from .main import say
diff --git a/src/wintry/main.py b/src/wintry/main.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..c418376
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/wintry/main.py
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+def say(words: str) -> None:
+    import cowsay
+
+    cowsay.cow(words)