add flake 8 tests

.github/workflows/flake8-lint.yml

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+name: Lint with Flake8
+
+on:
+  push:
+    branches:
+      - main
+  pull_request:
+    branches:
+      - main
+
+jobs:
+  lint:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+
+    steps:
+      # Checkout the code from the repository
+      - name: Checkout code
+        uses: actions/checkout@v3
+
+      # Set up Python with the specified version
+      - name: Set up Python
+        uses: actions/setup-python@v4
+        with:
+          python-version: '3.11' # Replace '3.x' with the desired Python version (e.g., '3.9')
+
+      # Install flake8 and any additional dependencies
+      - name: Install dependencies
+        run: |
+          python -m pip install --upgrade pip
+          pip install flake8
+
+      # Run flake8 on the specified directories/files
+      - name: Run flake8
+        run: |
+          flake8 . --exclude=*.pyc --max-line-length=120  --count