diff --git a/.github/workflows/branches.yaml b/.github/workflows/branches.yaml
index c543a1f6..07e3d8a8 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/branches.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/branches.yaml
@@ -18,4 +18,6 @@ jobs:
         with:
           node-version: "20.x"
       - run: npm ci
+      - run: npm run build:cli
+      - run: npm ci
       - run: npm run check:ci
diff --git a/.github/workflows/main.yaml b/.github/workflows/main.yaml
index 4915ddb8..02ac41d2 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/main.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/main.yaml
@@ -21,6 +21,8 @@ jobs:
         with:
           node-version: "20.x"
       - run: npm ci
+      - run: npm run build:cli
+      - run: npm ci
       - run: npm run check:ci
       - run: npm run deploy
       - run: npm run upload
diff --git a/cli/src/index.ts b/cli/src/index.ts
index d4215b80..db689ec4 100644
--- a/cli/src/index.ts
+++ b/cli/src/index.ts
@@ -1,12 +1,14 @@
 import { Command } from "commander";
 import { upload } from "./upload";
+import { lint } from "./lint";
 
 const program = new Command();
 
-program.name("cli").description("A handy CLI for developing templates.");
+program.name("cli").description("a handy CLI for developing templates");
 
 program
   .command("upload")
+  .description("upload templates to the templates API")
   .argument(
     "[path-to-templates]",
     "path to directory containing templates",
@@ -16,4 +18,17 @@ program
     upload({ templateDirectory, apiBaseUrl: "TODO" }),
   );
 
+program
+  .command("lint")
+  .description("find and fix template style problems")
+  .argument(
+    "[path-to-templates]",
+    "path to directory containing templates",
+    ".",
+  )
+  .option("--fix", "fix problems that can be automatically fixed")
+  .action((templateDirectory, options) =>
+    lint({ templateDirectory, fix: options.fix }),
+  );
+
 program.parse();
diff --git a/cli/src/lint.ts b/cli/src/lint.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..44c4d97c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cli/src/lint.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,50 @@
+import path from "node:path";
+import { getTemplatePaths, readJSON, writeJSON } from "./util";
+
+export type LintConfig = {
+  templateDirectory: string;
+  fix: boolean;
+};
+
+export function lint(config: LintConfig) {
+  const templatePaths = getTemplatePaths(config.templateDirectory);
+  const results = templatePaths.flatMap((templatePath) =>
+    lintTemplate(templatePath, config.fix),
+  );
+  if (results.length > 0) {
+    results.forEach(({ filePath, problems }) => {
+      console.error(`Problems with ${filePath}`);
+      problems.forEach((problem) => console.log(`  - ${problem}`));
+    });
+    process.exit(1);
+  }
+}
+const RULES = {
+  "wrangler.json": [lintCompatibilityDate],
+};
+const TARGET_COMPATIBILITY_DATE = "2024-11-01";
+
+type FileDiagnostic = {
+  filePath: string;
+  problems: string[];
+};
+
+function lintTemplate(templatePath: string, fix: boolean): FileDiagnostic[] {
+  return Object.entries(RULES).flatMap(([file, linters]) => {
+    const filePath = path.join(templatePath, file);
+    const problems = linters.flatMap((linter) => linter(filePath, fix));
+    return problems.length > 0 ? [{ filePath, problems }] : [];
+  });
+}
+
+function lintCompatibilityDate(filePath: string, fix: boolean): string[] {
+  const wrangler = readJSON<{ compatibility_date?: string }>(filePath);
+  if (wrangler["compatibility_date"] !== TARGET_COMPATIBILITY_DATE && !fix) {
+    return [
+      `"compatibility_date" should be set to "${TARGET_COMPATIBILITY_DATE}"`,
+    ];
+  }
+  wrangler["compatibility_date"] = TARGET_COMPATIBILITY_DATE;
+  writeJSON(filePath, wrangler);
+  return [];
+}
diff --git a/cli/src/upload.ts b/cli/src/upload.ts
index 70bedb7e..7ac40ed3 100644
--- a/cli/src/upload.ts
+++ b/cli/src/upload.ts
@@ -1,8 +1,7 @@
 import fs from "node:fs";
 import path from "node:path";
 import subprocess from "node:child_process";
-
-const TEMPLATE_DIRECTORY_SUFFIX = "-template";
+import { getTemplatePaths } from "./util";
 
 export type UploadConfig = {
   templateDirectory: string;
@@ -10,14 +9,7 @@ export type UploadConfig = {
 };
 
 export async function upload(config: UploadConfig) {
-  const templatePaths = fs
-    .readdirSync(config.templateDirectory)
-    .filter(
-      (file) =>
-        file.endsWith(TEMPLATE_DIRECTORY_SUFFIX) &&
-        fs.statSync(file).isDirectory(),
-    )
-    .map((template) => path.join(config.templateDirectory, template));
+  const templatePaths = getTemplatePaths(config.templateDirectory);
   const results = await Promise.allSettled(
     templatePaths.map((templatePath) => uploadTemplate(templatePath, config)),
   );
diff --git a/cli/src/util.ts b/cli/src/util.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..93d190f1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cli/src/util.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+import fs from "node:fs";
+import path from "node:path";
+
+const TEMPLATE_DIRECTORY_SUFFIX = "-template";
+
+export function getTemplatePaths(templateDirectory: string): string[] {
+  return fs
+    .readdirSync(templateDirectory)
+    .filter(
+      (file) =>
+        file.endsWith(TEMPLATE_DIRECTORY_SUFFIX) &&
+        fs.statSync(file).isDirectory(),
+    )
+    .map((template) => path.join(templateDirectory, template));
+}
+
+export function readJSON<T = unknown>(filePath: string): T {
+  return JSON.parse(fs.readFileSync(filePath, { encoding: "utf-8" }));
+}
+
+export function writeJSON<T>(filePath: string, object: T) {
+  fs.writeFileSync(filePath, JSON.stringify(object, undefined, 2) + "\n");
+}
diff --git a/d1-template/wrangler.json b/d1-template/wrangler.json
index f750c6cc..f0c1621a 100644
--- a/d1-template/wrangler.json
+++ b/d1-template/wrangler.json
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 {
-  "compatibility_date": "2024-11-15",
+  "compatibility_date": "2024-11-01",
   "main": "src/index.ts",
   "name": "d1-template",
   "upload_source_maps": true,
diff --git a/image-classification-template/wrangler.json b/image-classification-template/wrangler.json
index 6c610507..4ef09b54 100644
--- a/image-classification-template/wrangler.json
+++ b/image-classification-template/wrangler.json
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 {
-  "compatibility_date": "2024-11-15",
+  "compatibility_date": "2024-11-01",
   "main": "src/index.ts",
   "name": "image-classification-template",
   "upload_source_maps": true,
diff --git a/llm-template/wrangler.json b/llm-template/wrangler.json
index 20606c07..b9556987 100644
--- a/llm-template/wrangler.json
+++ b/llm-template/wrangler.json
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 {
-  "compatibility_date": "2024-11-15",
+  "compatibility_date": "2024-11-01",
   "main": "src/index.ts",
   "name": "llm-template",
   "upload_source_maps": true,
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 6cf07e73..ebcc18b5 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -8,10 +8,10 @@
   },
   "packageManager": "npm@10.2.0",
   "scripts": {
-    "check:ci": "prettier . --check && syncpack lint && turbo run build check types && git diff --exit-code",
+    "build:cli": "turbo run build --filter=cli",
+    "check:ci": "cli lint . && prettier . --check && syncpack lint && turbo run build check types && git diff --exit-code",
     "deploy": "turbo run deploy",
-    "fix:ci": "prettier . --write && syncpack format && syncpack fix-mismatches && turbo run types",
-    "preupload": "turbo run build --filter=cli",
+    "fix:ci": "cli lint . --fix && prettier . --write && syncpack format && syncpack fix-mismatches && turbo run types",
     "upload": "cli upload ."
   },
   "workspaces": [
diff --git a/speech-to-text-template/wrangler.json b/speech-to-text-template/wrangler.json
index 964ffa75..4bcd8340 100644
--- a/speech-to-text-template/wrangler.json
+++ b/speech-to-text-template/wrangler.json
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 {
-  "compatibility_date": "2024-11-15",
+  "compatibility_date": "2024-11-01",
   "main": "src/index.ts",
   "name": "speech-to-text-template",
   "upload_source_maps": true,
diff --git a/text-classification-template/wrangler.json b/text-classification-template/wrangler.json
index 50804e6c..ddfc39cb 100644
--- a/text-classification-template/wrangler.json
+++ b/text-classification-template/wrangler.json
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 {
-  "compatibility_date": "2024-11-15",
+  "compatibility_date": "2024-11-01",
   "main": "src/index.ts",
   "name": "text-classification-template",
   "upload_source_maps": true,
diff --git a/text-to-image-template/wrangler.json b/text-to-image-template/wrangler.json
index 0d67b389..dd015276 100644
--- a/text-to-image-template/wrangler.json
+++ b/text-to-image-template/wrangler.json
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 {
-  "compatibility_date": "2024-11-15",
+  "compatibility_date": "2024-11-01",
   "main": "src/index.ts",
   "name": "text-to-image-template",
   "upload_source_maps": true,
diff --git a/translation-template/wrangler.json b/translation-template/wrangler.json
index 112f234a..befe69ee 100644
--- a/translation-template/wrangler.json
+++ b/translation-template/wrangler.json
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 {
-  "compatibility_date": "2024-11-15",
+  "compatibility_date": "2024-11-01",
   "main": "src/index.ts",
   "name": "translation-template",
   "upload_source_maps": true,
diff --git a/vector-embedding-template/wrangler.json b/vector-embedding-template/wrangler.json
index e7791ba7..9f0b9f06 100644
--- a/vector-embedding-template/wrangler.json
+++ b/vector-embedding-template/wrangler.json
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 {
-  "compatibility_date": "2024-11-15",
+  "compatibility_date": "2024-11-01",
   "main": "src/index.ts",
   "name": "vector-embedding-template",
   "upload_source_maps": true,