diff --git a/.clang-tidy b/.clang-tidy
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..930d78ff
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.clang-tidy
@@ -0,0 +1,41 @@
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+---
+Checks: "*, \
+  -abseil-*, \
+  -cert-env33-c, \
+  -cert-err58-cpp, \
+  -clang-diagnostic-padded, \
+  -clang-analyzer-deadcode.DeadStores, \
+  -cppcoreguidelines-avoid-magic-numbers, \
+  -cppcoreguidelines-pro-bounds-constant-array-index, \
+  -cppcoreguidelines-pro-bounds-pointer-arithmetic, \
+  -cppcoreguidelines-pro-type-reinterpret-cast, \
+  -cppcoreguidelines-no-malloc, \
+  -cppcoreguidelines-owning-memory, \
+  -cppcoreguidelines-macro-usage, \
+  -cppcoreguidelines-pro-type-vararg, \
+  -cppcoreguidelines-pro-bounds-array-to-pointer-decay, \
+  -fuchsia-overloaded-operator, \
+  -fuchsia-default-arguments, \  
+  -fuchsia-multiple-inheritance, \
+  -fuchsia-default-arguments-calls, \
+  -fuchsia-trailing-return, \
+  -fuchsia-default-arguments-declarations, \
+  -fuchsia-statically-constructed-objects, \
+  -google-runtime-references, \
+  -google-runtime-int, \
+  -google-explicit-constructor, \
+  -hicpp-no-malloc, \
+  -hicpp-vararg, \
+  -hicpp-invalid-access-moved, \
+  -hicpp-no-array-decay, \
+  -hicpp-signed-bitwise, \
+  -llvm-header-guard, \
+  -modernize-use-trailing-return-type, \
+  -misc-definitions-in-headers, \
+  -misc-unused-alias-decls, \
+  -modernize-concat-nested-namespaces, \
+  -modernize-raw-string-literal, \
+  -readability-magic-numbers"
+HeaderFilterRegex: ""
+...
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diff --git a/.github/workflows/build_test.yml b/.github/workflows/build_test.yml
index c1b14dac..aaf345f3 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/build_test.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/build_test.yml
@@ -7,9 +7,22 @@ on:
     branches: [main]
 
 jobs:
+  check:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+      - name: Check License Header
+        uses: apache/skywalking-eyes/header@0.4.0
+        with:
+          header:
+            license:
+              spdx-id: Apache-2.0
+      - name: Check CMake files
+        run: find . \( -name '*.cmake' -o -name 'CMakeLists.txt' \) -exec cmake-format $* {} +
+      - name: Clan-tidy
+        run: python3 ./scripts/run-clang-tidy.py "." "build" "third_party,scripts,docker,cmake_modules" "h,hpp,cc,cpp"
   build:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-
+    
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v3
         with:
diff --git a/scripts/run-clang-tidy.py b/scripts/run-clang-tidy.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..600721d9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/run-clang-tidy.py
@@ -0,0 +1,59 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env python
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+
+# Run clang-tidy recursively and parallel on directory
+# Usage: run-clang-tidy sourcedir builddir excludedirs extensions
+# extensions and excludedirs are specified as comma-separated
+# string without dot, e.g. 'c,cpp'
+# e.g. run-clang-tidy . build test,other c,cpp file
+
+import os, sys, subprocess, multiprocessing
+manager = multiprocessing.Manager()
+failedfiles = manager.list()
+
+# Get absolute current path and remove trailing seperators
+currentdir = os.path.realpath(os.getcwd()).rstrip(os.sep)
+print("Arguments: " + str(sys.argv))
+# Get absolute source dir after removing leading and trailing seperators from input.
+sourcedir = currentdir + sys.argv[1].lstrip(os.sep).rstrip(os.sep)
+print("Source directory: " + sourcedir)
+builddir = sourcedir + os.sep + sys.argv[2].rstrip(os.sep)
+print("Build directory: " + builddir)
+# If exclude dirs is not empty, split it into a tuple
+excludedirs = ()
+if sys.argv[3]:
+    excludedirs = tuple([(sourcedir + os.sep + s).rstrip(os.sep) for s in sys.argv[3].split(',')])
+# If the build directory is not the same as the source directory, exclude it
+if not sourcedir == builddir:
+    excludedirs = excludedirs + (builddir,)
+print("Exclude directories: " + str(excludedirs))
+# Split extensions into a tuple
+extensions = tuple([("." + s) for s in sys.argv[4].split(',')])
+print("Extensions: " + str(extensions))
+
+def runclangtidy(filepath):
+    print("Checking: " + filepath)
+    proc = subprocess.Popen("clang-tidy --quiet -p=" + builddir + " " + filepath, shell=True)
+    if proc.wait() != 0:
+        failedfiles.append(filepath)
+
+def collectfiles(dir, exclude, exts):
+    collectedfiles = []
+    for root, dirs, files in os.walk(dir):
+        for file in files:
+            filepath = root + os.sep + file
+            if (len(exclude) == 0 or not filepath.startswith(exclude)) and filepath.endswith(exts):
+                collectedfiles.append(filepath)
+    return collectedfiles
+
+# Define the pool AFTER the global variables and subprocess function because WTF python
+# See: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/41385708/multiprocessing-example-giving-attributeerror
+pool = multiprocessing.Pool()
+pool.map(runclangtidy, collectfiles(sourcedir, excludedirs, extensions))
+pool.close()
+pool.join()
+if len(failedfiles) > 0:
+    print("Errors in " + len(failedfiles) + " files")
+    sys.exit(1)
+print("No errors found")
+sys.exit(0)
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diff --git a/scripts/setup-ubuntu.sh b/scripts/setup-ubuntu.sh
index 16e74f7c..3bf5f5cc 100755
--- a/scripts/setup-ubuntu.sh
+++ b/scripts/setup-ubuntu.sh
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ sudo --preserve-env apt install -y \
   cmake \
   ccache \
   ninja-build \
+  clang-tidy \
   checkinstall \
   git \
   wget \