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+name: Pre-build checks
+
+on:
+  push:
+    branches: [ ci ]
+  pull_request:
+    branches: [ ci ]
+
+jobs:
+  lint_check:
+    name: Lint the code
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+    - name: Checkout code
+      uses: actions/checkout@v3
+    - name: Build and run Dev Container task
+      uses: devcontainers/ci@v0.3
+      with:
+        runCmd: |
+          ruff -v ./langchain_weaviate/ ./tests/
+  
+  format_check:
+    name: Check code format
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+    - name: Checkout code
+      uses: actions/checkout@v3
+    - name: Build and run Dev Container task
+      uses: devcontainers/ci@v0.3
+      with:
+        runCmd: |
+          poetry run ruff format -v --diff ./langchain_weaviate/ ./tests/
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