diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yml b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..6beb13e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+name: CI
+on: [push]
+
+jobs:
+  ci:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+      - uses: actions/setup-python@v5
+        with:
+          python-version: "3.12"
+      - name: Install dev requirements
+        run: pip install -r requirements_dev.txt
+      - name: Check black
+        run: black --check oc4ids_datastore_pipeline/ tests/
+      - name: Check isort
+        run: isort --check-only oc4ids_datastore_pipeline/ tests/
+      - name: Check flake8
+        run: flake8 oc4ids_datastore_pipeline/ tests/
+      - name: Check mypy
+        run: mypy oc4ids_datastore_pipeline/ tests/
+      - name: Run tests
+        run: pytest
diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..033df5f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+.venv
+__pycache__
diff --git a/.python-version b/.python-version
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index 0000000..e4fba21
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.python-version
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+3.12
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index cf82e6b..3fac6a2 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -1 +1,39 @@
-# oc4ids-datastore-pipeline
\ No newline at end of file
+# OC4IDS Datastore Pipeline
+
+A Python application to validate and store published OC4IDS datasets.
+
+## Local Development
+
+### Prerequisites
+
+- Python 3.12
+
+### Install Python requirements
+
+```
+python -m venv .venv
+source .venv/bin/activate
+pip install -r requirements_dev.txt
+```
+
+### Run app
+
+```
+pip install -e .
+oc4ids-datastore-pipeline
+```
+
+### Run linting and type checking
+
+```
+black oc4ids_datastore_pipeline/ tests/
+isort oc4ids_datastore_pipeline/ tests/
+flake8 oc4ids_datastore_pipeline/ tests/
+mypy oc4ids_datastore_pipeline/ tests/
+```
+
+### Run tests
+
+```
+pytest
+```
diff --git a/oc4ids_datastore_pipeline/__init__.py b/oc4ids_datastore_pipeline/__init__.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..c3be62a
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+++ b/oc4ids_datastore_pipeline/__init__.py
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+import logging
+import time
+
+logging.basicConfig(
+    level=logging.INFO,
+    format="%(asctime)s:%(levelname)s:%(name)s:%(message)s",
+    datefmt="%Y-%m-%dT%H:%M:%S",
+)
+logging.Formatter.converter = time.gmtime
diff --git a/oc4ids_datastore_pipeline/pipeline.py b/oc4ids_datastore_pipeline/pipeline.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..56081a4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/oc4ids_datastore_pipeline/pipeline.py
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+import logging
+
+logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
+
+
+def run() -> None:
+    logger.info("Hello World!")
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
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index 0000000..603c4ba
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+[build-system]
+requires = ["flit_core >=3.2,<4"]
+build-backend = "flit_core.buildapi"
+
+[project]
+name = "oc4ids-datastore-pipeline"
+description = "OC4IDS Datastore Pipeline"
+version = "0.1.0"
+readme = "README.md"
+dependencies = []
+
+[project.optional-dependencies]
+dev = [
+  "black",
+  "isort",
+  "flake8",
+  "Flake8-pyproject",
+  "mypy",
+  "pytest",
+]
+
+[project.scripts]
+oc4ids-datastore-pipeline = "oc4ids_datastore_pipeline.pipeline:run"
+
+[tool.isort]
+profile = "black"
+
+[tool.flake8]
+max-line-length = 88
+
+[tool.mypy]
+strict = true
diff --git a/requirements_dev.txt b/requirements_dev.txt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..b1ce205
--- /dev/null
+++ b/requirements_dev.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,46 @@
+#
+# This file is autogenerated by pip-compile with Python 3.12
+# by the following command:
+#
+#    pip-compile --extra=dev --output-file=requirements_dev.txt pyproject.toml
+#
+black==25.1.0
+    # via oc4ids-datastore-pipeline (pyproject.toml)
+click==8.1.8
+    # via black
+flake8==7.1.1
+    # via
+    #   flake8-pyproject
+    #   oc4ids-datastore-pipeline (pyproject.toml)
+flake8-pyproject==1.2.3
+    # via oc4ids-datastore-pipeline (pyproject.toml)
+iniconfig==2.0.0
+    # via pytest
+isort==6.0.0
+    # via oc4ids-datastore-pipeline (pyproject.toml)
+mccabe==0.7.0
+    # via flake8
+mypy==1.14.1
+    # via oc4ids-datastore-pipeline (pyproject.toml)
+mypy-extensions==1.0.0
+    # via
+    #   black
+    #   mypy
+packaging==24.2
+    # via
+    #   black
+    #   pytest
+pathspec==0.12.1
+    # via black
+platformdirs==4.3.6
+    # via black
+pluggy==1.5.0
+    # via pytest
+pycodestyle==2.12.1
+    # via flake8
+pyflakes==3.2.0
+    # via flake8
+pytest==8.3.4
+    # via oc4ids-datastore-pipeline (pyproject.toml)
+typing-extensions==4.12.2
+    # via mypy
diff --git a/tests/test_pipeline.py b/tests/test_pipeline.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..af8ff9f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/test_pipeline.py
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+def test_hello_world() -> None:
+    pass