diff --git a/.github/styles/config/vocabularies/PSDK/accept.txt b/.github/styles/config/vocabularies/PSDK/accept.txt
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..9a712c7bf
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/styles/config/vocabularies/PSDK/accept.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+BeagleBone
+Broadcom
+GStreamer
+Jacinto
+Khronos
+OpenCL
+OpenGL
+OpenVX
+PVRCarbon
+PVRTune
+Sitara
+UniFlash
+Vulkan
+Yocto
+Zink
+[Cc]odec
+[Dd]unfell
+[Ee]thernet
+[Ff]ramebuffer
+[Kk]irkstone
+[Mm]ulticast
+[Ss]carthgap
+[Tt]oolchain
+balenaEtcher
diff --git a/.github/styles/config/vocabularies/PSDK/reject.txt b/.github/styles/config/vocabularies/PSDK/reject.txt
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..e69de29bb
diff --git a/.github/workflows/vale.yml b/.github/workflows/vale.yml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..ef4678739
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/vale.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,40 @@
+---
+name: "vale"
+
+on: [pull_request]
+
+defaults:
+  run:
+    shell: bash
+
+jobs:
+  vale:
+    name: vale
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    container:
+      image: ghcr.io/staticrocket/processor-sdk-doc:latest
+      options: --entrypoint /bin/bash
+
+    steps:
+      - name: Prepare GitHub workdir
+        run: |
+          mkdir -p /github/home/
+
+      - name: Checkout repository
+        uses: actions/checkout@v4
+
+      - name: Get changed files
+        id: changed-files
+        uses: tj-actions/changed-files@v46
+        with:
+          files: |
+            **.rst
+            **.md
+
+      - name: Run vale checks on modified files
+        uses: StaticRocket/vale-action@d377866f2e3305ae80ef6ce6516370a7ec4ea55a
+        if: steps.changed-files.outputs.any_changed == 'true'
+        with:
+          fail_on_error: false  # to be changed when upstream addresses 84
+          files: ${{ steps.changed-files.outputs.all_changed_files }}
+          version: none
diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 462b73df7..761bc0cea 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,4 +1,10 @@
+# python artifacts
 *.swp
 *.pyc
+
+# build artifacts
 build/
-.vale/
+
+# vale configs and intermediary data
+.github/styles/*
+!.github/styles/config
diff --git a/.vale.ini b/.vale.ini
index 8ee6fb3b2..d37b4a017 100644
--- a/.vale.ini
+++ b/.vale.ini
@@ -1,6 +1,11 @@
+StylesPath = .github/styles
 MinAlertLevel = suggestion
 
 Packages = RedHat
 
+Vocab = PSDK
+
 [*.{md,rst}]
 BasedOnStyles = RedHat
+RedHat.PascalCamelCase = NO
+RedHat.GitLinks = NO
diff --git a/CONTRIBUTING.md b/CONTRIBUTING.md
index ad00468d8..f63fbf011 100644
--- a/CONTRIBUTING.md
+++ b/CONTRIBUTING.md
@@ -180,6 +180,22 @@ Copyright (C) 2024 Texas Instruments Incorporated - https://www.ti.com
 All other files inherit the generic CC-BY-SA-4.0 license and do not require an
 explicit license / copyright notice.
 
+## Vale grammar, spelling and prose checking
+
+This project currently uses [Vale](https://vale.sh/) for grammar spelling and
+prose checking. We operate on a loose version of [Red Hat's documentation style
+guidelines](https://github.com/redhat-documentation/vale-at-red-hat).
+
+If there are words it detects as misspellings, add those words to the custom
+vocabulary entry in
+[accept.txt](.github/styles/config/vocabularies/PSDK/accept.txt). If there are
+words you see that you think do not constitute usage here, add those words to
+the [reject.txt](.github/styles/config/vocabularies/PSDK/reject.txt). Ensure the
+contents of these files are alphabetically sorted after any modifications.
+
+Information about the formatting of these files is available
+[upstream](https://vale.sh/docs/keys/vocab#file-format).
+
 ## Fighting workflows
 
 The workflows are here to help, but occasionally they can raise false positives.
diff --git a/docker/Dockerfile b/docker/Dockerfile
index d3e046b10..11701d20d 100644
--- a/docker/Dockerfile
+++ b/docker/Dockerfile
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ RUN apk add --no-cache \
 		ripgrep \
 		shadow \
 		su-exec \
+		vale \
 		zip \
 	&& echo "**** create abc user and make our folders ****" \
 	&& useradd -u 1000 -U -d /config -s /bin/false abc \