diff --git a/.copier-answers.yaml b/.copier-answers.yaml
index 484daee..a0943a5 100644
--- a/.copier-answers.yaml
+++ b/.copier-answers.yaml
@@ -1,8 +1,9 @@
 # Changes here will be overwritten by Copier
-_commit: c53b04c
+_commit: 9642da9
 _src_path: https://github.com/python-project-templates/base.git
 add_docs: false
 add_extension: python
+add_wiki: false
 email: t.paine154@gmail.com
 github: python-project-templates
 project_description: Hatch plugin for C++ builds
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index adac7f6..db9ea46 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -6,6 +6,11 @@
 develop:  ## install dependencies and build library
 	uv pip install -e .[develop]
 
+requirements:  ## install prerequisite python build requirements
+	python -m pip install --upgrade pip toml
+	python -m pip install `python -c 'import toml; c = toml.load("pyproject.toml"); print("\n".join(c["build-system"]["requires"]))'`
+	python -m pip install `python -c 'import toml; c = toml.load("pyproject.toml"); print(" ".join(c["project"]["optional-dependencies"]["develop"]))'`
+
 build:  ## build the python library
 	python -m build -n
 
@@ -15,20 +20,27 @@ install:  ## install library
 #########
 # LINTS #
 #########
-.PHONY: lint lints fix format
+.PHONY: lint-py lint-docs fix-py fix-docs lint lints fix format
 
-lint:  ## run python linter with ruff
+lint-py:  ## lint python with ruff
 	python -m ruff check hatch_cpp
 	python -m ruff format --check hatch_cpp
 
-# Alias
-lints: lint
+lint-docs:  ## lint docs with mdformat and codespell
+	python -m mdformat --check README.md 
+	python -m codespell_lib README.md 
 
-fix:  ## fix python formatting with ruff
+fix-py:  ## autoformat python code with ruff
 	python -m ruff check --fix hatch_cpp
 	python -m ruff format hatch_cpp
 
-# alias
+fix-docs:  ## autoformat docs with mdformat and codespell
+	python -m mdformat README.md 
+	python -m codespell_lib --write README.md 
+
+lint: lint-py lint-docs  ## run all linters
+lints: lint
+fix: fix-py fix-docs  ## run all autoformatters
 format: fix
 
 ################
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 2d254b9..a468e43 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -19,17 +19,19 @@ libraries = [
 ```
 
 For more complete systems, see:
+
 - [scikit-build-core](https://github.com/scikit-build/scikit-build-core)
 - [setuptools](https://setuptools.pypa.io/en/latest/userguide/ext_modules.html)
 
 ## Environment Variables
-| Name | Default | Description |
-|:-----|:--------|:------------|
-|`CC`| | |
-|`CXX`| | |
-|`LD`| | |
-|`HATCH_CPP_PLATFORM`| | |
-|`HATCH_CPP_DISABLE_CCACHE`| | |
+
+| Name                       | Default | Description |
+| :------------------------- | :------ | :---------- |
+| `CC`                       |         |             |
+| `CXX`                      |         |             |
+| `LD`                       |         |             |
+| `HATCH_CPP_PLATFORM`       |         |             |
+| `HATCH_CPP_DISABLE_CCACHE` |         |             |
 
 > [!NOTE]
 > This library was generated using [copier](https://copier.readthedocs.io/en/stable/) from the [Base Python Project Template repository](https://github.com/python-project-templates/base).
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 5c89714..c494e3b 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -42,7 +42,13 @@ develop = [
     "build",
     "bump-my-version",
     "check-manifest",
-    "ruff>=0.3,<0.13",
+    "codespell>=2.4,<2.5",
+    "hatchling",
+    "mdformat>=0.7.22,<0.8",
+    "mdformat-tables>=1",
+    "pytest",
+    "pytest-cov",
+    "ruff",
     "twine",
     "uv",
     "wheel",
@@ -68,6 +74,7 @@ Homepage = "https://github.com/python-project-templates/hatch-cpp"
 current_version = "0.1.7"
 commit = true
 tag = false
+commit_args = "-s"
 
 [[tool.bumpversion.files]]
 filename = "hatch_cpp/__init__.py"