diff --git a/.github/workflows/tics.yaml b/.github/workflows/tics.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..dcc0580c3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/tics.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,71 @@
+name: TICS
+
+on:
+  push:
+    branches:
+    - main
+    # to easy test changes to the workflow
+    - tiobe
+
+jobs:
+  CI:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-22.04
+    steps:
+      - name: Checkout
+        uses: actions/checkout@v4
+        with:
+          fetch-depth: 0
+
+      - name: Install dependencies
+        run: |
+          echo "::group::apt-get update"
+          sudo apt-get update
+          echo "::endgroup::"
+          echo "::group::apt-get install..."
+          sudo apt-get install -y python3 python3-dev libapt-pkg-dev libyaml-dev
+          echo "::endgroup::"
+          echo "::group::pip install"
+          python -m pip install 'tox<5.0' tox-gh
+          echo "::endgroup::"
+
+          eval "$(/home/linuxbrew/.linuxbrew/bin/brew shellenv)"
+          brew install skopeo
+
+      - name: Setup Tox environment
+        run: tox --workdir /tmp/tox run-parallel --parallel auto --parallel-no-spinner --parallel-live --colored yes -e test-py3.10 --notest
+
+      - name: Test with tox
+        run: |
+          echo "::group::skopeo"
+          # From tests.yaml
+          # Ensure the version of skopeo comes from homebrew
+          # This is only necessary until we move to noble.
+          eval "$(/home/linuxbrew/.linuxbrew/bin/brew shellenv)"
+          # Allow skopeo to access the contents of /run/containers
+          sudo chmod 777 /run/containers
+          # Add an xdg runtime dir for skopeo to look into for an auth.json file
+          sudo mkdir -p /run/user/$(id -u)
+          sudo chown $USER /run/user/$(id -u)
+          export XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=/run/user/$(id -u)
+          echo "::endgroup::"
+
+          tox --workdir /tmp/tox run --skip-pkg-install --no-list-dependencies --result-json results/tox-py310.json --colored yes -e test-py3.10
+
+      - name: Upload test results
+        if: success() || failure()
+        uses: actions/upload-artifact@v4
+        with:
+          name: test-results-ubuntu-22.04
+          path: results/
+
+      - name: Run TICS analysis
+        uses: tiobe/tics-github-action@v3
+        env:
+          PATH: "/tmp/tox/test-py3.10/bin:/snap/bin:/home/runner/.local/bin:/home/runner/.cargo/bin:/bin:/usr/bin:/usr/local/bin:"
+        with:
+          mode: qserver
+          project: charmcraft
+          viewerUrl: https://canonical.tiobe.com/tiobeweb/TICS/api/cfg?name=default
+          branchdir: ${{ github.workspace }}
+          ticsAuthToken: ${{ secrets.TICSAUTHTOKEN }}
+          installTics: true
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 4476ed8e4..f37b1ebf1 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -53,6 +53,7 @@ dev = [  # When updating these, also update the dev/lint/types groups in renovat
     "hypothesis",
     "pydocstyle",
     "pyfakefs",
+    "pylint",
     "pytest",
     "pytest-cov",
     "pytest-mock",
@@ -122,7 +123,7 @@ line-length = 99
 
 [tool.codespell]
 ignore-words-list = "buildd,crate,keyserver,comandos,ro,dedent,dedented,tread,socio-economic"
-skip = ".tox,.git,build,.*_cache,__pycache__,*.tar,*.snap,*.png,./node_modules,./docs/_build,.direnv,.venv,venv,.vscode,charmcraft.spec"
+skip = "requirements*.txt,.tox,.git,build,.*_cache,__pycache__,*.tar,*.snap,*.png,./node_modules,./docs/_build,.direnv,.venv,venv,.vscode,charmcraft.spec"
 quiet-level = 3
 check-filenames = true
 
diff --git a/requirements-dev.txt b/requirements-dev.txt
index 595f70d03..44e732249 100644
--- a/requirements-dev.txt
+++ b/requirements-dev.txt
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+astroid==3.2.4
 attrs==23.2.0
 certifi==2024.7.4
 cffi==1.16.0
@@ -13,6 +14,7 @@ craft-providers==1.24.1
 craft-store==2.6.2
 cryptography==42.0.8
 Deprecated==1.2.14
+dill==0.3.8
 distro==1.9.0
 docker==7.1.0
 flake8==7.0.0
@@ -23,6 +25,7 @@ hypothesis==6.100.5
 idna==3.7
 importlib_metadata==7.1.0
 iniconfig==2.0.0
+isort==5.13.2
 jaraco.classes==3.4.0
 jeepney==0.8.0
 Jinja2==3.1.4
@@ -50,6 +53,7 @@ pydocstyle==6.3.0
 pyfakefs==5.4.1
 pyflakes==3.2.0
 pygit2==1.14.1
+pylint==3.2.6
 pymacaroons==0.13.0
 PyNaCl==1.5.0
 pyparsing==3.1.2
@@ -76,6 +80,7 @@ snap-helpers==0.4.2
 snowballstemmer==2.2.0
 sortedcontainers==2.4.0
 tabulate==0.9.0
+tomlkit==0.13.0
 types-Deprecated==1.2.9.20240311
 types-PyYAML==6.0.12.20240311
 typing_extensions==4.11.0