diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yml b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
index 244a0db9777e3d5..5ec79f53704398a 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
@@ -30,8 +30,8 @@ jobs:
       - run: npm ci
       - run: npm run check
 
-      ## TODO: formatting checks
-
+      - run: npm run format:core:check
+      ## TODO: content formatting checks
       - run: npm run build
         env:
           NODE_OPTIONS: "--max-old-space-size=4192"
diff --git a/.prettierignore b/.prettierignore
index 8187e003b0cd1f8..78238a7c5b3f1d1 100644
--- a/.prettierignore
+++ b/.prettierignore
@@ -5,4 +5,4 @@ dist
 public/_redirects
 public/analytics/static/downloads/main.css
 src/content/workers-ai-models/*.json
-tests/fixtures/openapi.json
\ No newline at end of file
+tests/fixtures/openapi.json
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 72e602748875a63..c4c1aea6ce182c1 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -12,7 +12,11 @@
 		"check:functions": "npx tsc --noEmit -p ./functions/tsconfig.json",
 		"check:worker": "npx tsc --noEmit -p ./worker/tsconfig.json",
 		"dev": "npx astro dev",
-		"format": "npx prettier --write \"**/*.{js,jsx,ts,tsx,mjs,astro,css,json,yaml,yml}\"",
+		"format": "npm run format:core && npm run format:data",
+		"format:core": "npx prettier --write \"**/*.{js,jsx,ts,tsx,mjs,css}\"",
+		"format:core:check": "npm run format:core -- --check",
+		"format:content": "npx prettier --write \"**/*.{md,mdx,astro}\"",
+		"format:data": "npx prettier --write \"**/*.{json,yaml,yml}\"",
 		"postinstall": "npx patch-package && npm run sync",
 		"preview": "npx astro preview",
 		"script:optimize-svgs": "npx tsx scripts/optimize-svgs.ts",