diff --git a/.flake8 b/.flake8
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+[flake8]
+# Documentation for flake8 http://flake8.pycqa.org/en/3.1.1/user/index.html
+
+# we should not ignore these mistakes !!!!!!!!
+
+ignore =
+    # undefined file name excpetion
+    F821
+
+
+exclude =
+    # No need to traverse our git directory
+    .git,
+    # There's no value in checking cache directories
+    __pycache__,
+    # This contains of branch that we don't want to check
+    # dev
+max-complexity = 10
diff --git a/.github/workflows/flake8.yml b/.github/workflows/flake8.yml
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+name: flake8 Lint
+
+on: [push, pull_request]
+
+jobs:
+  flake8-lint:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    name: Lint
+    steps:
+      - name: Check out source repository
+        uses: actions/checkout@v3
+      - name: Set up Python environment
+        uses: actions/setup-python@v4
+        with:
+          python-version: "3.11"
+      - name: flake8 Lint
+        uses: py-actions/flake8@v2