diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci-tests.yml b/.github/workflows/ci-tests.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..1d17cc7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci-tests.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,70 @@
+name: "ci tests"
+
+on:
+  push:
+    branches:
+      - main
+      - plain-cumulus-template
+    paths-ignore:
+      - "**.md"
+  pull_request:
+    paths-ignore:
+      - "**.md"
+  workflow_dispatch:
+    inputs:
+      test-macos-and-windows:
+        description: "run macOS and Windows tests"
+        required: true
+        default: false
+        type: boolean
+
+env:
+  # Not needed in CI, should make things a bit faster
+  CARGO_INCREMENTAL: 0
+  CARGO_TERM_COLOR: always
+  # Remove unnecessary WASM build artefacts
+  WASM_BUILD_CLEAN_TARGET: 1
+
+jobs:
+  clippy-fmt-test:
+    strategy:
+      fail-fast: false
+      matrix:
+        os:
+          - ubuntu-22.04
+          - macos-12
+          - windows-2022
+        run-all:
+          - ${{ inputs.test-macos-and-windows == true || github.ref == 'refs/heads/main' }}
+        exclude: # exclude macos-12 and windows-2022 when the condition is false
+          - run-all: false
+            os: macos-12
+          - run-all: false
+            os: windows-2022
+
+    runs-on: ${{ matrix.os }}
+    steps:
+      - name: git checkout
+        uses: actions/checkout@v4
+
+      - name: Install Protoc
+        uses: arduino/setup-protoc@9b1ee5b22b0a3f1feb8c2ff99b32c89b3c3191e9 # v2.0.0
+        with:
+          repo-token: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
+
+      - name: install rust toolchain
+        uses: actions-rust-lang/setup-rust-toolchain@v1
+
+      - name: cargo fmt
+        run: cargo fmt --all -- --check
+
+      - name: cargo test --release --locked
+        run: cargo test
+
+      - name: cargo clippy --release --locked
+        run: cargo clippy --locked --all-targets -- -D warnings
+
+      - name: Check Documentation
+        run: cargo doc --locked --all --no-deps
+        env:
+          RUSTDOCFLAGS: "-D rustdoc::broken-intra-doc-links -D rustdoc::private_intra_doc_links"
diff --git a/CONTRIBUTING.md b/CONTRIBUTING.md
index ec72996..e9ce422 100644
--- a/CONTRIBUTING.md
+++ b/CONTRIBUTING.md
@@ -10,7 +10,10 @@ Before starting development, please [create an issue](https://github.com/OpenZep
 
 ### Coding style
 
-`rustfmt.toml`
+You can check out `[rustfmt.toml](https://github.com/OpenZeppelin/polkadot-runtime-template/blob/main/rustfmt.toml)`.
+
+Also, we suggest enabling `format-on-save` feature of your code editor.
+
 
 ## Creating Pull Requests (PRs)
 
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 138eaa2..6c7a529 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -6,3 +6,9 @@ resolver = "2"
 
 [profile.release]
 panic = "unwind"
+
+
+[workspace.lints.clippy]
+type_complexity = "allow"
+too_many_arguments = "allow"
+large_enum_variant = "allow"
diff --git a/node/Cargo.toml b/node/Cargo.toml
index 24d5ff8..a54d1d4 100644
--- a/node/Cargo.toml
+++ b/node/Cargo.toml
@@ -91,3 +91,7 @@ try-runtime = [
 	"polkadot-cli/try-runtime",
 	"sp-runtime/try-runtime",
 ]
+
+
+[lints]
+workspace = true
diff --git a/node/src/command.rs b/node/src/command.rs
index 07c2e3d..17fc527 100644
--- a/node/src/command.rs
+++ b/node/src/command.rs
@@ -193,12 +193,11 @@ pub fn run() -> Result<()> {
 				}),
 				#[cfg(not(feature = "runtime-benchmarks"))]
 				BenchmarkCmd::Storage(_) =>
-					return Err(sc_cli::Error::Input(
+					Err(sc_cli::Error::Input(
 						"Compile with --features=runtime-benchmarks \
 						to enable storage benchmarks."
 							.into(),
-					)
-					.into()),
+					)),
 				#[cfg(feature = "runtime-benchmarks")]
 				BenchmarkCmd::Storage(cmd) => runner.sync_run(|config| {
 					let partials = new_partial(&config)?;
diff --git a/runtime/src/lib.rs b/runtime/src/lib.rs
index 37611d9..58422a9 100644
--- a/runtime/src/lib.rs
+++ b/runtime/src/lib.rs
@@ -385,8 +385,9 @@ impl InstanceFilter<RuntimeCall> for ProxyType {
                 RuntimeCall::Proxy(pallet_proxy::Call::reject_announcement { .. })
                     | RuntimeCall::Multisig { .. }
             ),
-            ProxyType::Collator =>
-                matches!(c, RuntimeCall::CollatorSelection { .. } | RuntimeCall::Multisig { .. }),
+            ProxyType::Collator => {
+                matches!(c, RuntimeCall::CollatorSelection { .. } | RuntimeCall::Multisig { .. })
+            }
         }
     }
 }
diff --git a/rust-toolchain.toml b/rust-toolchain.toml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..8f155ee
--- /dev/null
+++ b/rust-toolchain.toml
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+[toolchain]
+channel = "nightly-2023-09-21"
+targets = ["wasm32-unknown-unknown"]
+components = ["rustfmt", "clippy"]
diff --git a/rustfmt.toml b/rustfmt.toml
index 8c87ec0..e221b81 100644
--- a/rustfmt.toml
+++ b/rustfmt.toml
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-format_code_in_doc_comments = true
+
 format_macro_bodies = true
 format_macro_matchers = true
 format_strings = true
@@ -8,4 +8,11 @@ reorder_impl_items = true
 group_imports = "StdExternalCrate"
 use_field_init_shorthand = true
 use_small_heuristics = "Max"
-wrap_comments = true
+
+# most of these are unstable, so we enable them
+unstable_features = true
+
+
+# wanted to enable below, but they are removing the documentation comments if there is an empty line in between
+# wrap_comments = true
+# format_code_in_doc_comments = true