diff --git a/.github/workflows/pre-commit.yml b/.github/workflows/pre-commit.yml
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+---
+name: pre-commit
+
+on:
+  pull_request:
+
+permissions:
+  contents: read
+
+jobs:
+  pre-commit:
+    name: Run pre-commit hooks
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+      - uses: actions/setup-python@v5
+        with:
+          python-version: "3.x"
+      - uses: pre-commit/action@v3.0.1
+        env:
+          SKIP: circleci-validate
diff --git a/.pre-commit-config.yaml b/.pre-commit-config.yaml
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+---
+repos:
+  - repo: https://github.com/adrienverge/yamllint
+    rev: v1.38.0
+    hooks:
+      - id: yamllint
+        types: [yaml]
+
+  - repo: https://github.com/pre-commit/pre-commit-hooks
+    rev: v6.0.0
+    hooks:
+      - id: trailing-whitespace
+      - id: end-of-file-fixer
+
+  # DISABLED (hadolint-docker): pre-commit failed — uncomment to re-enable
+#   - repo: https://github.com/hadolint/hadolint
+#     rev: v2.14.0
+#     hooks:
+#       # DISABLED (hadolint-docker): uncomment this block to re-enable
+#       # - id: hadolint-docker
+#         # types: [dockerfile]
+#         # args: [--ignore, DL3007, --ignore, DL3025, --ignore, DL3062]
+
+  - repo: local
+    hooks:
+      - id: circleci-validate
+        name: CircleCI pipeline validation
+        language: system
+        entry: bash -c 'for file in "$@"; do circleci config validate --org-slug github/lightspeedretail "$file"; done' --
+        pass_filenames: true
+        files: ^.circleci/.*\.yml$
+
+      - id: helm-lint
+        name: Helm lint (api-server chart)
+        language: system
+        files: ^api-server/charts/.*\.ya?ml$
+        pass_filenames: false
+        entry: helm lint api-server/charts
+
+      - id: helm-template
+        name: Helm template (api-server chart, all envs)
+        language: script
+        files: ^api-server/charts/.*\.ya?ml$
+        pass_filenames: false
+        entry: api-server/scripts/check-helm-charts.sh
diff --git a/.yamllint.yaml b/.yamllint.yaml
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+---
+extends: default
+
+ignore: |
+  node_modules/
+  vendor/
+  charts/
+
+rules:
+  line-length:
+    max: 120
+    level: warning
+    ignore:
+      - .circleci/*.yml
+  braces:
+    min-spaces-inside: 0
+    max-spaces-inside: 2