diff --git a/.github/workflows/check_and_deploy.yml b/.github/workflows/check_and_deploy.yml
index 199f0b6..7043cc0 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/check_and_deploy.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/check_and_deploy.yml
@@ -43,12 +43,25 @@ jobs:
 
       - name: Run tests
         run: |
-          mkdir summary
+          set +e
+          mkdir summary > /dev/null 2>&1 || echo
           pytest --cov=python_ci_base --cov-report=markdown-append:summary/coverage.md --markdown-summary-file=summary/summary.md
-          echo -e "# Summary\n" >> $GITHUB_STEP_SUMMARY
-          cat summary/summary.md >> $GITHUB_STEP_SUMMARY
-          echo -e "\n# Coverage\n" >> $GITHUB_STEP_SUMMARY
-          cat summary/coverage.md >> $GITHUB_STEP_SUMMARY
+          EXIT_CODE=$?
+          
+          set -e
+          
+          if (( $EXIT_CODE == 5 )); then
+            echo "The test suite was empty. No summary generated."
+            echo -e "# Summary\n" >> $GITHUB_STEP_SUMMARY
+            echo -e "\n# Coverage\n" >> $GITHUB_STEP_SUMMARY
+          elif (( $EXIT_CODE == 0 )); then
+            echo -e "# Summary\n" >> $GITHUB_STEP_SUMMARY
+            cat summary/summary.md >> $GITHUB_STEP_SUMMARY
+            echo -e "\n# Coverage\n" >> $GITHUB_STEP_SUMMARY
+            cat summary/coverage.md >> $GITHUB_STEP_SUMMARY
+          else
+            exit $ExitCode
+          fi
 
 # TODO: uncomment if you want to automate deployment to TestPyPI and PyPI
 
diff --git a/.pre-commit-config.yaml b/.pre-commit-config.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..c31a2cc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.pre-commit-config.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+repos:
+  - repo: https://github.com/pre-commit/pre-commit-hooks
+    rev: v6.0.0
+    hooks:
+      - id: check-yaml
+
+  - repo: https://github.com/astral-sh/ruff-pre-commit
+    rev: v0.16.1
+    hooks:
+      - id: ruff-check
+        args: [ --output-format=github, --target-version=py314 ]
+      - id: ruff-format
+        args: [ --diff, --target-version=py314 ]
+
+  - repo: local
+    hooks:
+      - id: mypy
+        name: MyPy
+        language: python
+        entry: mypy
+        additional_dependencies: [ '.[pre_commit]' ]
+        types: [python]
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index a4ec1d0..4376203 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -2,9 +2,11 @@
 
 The template sets up a simple continuous integration-pipeline for Python 3.14.
 
-For every push and pull request, linting, format checking, static type checking, and tests are invoked:
+For every pre-commit, push and pull request, linting, format checking, and static type checking are invoked:
 * Ruff: Linting, Formatting
 * MyPy: Code checking
+
+Additionally, tests are run for pushes and pull requests (but not pre-hook):
 * Tests: PyTest (with coverage)
 
 The test summary and coverage are reported as an artifact.
@@ -23,6 +25,11 @@ Deployment to PyPI and TestPyPI is optional (see below).
   pass
 * Replace ``python_ci_base`` with the name of your app on all files and ``AUTHOR`` with your name 
 * Always use typing (if not, delete the py.typed file inside your package)
+* Install pre-commit hooks:
+  ```
+  pip install pre-commit
+  pre-commit install
+  ```
 
 If you want to enable automatic deployment to PyPI, proceed with the following steps:
 
diff --git a/docs/source/conf.py b/docs/source/conf.py
index 78f6e29..c18e90a 100644
--- a/docs/source/conf.py
+++ b/docs/source/conf.py
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ def extract_info(*path: str, default: str = '') -> Any:
 autosummary_generate = True
 
 templates_path = ['_templates']
-exclude_patterns = []
+exclude_patterns: list[str] = []
 
 
 # -- Options for HTML output -------------------------------------------------
diff --git a/python_ci_base/app.py b/python_ci_base/app.py
deleted file mode 100644
index cdba318..0000000
--- a/python_ci_base/app.py
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,10 +0,0 @@
-def main() -> None:
-    """
-    The entry point of the application.
-
-    """
-    print('Hello world!')
-
-
-if __name__ == '__main__':
-    main()
diff --git a/scripts/build.sh b/scripts/build.sh
deleted file mode 100644
index 18ac30c..0000000
--- a/scripts/build.sh
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,8 +0,0 @@
-# install build script
-python -m pip install build twine --upgrade --quiet
-
-# build package to dist-directory
-python -m build
-
-# test built distribution for errors
-twine check dist dist/* --strict
diff --git a/scripts/doc.sh b/scripts/doc.sh
deleted file mode 100644
index 56e40a3..0000000
--- a/scripts/doc.sh
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,13 +0,0 @@
-# install requirements
-pip install sphinx pydata-sphinx-theme --upgrade --quiet
-
-# delete previous versions
-rm -rf docs/build
-rm -rf docs/source/_autogen
-
-# build ReST from source
-# TODO: replace python_ci_base
-sphinx-apidoc -o docs/source/_autogen python_ci_base
-
-# build documentation from ReST
-sphinx-build -M html docs/source docs/build
diff --git a/scripts/lint.sh b/scripts/lint.sh
deleted file mode 100644
index 54496a3..0000000
--- a/scripts/lint.sh
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,14 +0,0 @@
-# install requirements
-pip install ruff mypy --upgrade --quiet
-
-# run ruff and mypy
-
-echo Running Ruff/Check...
-ruff check --output-format=github --target-version=py314
-
-echo Running Ruff/Format Diff...
-ruff format --diff --target-version=py314
-
-echo Running MyPy...
-# TODO: change "python_ci_base"
-mypy python_ci_base
diff --git a/tests/test_app.py b/tests/test_app.py
deleted file mode 100644
index 74f5a8c..0000000
--- a/tests/test_app.py
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-def test_app():
-    assert 1 + 1 == 2