diff --git a/.gitea/workflows/check.yml b/.gitea/workflows/check.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..a55bc55
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.gitea/workflows/check.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+name: check
+on: [push]
+jobs:
+    check:
+        runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+        steps:
+            # actions/checkout v4.2.2, 2026-02-28
+            - uses: actions/checkout@11bd71901bbe5b1630ceea73d27597364c9af683
+            - run: script/cibuild
diff --git a/.golangci.yml b/.golangci.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..34a8e31
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.golangci.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+version: "2"
+
+run:
+  timeout: 5m
+  modules-download-mode: readonly
+
+linters:
+  default: all
+  disable:
+    # Genuinely incompatible with project patterns
+    - exhaustruct      # Requires all struct fields
+    - depguard         # Dependency allow/block lists
+    - godot            # Requires comments to end with periods
+    - wsl              # Deprecated, replaced by wsl_v5
+    - wrapcheck        # Too verbose for internal packages
+    - varnamelen       # Short names like db, id are idiomatic Go
+
+linters-settings:
+  lll:
+    line-length: 88
+  funlen:
+    lines: 80
+    statements: 50
+  cyclop:
+    max-complexity: 15
+  dupl:
+    threshold: 100
+
+issues:
+  exclude-use-default: false
+  max-issues-per-linter: 0
+  max-same-issues: 0
diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..a41093f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+# Build stage
+# golang 1.25-alpine, 2026-02-28
+FROM golang@sha256:f6751d823c26342f9506c03797d2527668d095b0a15f1862cddb4d927a7a4ced AS builder
+
+RUN apk add --no-cache git make gcc musl-dev binutils-gold
+
+# golangci-lint v2.10.1
+RUN go install github.com/golangci/golangci-lint/v2/cmd/golangci-lint@5d1e709b7be35cb2025444e19de266b056b7b7ee
+# goimports v0.42.0
+RUN go install golang.org/x/tools/cmd/goimports@009367f5c17a8d4c45a961a3a509277190a9a6f0
+
+WORKDIR /src
+COPY go.mod go.sum ./
+RUN go mod download
+
+COPY . .
+
+# Run all checks - build fails if any check fails
+RUN make check
+
+# Build the binary
+RUN make build
+
+# Runtime stage
+# alpine 3.21, 2026-02-28
+FROM alpine@sha256:c3f8e73fdb79deaebaa2037150150191b9dcbfba68b4a46d70103204c53f4709
+
+RUN apk add --no-cache ca-certificates tzdata
+
+WORKDIR /app
+
+COPY --from=builder /src/attrsum /app/attrsum
+
+ENTRYPOINT ["/app/attrsum"]
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index a2eac70..75c062e 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -1,9 +1,38 @@
+.PHONY: default bootstrap setup test lint fmt fmt-check check docker hooks build clean try
+
 TESTDIR := $(HOME)/Documents/_SYSADMIN/cyberdyne
 
-default: test
+# Standard targets are thin shims; the implementations live in script/
+# per the scripts-to-rule-them-all pattern.
+
+default: check build
+
+bootstrap:
+	@script/bootstrap
+
+setup:
+	@script/setup
 
 test:
-	@go test ./... -v
+	@script/test
+
+lint:
+	@script/lint
+
+fmt:
+	@script/fmt
+
+fmt-check:
+	@script/fmt-check
+
+check:
+	@script/check
+
+docker:
+	@script/docker
+
+hooks:
+	@script/install-precommit
 
 build: clean
 	@go build .
@@ -21,4 +50,3 @@ try: build
 	touch $(TESTDIR)/*
 	./attrsum sum update -v $(TESTDIR)
 	./attrsum check -v $(TESTDIR)
-
diff --git a/script/bootstrap b/script/bootstrap
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..ffcb29a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/script/bootstrap
@@ -0,0 +1,82 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+# script/bootstrap: install all dependencies needed to build and develop
+# this repo. Idempotent: every install is guarded by a check so already
+# installed tools are skipped. Base tooling comes from nix, apt, brew,
+# or apk (detected in that order); assumes nothing is present.
+# golangci-lint and goimports are installed via `go install` at the same
+# pinned commits the Dockerfile uses (never "latest").
+set -eu
+
+ROOT="$(cd "$(dirname "$0")/.." && pwd -P)"
+
+# Pinned versions, 2026-07-07 (same pins as the Dockerfile)
+# golangci-lint v2.10.1
+GOLANGCI_LINT_REF="github.com/golangci/golangci-lint/v2/cmd/golangci-lint@5d1e709b7be35cb2025444e19de266b056b7b7ee"
+# goimports v0.42.0
+GOIMPORTS_REF="golang.org/x/tools/cmd/goimports@009367f5c17a8d4c45a961a3a509277190a9a6f0"
+
+PKGMGR=""
+SUDO=""
+APT_UPDATED=""
+
+detect_pkgmgr() {
+    [ -n "$PKGMGR" ] && return 0
+    if command -v nix-env >/dev/null 2>&1; then
+        PKGMGR="nix"
+    elif command -v apt-get >/dev/null 2>&1; then
+        PKGMGR="apt"
+    elif command -v brew >/dev/null 2>&1; then
+        PKGMGR="brew"
+    elif command -v apk >/dev/null 2>&1; then
+        PKGMGR="apk"
+    else
+        echo "bootstrap: no supported package manager (nix, apt, brew, apk)" >&2
+        exit 1
+    fi
+    if [ "$PKGMGR" = "apt" ]; then
+        export DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive
+        if [ "$(id -u)" != "0" ]; then
+            SUDO="sudo"
+        fi
+    fi
+}
+
+# pkg_install <nix-attr> <apt-pkg> <brew-formula> <apk-pkg>
+pkg_install() {
+    detect_pkgmgr
+    case "$PKGMGR" in
+        nix) nix-env -iA "nixpkgs.$1" ;;
+        apt)
+            if [ -z "$APT_UPDATED" ]; then
+                $SUDO env DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive apt-get update
+                APT_UPDATED=1
+            fi
+            $SUDO env DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive apt-get install -y "$2"
+            ;;
+        brew) brew install "$3" ;;
+        apk) apk add --no-cache "$4" ;;
+    esac
+}
+
+missing() {
+    ! command -v "$1" >/dev/null 2>&1
+}
+
+main() {
+    cd "$ROOT"
+
+    if missing git; then pkg_install git git git git; fi
+    if missing make; then pkg_install gnumake make make make; fi
+    if missing go; then pkg_install go golang go go; fi
+
+    # Lint/format tools, pinned via go install (installs into
+    # "$(go env GOPATH)/bin"; ensure that is on your PATH).
+    if missing golangci-lint; then go install "$GOLANGCI_LINT_REF"; fi
+    if missing goimports; then go install "$GOIMPORTS_REF"; fi
+
+    go mod download
+
+    echo "bootstrap complete"
+}
+
+main "$@"
diff --git a/script/check b/script/check
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..3e1778c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/script/check
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+# script/check: run all checks (test, lint, fmt-check). Our own
+# extension to scripts-to-rule-them-all. Must not modify any files.
+set -eu
+
+SCRIPT_DIR="$(cd "$(dirname "$0")" && pwd -P)"
+
+main() {
+    "$SCRIPT_DIR/test"
+    "$SCRIPT_DIR/lint"
+    "$SCRIPT_DIR/fmt-check"
+}
+
+main "$@"
diff --git a/script/cibuild b/script/cibuild
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..966f51d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/script/cibuild
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+# script/cibuild: run the CI build. The Dockerfile runs make check, so
+# a successful build implies all checks pass.
+set -eu
+
+ROOT="$(cd "$(dirname "$0")/.." && pwd -P)"
+
+main() {
+    cd "$ROOT"
+    docker build .
+}
+
+main "$@"
diff --git a/script/docker b/script/docker
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..9b9ea86
--- /dev/null
+++ b/script/docker
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+# script/docker: build the Docker image tagged with the project name.
+# Identical in all repos; the tag comes from script/projectname.
+set -eu
+
+SCRIPT_DIR="$(cd "$(dirname "$0")" && pwd -P)"
+ROOT="$(cd "$SCRIPT_DIR/.." && pwd -P)"
+
+main() {
+    cd "$ROOT"
+    docker build -t "$("$SCRIPT_DIR/projectname")" .
+}
+
+main "$@"
diff --git a/script/fmt b/script/fmt
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..b3235a8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/script/fmt
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+# script/fmt: format all files (writes).
+set -eu
+
+ROOT="$(cd "$(dirname "$0")/.." && pwd -P)"
+
+main() {
+    cd "$ROOT"
+    gofmt -s -w .
+    goimports -w .
+}
+
+main "$@"
diff --git a/script/fmt-check b/script/fmt-check
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..b7438ef
--- /dev/null
+++ b/script/fmt-check
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+# script/fmt-check: check formatting (read-only). Same scope as
+# script/fmt, but fails instead of writing.
+set -eu
+
+ROOT="$(cd "$(dirname "$0")/.." && pwd -P)"
+
+main() {
+    cd "$ROOT"
+    files="$(gofmt -l .)"
+    if [ -n "$files" ]; then
+        echo "gofmt: files not formatted:" >&2
+        echo "$files" >&2
+        exit 1
+    fi
+}
+
+main "$@"
diff --git a/script/install-precommit b/script/install-precommit
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..723bae1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/script/install-precommit
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+# script/install-precommit: install the git pre-commit hook that runs
+# script/precommit. Our own extension to scripts-to-rule-them-all.
+set -eu
+
+ROOT="$(cd "$(dirname "$0")/.." && pwd -P)"
+
+main() {
+    cd "$ROOT"
+    hook=".git/hooks/pre-commit"
+    printf '#!/bin/sh\nset -e\nscript/precommit\n' > "$hook"
+    chmod +x "$hook"
+    echo "pre-commit hook installed: runs script/precommit"
+}
+
+main "$@"
diff --git a/script/lint b/script/lint
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..8017180
--- /dev/null
+++ b/script/lint
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+# script/lint: run the linter.
+set -eu
+
+ROOT="$(cd "$(dirname "$0")/.." && pwd -P)"
+
+main() {
+    cd "$ROOT"
+    golangci-lint run --config .golangci.yml ./...
+}
+
+main "$@"
diff --git a/script/precommit b/script/precommit
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..ec8a004
--- /dev/null
+++ b/script/precommit
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+# script/precommit: run by the git pre-commit hook; fails the commit if
+# checks fail. Our own extension to scripts-to-rule-them-all. Go extra:
+# go mod tidy must be a no-op before the checks run.
+set -eu
+
+SCRIPT_DIR="$(cd "$(dirname "$0")" && pwd -P)"
+ROOT="$(cd "$SCRIPT_DIR/.." && pwd -P)"
+
+main() {
+    cd "$ROOT"
+    go mod tidy
+    if ! git diff --exit-code -- go.mod go.sum; then
+        echo "precommit: go mod tidy changed go.mod/go.sum;" \
+            "stage the changes and retry" >&2
+        exit 1
+    fi
+    "$SCRIPT_DIR/check"
+}
+
+main "$@"
diff --git a/script/projectname b/script/projectname
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..26422fc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/script/projectname
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+# script/projectname: output the name of this project. Our own
+# extension to scripts-to-rule-them-all. Other scripts that need the
+# name (e.g. script/docker) call this, so they can stay identical
+# across all repos.
+set -eu
+
+main() {
+    echo "attrsum"
+}
+
+main "$@"
diff --git a/script/setup b/script/setup
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..4cc5b6b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/script/setup
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+# script/setup: set up the repo for development after a fresh clone:
+# installs dependencies and the git pre-commit hook.
+set -eu
+
+SCRIPT_DIR="$(cd "$(dirname "$0")" && pwd -P)"
+
+main() {
+    "$SCRIPT_DIR/bootstrap"
+    "$SCRIPT_DIR/install-precommit"
+}
+
+main "$@"
diff --git a/script/test b/script/test
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..50b1730
--- /dev/null
+++ b/script/test
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+# script/test: run the test suite.
+set -eu
+
+ROOT="$(cd "$(dirname "$0")/.." && pwd -P)"
+
+main() {
+    cd "$ROOT"
+    go test -v -race -timeout 30s -cover ./...
+}
+
+main "$@"