diff --git a/.Rbuildignore b/.Rbuildignore
index 35d9d81..bbcbcb9 100644
--- a/.Rbuildignore
+++ b/.Rbuildignore
@@ -1,14 +1,15 @@
-^nhp_reskit[.]Rproj$
-^[.]Rproj[.]user$
-^LICENSE[.]md$
-^CODEOWNERS$
-^[.]github$
-^nhp_reskit[.]code-workspace$
-^CODEOWNERS$
-^[.]vscode$
-^air[.]toml$
-^[.]Renviron[.]example$
-^inst/a_.*$
-^test_results[.]rds$
-^[.]lintr$
-^jarl[.]toml$
+^nhp_reskit[.]Rproj$
+^[.]Rproj[.]user$
+^LICENSE[.]md$
+^CODEOWNERS$
+^[.]github$
+^nhp_reskit[.]code-workspace$
+^CODEOWNERS$
+^[.]vscode$
+^air[.]toml$
+^[.]Renviron[.]example$
+^inst/a_.*$
+^test_results[.]rds$
+^[.]lintr$
+^jarl[.]toml$
+^\.github$
diff --git a/.github/.gitignore b/.github/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..2d19fc7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+*.html
diff --git a/.github/workflows/R-CMD-check.yaml b/.github/workflows/R-CMD-check.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..9fc803d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/R-CMD-check.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+on:
+  pull_request:
+    branches: main
+    types: [ edited, ready_for_review ]
+  release:
+    types: [ published ]
+name: R-CMD-check
+permissions: read-all
+jobs:
+  R-CMD-check:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    env:
+      GITHUB_PAT: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
+      R_KEEP_PKG_SOURCE: yes
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v6
+      - uses: r-lib/actions/setup-pandoc@v2
+      - uses: r-lib/actions/setup-r@v2
+        with:
+          r-version: release
+          use-public-rspm: true
+      - uses: r-lib/actions/setup-r-dependencies@v2
+        with:
+          extra-packages: any::rcmdcheck
+          needs: check
+      - uses: r-lib/actions/check-r-package@v2
+        with:
+          upload-snapshots: true
+          error-on: '"error"'
+          build_args: 'c("--no-manual", "--no-tests", "--compact-vignettes=gs+qpdf")'
diff --git a/.lintr b/.lintr
index c1b8f7d..c76f623 100644
--- a/.lintr
+++ b/.lintr
@@ -1,9 +1,6 @@
 linters: linters_with_defaults( # see vignette("lintr")
   commented_code_linter = NULL,
-  object_length_linter(32)
-  )
-exclusions: list(
-  "R/distribution_plots.R",
-  "R/read_results_parquet_files.R" = 129
+  object_length_linter(34)
   )
+exclusions: list()
 encoding: "UTF-8"
diff --git a/R/calculate_principal_stats.R b/R/calculate_principal_stats.R
index 1693a17..90368ba 100644
--- a/R/calculate_principal_stats.R
+++ b/R/calculate_principal_stats.R
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ swap_modelrun_for_stage <- \(x) sub("^model_run$", "stage", x)
 check_single_row_groups <- function(tbl, group_cols) {
   out <- tbl |>
     dplyr::summarise(n = dplyr::n(), .by = tidyselect::all_of(group_cols))
-  csrg <- "check_single_row_groups"
+  csrg <- "check_single_row_groups" # nolint
   msg <- "{.fn {csrg}}: The grouping columns do not group to single rows"
   azkit::check_that(out, \(x) all(x[["n"]] == 1L), msg)
   tbl
diff --git a/R/read_results_parquet_files.R b/R/read_results_parquet_files.R
index 15627fe..99bfecd 100644
--- a/R/read_results_parquet_files.R
+++ b/R/read_results_parquet_files.R
@@ -112,7 +112,7 @@ check_single_subdir <- function(path, level, dttm_stamp, container) {
   max_dttm <- max(dir_name)
 
   # construct error messages if length(dir_name) > 1
-  dir_names <- cli::cli_vec(basename(dir_name), list(`vec-trunc` = 2))
+  dir_names <- cli::cli_vec(basename(dir_name), list(`vec-trunc` = 2)) # nolint
 
   if (level == "scenario" || is.null(dttm_stamp)) {
     # if length(folder_name) == 1 then return it, otherwise throw an error