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+name: Lint and Syntax Check
+
+on:
+  push:
+    branches: [ main ]
+  pull_request:
+    branches: [ main ]
+
+jobs:
+  build:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v3
+
+      - name: Set up Python
+        uses: actions/setup-python@v4
+        with:
+          python-version: '3.10'
+
+      - name: Install dependencies
+        run: |
+          python -m pip install --upgrade pip
+          if [ -f requirements.txt ]; then pip install -r requirements.txt; fi
+          # Install flake8 for syntax checking
+          pip install flake8
+
+      - name: Lint with flake8
+        run: |
+          # stop the build if there are Python syntax errors or undefined names
+          flake8 . --count --select=E9,F63,F7,F82 --show-source --statistics
+          # exit-zero treats all errors as warnings.
+          flake8 . --count --exit-zero --max-complexity=10 --max-line-length=127 --statistics