diff --git a/.github/workflows/code-checks.yml b/.github/workflows/code-checks.yml
index 433489a6..59d01343 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/code-checks.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/code-checks.yml
@@ -16,3 +16,20 @@ jobs:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v4
       - uses: actions/setup-python@v4
       - uses: pre-commit/action@v2.0.3
+
+  pyright:
+    name: "Run Pyright"
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+      - uses: actions/setup-python@v4
+        with:
+          python-version: 3.12 # Use the maximum version supported by python-pins
+      - name: Install dependencies
+        shell: bash
+        run: |
+          python -m pip install --upgrade pip
+          python -m pip install -e .[check]
+      - uses: jakebailey/pyright-action@v2
+        with:
+          version: 1.1.372 # Manually sync with setup.cfg
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 3396b1b7..0250ce60 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ docs-clean:
 requirements/dev.txt: setup.cfg
 	@# allows you to do this...
 	@# make requirements | tee > requirements/some_file.txt
-	@pip-compile setup.cfg --rebuild --extra doc --extra test --output-file=- > $@
+	@pip-compile setup.cfg --rebuild --extra doc --extra test --extra check --output-file=- > $@
 
 binder/requirements.txt: requirements/dev.txt
 	cp $< $@
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index af007b66..31955ddb 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # pins
 <a href="https://rstudio.github.io/pins-python/"><img src="docs/logo.png" align="right" height="138" /></a>
 
-![PyPI - Version](https://img.shields.io/pypi/v/pins.svg) ![PyPI - Python Version](https://img.shields.io/pypi/pyversions/pins)
+![PyPI - Version](https://img.shields.io/pypi/v/pins.svg) ![PyPI - Python Version](https://img.shields.io/pypi/pyversions/pins) [![Checked with pyright](https://microsoft.github.io/pyright/img/pyright_badge.svg)](https://microsoft.github.io/pyright/)
 
 
 
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 10af66e3..3497c51a 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -36,6 +36,11 @@ dependencies = [
 [project.optional-dependencies]
 aws = ["s3fs"]
 azure = ["adlfs"]
+check = [
+    "pre-commit",
+    "pyright==1.1.372", # Pinned; manually sync with .github/workflows/code-checks.yml
+    "types-appdirs",
+]
 doc = [
     "ipykernel",
     "ipython<=8.12",
@@ -85,6 +90,31 @@ testpaths = ["pins"]
 addopts = "--doctest-modules"
 doctest_optionflags = "NORMALIZE_WHITESPACE"
 
+[tool.pyright]
+include = ["pins"]
+exclude = ["**/__pycache__"]
+ignore = ["pins/tests"]
+pythonVersion = "3.12"       # Use the maximum version supported by python-pins
+pythonPlatform = "Linux"
+
+# Tracking compliance with these rules at https://github.com/rstudio/pins-python/issues/272
+reportArgumentType = false
+reportAssignmentType = false
+reportAttributeAccessIssue = false
+reportCallIssue = false
+reportGeneralTypeIssues = false
+reportIncompatibleMethodOverride = false
+reportIncompatibleVariableOverride = false
+reportIndexIssue = false
+reportMissingImports = false
+reportMissingTypeStubs = false
+reportOptionalIterable = false
+reportOptionalMemberAccess = false
+reportOptionalSubscript = false
+reportPossiblyUnboundVariable = false
+reportReturnType = false
+reportUnusedExpression = false
+
 [tool.ruff]
 line-length = 90
 extend-exclude = ["docs"]
diff --git a/requirements/dev.txt b/requirements/dev.txt
index 5c1249c4..2b2a43a0 100644
--- a/requirements/dev.txt
+++ b/requirements/dev.txt
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 # This file is autogenerated by pip-compile with Python 3.11
 # by the following command:
 #
-#    pip-compile --extra=doc --extra=test --output-file=- --strip-extras setup.cfg
+#    pip-compile --extra=doc --extra=test --extra=check --output-file=- --strip-extras setup.cfg
 #
 --index-url https://pypi.python.org/simple/
 --trusted-host pypi.org
@@ -67,6 +67,8 @@ cffi==1.16.0
     # via
     #   azure-datalake-store
     #   cryptography
+cfgv==3.4.0
+    # via pre-commit
 charset-normalizer==3.3.2
     # via requests
 click==8.1.7
@@ -93,12 +95,16 @@ decorator==5.1.1
     # via
     #   gcsfs
     #   ipython
+distlib==0.3.8
+    # via virtualenv
 executing==2.0.1
     # via stack-data
 fastjsonschema==2.20.0
     # via nbformat
 fastparquet==2024.5.0
     # via pins (setup.cfg)
+filelock==3.15.4
+    # via virtualenv
 frozenlist==1.4.1
     # via
     #   aiohttp
@@ -141,6 +147,8 @@ griffe==0.48.0
     # via quartodoc
 humanize==4.10.0
     # via pins (setup.cfg)
+identify==2.6.0
+    # via pre-commit
 idna==3.7
     # via
     #   requests
@@ -220,6 +228,10 @@ nbformat==5.10.4
     #   pins (setup.cfg)
 nest-asyncio==1.6.0
     # via ipykernel
+nodeenv==1.9.1
+    # via
+    #   pre-commit
+    #   pyright
 numpy==2.0.0
     # via
     #   fastparquet
@@ -247,13 +259,17 @@ pickleshare==0.7.5
 pip-tools==7.4.1
     # via pins (setup.cfg)
 platformdirs==4.2.2
-    # via jupyter-core
+    # via
+    #   jupyter-core
+    #   virtualenv
 pluggy==1.5.0
     # via pytest
 plum-dispatch==2.5.1.post1
     # via quartodoc
 portalocker==2.10.1
     # via msal-extensions
+pre-commit==3.7.1
+    # via pins (setup.cfg)
 prompt-toolkit==3.0.47
     # via ipython
 proto-plus==1.24.0
@@ -297,6 +313,8 @@ pyproject-hooks==1.1.0
     # via
     #   build
     #   pip-tools
+pyright==1.1.372
+    # via pins (setup.cfg)
 pytest==7.1.3
     # via
     #   pins (setup.cfg)
@@ -320,6 +338,7 @@ pytz==2024.1
 pyyaml==6.0.1
     # via
     #   pins (setup.cfg)
+    #   pre-commit
     #   quartodoc
 pyzmq==26.0.3
     # via
@@ -384,6 +403,8 @@ traitlets==5.14.3
     #   matplotlib-inline
     #   nbclient
     #   nbformat
+types-appdirs==1.4.3.5
+    # via pins (setup.cfg)
 typing-extensions==4.12.2
     # via
     #   azure-core
@@ -398,6 +419,8 @@ urllib3==2.2.2
     # via
     #   botocore
     #   requests
+virtualenv==20.26.3
+    # via pre-commit
 watchdog==4.0.1
     # via quartodoc
 wcwidth==0.2.13