diff --git a/dev-check.sh b/dev-check.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..7241249
--- /dev/null
+++ b/dev-check.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+
+# Development tools script for openwebui-memory-system
+
+set -e
+
+if [ -f "./.venv/bin/python" ]; then
+    PYTHON="./.venv/bin/python"
+elif command -v python3 &> /dev/null; then
+    PYTHON="python3"
+elif command -v python &> /dev/null; then
+    PYTHON="python"
+else
+    echo "Python 3 is not installed. Please install Python 3 to proceed."
+    exit 1    
+fi
+
+echo "🔧 Running development tools..."
+
+echo "🎨 Formatting with Black..."
+$PYTHON -m black .
+echo "📦 Sorting imports with isort..."
+$PYTHON -m isort .
+
+echo "✅ All checks passed!"
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diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..9217c6d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+[tool.black]
+line-length = 160
+target-version = ['py38']
+include = '\.pyi?$'
+extend-exclude = '''
+/(
+  \.eggs
+  | \.git
+  | \.hg
+  | \.mypy_cache
+  | \.tox
+  | \.venv
+  | build
+  | dist
+)/
+'''
+
+[tool.isort]
+line_length = 160
+multi_line_output = 3
+include_trailing_comma = true
+force_grid_wrap = 0
+use_parentheses = true
+ensure_newline_before_comments = true
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diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index e8f6881..910811c 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
-aiohttp>=3.12.15
-pydantic>=2.11.7
-numpy>=2.0.0
 open-webui>=0.6.32
-tiktoken>=0.11.0
+aiohttp
+pydantic
+numpy
+tiktoken
+black
+isort
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