diff --git a/dev/hooks/pre-commit b/dev/hooks/pre-commit
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..299391da
--- /dev/null
+++ b/dev/hooks/pre-commit
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+# Run MATLAB script before committing
+
+matlab -batch "try; run('dev/hooks/pre_commit.m'); catch e; disp(getReport(e)); exit(1); end; exit(0);"
diff --git a/dev/hooks/pre_commit.m b/dev/hooks/pre_commit.m
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..b20cc8b8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/dev/hooks/pre_commit.m
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+toolsDir = fileparts(fileparts(mfilename('fullpath')));
+addpath(genpath(toolsDir))
+
+failed = string.empty;
+
+try
+    ommtools.codespellToolbox
+catch
+    failed = [failed, "codespell"];
+end
+
+try
+    %ommtools.stylecheckToolbox %todo...
+catch %#ok<UNRCH>
+    failed = [failed, "stylecheck"];
+end
+
+if ~isempty(failed)
+    message = strjoin("  " + failed, newline);
+    error('The following checks failed:\n%s', message)
+end
diff --git a/dev/tasks/codecheckToolbox.m b/dev/tasks/codecheckToolbox.m
index 65a0ec9f..1d123ab9 100644
--- a/dev/tasks/codecheckToolbox.m
+++ b/dev/tasks/codecheckToolbox.m
@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
-function codecheckToolbox()
+function issues = codecheckToolbox()
 % codecheckToolbox - Identify code issues for openMINDS_MATLAB toolbox
 
     ommtools.installMatBox("commit")
     projectRootDirectory = ommtools.projectdir();
     
-    matbox.tasks.codecheckToolbox(projectRootDirectory, ...
-        "CreateBadge", true)
+    issues = matbox.tasks.codecheckToolbox(projectRootDirectory, ...
+        "CreateBadge", true);
 end