diff --git a/projects/rocm-smi-lib/.clang-format b/projects/rocm-smi-lib/.clang-format
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..0bca7eb76f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/projects/rocm-smi-lib/.clang-format
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+---
+Language: Cpp
+BasedOnStyle: Google
+ColumnLimit: 100
diff --git a/projects/rocm-smi-lib/.clang-tidy b/projects/rocm-smi-lib/.clang-tidy
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..11402fd8da
--- /dev/null
+++ b/projects/rocm-smi-lib/.clang-tidy
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+# THIS FILE IS GENERATED FROM .clangd!
+# Run .update-clang-tidy.sh to regenerate.
+Checks:
+  bugprone*,
+  clang-analyzer*,
+  google*,
+  misc*,
+  modernize*,
+  -abseil*,
+  -bugprone-easily-swappable-parameters,
+  -bugprone-reserved-identifier,
+  -clang-analyzer-security.insecureAPI.strcpy,
+  -cppcoreguidelines*,
+  -cppcoreguidelines-pro*,
+  -misc-non-copyable-objects,
+  -misc-use-anonymous-namespace,
+  -modernize-avoid-c-arrays,
+  -modernize-redundant-void-arg,
+  -modernize-use-auto,
+  -modernize-use-nodiscard,
+  -modernize-use-noexcept,
+  -modernize-use-trailing-return-type,
+  -modernize-use-using,
+  -performance*,
+  -readability*,
diff --git a/projects/rocm-smi-lib/.clangd b/projects/rocm-smi-lib/.clangd
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..74ae437a6f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/projects/rocm-smi-lib/.clangd
@@ -0,0 +1,37 @@
+CompileFlags:
+    Remove: -W*
+    Add: [-Wall, -pedantic, -I/opt/rocm/include, -I/opt/rocm/include/hsa, -I/opt/rocm/include/rocprofiler]
+    Compiler: clang++
+
+# list here: https://clang.llvm.org/extra/clang-tidy/checks/list.html
+Diagnostics:
+    UnusedIncludes: Strict
+    # rules below are copied into .clang-tidy using ./.update-clang-tidy.sh
+    # please keep the rules sorted alphabetically
+    ClangTidy:
+        Add: [
+          bugprone*,
+          clang-analyzer*,
+          google*,
+          misc*,
+          modernize*,
+        ]
+        Remove: [
+          abseil*,
+          bugprone-easily-swappable-parameters,
+          bugprone-reserved-identifier,
+          clang-analyzer-security.insecureAPI.strcpy,
+          cppcoreguidelines*,
+          cppcoreguidelines-pro*,
+          misc-non-copyable-objects,
+          misc-use-anonymous-namespace,
+          modernize-avoid-c-arrays,
+          modernize-redundant-void-arg,
+          modernize-use-auto,
+          modernize-use-nodiscard,
+          modernize-use-noexcept,
+          modernize-use-trailing-return-type,
+          modernize-use-using,
+          performance*,
+          readability*,
+        ]
diff --git a/projects/rocm-smi-lib/.editorconfig b/projects/rocm-smi-lib/.editorconfig
index 86ca34a181..a97ea56020 100644
--- a/projects/rocm-smi-lib/.editorconfig
+++ b/projects/rocm-smi-lib/.editorconfig
@@ -10,3 +10,4 @@ root = true
 charset = utf-8
 indent_style = space
 indent_size = 2
+max_line_length = 100
diff --git a/projects/rocm-smi-lib/.gitignore b/projects/rocm-smi-lib/.gitignore
index 71facfe540..3e67867c25 100644
--- a/projects/rocm-smi-lib/.gitignore
+++ b/projects/rocm-smi-lib/.gitignore
@@ -23,3 +23,8 @@ device/
 __pycache__
 README
 README.html
+
+# do NOT ignore these files
+!.clang-format
+!.clang-tidy
+!.clangd
diff --git a/projects/rocm-smi-lib/.pre-commit-config.yaml b/projects/rocm-smi-lib/.pre-commit-config.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..d84939508a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/projects/rocm-smi-lib/.pre-commit-config.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+# - How to use:
+#     python3 -m pip install pre-commit
+#     pre-commit install --install hooks
+# Upon a new commit - the hooks should automagically run
+#
+# - How to skip:
+#     git commit --no-verify
+# or
+#     SKIP=clang-format-docker git commit
+#     SKIP=cpplint-docker git commit
+
+fail_fast: false
+repos:
+  # For portability I decided to use Docker containers
+  - repo: https://github.com/dmitrii-galantsev/pre-commit-docker-cpplint
+    rev: 0.0.3
+    hooks:
+      - id: clang-format-docker
+      - id: cpplint-docker
+  # Below is a local way of running formatters and linters
+  # NOTE: clang-tidy is not used in the above tests
+  #  - repo: https://github.com/pocc/pre-commit-hooks
+  #    rev: v1.3.5
+  #    hooks:
+  #      - id: clang-format
+  #        args: [--no-diff, -i]
+  #      - id: clang-tidy
+  #        args: [-p=build, --quiet]
+  #      - id: cpplint
+  #        args: [--verbose=5]
diff --git a/projects/rocm-smi-lib/.update-clang-tidy.sh b/projects/rocm-smi-lib/.update-clang-tidy.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000000..9607b35714
--- /dev/null
+++ b/projects/rocm-smi-lib/.update-clang-tidy.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+
+set -x # trace
+set -e # exit immediately if command fails
+set -u # exit if an undefined variable is found
+
+awk '
+BEGIN {
+  print "# THIS FILE IS GENERATED FROM .clangd!"
+  print "# Run ./.update-clang-tidy.sh to regenerate."
+  print "Checks:"
+}
+/Add: \[$/{
+a=1
+  next
+}
+/]/{
+  a=0
+}
+a{
+gsub(/^\s+/,"  ")
+ print
+}
+
+/Remove: \[$/{
+r=1
+  next
+}
+/]/{
+  r=0
+}
+r{
+  gsub(/^\s+/,"  -")
+  print
+}
+' .clangd | tee .clang-tidy
diff --git a/projects/rocm-smi-lib/CPPLINT.cfg b/projects/rocm-smi-lib/CPPLINT.cfg
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..b63692c6df
--- /dev/null
+++ b/projects/rocm-smi-lib/CPPLINT.cfg
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+set noparent
+linelength=100
+filter=-build/include_subdir,-legal/copyright,-runtime/printf,-build/c++11,-runtime/int,-build/header_guard