diff --git a/.github/workflows/mypy.yml b/.github/workflows/mypy.yml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..b6a2f6ec
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/mypy.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+name: Type Check
+
+on: [push, pull_request]
+
+jobs:
+  mypy:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v2
+      - uses: actions/setup-python@v1
+        with:
+          python-version: '3.8'
+          architecture: 'x64'
+      - name: Install mypy
+        run: |
+          python -m pip install --upgrade pip
+          pip install mypy
+      - name: Type check
+        run: dev_tools/mypy || true
diff --git a/.github/workflows/pylint.yml b/.github/workflows/pylint.yml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..c59b6d03
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/pylint.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+name: Pylint
+
+on: [push, pull_request]
+
+jobs:
+  pylint:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v2
+      - uses: actions/setup-python@v1
+        with:
+          python-version: '3.8'
+          architecture: 'x64'
+      - name: Install Pylint
+        run: |
+          python -m pip install --upgrade pip
+          pip install pylint
+      - name: Pylint check
+        run: dev_tools/pylint
diff --git a/dev_tools/.pylintrc b/dev_tools/.pylintrc
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..aeb6b8a8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/dev_tools/.pylintrc
@@ -0,0 +1,73 @@
+[MASTER]
+load-plugins=pylint.extensions.docstyle,pylint.extensions.docparams,pylint_copyright_checker
+max-line-length=100
+disable=all
+#ignore-paths=cirq-google/cirq_google/cloud/.*
+ignore-patterns=.*_pb2\.py
+output-format=colorized
+score=no
+reports=no
+enable=
+    anomalous-backslash-in-string,
+    assert-on-tuple,
+    bad-indentation,
+    bad-option-value,
+    bad-reversed-sequence,
+    bad-super-call,
+    consider-merging-isinstance,
+    continue-in-finally,
+    dangerous-default-value,
+    docstyle,
+    duplicate-argument-name,
+    expression-not-assigned,
+    function-redefined,
+    inconsistent-mro,
+    init-is-generator,
+    line-too-long,
+    lost-exception,
+    missing-kwoa,
+    missing-param-doc,
+    missing-raises-doc,
+    mixed-line-endings,
+    no-value-for-parameter,
+    nonexistent-operator,
+    not-in-loop,
+    pointless-statement,
+    redefined-builtin,
+    return-arg-in-generator,
+    return-in-init,
+    return-outside-function,
+    simplifiable-if-statement,
+    singleton-comparison,
+    syntax-error,
+    too-many-function-args,
+    trailing-whitespace,
+    undefined-variable,
+    unexpected-keyword-arg,
+    unhashable-dict-key,
+    unnecessary-pass,
+    unreachable,
+    unrecognized-inline-option,
+    unused-import,
+    unnecessary-semicolon,
+    unused-variable,
+    unused-wildcard-import,
+    wildcard-import,
+    wrong-import-order,
+    wrong-import-position,
+    yield-outside-function
+
+# Ignore long lines containing urls or pylint directives.
+ignore-long-lines=^(.*#\w*pylint: disable.*|\s*(# )?[<\[\(]?https?://\S+[>\]\)]?)$
+
+[TYPECHECK]
+
+# List of members which are set dynamically and missed by pylint inference
+# system, and so shouldn't trigger E1101 when accessed. Python regular
+# expressions are accepted.
+generated-members=numpy.*
+
+
+#[IMPORTS]
+# Force import order to recognize a module as part of a third party library.
+#known-third-party=cirq,cirq_google,cirq_aqt,cirq_ionq
diff --git a/dev_tools/mypy b/dev_tools/mypy
new file mode 100755
index 00000000..b804ed14
--- /dev/null
+++ b/dev_tools/mypy
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+
+################################################################################
+# Runs mypy on the repository using a preconfigured mypy.ini file.
+#
+# Usage:
+#     check/mypy [--flags]
+################################################################################
+
+# Get the working directory to the repo root.
+cd "$(dirname "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}")"
+cd "$(git rev-parse --show-toplevel)"
+
+
+echo -e -n "\033[31m"
+mypy --config-file=dev_tools/mypy.ini "$@" .
+result=$?
+echo -e -n "\033[0m"
+
+exit ${result}
diff --git a/dev_tools/mypy.ini b/dev_tools/mypy.ini
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..46349a2e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/dev_tools/mypy.ini
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+[mypy]
+show_error_codes = true
+
+[mypy-__main__]
+follow_imports = silent
+ignore_missing_imports = true
+
+# 3rd-party libs for which we don't have stubs
+[mypy-apiclient.*,matplotlib.*,mpl_toolkits,oauth2client.*,pandas.*,proto.*,pytest.*,scipy.*,setuptools.*,networkx.*,_pytest.*,codeowners.*,pylint.*,numpy.*,cirq.*,flask.*,numpy.*,cirq_google.*]
+follow_imports = silent
+ignore_missing_imports = true
+
+# There was no type information before numpy 1.20, so there are numpy mypy issues in the codebase
+[mypy-numpy.*]
+follow_imports = skip
+follow_imports_for_stubs = true
diff --git a/dev_tools/pylint b/dev_tools/pylint
new file mode 100755
index 00000000..3d88f809
--- /dev/null
+++ b/dev_tools/pylint
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+
+################################################################################
+# Runs pylint on the repository using a preconfigured .pylintrc file.
+#
+# Usage:
+#     check/pylint [--flags for pylint]
+################################################################################
+
+# Get the working directory to the repo root.
+cd "$(dirname "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}")"
+cd "$(git rev-parse --show-toplevel)"
+
+# Add dev_tools to $PYTHONPATH so that pylint can find custom checkers
+env PYTHONPATH=dev_tools pylint --jobs=0 --rcfile=dev_tools/.pylintrc "$@" .
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 3a379bfa..047c3bc8 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -2,7 +2,14 @@ cirq-core>=0.14.0
 cirq-google>=0.14.0
 # When changing Cirq requirements be sure to update dev_tools/write-ci-requirements.py
 
-seaborn
-sphinx
+numpy
+sympy
+
+# dev tools
 ipython
 black
+mypy
+pylint
+pytest
+pytest-cov
+coverage<=6.2
diff --git a/unitary/__init__.py b/unitary/__init__.py
index 3e0d2855..a6ce2123 100644
--- a/unitary/__init__.py
+++ b/unitary/__init__.py
@@ -20,7 +20,3 @@
     get_sampler_by_name,
     execute_in_queue,
 )
-
-from unitary.documentation_utils import (
-    display_markdown_docstring,
-)
diff --git a/unitary/documentation_utils.py b/unitary/documentation_utils.py
deleted file mode 100644
index 313a1e7e..00000000
--- a/unitary/documentation_utils.py
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,53 +0,0 @@
-# Copyright 2020 Google
-#
-# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
-# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
-# You may obtain a copy of the License at
-#
-#     https://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
-#
-# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
-# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
-# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
-# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
-# limitations under the License.
-
-import inspect
-import os
-import re
-import tarfile
-import urllib.request
-
-from sphinx.ext.napoleon import Config, GoogleDocstring
-
-
-class GoogleDocstringToMarkdown(GoogleDocstring):
-    def __init__(self, *args, **kwargs):
-        super().__init__(*args, **kwargs)
-        self.markdown_lines = []
-
-    def _parse_attributes_section(self, section):
-        lines = ['#### Attributes']
-        for _name, _type, _desc in self._consume_fields():
-            desc = ' '.join(_desc)
-            lines += [f' - `{_name}`: {desc}']
-
-        lines += ['']
-        return lines
-
-    def _parse_see_also_section(self, section):
-        lines = self._consume_to_next_section()
-        lines = [line.strip() for line in lines]
-        return ['#### See Also', ' '.join(lines), '']
-
-
-def display_markdown_docstring(cls):
-    config = Config()
-    gds = GoogleDocstringToMarkdown(inspect.cleandoc(cls.__doc__),
-                                    config=config, what='class')
-    gds_lines = [f'### {cls.__name__}'] + gds.lines()
-    gds_lines = [re.sub(r':py:func:`(\w+)`', r'`\1`', line)
-                 for line in gds_lines]
-
-    from IPython.display import Markdown
-    return Markdown('\n'.join(gds_lines))