diff --git a/.github/contributing.md b/.github/contributing.md
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..f6f816d5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/contributing.md
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+# Contributing to theHarvester Project
+Welcome to theHarvester project, so you would like to contribute.
+
+The following below must be met to get accepted.
+
+# CI
+Make sure all CI passes and you do not introduce any alerts from lgtm.
+
+# Unit Tests
+For new modules a unit test for that module is required and we use pytest.
+
+# Coding Standards
+* No single letter variables and variable names must represent the action that it is performing
+* Have static typing on functions etc
+ 
+# Submitting Bugs
+If you have a bug in a module that you want to submit an issue for and know how to write python code.
+Please create a unit test for that bug and submit a fix for it
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diff --git a/.github/workflows/theHarvester.yml b/.github/workflows/theHarvester.yml
index 12dda69e..9af33891 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/theHarvester.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/theHarvester.yml
@@ -38,3 +38,6 @@ jobs:
     - name: Test with pytest
       run: |
         pytest
+    - name: Check static type checking with mypy
+      run: |
+        mypy *.py
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diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index 991e69f2..26a2c608 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ script:
 - python theHarvester.py -d metasploit.com -b baidu,bing,censys,crtsh,dnsdumpster,dogpile,duckduckgo,exalead,linkedin,netcraft,threatcrowd,trello,twitter,virustotal,yahoo
 - pytest
 - flake8 . --count --show-source --statistics
+- mypy *.py
 notifications:
   email: false
   slack:
diff --git a/mypy.ini b/mypy.ini
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..0cc1b62c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/mypy.ini
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+[mypy]
+ignore_missing_imports = True
+show_traceback = True
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diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 1d6e1eed..73b56ebd 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ beautifulsoup4==4.8.0
 censys==0.0.8
 flake8==3.7.8
 grequests==0.4.0
+mypy==0.720
 plotly==4.1.1
 pytest==5.1.2
 PyYaml==5.1.2