diff --git a/.cz.toml b/.cz.toml
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index 0000000..26d453c
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+++ b/.cz.toml
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+[tool.commitizen]
+name = "cz_conventional_commits"
+tag_format = "v$version"
+version_scheme = "semver"
+version_provider = "scm"
diff --git a/.pre-commit-config.yaml b/.pre-commit-config.yaml
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@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+repos:
+- hooks:
+  - id: commitizen
+  - id: commitizen-branch
+    stages:
+    - push
+  repo: https://github.com/commitizen-tools/commitizen
+  rev: v4.4.1
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index ce8b529..cd435eb 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -156,6 +156,16 @@ Where `<type>` is one of:
 - `test`: Adding or refactoring tests
 - `chore`: Updating build tasks, etc; no production code change
 
+You may use [commitizen](https://commitizen-tools.github.io/commitizen/) to automatically validate or write your commits:
+
+After installing [commitizen](https://commitizen-tools.github.io/commitizen/) you may commit with:
+```
+cz c
+```
+This will automatically ask you some questions and generate a semantic commit for you.
+
+You may additionally install [pre-commit](https://pre-commit.com/). This will automatically validate your commits before push and commiting.
+
 Examples:
 ```
 feat: add user balance display