diff --git a/.github/workflows/qa-checks.yml b/.github/workflows/qa-checks.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..fa31f5d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/qa-checks.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,69 @@
+name: QA Checks
+
+on:
+  pull_request:
+  push:
+    branches:
+      - main
+
+permissions:
+  contents: read
+
+jobs:
+  go:
+    name: Go checks
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+
+      - uses: actions/setup-go@v5
+        with:
+          go-version-file: go.mod
+          cache: true
+
+      - name: Verify go.mod is tidy
+        run: |
+          go mod tidy
+          if ! git diff --quiet go.mod go.sum; then
+            echo "::error::go.mod or go.sum is not tidy. Run 'go mod tidy' and commit the result."
+            git diff go.mod go.sum
+            exit 1
+          fi
+
+      - name: go vet
+        run: go vet ./...
+
+      - name: go test
+        run: go test -race ./...
+
+      - name: golangci-lint
+        uses: golangci/golangci-lint-action@v7
+        with:
+          version: v2.2.2
+
+  docs:
+    name: Docs lint
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    defaults:
+      run:
+        working-directory: docs
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+
+      - uses: pnpm/action-setup@v4
+        with:
+          version: 11
+
+      - uses: actions/setup-node@v4
+        with:
+          node-version: 22
+          cache: pnpm
+          cache-dependency-path: docs/pnpm-lock.yaml
+
+      - run: pnpm install --frozen-lockfile
+
+      - name: Generate Nuxt types
+        run: pnpm exec nuxt prepare
+
+      - name: ESLint
+        run: pnpm lint
diff --git a/cmd/clean.go b/cmd/clean.go
index caa50c5..688a13b 100644
--- a/cmd/clean.go
+++ b/cmd/clean.go
@@ -26,8 +26,8 @@ var cleanCmd = &cobra.Command{
 	Long:    cleanLongUsage,
 	Example: "terox clean\nterox gc\nterox cleanup",
 	Args:    cobra.NoArgs,
-	Run: func(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) {
-		template.Clean()
+	RunE: func(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) error {
+		return template.Clean()
 	},
 }
 
diff --git a/cmd/list.go b/cmd/list.go
index d172f6e..a9900d3 100644
--- a/cmd/list.go
+++ b/cmd/list.go
@@ -34,8 +34,8 @@ var listCmd = &cobra.Command{
 	Example: listExample,
 	Long:    listCmdLongHelp,
 	Args:    cobra.NoArgs,
-	Run: func(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) {
-		template.List()
+	RunE: func(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) error {
+		return template.List()
 	},
 }
 
diff --git a/internal/template/clean.go b/internal/template/clean.go
index 498b84f..21b9ca4 100644
--- a/internal/template/clean.go
+++ b/internal/template/clean.go
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ func Clean() error {
 	// Read the contents of the template directory to check for templates
 	if templates, err := os.ReadDir(templateDir); err != nil {
 		return fmt.Errorf(
-			"Failed to find any templates at %s: %w",
+			"failed to find any templates at %s: %w",
 			templateDir,
 			err,
 		)
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ func Clean() error {
 			fmt.Printf("%s\n", template.Name())
 			if err := os.RemoveAll(path); err != nil {
 				return fmt.Errorf(
-					"Failed to remove %s: %w",
+					"failed to remove %s: %w",
 					template.Name(),
 					err,
 				)
diff --git a/internal/template/list.go b/internal/template/list.go
index 75665a7..877e33e 100644
--- a/internal/template/list.go
+++ b/internal/template/list.go
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ func List() error {
 	// Check if any template exists locally, if yes, list them to STDOUT
 	if templates, err := os.ReadDir(templateDir); err != nil {
 		return fmt.Errorf(
-			"Failed to read the contents of %s directory: %w",
+			"failed to read the contents of %s directory: %w",
 			templateDir,
 			err,
 		)
diff --git a/internal/template/scaffold.go b/internal/template/scaffold.go
index 3410a66..93d599c 100644
--- a/internal/template/scaffold.go
+++ b/internal/template/scaffold.go
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@ func downloadTemplate(repo string) (string, error) {
 	if err != nil {
 		return "", fmt.Errorf("download %s: %w", url, err)
 	}
-	defer resp.Body.Close()
+	defer func() { _ = resp.Body.Close() }()
 
 	if resp.StatusCode != http.StatusOK {
 		return "", fmt.Errorf("bad server response: %d", resp.StatusCode)
@@ -100,7 +100,7 @@ func extractTemplate(zipfile, dest string) (string, error) {
 	if err != nil {
 		return "", fmt.Errorf("open zip: %w", err)
 	}
-	defer r.Close()
+	defer func() { _ = r.Close() }()
 
 	var topLevelFolder string
 	for _, f := range r.File {