diff --git a/.darglint2 b/.darglint2
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..4a1e00a7ca3b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.darglint2
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+[darglint2]
+message_template={path}:{line} -> (in {obj}) {msg}
+docstring_style=sphinx
+strictness=short
diff --git a/.pre-commit-config.yaml b/.pre-commit-config.yaml
index 4f9ba4e2bdf9..292fbf1c8623 100644
--- a/.pre-commit-config.yaml
+++ b/.pre-commit-config.yaml
@@ -28,3 +28,20 @@ repos:
         require_serial: true
         pass_filenames: false
         files: ^topotato/.*\.py$
+
+-   repo: https://github.com/jsh9/pydoclint # for classes
+    rev: 0.3.2
+    hooks:
+      - id: pydoclint
+        require_serial: true
+        args:
+          - --style=sphinx
+        files: ^topotato/.*\.py$
+
+-   repo: https://github.com/akaihola/darglint2 # for functions has it has no class validation for now
+    rev: v1.8.2
+    hooks:
+    - id: darglint2
+      args:
+        - -v2
+      files: ^topotato/.*\.py$