diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yml b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
index 9fa6292..6fcbbec 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 # This file is part of REANA.
-# Copyright (C) 2020 CERN.
+# Copyright (C) 2020, 2024 CERN.
 #
 # REANA is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
 # under the terms of the MIT License; see LICENSE file for more details.
@@ -9,6 +9,43 @@ name: CI
 on: [push, pull_request]
 
 jobs:
+  lint-commitlint:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-20.04
+    steps:
+      - name: Checkout
+        uses: actions/checkout@v3
+        with:
+          fetch-depth: 0
+
+      - name: Setup Node
+        uses: actions/setup-node@v4
+
+      - name: Install commitlint
+        run: |
+          npm install conventional-changelog-conventionalcommits
+          npm install commitlint@latest
+
+      - name: Check commit message compliance of the recently pushed commit
+        if: github.event_name == 'push'
+        run: |
+          ./run-tests.sh --check-commitlint HEAD~1 HEAD
+
+      - name: Check commit message compliance of the pull request
+        if: github.event_name == 'pull_request'
+        run: |
+          ./run-tests.sh --check-commitlint ${{ github.event.pull_request.head.sha }}~${{ github.event.pull_request.commits }} ${{ github.event.pull_request.head.sha }}
+
+  lint-shellcheck:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-20.04
+    steps:
+      - name: Checkout
+        uses: actions/checkout@v3
+
+      - name: Runs shell script static analysis
+        run: |
+          sudo apt-get install shellcheck
+          ./run-tests.sh --check-shellcheck
+
   lint-dockerfile:
     runs-on: ubuntu-20.04
     steps:
diff --git a/run-tests.sh b/run-tests.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..19424f9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/run-tests.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,49 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+#
+# This file is part of REANA.
+# Copyright (C) 2024 CERN.
+#
+# REANA is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
+# under the terms of the MIT License; see LICENSE file for more details.
+
+set -o errexit
+set -o nounset
+
+check_commitlint () {
+    from=${2:-master}
+    to=${3:-HEAD}
+    npx commitlint --from="$from" --to="$to"
+    found=0
+    while IFS= read -r line; do
+        if echo "$line" | grep -qP "\(\#[0-9]+\)$"; then
+            true
+        else
+            echo "✖   PR number missing in $line"
+            found=1
+        fi
+    done < <(git log "$from..$to" --format="%s")
+    if [ $found -gt 0 ]; then
+        exit 1
+    fi
+}
+
+check_shellcheck () {
+    find . -name "*.sh" -exec shellcheck {} \;
+}
+
+check_all () {
+    check_commitlint
+    check_shellcheck
+}
+
+if [ $# -eq 0 ]; then
+    check_all
+    exit 0
+fi
+
+arg="$1"
+case $arg in
+    --check-commitlint) check_commitlint "$@";;
+    --check-shellcheck) check_shellcheck;;
+    *) echo "[ERROR] Invalid argument '$arg'. Exiting." && exit 1;;
+esac