diff --git a/mypy.ini b/mypy.ini
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..0d8ecb7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/mypy.ini
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+[mypy]
+ignore_missing_imports = true
+exclude = "amanuensis/cli/.*|amanuensis/config/.*|amanuensis/lexicon/.*|amanuensis/log/.*|amanuensis/models/.*|amanuensis/parser/.*|amanuensis/resources/.*|amanuensis/server/.*|amanuensis/user/.*|amanuensis/__main__.py"
+; mypy stable doesn't support pyproject.toml yet
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/poetry.lock b/poetry.lock
index ab419ae..61c34a8 100644
--- a/poetry.lock
+++ b/poetry.lock
@@ -158,6 +158,22 @@ category = "dev"
 optional = false
 python-versions = ">=3.5"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "mypy"
+version = "0.812"
+description = "Optional static typing for Python"
+category = "dev"
+optional = false
+python-versions = ">=3.5"
+
+[package.dependencies]
+mypy-extensions = ">=0.4.3,<0.5.0"
+typed-ast = ">=1.4.0,<1.5.0"
+typing-extensions = ">=3.7.4"
+
+[package.extras]
+dmypy = ["psutil (>=4.0)"]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "mypy-extensions"
 version = "0.4.3"
@@ -281,6 +297,22 @@ category = "dev"
 optional = false
 python-versions = ">=2.6, !=3.0.*, !=3.1.*, !=3.2.*"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "typed-ast"
+version = "1.4.3"
+description = "a fork of Python 2 and 3 ast modules with type comment support"
+category = "dev"
+optional = false
+python-versions = "*"
+
+[[package]]
+name = "typing-extensions"
+version = "3.10.0.0"
+description = "Backported and Experimental Type Hints for Python 3.5+"
+category = "dev"
+optional = false
+python-versions = "*"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "wcwidth"
 version = "0.2.5"
@@ -320,7 +352,7 @@ locale = ["Babel (>=1.3)"]
 [metadata]
 lock-version = "1.1"
 python-versions = "^3.8"
-content-hash = "e81ba4ffeb172410ef80bd6500c0af4e3be6b800d9cfda85df2f6a5c74319d87"
+content-hash = "8c38b0703447e638ee8181a4e449f0eab57858e171cd0de9d4e9fe07c61d0071"
 
 [metadata.files]
 appdirs = [
@@ -458,6 +490,30 @@ more-itertools = [
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     {file = "more_itertools-8.8.0-py3-none-any.whl", hash = "sha256:2cf89ec599962f2ddc4d568a05defc40e0a587fbc10d5989713638864c36be4d"},
 ]
+mypy = [
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+    {file = "mypy-0.812-cp35-cp35m-manylinux1_x86_64.whl", hash = "sha256:28fb5479c494b1bab244620685e2eb3c3f988d71fd5d64cc753195e8ed53df7c"},
+    {file = "mypy-0.812-cp35-cp35m-manylinux2010_x86_64.whl", hash = "sha256:9743c91088d396c1a5a3c9978354b61b0382b4e3c440ce83cf77994a43e8c521"},
+    {file = "mypy-0.812-cp35-cp35m-win_amd64.whl", hash = "sha256:d7da2e1d5f558c37d6e8c1246f1aec1e7349e4913d8fb3cb289a35de573fe2eb"},
+    {file = "mypy-0.812-cp36-cp36m-macosx_10_9_x86_64.whl", hash = "sha256:4eec37370483331d13514c3f55f446fc5248d6373e7029a29ecb7b7494851e7a"},
+    {file = "mypy-0.812-cp36-cp36m-manylinux1_x86_64.whl", hash = "sha256:d65cc1df038ef55a99e617431f0553cd77763869eebdf9042403e16089fe746c"},
+    {file = "mypy-0.812-cp36-cp36m-manylinux2010_x86_64.whl", hash = "sha256:61a3d5b97955422964be6b3baf05ff2ce7f26f52c85dd88db11d5e03e146a3a6"},
+    {file = "mypy-0.812-cp36-cp36m-win_amd64.whl", hash = "sha256:25adde9b862f8f9aac9d2d11971f226bd4c8fbaa89fb76bdadb267ef22d10064"},
+    {file = "mypy-0.812-cp37-cp37m-macosx_10_9_x86_64.whl", hash = "sha256:552a815579aa1e995f39fd05dde6cd378e191b063f031f2acfe73ce9fb7f9e56"},
+    {file = "mypy-0.812-cp37-cp37m-manylinux1_x86_64.whl", hash = "sha256:499c798053cdebcaa916eef8cd733e5584b5909f789de856b482cd7d069bdad8"},
+    {file = "mypy-0.812-cp37-cp37m-manylinux2010_x86_64.whl", hash = "sha256:5873888fff1c7cf5b71efbe80e0e73153fe9212fafdf8e44adfe4c20ec9f82d7"},
+    {file = "mypy-0.812-cp37-cp37m-win_amd64.whl", hash = "sha256:9f94aac67a2045ec719ffe6111df543bac7874cee01f41928f6969756e030564"},
+    {file = "mypy-0.812-cp38-cp38-macosx_10_9_x86_64.whl", hash = "sha256:d23e0ea196702d918b60c8288561e722bf437d82cb7ef2edcd98cfa38905d506"},
+    {file = "mypy-0.812-cp38-cp38-manylinux1_x86_64.whl", hash = "sha256:674e822aa665b9fd75130c6c5f5ed9564a38c6cea6a6432ce47eafb68ee578c5"},
+    {file = "mypy-0.812-cp38-cp38-manylinux2010_x86_64.whl", hash = "sha256:abf7e0c3cf117c44d9285cc6128856106183938c68fd4944763003decdcfeb66"},
+    {file = "mypy-0.812-cp38-cp38-win_amd64.whl", hash = "sha256:0d0a87c0e7e3a9becdfbe936c981d32e5ee0ccda3e0f07e1ef2c3d1a817cf73e"},
+    {file = "mypy-0.812-cp39-cp39-macosx_10_9_x86_64.whl", hash = "sha256:7ce3175801d0ae5fdfa79b4f0cfed08807af4d075b402b7e294e6aa72af9aa2a"},
+    {file = "mypy-0.812-cp39-cp39-manylinux1_x86_64.whl", hash = "sha256:b09669bcda124e83708f34a94606e01b614fa71931d356c1f1a5297ba11f110a"},
+    {file = "mypy-0.812-cp39-cp39-manylinux2010_x86_64.whl", hash = "sha256:33f159443db0829d16f0a8d83d94df3109bb6dd801975fe86bacb9bf71628e97"},
+    {file = "mypy-0.812-cp39-cp39-win_amd64.whl", hash = "sha256:3f2aca7f68580dc2508289c729bd49ee929a436208d2b2b6aab15745a70a57df"},
+    {file = "mypy-0.812-py3-none-any.whl", hash = "sha256:2f9b3407c58347a452fc0736861593e105139b905cca7d097e413453a1d650b4"},
+    {file = "mypy-0.812.tar.gz", hash = "sha256:cd07039aa5df222037005b08fbbfd69b3ab0b0bd7a07d7906de75ae52c4e3119"},
+]
 mypy-extensions = [
     {file = "mypy_extensions-0.4.3-py2.py3-none-any.whl", hash = "sha256:090fedd75945a69ae91ce1303b5824f428daf5a028d2f6ab8a299250a846f15d"},
     {file = "mypy_extensions-0.4.3.tar.gz", hash = "sha256:2d82818f5bb3e369420cb3c4060a7970edba416647068eb4c5343488a6c604a8"},
@@ -565,6 +621,43 @@ toml = [
     {file = "toml-0.10.2-py2.py3-none-any.whl", hash = "sha256:806143ae5bfb6a3c6e736a764057db0e6a0e05e338b5630894a5f779cabb4f9b"},
     {file = "toml-0.10.2.tar.gz", hash = "sha256:b3bda1d108d5dd99f4a20d24d9c348e91c4db7ab1b749200bded2f839ccbe68f"},
 ]
+typed-ast = [
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+    {file = "typed_ast-1.4.3-cp35-cp35m-manylinux1_x86_64.whl", hash = "sha256:c907f561b1e83e93fad565bac5ba9c22d96a54e7ea0267c708bffe863cbe4075"},
+    {file = "typed_ast-1.4.3-cp35-cp35m-manylinux2014_aarch64.whl", hash = "sha256:1b3ead4a96c9101bef08f9f7d1217c096f31667617b58de957f690c92378b528"},
+    {file = "typed_ast-1.4.3-cp35-cp35m-win32.whl", hash = "sha256:dde816ca9dac1d9c01dd504ea5967821606f02e510438120091b84e852367428"},
+    {file = "typed_ast-1.4.3-cp35-cp35m-win_amd64.whl", hash = "sha256:777a26c84bea6cd934422ac2e3b78863a37017618b6e5c08f92ef69853e765d3"},
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+    {file = "typed_ast-1.4.3-cp37-cp37m-manylinux1_x86_64.whl", hash = "sha256:5feca99c17af94057417d744607b82dd0a664fd5e4ca98061480fd8b14b18d04"},
+    {file = "typed_ast-1.4.3-cp37-cp37m-manylinux2014_aarch64.whl", hash = "sha256:95431a26309a21874005845c21118c83991c63ea800dd44843e42a916aec5899"},
+    {file = "typed_ast-1.4.3-cp37-cp37m-win32.whl", hash = "sha256:aee0c1256be6c07bd3e1263ff920c325b59849dc95392a05f258bb9b259cf39c"},
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+    {file = "typed_ast-1.4.3-cp39-cp39-manylinux1_i686.whl", hash = "sha256:2c726c276d09fc5c414693a2de063f521052d9ea7c240ce553316f70656c84d4"},
+    {file = "typed_ast-1.4.3-cp39-cp39-manylinux1_x86_64.whl", hash = "sha256:cae53c389825d3b46fb37538441f75d6aecc4174f615d048321b716df2757fb0"},
+    {file = "typed_ast-1.4.3-cp39-cp39-manylinux2014_aarch64.whl", hash = "sha256:b9574c6f03f685070d859e75c7f9eeca02d6933273b5e69572e5ff9d5e3931c3"},
+    {file = "typed_ast-1.4.3-cp39-cp39-win32.whl", hash = "sha256:209596a4ec71d990d71d5e0d312ac935d86930e6eecff6ccc7007fe54d703808"},
+    {file = "typed_ast-1.4.3-cp39-cp39-win_amd64.whl", hash = "sha256:9c6d1a54552b5330bc657b7ef0eae25d00ba7ffe85d9ea8ae6540d2197a3788c"},
+    {file = "typed_ast-1.4.3.tar.gz", hash = "sha256:fb1bbeac803adea29cedd70781399c99138358c26d05fcbd23c13016b7f5ec65"},
+]
+typing-extensions = [
+    {file = "typing_extensions-3.10.0.0-py2-none-any.whl", hash = "sha256:0ac0f89795dd19de6b97debb0c6af1c70987fd80a2d62d1958f7e56fcc31b497"},
+    {file = "typing_extensions-3.10.0.0-py3-none-any.whl", hash = "sha256:779383f6086d90c99ae41cf0ff39aac8a7937a9283ce0a414e5dd782f4c94a84"},
+    {file = "typing_extensions-3.10.0.0.tar.gz", hash = "sha256:50b6f157849174217d0656f99dc82fe932884fb250826c18350e159ec6cdf342"},
+]
 wcwidth = [
     {file = "wcwidth-0.2.5-py2.py3-none-any.whl", hash = "sha256:beb4802a9cebb9144e99086eff703a642a13d6a0052920003a230f3294bbe784"},
     {file = "wcwidth-0.2.5.tar.gz", hash = "sha256:c4d647b99872929fdb7bdcaa4fbe7f01413ed3d98077df798530e5b04f116c83"},
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index cf38106..0f28f9a 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -14,20 +14,14 @@ SQLAlchemy = "^1.4.12"
 [tool.poetry.dev-dependencies]
 pytest = "^5.2"
 black = "^21.5b2"
+mypy = "^0.812"
 
 [tool.black]
-extend-exclude = '''
-^/amanuensis/cli/.*|
-^/amanuensis/config/.*|
-^/amanuensis/lexicon/.*|
-^/amanuensis/log/.*|
-^/amanuensis/models/.*|
-^/amanuensis/parser/.*|
-^/amanuensis/resources/.*|
-^/amanuensis/server/.*|
-^/amanuensis/user/.*|
-^/amanuensis/__main__.py
-'''
+extend-exclude = "^/amanuensis/cli/.*|^/amanuensis/config/.*|^/amanuensis/lexicon/.*|^/amanuensis/log/.*|^/amanuensis/models/.*|^/amanuensis/parser/.*|^/amanuensis/resources/.*|^/amanuensis/server/.*|^/amanuensis/user/.*|^/amanuensis/__main__.py"
+
+[tool.mypy]
+ignore_missing_imports = true
+exclude = "amanuensis/cli/.*|amanuensis/config/.*|amanuensis/lexicon/.*|amanuensis/log/.*|amanuensis/models/.*|amanuensis/parser/.*|amanuensis/resources/.*|amanuensis/server/.*|amanuensis/user/.*|amanuensis/__main__.py"
 
 [tool.pytest.ini_options]
 addopts = "--show-capture=log"