diff --git a/.pre-commit-config.yaml b/.pre-commit-config.yaml
index b7ee1239..91840a5e 100644
--- a/.pre-commit-config.yaml
+++ b/.pre-commit-config.yaml
@@ -8,4 +8,28 @@ repos:
         args: []
       - id: flake8
         args: [--config, backend/setup.cfg]
-      - id: detect-private-key
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+      - id: detect-private-key
+
+  - repo: https://github.com/pre-commit/mirrors-mypy
+    rev: v1.8.0  # Use the latest version
+    hooks:
+      - id: mypy
+        additional_dependencies: [
+          'types-requests',
+          'types-python-dateutil',
+          'django-stubs',
+          'djangorestframework-stubs',
+        ]
+        args: [
+          --strict,
+          --ignore-missing-imports,
+          --disallow-untyped-defs,
+          --disallow-incomplete-defs,
+          --check-untyped-defs,
+          --disallow-untyped-decorators,
+          --no-implicit-optional,
+          --warn-redundant-casts,
+          --warn-unused-ignores,
+          --warn-return-any,
+          --no-implicit-reexport,
+        ]
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diff --git a/backend/utils/__init__.py b/backend/utils/__init__.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..e69de29b