diff --git a/.github/workflows/commit.yaml b/.github/workflows/commit.yaml
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index 0000000..ee51470
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/commit.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,54 @@
+name: Commit
+on:
+  pull_request:
+    branches:
+      - main
+  push:
+    branches:
+      - main
+
+concurrency:
+  # https://docs.github.com/en/actions/using-workflows/workflow-syntax-for-github-actions#example-using-concurrency-to-cancel-any-in-progress-job-or-run
+  group: ${{ github.ref }}-${{ github.workflow }}-${{ github.actor }}
+  cancel-in-progress: true
+
+jobs:
+  style:
+    # This verifies the code is formatted correctly via `make precommit`.
+    name: Code Style Check
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+      - uses: actions/setup-go@v5
+        with:
+          cache: false
+          go-version-file: go.mod
+      - uses: actions/cache@v4
+        with:
+          path: |
+            ~/.cache/go-build
+            ~/.cache/golangci-lint
+            ~/go/pkg/mod
+            ~/go/bin
+          key: code-style-check-${{ hashFiles('**/go.mod', '**/go.sum', '**/Makefile') }}
+      - name: Run code style check
+        run: make check
+
+  unittest:
+    name: Unit Test
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+      - uses: actions/setup-go@v5
+        with:
+          cache: false
+          go-version-file: go.mod
+      - uses: actions/cache@v4
+        with:
+          path: |
+            ~/.cache/go-build
+            ~/go/pkg/mod
+            ~/go/bin
+          key: unittest-${{ hashFiles('**/go.mod', '**/go.sum', '**/Makefile') }}
+      - name: Run unit tests
+        run: make test
diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
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index 0000000..8ba5370
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+*.kube
+.bin
+out/
diff --git a/.golangci.yml b/.golangci.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..6d11589
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.golangci.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,118 @@
+run:
+  timeout: 10m
+
+linters:
+  enable:
+    - bodyclose
+    - depguard
+    - errorlint
+    - exportloopref
+    - importas
+    - gci
+    - gofmt
+    - gofumpt
+    - goimports
+    - gocritic
+    - gosec
+    - govet
+    - misspell
+    - revive
+    - stylecheck
+    - testifylint
+    - unconvert
+
+linters-settings:
+  depguard:
+    rules:
+      Main:
+        deny:
+          - pkg: github.com/gogo/protobuf
+            desc: "gogo/protobuf is deprecated, use golang/protobuf"
+          - pkg: gopkg.in/yaml.v2
+            desc: "use sigs.k8s.io/yaml instead"
+          - pkg: gopkg.in/yaml.v3
+            desc: "use sigs.k8s.io/yaml instead"
+          - pkg: k8s.io/utils/pointer
+            desc: "use k8s.io/utils/ptr instead"
+  importas:
+    # Do not allow unaliased imports of aliased packages.
+    no-unaliased: true
+    # Do not allow non-required aliases.
+    no-extra-aliases: false
+    alias:
+      # gateway-api
+      - pkg: sigs.k8s.io/gateway-api/apis/v1
+        alias: gwapiv1
+      - pkg: sigs.k8s.io/gateway-api/apis/v1alpha2
+        alias: gwapiv1a2
+      - pkg: sigs.k8s.io/gateway-api/apis/v1alpha3
+        alias: gwapiv1a3
+      - pkg: sigs.k8s.io/gateway-api/apis/v1beta1
+        alias: gwapiv1b1
+      - pkg: github.com/envoyproxy/gateway/api/v1alpha1
+        alias: egv1a1
+      - pkg: github.com/envoyproxy/ai-gateway/api/v1alpha1
+        alias: aigv1a1
+      # kubernetes api
+      - pkg: k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/apis/meta/v1
+        alias: metav1
+      - pkg: k8s.io/apiextensions-apiserver/pkg/apis/apiextensions/v1
+        alias: apiextensionsv1
+      - pkg: sigs.k8s.io/mcs-api/pkg/apis/v1alpha1
+        alias: mcsapiv1a1
+      - pkg: k8s.io/api/(\w+)/(v[\w\d]+)
+        alias: $1$2
+  gci:
+    sections:
+      # Captures all standard packages if they do not match another section.
+      - standard
+      # Contains all imports that could not be matched to another section type.
+      - default
+      # Groups all imports with the specified Prefix.
+      - prefix(github.com/envoyproxy/ai-gateway)
+  gofmt:
+    simplify: true
+  goimports:
+    # put imports beginning with prefix after 3rd-party packages;
+    # it's a comma-separated list of prefixes
+    local-prefixes: github.com/envoyproxy/ai-gateway
+  govet:
+    enable-all: true
+    disable:
+      - shadow
+      - fieldalignment
+  revive:
+    rules:
+      # TODO: enable if-return check
+      - name: if-return
+        disabled: true
+  testifylint:
+    disable:
+      - float-compare
+      - go-require
+    enable:
+      - bool-compare
+      - compares
+      - empty
+      - error-is-as
+      - error-nil
+      - expected-actual
+      - len
+      - require-error
+      - suite-dont-use-pkg
+      - suite-extra-assert-call
+
+issues:
+  exclude-rules:
+    - path: zz_generated
+      linters:
+        - goimports
+    - linters:
+        - staticcheck
+      text: "SA1019:"
+    - path: test/e2e
+      linters:
+        - bodyclose
+  # Show the complete output
+  max-issues-per-linter: 0
+  max-same-issues: 0
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..10c1731
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -0,0 +1,42 @@
+# The Go-based tools are defined in Makefile.tools.mk.
+include Makefile.tools.mk
+
+.PHONY: lint
+lint: golangci-lint
+	@echo "lint => ./..."
+	@$(GOLANGCI_LINT) run --build-tags=$(LINT_BUILD_TAGS) ./...
+
+.PHONY: format
+format: goimports gofumpt
+	@echo "format => *.go"
+	@find . -type f -name '*.go' | xargs gofmt -s -w
+	@find . -type f -name '*.go' | xargs $(GO_FUMPT) -l -w
+	@echo "goimports => *.go"
+	@for f in `find . -name '*.go'`; do \
+	    awk '/^import \($$/,/^\)$$/{if($$0=="")next}{print}' $$f > /tmp/fmt; \
+	    mv /tmp/fmt $$f; \
+	done
+	@$(GO_IMPORTS) -w -local github.com/envoyproxy/ai-gateway `find . -name '*.go'`
+
+.PHONY: tidy
+tidy: ## Runs go mod tidy on every module
+	@find . -name "go.mod" \
+	| grep go.mod \
+	| xargs -I {} bash -c 'dirname {}' \
+	| xargs -I {} bash -c 'echo "tidy => {}"; cd {}; go mod tidy -v; '
+
+.PHONY: precommit
+precommit: format tidy lint
+
+.PHONY: check
+check:
+	@$(MAKE) precommit
+	@if [ ! -z "`git status -s`" ]; then \
+		echo "The following differences will fail CI until committed:"; \
+		git diff --exit-code; \
+	fi
+
+.PHONY: test
+test:
+	@echo "test => ./..."
+	@go test -v $(shell go list ./... | grep -v e2e)
diff --git a/Makefile.tools.mk b/Makefile.tools.mk
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..75a7798
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Makefile.tools.mk
@@ -0,0 +1,44 @@
+LOCALBIN ?= $(shell pwd)/.bin
+$(LOCALBIN):
+	mkdir -p $(LOCALBIN)
+
+## Tool binary names.
+GOLANGCI_LINT = $(LOCALBIN)/golangci-lint
+GO_FUMPT = $(LOCALBIN)/gofumpt
+GO_IMPORTS = $(LOCALBIN)/goimports
+
+## Tool versions.
+GOLANGCI_LINT_VERSION ?= v1.60.1
+GO_FUMPT_VERSION ?= v0.6.0
+GO_IMPORTS_VERSION ?= v0.21.0
+
+.PHONY: golangci-lint
+golangci-lint: $(GOLANGCI_LINT)
+$(GOLANGCI_LINT): $(LOCALBIN)
+	$(call go-install-tool,$(GOLANGCI_LINT),github.com/golangci/golangci-lint/cmd/golangci-lint,$(GOLANGCI_LINT_VERSION))
+
+.PHONY: gofumpt
+gofumpt: $(GO_FUMPT)
+$(GO_FUMPT): $(LOCALBIN)
+	$(call go-install-tool,$(GO_FUMPT),mvdan.cc/gofumpt,$(GO_FUMPT_VERSION))
+
+.PHONY: goimports
+goimports: $(GO_IMPORTS)
+$(GO_IMPORTS): $(LOCALBIN)
+	$(call go-install-tool,$(GO_IMPORTS),golang.org/x/tools/cmd/goimports,$(GO_IMPORTS_VERSION))
+
+# go-install-tool will 'go install' any package with custom target and name of binary, if it doesn't exist
+# $1 - target path with name of binary
+# $2 - package url which can be installed
+# $3 - specific version of package
+define go-install-tool
+@[ -f "$(1)-$(3)" ] || { \
+set -e; \
+package=$(2)@$(3) ;\
+echo "Downloading $${package}" ;\
+rm -f $(1) || true ;\
+GOBIN=$(LOCALBIN) go install $${package} ;\
+mv $(1) $(1)-$(3) ;\
+} ;\
+ln -sf $(1)-$(3) $(1)
+endef
diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..2ce93f2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+module github.com/envoyproxy/ai-gateway
+
+go 1.23.2
diff --git a/internal/cmd/controller/main.go b/internal/cmd/controller/main.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..4a73987
--- /dev/null
+++ b/internal/cmd/controller/main.go
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+package main
+
+func main() {
+	println("hello")
+}