diff --git a/.github/workflows/format.yaml b/.github/workflows/format.yaml
index 8284be043..c02245708 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/format.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/format.yaml
@@ -41,3 +41,7 @@ jobs:
       - name: Ruff linter (all rules)
         id: ruff-check
         run: uv run ruff check
+
+      - name: Type check (pyright)
+        id: pyright
+        run: uv run pyright
diff --git a/pyrightconfig.json b/pyrightconfig.json
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..fbca2b790
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pyrightconfig.json
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+{
+  "typeCheckingMode": "basic",
+  "pythonVersion": "3.11",
+  "pythonPlatform": "All",
+  "include": [
+    "src/pipecat/clocks",
+    "src/pipecat/metrics",
+    "src/pipecat/transcriptions",
+    "src/pipecat/frames"
+  ],
+  "exclude": [
+    "**/*_pb2.py",
+    "**/__pycache__"
+  ],
+  "reportMissingImports": false
+}