chore: set up pre-commit hooks and CI/CD workflow

- Add a new GitHub Actions workflow (`lint.yml`)
- Update `CONTRIBUTING.md` and `Development.md` to reflect the new linting setup and guide contributors.
- Include a TypeScript type checking script (`typescript-typecheck.js`)

.pre-commit-config.yaml

@@ -8,6 +8,13 @@ repos:
         language: node
         files: \.(ts|tsx|js|jsx|json|md|yaml|yml)$
 
+  - repo: local
+    hooks:
+      - id: tsc
+        name: TypeScript type check
+        entry: node ./scripts/typescript-typecheck.js
+        language: node
+
   - repo: https://github.com/PyCQA/isort
     rev: 7.0.0
     hooks:
@@ -31,7 +38,7 @@ repos:
       - id: ruff
         name: ruff linter
         language_version: python3.11
-        args: ['--fix', '--ignore', 'E501,E402'] # Ignore line length and module level import not at top of file
+        args: ['--fix', '--ignore', 'E501,E402,I001,I002'] # Ignore line length, module level import not at top of file, and import sorting issues
         files: \.(py)$
 
   - repo: https://github.com/pre-commit/mirrors-mypy