## Objective Run [Flake8](https://flake8.pycqa.org/en/latest/) on your Python code to ensure it adheres to PEP8 standards and to detect various errors such as syntax errors, semantic errors, and complex code. Flake8 is a Python tool that glues together pycodestyle, pyflakes, and McCabe. ### Global Configuration of Flake8 To add configuration to `flake8` shared with any other usage of flake8 (such as manual run, pre-commit, etc), you can use `.flake8` configuration file. Learn more about [flake8 configuration](https://flake8.pycqa.org/en/latest/user/configuration.html) files. See this example: ```ini [flake8] exclude = .git,__pycache__,venv,dist max-complexity = 10 max-line-length = 100 ``` This example ignores certain errors, sets the maximum line length to 100 characters, excludes the tests directory, and sets the maximum McCabe complexity to 10. ## How to use it 1. Configure the `.flake8` file in your repository's root directory with your desired rules. 2. Include the flake8 template in your CI/CD configuration (see quick use above). 3. Customize the template if it's relevant. ## Add a <a href="https://flake8.pycqa.org/"><img alt="Code style: Flake8" src="https://img.shields.io/badge/Flake8-checks-blue"></a> Badge to your project README.md To display the use of Flake8 in your project, you can add the following badge to your README.md: ```markdown <a href="https://flake8.pycqa.org/"> <img alt="Code style: Flake8" src="https://img.shields.io/badge/Flake8-checks-blue"> </a> ```