diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index c9c0c3f..e9adf39 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -2,3 +2,4 @@ vendor/
 composer.lock
 .phpunit.result.cache
 node_modules/
+package-lock.json
diff --git a/Gruntfile.js b/Gruntfile.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..206165c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Gruntfile.js
@@ -0,0 +1,57 @@
+module.exports = function(grunt) {
+  // Project configuration.
+  grunt.initConfig({
+    checktextdomain: {
+      options:{
+        text_domain: 'activitypub-event-bridge',
+        keywords: [
+          '__:1,2d',
+          '_e:1,2d',
+          '_x:1,2c,3d',
+          'esc_html__:1,2d',
+          'esc_html_e:1,2d',
+          'esc_html_x:1,2c,3d',
+          'esc_attr__:1,2d',
+          'esc_attr_e:1,2d',
+          'esc_attr_x:1,2c,3d',
+          '_ex:1,2c,3d',
+          '_n:1,2,4d',
+          '_nx:1,2,4c,5d',
+          '_n_noop:1,2,3d',
+          '_nx_noop:1,2,3c,4d'
+        ]
+      },
+      files: {
+        src:  [
+          '**/*.php',         // Include all files
+          '!sass/**',         // Exclude sass/
+          '!node_modules/**', // Exclude node_modules/
+          '!tests/**',        // Exclude tests/
+          '!vendor/**',       // Exclude vendor/
+          '!build/**',        // Exclude build/
+          '!static/**',       // Exclude static resources
+        ],
+        expand: true
+      }
+    },
+
+    wp_readme_to_markdown: {
+      target: {
+        files: {
+          'README.md': 'readme.txt'
+        },
+      },
+      options: {
+        pre_convert: function( readme ) {
+          return readme.replace( /\*\*Note\*\*:/g, "> [!NOTE]\n>" );
+        }
+      }
+    }
+  });
+
+  grunt.loadNpmTasks('grunt-wp-readme-to-markdown');
+  grunt.loadNpmTasks('grunt-checktextdomain');
+
+  // Default task(s).
+  grunt.registerTask('default', ['wp_readme_to_markdown', 'checktextdomain']);
+};
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diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 72106bc..4db7d96 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -21,6 +21,9 @@
       "@wordpress/env": "^10.10.0",
       "@wordpress/scripts": "^30.0.2",
       "classnames": "^2.3.2",
+      "grunt": "^1.1.0",
+      "grunt-checktextdomain": "^1.0.1",
+      "grunt-wp-i18n": "^1.0.3",
       "grunt-wp-readme-to-markdown": "^2.0.1"
   }
 }
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