diff --git a/.github/linters/setup.cfg b/.github/linters/setup.cfg
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..9c18e21fe5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/linters/setup.cfg
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+[flake8]
+ignore = W503,W605
+max-complexity = 27
+max-line-length = 125
+show-source = True
+statistics = True
+
+[isort]
+profile = black
diff --git a/.github/workflows/lint.yml b/.github/workflows/lint.yml
index 135dca5706..39976724b7 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/lint.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/lint.yml
@@ -10,9 +10,15 @@ jobs:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v2
         with:
           fetch-depth: 0
-      - name: YAML Lint
+      - run: mkdir super-linter.report
+      - name: Lint
         uses: github/super-linter@v3
         env:
+          GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
           VALIDATE_ALL_CODEBASE: false
-          VALIDATE_YAML: true
           VALIDATE_PYTHON_BLACK: true
+          VALIDATE_PYTHON_FLAKE8: true
+          PYTHON_FLAKE8_CONFIG_FILE: setup.cfg
+          VALIDATE_PYTHON_ISORT: true
+          PYTHON_ISORT_CONFIG_FILE: setup.cfg
+          VALIDATE_YAML: true
diff --git a/Documentation/conf.py b/Documentation/conf.py
index d101774eb5..d485278e45 100644
--- a/Documentation/conf.py
+++ b/Documentation/conf.py
@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@ templates_path = ["_templates"]
 exclude_patterns = ["_build", "Thumbs.db", ".DS_Store"]
 
 # list of documentation versions to offer (besides latest). this will be
-# overriden by command line option but we can provide a sane default
+# overridden by command line option but we can provide a sane default
 # this way
 
 html_context = dict()
diff --git a/tools/discover.py b/tools/discover.py
index b7c8193eae..140ca01cef 100755
--- a/tools/discover.py
+++ b/tools/discover.py
@@ -20,8 +20,7 @@
 ############################################################################
 
 import array
-import time
-from socket import *
+from socket import AF_INET, SO_BROADCAST, SOCK_DGRAM, SOL_SOCKET, socket, timeout
 
 PORT = 96
 
diff --git a/tools/flash_writer.py b/tools/flash_writer.py
index ac5c35e190..e77184bb69 100755
--- a/tools/flash_writer.py
+++ b/tools/flash_writer.py
@@ -16,18 +16,15 @@
 # License for the specific language governing permissions and limitations
 # under the License.
 
-import time
-import sys
-import os
-import struct
-import glob
-import fnmatch
-import errno
-import telnetlib
 import argparse
-import shutil
-import subprocess
+import errno
+import os
 import re
+import subprocess
+import sys
+import telnetlib
+import time
+
 import xmodem
 
 import_serial_module = True
@@ -44,7 +41,7 @@ else:
 
 try:
     import serial
-except:
+except ImportError:
     import_serial_module = False
 
 # supported environment various
@@ -57,6 +54,7 @@ PROTOCOL_TELNET = 1
 
 MAX_DOT_COUNT = 70
 
+
 # configure parameters and default value
 class ConfigArgs:
     PROTOCOL_TYPE = None
@@ -216,12 +214,12 @@ class ConfigArgsLoader:
         ConfigArgs.PKGUPD_NAME = args.pkgupd_name
 
         # Get serial port or telnet server ip etc
-        if args.serial_protocol == True:
+        if args.serial_protocol is True:
             ConfigArgs.PROTOCOL_TYPE = PROTOCOL_SERIAL
-        elif args.telnet_protocol == True:
+        elif args.telnet_protocol is True:
             ConfigArgs.PROTOCOL_TYPE = PROTOCOL_TELNET
 
-        if ConfigArgs.PROTOCOL_TYPE == None:
+        if ConfigArgs.PROTOCOL_TYPE is None:
             proto = os.environ.get("CXD56_PROTOCOL")
             if proto is not None:
                 if "s" in proto:
@@ -229,7 +227,7 @@ class ConfigArgsLoader:
                 elif "t" in proto:
                     ConfigArgs.PROTOCOL_TYPE = PROTOCOL_TELNET
 
-        if ConfigArgs.PROTOCOL_TYPE == None:
+        if ConfigArgs.PROTOCOL_TYPE is None:
             ConfigArgs.PROTOCOL_TYPE = PROTOCOL_SERIAL
 
         if ConfigArgs.PROTOCOL_TYPE == PROTOCOL_SERIAL:
@@ -582,7 +580,7 @@ def main():
     try:
         config_loader = ConfigArgsLoader()
         config_loader.update_config()
-    except:
+    except Exception:
         return errno.EINVAL
 
     # Wait to reset the board
@@ -599,7 +597,7 @@ def main():
         do_wait_reset = False
         bootrom_msg = writer.cancel_autoboot()
 
-    if ConfigArgs.WAIT_RESET == False and do_wait_reset == True:
+    if ConfigArgs.WAIT_RESET is False and do_wait_reset is True:
         rx = writer.recv()
         time.sleep(1)
         for i in range(3):
@@ -615,7 +613,7 @@ def main():
         # Wait to reset the board
         print("Please press RESET button on target board")
         sys.stdout.flush()
-        bootrom_msg = writer.cancel_autoboot()
+        bootrom_msg = writer.cancel_autoboot()  # noqa: F841 unused variable
 
     # Remove files
     if ConfigArgs.ERASE_NAME:
diff --git a/tools/ide_exporter.py b/tools/ide_exporter.py
index c0886d7f55..4864bf9dbf 100755
--- a/tools/ide_exporter.py
+++ b/tools/ide_exporter.py
@@ -37,14 +37,15 @@
 #
 ############################################################################
 
-import os
-import subprocess
-import re
-import sys
 import argparse
-from lxml import etree as ET
+import os
+import re
+import subprocess
+import sys
 from copy import deepcopy
 
+from lxml import etree as ET
+
 HELP = """
 ide_exporter.pyis a tool for generation nuttx iar/keil workspace
 usage: ide_exporter.py [-h] [-v] [-o OUT_DIR] [-d]
@@ -178,7 +179,7 @@ def get_common_dir(dir_list):
     """Get common parent directory of a given directory list"""
     com_dir = dir_list[0]
     found = False
-    while found == False:
+    while not found:
         found = True
         com_dir = os.path.split(com_dir)[0]
         for directory in dir_list:
diff --git a/tools/licensing/apachize.py b/tools/licensing/apachize.py
index a86a6ce742..a4454ef11b 100755
--- a/tools/licensing/apachize.py
+++ b/tools/licensing/apachize.py
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env python3
 
-import re
 import os
+import re
 import sys
 
 apache = r"""
@@ -40,11 +40,11 @@ if len(sys.argv) != 2:
     print("Usage: ./apachize.py <file>", file=sys.stderr)
     print(
         "This will replace the license header of the passed file to that of Apache 2.0 and print it to stdout",
-        file=sys.sterr,
+        file=sys.stderr,
     )
     sys.exit(2)
 
-if not "TOPDIR" in os.environ:
+if "TOPDIR" not in os.environ:
     print(
         "Please define the TOPDIR environment variable to the full path to nuttx/ root",
         file=sys.stderr,
diff --git a/tools/licensing/check.py b/tools/licensing/check.py
index 837c48b4ad..ee8f242834 100755
--- a/tools/licensing/check.py
+++ b/tools/licensing/check.py
@@ -19,13 +19,14 @@
 #
 ############################################################################
 
+import getopt
 import json
-import sys
+import os
 import re
 import subprocess
-import getopt
+import sys
+
 import termcolor
-import os
 
 committers_json = None
 non_commiters_json = None
@@ -56,7 +57,7 @@ def get_file(blob):
         return subprocess.check_output(
             ["git", "cat-file", "-p", blob], stderr=subprocess.DEVNULL
         ).decode()
-    except subprocess.CalledProcessError as err:
+    except subprocess.CalledProcessError:
         return None
 
 
@@ -277,7 +278,7 @@ try:
         os.path.dirname(os.path.abspath(__file__)) + "/icla-info_noid.json", "r"
     ) as file:
         non_committers_json = json.load(file)
-except:
+except Exception:
     print(
         "Could not open CLA JSON files, please read README.md for download instructions"
     )
diff --git a/tools/lwl/ocdconsole.py b/tools/lwl/ocdconsole.py
index cfabfcf756..333c12f0b7 100755
--- a/tools/lwl/ocdconsole.py
+++ b/tools/lwl/ocdconsole.py
@@ -59,6 +59,18 @@
 # linker file) and referencing them directly.
 #
 
+import os
+import socket
+import time
+
+if os.name == "nt":
+    import msvcrt
+else:
+    import select
+    import sys
+    import termios
+    import tty
+
 LWL_ACTIVESHIFT = 31
 LWL_DNSENSESHIFT = 30
 LWL_UPSENSESHIFT = 29
@@ -81,15 +93,6 @@ LWL_PORT_CONSOLE = 1
 baseaddr = 0x20000000
 length = 0x8000
 
-import time
-import socket
-import os
-
-if os.name == "nt":
-    import msvcrt
-else:
-    import sys, select, termios, tty
-
 
 def kbhit():
     """Returns True if a keypress is waiting to be read in stdin, False otherwise."""
@@ -176,10 +179,10 @@ class oocd:
 
     def testInterface(self):
         self.mdwText = "ocd_mdw"
-        if self.readVariable(baseaddr) != None:
+        if self.readVariable(baseaddr) is not None:
             return
         self.mdwText = "mdw"
-        if self.readVariable(baseaddr) != None:
+        if self.readVariable(baseaddr) is not None:
             return
         raise ConnectionRefusedError
 
@@ -284,7 +287,7 @@ if __name__ == "__main__":
                         print("\r==Link Lost\r")
                         raise e
 
-        except (BrokenPipeError, ConnectionRefusedError, ConnectionResetError) as e:
+        except (BrokenPipeError, ConnectionRefusedError, ConnectionResetError):
             time.sleep(1)
             continue
         finally:
diff --git a/tools/parsecallstack.py b/tools/parsecallstack.py
index 821e215e0f..a88f744d85 100755
--- a/tools/parsecallstack.py
+++ b/tools/parsecallstack.py
@@ -17,8 +17,8 @@
 # under the License.
 #
 
-import os
 import argparse
+import os
 
 
 def parse_args():