diff --git a/build.py b/build.py
index b16abed..82a2dde 100644
--- a/build.py
+++ b/build.py
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@
 #  limitations under the License.
 
 from os import environ
+from subprocess import run
 from pybuilder.core import init, task, use_plugin, Author
 from ddadevops import *
 
@@ -92,6 +93,31 @@ def initialize(project):
     build = ReleaseMixin(project, input)
     build.initialize_build_dir()
 
+@task
+def test(project):
+    run("pytest")
+
+@task
+def lint(project):
+    run("flake8 --max-line-length=120 --count --select=E9,F63,F7,F82 "+
+        "--show-source --statistics src/main/python/ddadevops/", shell=True)
+    run("flake8 --count --exit-zero --max-complexity=10 --max-line-length=127 "+
+    "--per-file-ignores=\"__init__.py:F401\" "+
+    "--ignore=E722,W503 --statistics src/main/python/ddadevops/", shell=True)
+    run("python -m mypy src/main/python/ddadevops/ --ignore-missing-imports "+
+    "--disable-error-code=attr-defined --disable-error-code=union-attr", shell=True)
+    run("pylint -d W0511,R0903,C0301,W0614,C0114,C0115,C0116,similarities,W1203,W0702,W0702,"+
+    "R0913,R0902,R0914,R1732,R1705,W0707,C0123,W0703,C0103 src/main/python/ddadevops/", shell=True)
+
+@task
+def patch(project):
+    build = get_devops_build(project)
+    build.update_release_type("PATCH")
+    #build.prepare_release()
+    test(project)
+    lint(project)
+    #build.tag_bump_and_push_release()
+
 @task
 def nothing(project):
     pass