diff --git a/.github/workflows/lint.yml b/.github/workflows/lint.yml
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+++ b/.github/workflows/lint.yml
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+---
+name: "Lint"
+
+# yamllint disable-line rule:truthy
+on: [push, pull_request]
+
+jobs:
+  lint-yaml:
+    name: "YAML"
+    runs-on: ubuntu-22.04
+    env:
+      YAML_FILES: |
+        .github/workflows/lint.yml
+        action.yml
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+      - name: Install Dependencies
+        run: sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get install -y yamllint
+      - name: Validate YAML Files
+        run: yamllint $YAML_FILES
+
+  lint-python:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-22.04
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+      - uses: chartboost/ruff-action@v1
diff --git a/.github/workflows/test.yml b/.github/workflows/test.yml
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index 0000000..5383229
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+++ b/.github/workflows/test.yml
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+---
+# yamllint disable rule:line-length
+name: "Tests"
+
+# yamllint disable-line rule:truthy
+on: [push, pull_request]
+
+jobs:
+  run:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-22.04
+    steps:
+      - name: Checkout
+        uses: actions/checkout@v4
+      - name: run
+        uses: "./"
+        with:
+          irc-server: "irc.hackint.org"
+          irc-nickname: "workflow-test"
+          irc-target: "#ffda-github-irc"
+          message: "${{ github.head_ref }} ${{ github.sha }}"
diff --git a/.pre-commit-config.yaml b/.pre-commit-config.yaml
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+++ b/.pre-commit-config.yaml
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+repos:
+-   repo: https://github.com/pre-commit/pre-commit-hooks
+    rev: v2.3.0
+    hooks:
+    -   id: check-yaml
+    -   id: end-of-file-fixer
+    -   id: trailing-whitespace
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 462d210..70f87e0 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -1 +1 @@
-# action-irc-message
\ No newline at end of file
+# action-irc-message
diff --git a/action.yml b/action.yml
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+++ b/action.yml
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+---
+# yamllint disable rule:line-length
+
+name: "Send message to IRC"
+inputs:
+  irc-server:
+    required: true
+  irc-nickname:
+    required: true
+  irc-target:
+    description: 'nickname or channel'
+    required: true
+  irc-port:
+    default: 6697
+  message:
+    required: true
+
+runs:
+  using: 'composite'
+  steps:
+    - name: Install Python
+      uses: actions/setup-python@v4
+      with:
+        python-version: '3.12'
+    - name: Install Dependencies
+      run: pip install irc
+      shell: bash
+    - name: Send message
+      run: |
+              python irc-message.py -p "${{ inputs.irc-port }}" "${{ inputs.irc-server }}" "${{ inputs.irc-nickname }}" "${{ inputs.irc-target }}" "${{ inputs.message }}"
+      shell: bash
diff --git a/irc-message.py b/irc-message.py
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+++ b/irc-message.py
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+#! /usr/bin/env python
+
+import sys
+import ssl
+import argparse
+
+import irc.client
+
+target = None
+"The nick or channel to which to send messages"
+message = None
+
+def on_connect(connection, event):
+    if irc.client.is_channel(target):
+        connection.join(target)
+        return
+
+def on_join(connection, event):
+    connection.privmsg(target, message)
+    connection.quit("Bye")
+
+
+def on_disconnect(connection, event):
+    raise SystemExit()
+
+
+def get_args():
+    parser = argparse.ArgumentParser()
+    parser.add_argument('server')
+    parser.add_argument('nickname')
+    parser.add_argument('target', help="a nickname or channel")
+    parser.add_argument('message')
+    parser.add_argument('-p', '--port', default=6697, type=int)
+    return parser.parse_args()
+
+
+def main():
+    global target
+    global message
+
+    args = get_args()
+    target = args.target
+    message = args.message
+
+    ssl_factory = irc.connection.Factory(wrapper=ssl.wrap_socket)
+    reactor = irc.client.Reactor()
+    try:
+        c = reactor.server().connect(
+            args.server, args.port, args.nickname, connect_factory=ssl_factory
+        )
+    except irc.client.ServerConnectionError:
+        print(sys.exc_info()[1])
+        raise SystemExit(1)
+
+    c.add_global_handler("welcome", on_connect)
+    c.add_global_handler("join", on_join)
+    c.add_global_handler("disconnect", on_disconnect)
+
+    reactor.process_forever()
+
+
+if __name__ == '__main__':
+    main()