diff --git a/.github/workflows/linter.yml b/.github/workflows/linter.yml
index 6e49801..234469d 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/linter.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/linter.yml
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ on:
 
 jobs:
   lint-python:
-    name: ruff
+    name: Python Linting
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     if: github.event_name != 'pull_request' || github.event.pull_request.head.repo.full_name != github.event.pull_request.base.repo.full_name
     steps:
@@ -15,7 +15,11 @@ jobs:
       - uses: actions/setup-python@v5
         with:
           python-version: 3.11
-      - name: Install Ruff
-        run: pip install ruff==0.7.1
+      - name: Install Dependencies
+        run: |
+          pip install ruff==0.7.1
+          pip install black==23.9.1
       - name: Run Ruff
-        run: ruff check --output-format=github aide/
\ No newline at end of file
+        run: ruff check --output-format=github aide/
+      - name: Run Black
+        run: black --check aide/
diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 6f1dee3..74062f1 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -164,4 +164,7 @@ workspaces
 logs
 
 .DS_STORE
-.trunk
\ No newline at end of file
+.trunk
+
+.gradio/
+.ruff_cache/
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/aide/__init__.py b/aide/__init__.py
index e669170..3b1a82b 100644
--- a/aide/__init__.py
+++ b/aide/__init__.py
@@ -5,13 +5,21 @@
 from .journal import Journal
 from omegaconf import OmegaConf
 from rich.status import Status
-from .utils.config import load_task_desc, prep_agent_workspace, save_run, _load_cfg, prep_cfg
+from .utils.config import (
+    load_task_desc,
+    prep_agent_workspace,
+    save_run,
+    _load_cfg,
+    prep_cfg,
+)
+
 
 @dataclass
 class Solution:
     code: str
     valid_metric: float
 
+
 class Experiment:
 
     def __init__(self, data_dir: str, goal: str, eval: str | None = None):
@@ -22,7 +30,7 @@ def __init__(self, data_dir: str, goal: str, eval: str | None = None):
             goal (str): Description of the goal of the task.
             eval (str | None, optional): Optional description of the preferred way for the agent to evaluate its solutions.
         """
-        
+
         _cfg = _load_cfg(use_cli_args=False)
         _cfg.data_dir = data_dir
         _cfg.goal = goal
@@ -52,6 +60,3 @@ def run(self, steps: int) -> Solution:
 
         best_node = self.journal.get_best_node(only_good=False)
         return Solution(code=best_node.code, valid_metric=best_node.metric.value)
-
-
-
diff --git a/aide/backend/backend_anthropic.py b/aide/backend/backend_anthropic.py
index a28cc93..c411300 100644
--- a/aide/backend/backend_anthropic.py
+++ b/aide/backend/backend_anthropic.py
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ def _setup_anthropic_client():
     global _client
     _client = anthropic.Anthropic(max_retries=0)
 
+
 def query(
     system_message: str | None,
     user_message: str | None,
diff --git a/aide/backend/backend_openai.py b/aide/backend/backend_openai.py
index a69aade..e751e5e 100644
--- a/aide/backend/backend_openai.py
+++ b/aide/backend/backend_openai.py
@@ -19,11 +19,13 @@
     openai.InternalServerError,
 )
 
+
 @once
 def _setup_openai_client():
     global _client
     _client = openai.OpenAI(max_retries=0)
 
+
 def query(
     system_message: str | None,
     user_message: str | None,
diff --git a/aide/backend/utils.py b/aide/backend/utils.py
index 914ec90..01499d8 100644
--- a/aide/backend/utils.py
+++ b/aide/backend/utils.py
@@ -11,7 +11,6 @@
 OutputType = str | FunctionCallType
 
 
-
 logger = logging.getLogger("aide")
 
 
@@ -29,6 +28,7 @@ def backoff_create(
         logger.info(f"Backoff exception: {e}")
         return False
 
+
 def opt_messages_to_list(
     system_message: str | None, user_message: str | None
 ) -> list[dict[str, str]]:
diff --git a/aide/interpreter.py b/aide/interpreter.py
index f6a947f..69171f5 100644
--- a/aide/interpreter.py
+++ b/aide/interpreter.py
@@ -49,7 +49,11 @@ def exception_summary(e, working_dir, exec_file_name, format_tb_ipython):
         tb_lines = traceback.format_exception(e)
         # skip parts of stack trace in weflow code
         tb_str = "".join(
-            [line for line in tb_lines if "aide/" not in line and "importlib" not in line]
+            [
+                line
+                for line in tb_lines
+                if "aide/" not in line and "importlib" not in line
+            ]
         )
         # tb_str = "".join([l for l in tb_lines])
 
diff --git a/aide/journal2report.py b/aide/journal2report.py
index 14340b1..282cc6a 100644
--- a/aide/journal2report.py
+++ b/aide/journal2report.py
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 from .journal import Journal
 from .utils.config import StageConfig
 
+
 def journal2report(journal: Journal, task_desc: dict, rcfg: StageConfig):
     """
     Generate a report from a journal, the report will be in markdown format.
diff --git a/aide/run.py b/aide/run.py
index 035383e..856ab28 100644
--- a/aide/run.py
+++ b/aide/run.py
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@
 
 logger = logging.getLogger("aide")
 
+
 def journal_to_rich_tree(journal: Journal):
     best_node = journal.get_best_node()
 
@@ -36,7 +37,7 @@ def append_rec(node: Node, tree):
             s = "[red]◍ bug"
         else:
             style = "bold " if node is best_node else ""
-            
+
             if node is best_node:
                 s = f"[{style}green]● {node.metric.value:.3f} (best)"
             else:
@@ -51,6 +52,7 @@ def append_rec(node: Node, tree):
         append_rec(n, tree)
     return tree
 
+
 def run():
     cfg = load_cfg()
     logger.info(f'Starting run "{cfg.exp_name}"')
@@ -64,6 +66,7 @@ def run():
     def cleanup():
         if global_step == 0:
             shutil.rmtree(cfg.workspace_dir)
+
     atexit.register(cleanup)
 
     journal = Journal()
@@ -101,7 +104,9 @@ def generate_live():
             f"Agent workspace directory:\n[yellow]▶ {str(cfg.workspace_dir)}",
             f"Experiment log directory:\n[yellow]▶ {str(cfg.log_dir)}",
         ]
-        left = Group(Panel(Text(task_desc_str.strip()), title="Task description"), prog, status)
+        left = Group(
+            Panel(Text(task_desc_str.strip()), title="Task description"), prog, status
+        )
         right = tree
         wide = Group(*file_paths)
 
@@ -133,10 +138,10 @@ def generate_live():
         print("Generating final report from journal...")
         report = journal2report(journal, task_desc, cfg.report)
         print(report)
-        report_file_path = cfg.log_dir / 'report.md'
+        report_file_path = cfg.log_dir / "report.md"
         with open(report_file_path, "w") as f:
             f.write(report)
-        print('Report written to file:', report_file_path)
+        print("Report written to file:", report_file_path)
 
 
 if __name__ == "__main__":
diff --git a/aide/utils/config.py b/aide/utils/config.py
index f10b6d4..06a8b95 100644
--- a/aide/utils/config.py
+++ b/aide/utils/config.py
@@ -58,6 +58,7 @@ class ExecConfig:
     agent_file_name: str
     format_tb_ipython: bool
 
+
 @dataclass
 class Config(Hashable):
     data_dir: Path
@@ -91,7 +92,10 @@ def _get_next_logindex(dir: Path) -> int:
             pass
     return max_index + 1
 
-def _load_cfg(path: Path = Path(__file__).parent / "config.yaml", use_cli_args=True) -> Config:
+
+def _load_cfg(
+    path: Path = Path(__file__).parent / "config.yaml", use_cli_args=True
+) -> Config:
     cfg = OmegaConf.load(path)
     if use_cli_args:
         cfg = OmegaConf.merge(cfg, OmegaConf.from_cli())
@@ -106,9 +110,11 @@ def load_cfg(path: Path = Path(__file__).parent / "config.yaml") -> Config:
 def prep_cfg(cfg: Config):
     if cfg.data_dir is None:
         raise ValueError("`data_dir` must be provided.")
-    
+
     if cfg.desc_file is None and cfg.goal is None:
-        raise ValueError("You must provide either a description of the task goal (`goal=...`) or a path to a plaintext file containing the description (`desc_file=...`).")
+        raise ValueError(
+            "You must provide either a description of the task goal (`goal=...`) or a path to a plaintext file containing the description (`desc_file=...`)."
+        )
 
     if cfg.data_dir.startswith("example_tasks/"):
         cfg.data_dir = Path(__file__).parent.parent / cfg.data_dir
@@ -151,13 +157,15 @@ def load_task_desc(cfg: Config):
             logger.warning(
                 "Ignoring goal and eval args because task description file is provided."
             )
-    
+
         with open(cfg.desc_file) as f:
             return f.read()
-        
+
     # or generate it from the goal and eval args
     if cfg.goal is None:
-        raise ValueError("`goal` (and optionally `eval`) must be provided if a task description file is not provided.")
+        raise ValueError(
+            "`goal` (and optionally `eval`) must be provided if a task description file is not provided."
+        )
 
     task_desc = {"Task goal": cfg.goal}
     if cfg.eval is not None:
@@ -165,6 +173,7 @@ def load_task_desc(cfg: Config):
 
     return task_desc
 
+
 def prep_agent_workspace(cfg: Config):
     """Setup the agent's workspace and preprocess data if necessary."""
     (cfg.workspace_dir / "input").mkdir(parents=True, exist_ok=True)
@@ -177,7 +186,7 @@ def prep_agent_workspace(cfg: Config):
 
 def save_run(cfg: Config, journal):
     cfg.log_dir.mkdir(parents=True, exist_ok=True)
-    
+
     # save journal
     serialize.dump_json(journal, cfg.log_dir / "journal.json")
     # save config
diff --git a/aide/utils/tree_export.py b/aide/utils/tree_export.py
index e6c8431..918c889 100644
--- a/aide/utils/tree_export.py
+++ b/aide/utils/tree_export.py
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ def cfg_to_tree_struct(cfg, jou: Journal):
 
 def generate_html(tree_graph_str: str):
     template_dir = Path(__file__).parent / "viz_templates"
-    
+
     with open(template_dir / "template.js") as f:
         js = f.read()
         js = js.replace("<placeholder>", tree_graph_str)