diff --git a/makefile b/makefile
--- a/makefile
+++ b/makefile
@@ -50,14 +50,11 @@ tkdnd_build:
 coffee:
 	zsh -c 'cd light9/web; ../../node_modules/coffeescript/bin/coffee --map -cw {.,live,timeline,paint,effects}/*.coffee'
 
-mypy-collector:
-	env/bin/mypy --ignore-missing-imports --strict-optional --custom-typeshed-dir stubs --html-report /tmp/rep bin/collector light9/collector/*.py
-
-mypy-paint:
-	env/bin/mypy --ignore-missing-imports --strict-optional --custom-typeshed-dir stubs --html-report /tmp/rep light9/paint/*.py
+mypy:
+	inv mypy
 
 reformat:
-	env/bin/yapf --verbose --parallel --in-place --style google light9/**/*.py `file --no-pad  bin/* | grep 'Python script' | perl -lpe 's/:.*//'`
+	inv reformat
 
 ### show ###
 
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -2,14 +2,10 @@ Pillow==4.0.0
 Twisted==19.2.0
 coloredlogs==6.0
 colormath==3.0.0
-coverage==4.3.4
 freezegun==0.3.8
 genshi==0.7
-ipdb==0.10.2
-ipython==5.3.0
 klein==17.2.0
 mock==2.0.0
-mypy==0.701
 noise==1.2.2
 nose-watcher==0.1.3
 nose==1.3.7
@@ -30,12 +26,16 @@ watchdog==0.8.3
 webcolors==1.7
 yapf==0.27.0
 
+coverage==4.3.4
+ipdb==0.10.2
+ipython==5.3.0
+mypy==0.701
+flake8
+
 git+http://github.com/drewp/scales.git@448d59fb491b7631877528e7695a93553bfaaa93#egg=scales
 git+http://github.com/11craft/louie.git@f18bb71010c114eca9c6b88c96453340e3b39454#egg=louie
 git+http://github.com/webpy/webpy@ace0f8954c28311004b33c7a513c6e40a3c02470#egg=web
 https://github.com/drewp/cyclone/archive/python3.zip#egg=cyclone
 
 cycloneerr==0.3.0
-rdfdb==0.11.0
-
-
+rdfdb==0.13.0
diff --git a/tasks.py b/tasks.py
new file mode 100644
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tasks.py
@@ -0,0 +1,54 @@
+from invoke import task
+import glob
+
+bin_sources = [
+        'bin/ascoltami2',
+        'bin/captureDevice',
+        'bin/collector',
+        'bin/collector_loadtest.py',
+        'bin/effecteval',
+        'bin/effectsequencer',
+        'bin/homepageConfig',
+        'bin/inputdemo',
+        'bin/inputquneo',
+        'bin/keyboardcomposer',
+        'bin/listsongs',
+        'bin/musicPad',
+        'bin/musictime',
+        'bin/paintserver',
+        'bin/picamserve',
+        'bin/rdfdb',
+        'bin/run_local.py',
+        'bin/subcomposer',
+        'bin/subserver',
+        'bin/vidref',
+        'bin/vidrefsetup',
+        'bin/wavecurve',
+    ]
+def pkg_sources():
+    return glob.glob('light9/**/*.py', recursive=True)
+
+@task
+def mypy(ctx):
+    def run(sources):
+        ss = ' '.join(sources)
+        ctx.run(f'MYPYPATH=stubs env/bin/mypy --check-untyped-defs {ss}',
+                pty=True, warn=True)
+
+    sources = ' '.join(bin_sources + pkg_sources())
+    ctx.run(f'env/bin/flake8 --ignore=E115,E123,E124,E126,E225,E231,E261,E262,E265,E301,E302,E303,E305,E306,E401,E402,E501,E701,E731,W291,W293,W391,W504 {sources}', warn=True)
+
+    sources = ' '.join(pkg_sources())
+    for src in bin_sources:
+        print(f"mypy {src}")
+        run([src])# + pkg_sources())
+@task
+def reformat(ctx):
+    ctx.run("env/bin/yapf --verbose --parallel --in-place --style google light9/**/*.py `file --no-pad  bin/* | grep 'Python script' | perl -lpe 's/:.*//'`")
+    
+@task
+def test(ctx):
+    ctx.run('docker build -f Dockerfile.build -t light9_build:latest .')
+    ctx.run('docker run --rm -it -v `pwd`:/opt light9_build:latest'
+            ' nose2 -v light9.currentstategraphapi_test light9.graphfile_test',
+            pty=True)