diff --git a/.github/workflows/continous-integration.yml b/.github/workflows/continous-integration.yml
index 3de690bce98..1c5e093d036 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/continous-integration.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/continous-integration.yml
@@ -97,6 +97,9 @@ jobs:
       - name: Coveralls
         run: coveralls
         continue-on-error: true
+      - name: PyRight
+        run: npm run pyright
+        continue-on-error: true
 
   test_percy:
     name: Percy CI
diff --git a/docker-compose.yml b/docker-compose.yml
index 57c05746f2b..2a18ce1bbad 100644
--- a/docker-compose.yml
+++ b/docker-compose.yml
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ services:
     volumes:
       - .:/app:delegated
       - node_modules:/app/node_modules/:delegated
+      - dockerpythonvenv:/app/dockerpythonvenv/:delegated
     depends_on:
       - backend
 
diff --git a/package-lock.json b/package-lock.json
index 13a870730b0..f6ba4b51b94 100644
--- a/package-lock.json
+++ b/package-lock.json
@@ -8213,6 +8213,12 @@
       "integrity": "sha512-XRsRjdf+j5ml+y/6GKHPZbrF/8p2Yga0JPtdqTIY2Xe5ohJPD9saDJJLPvp9+NSBprVvevdXZybnj2cv8OEd0A==",
       "dev": true
     },
+    "pyright": {
+      "version": "1.1.256",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/pyright/-/pyright-1.1.256.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha512-5IVvr8BHFTORT+rvGBQVdXWwQRQdx30aM+cw6wY37tan7cXnkgcfufhKOCPQ8P+88QO8cdgK6gwTYfM4u6umdg==",
+      "dev": true
+    },
     "qs": {
       "version": "6.2.3",
       "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/qs/-/qs-6.2.3.tgz",
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 5b115d44f0e..db3fa12edce 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -42,6 +42,7 @@
     "playwright:ci": "run-p --race server playwright:integration",
     "playwright:integration": "wait-on -i 3000 http://localhost:8000/cms && playwright test ./tests/integration.spec.js",
     "precommit": "npm run test",
+    "pyright": "pyright",
     "server": "python network-api/manage.py runserver 0.0.0.0:8000",
     "server:silent": "python network-api/manage.py runserver 0.0.0.0:8000 >> server.log 2>&1",
     "start": "docker-compose up",
@@ -114,6 +115,7 @@
     "eslint-plugin-react": "^7.25.1",
     "optipng-bin": "^7.0.0",
     "prettier": "^2.3.2",
+    "pyright": "^1.1.256",
     "stylelint": "^13.13.1",
     "stylelint-config-standard": "^20.0.0",
     "stylelint-prettier": "^1.2.0",
diff --git a/pyrightconfig.json b/pyrightconfig.json
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..f038e54d0a4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pyrightconfig.json
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+{
+  "include": [
+    "network-api/networkapi"
+  ],
+  "exclude": [
+    "**/node_modules",
+    "**/__pycache__",
+    "**/migrations"
+  ],
+  "extraPaths": [
+    "./dockerpythonvenv/lib/python3.9/site-packages/"
+  ],
+  "venvPath": "dockerpythonvenv",
+  "pythonVersion": "3.9",
+  "pythonPlatform": "Linux"
+}