diff --git a/.eslintignore b/.eslintignore
index e69de29..8d6919b 100644
--- a/.eslintignore
+++ b/.eslintignore
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+# do not lint/format generated artifacts
+dist/
+package-lock.json
+# makes sure that eslintrc.js gets linted/formatted
+!.eslintrc.js
+# don't lint/format package.json since npm install formats it differently by default
+package.json
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 229e68d..aab0d75 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -47,6 +47,9 @@
     "build-test-addon-xpi": "./bin/make_xpi.sh",
     "dist": "webpack",
     "eslint": "eslint src --ext jsm --ext js --ext json",
+    "eslint-fix": "npm run eslint -- --fix",
+    "format": "prettier '**/*.{css,js,jsm,json,md}' --trailing-comma=all --ignore-path=.eslintignore --write",
+    "postformat": "npm run eslint-fix && fixpack",
     "predist": "npm run eslint",
     "prepack": "fixpack && npm run dist",
     "pretest": "npm run dist && npm run build-test-addon-xpi",