diff --git a/poetry.lock b/poetry.lock
index 9d63ea1f..d6e51c6b 100644
--- a/poetry.lock
+++ b/poetry.lock
@@ -846,6 +846,17 @@ files = [
 protobuf = ">=3.19.4"
 types-protobuf = ">=3.19.12"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "nodeenv"
+version = "1.9.1"
+description = "Node.js virtual environment builder"
+optional = false
+python-versions = "!=3.0.*,!=3.1.*,!=3.2.*,!=3.3.*,!=3.4.*,!=3.5.*,!=3.6.*,>=2.7"
+files = [
+    {file = "nodeenv-1.9.1-py2.py3-none-any.whl", hash = "sha256:ba11c9782d29c27c70ffbdda2d7415098754709be8a7056d79a737cd901155c9"},
+    {file = "nodeenv-1.9.1.tar.gz", hash = "sha256:6ec12890a2dab7946721edbfbcd91f3319c6ccc9aec47be7c7e6b7011ee6645f"},
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "opentelemetry-api"
 version = "1.12.0"
@@ -1139,6 +1150,24 @@ files = [
 [package.extras]
 plugins = ["importlib-metadata"]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "pyright"
+version = "1.1.377"
+description = "Command line wrapper for pyright"
+optional = false
+python-versions = ">=3.7"
+files = [
+    {file = "pyright-1.1.377-py3-none-any.whl", hash = "sha256:af0dd2b6b636c383a6569a083f8c5a8748ae4dcde5df7914b3f3f267e14dd162"},
+    {file = "pyright-1.1.377.tar.gz", hash = "sha256:aabc30fedce0ded34baa0c49b24f10e68f4bfc8f68ae7f3d175c4b0f256b4fcf"},
+]
+
+[package.dependencies]
+nodeenv = ">=1.6.0"
+
+[package.extras]
+all = ["twine (>=3.4.1)"]
+dev = ["twine (>=3.4.1)"]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "pytest"
 version = "7.4.3"
@@ -1754,4 +1783,4 @@ opentelemetry = ["opentelemetry-api", "opentelemetry-sdk"]
 [metadata]
 lock-version = "2.0"
 python-versions = "^3.8"
-content-hash = "0e394859d0cd8522c57955db0e9358eacf18609cd0bd4bb0611403f2de7952c4"
+content-hash = "40eb24c1f7f483804183f0edc19bf7fb359ec51b5f28679d19f0897bb3b2e343"
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index ddd001d8..902916cf 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -49,6 +49,7 @@ psutil = "^5.9.3"
 pydantic = "^1.9.1"
 pydocstyle = "^6.1.1"
 pydoctor = "^23.4.1"
+pyright = ">=1.1.377"
 pytest = "^7.4"
 pytest-asyncio = "^0.21"
 pytest-timeout = "^2.2"
@@ -77,6 +78,7 @@ lint = [
   {cmd = "ruff check --select I"},
   {cmd = "ruff format --check"},
   {ref = "lint-types"},
+  {cmd = "pyright"},
   {ref = "lint-docs"},
 ]
 # TODO(cretz): Why does pydocstyle complain about @overload missing docs after
@@ -174,6 +176,41 @@ privacy = [
 project-name = "Temporal Python"
 sidebar-expand-depth = 2
 
+[tool.pyright]
+include = ["temporalio", "tests"]
+exclude = [
+  "temporalio/api",
+  "temporalio/bridge/proto",
+  "tests/worker/workflow_sandbox/testmodules/proto",
+  "temporalio/bridge/worker.py",
+  "temporalio/client.py",
+  "temporalio/contrib/opentelemetry.py",
+  "temporalio/converter.py",
+  "temporalio/testing/_workflow.py",
+  "temporalio/worker/_activity.py",
+  "temporalio/worker/_replayer.py",
+  "temporalio/worker/_worker.py",
+  "temporalio/worker/workflow_sandbox/_importer.py",
+  "temporalio/worker/workflow_sandbox/_restrictions.py",
+  "temporalio/workflow.py",
+  "tests/api/test_grpc_stub.py",
+  "tests/conftest.py",
+  "tests/contrib/test_opentelemetry.py",
+  "tests/test_converter.py",
+  "tests/test_service.py",
+  "tests/test_workflow.py",
+  "tests/worker/test_activity.py",
+  "tests/worker/test_workflow.py",
+  "tests/worker/workflow_sandbox/test_importer.py",
+  "tests/worker/workflow_sandbox/test_restrictions.py",
+  # TODO: these pass locally but fail in CI with
+  # error: Import "temporalio.bridge.temporal_sdk_bridge" could not be resolved
+  "temporalio/bridge/client.py",
+  "temporalio/bridge/metric.py",
+  "temporalio/bridge/runtime.py",
+  "temporalio/bridge/testing.py",
+]
+
 [tool.ruff]
 target-version = "py38"