diff --git a/.gitreview b/.gitreview
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..b38d733
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.gitreview
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+[gerrit]
+host=review.openstack.org
+port=29418
+project=stackforge/cookbook-monasca-notification
diff --git a/.rubocop.yml b/.rubocop.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..5500e6d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.rubocop.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+AllCops:
+  Includes:
+    - metadata.rb
+    - Gemfile
+    - attributes/**
+    - libraries/**
+    - providers/**
+    - recipes/**
+    - resources/**
+    - spec/**
+
+Encoding:
+  Exclude:
+    - metadata.rb
+    - Gemfile
+
+NumericLiterals:
+  Enabled: false
+
+LineLength:
+  Enabled: false
+
+WordArray:
+  MinSize: 3
diff --git a/Berksfile b/Berksfile
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..850a120
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Berksfile
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+metadata
diff --git a/Gemfile b/Gemfile
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..eeb359d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Gemfile
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+source 'https://rubygems.org'
+
+gem 'chef', '~> 11.8'
+gem 'json', '<= 1.7.7' # chef 11 dependency
+gem 'berkshelf', '~> 2.0.18'
+gem 'hashie', '~> 2.0'
+gem 'chefspec', '~> 3.4.0'
+gem 'rspec', '~> 2.14.1'
+gem 'foodcritic', '~> 3.0.3'
+gem 'strainer'
+gem 'rubocop', '~> 0.18.1'
diff --git a/Strainerfile b/Strainerfile
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..cf2ff52
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Strainerfile
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+# Strainerfile
+rubocop: rubocop $SANDBOX/$COOKBOOK
+knife test: knife cookbook test $COOKBOOK
+foodcritic: foodcritic -f any -t ~FC003 -t ~FC023 $SANDBOX/$COOKBOOK
+chefspec: rspec $SANDBOX/$COOKBOOK/spec
diff --git a/attributes/backup.rb b/attributes/backup.rb
index 6373e8a..a0321a2 100644
--- a/attributes/backup.rb
+++ b/attributes/backup.rb
@@ -1,2 +1,4 @@
+# encoding: UTF-8
 # Logs to backup
-node.default[:mon_log_backup][:logs][:mon_notification] = [ '/var/log/mon-notification/notification.log' ]
+node.default[:mon_log_backup][:logs][:mon_notification] =
+                                 ['/var/log/mon-notification/notification.log']
diff --git a/attributes/default.rb b/attributes/default.rb
index 1a8b081..a563421 100644
--- a/attributes/default.rb
+++ b/attributes/default.rb
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+# encoding: UTF-8
+#
 default[:mon_notification][:user] = 'mon-notification'
 default[:mon_notification][:group] = 'mon-notification'
 default[:mon_notification][:conf_dir] = '/etc/mon'
diff --git a/attributes/monitor.rb b/attributes/monitor.rb
index 558eddf..3f401ec 100644
--- a/attributes/monitor.rb
+++ b/attributes/monitor.rb
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+# encoding: UTF-8
 # Have ossec watch the log
 node.default[:ossec][:watched][:mon_notification] = {
   '/var/log/mon-notification/notification.log' => :syslog
diff --git a/metadata.rb b/metadata.rb
index 9ef3072..0b376ef 100644
--- a/metadata.rb
+++ b/metadata.rb
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+# encoding: UTF-8
+#
 name             'mon_notification'
 maintainer       'HP Monitoring'
 maintainer_email 'hpcs-mon@hp.com'
diff --git a/recipes/default.rb b/recipes/default.rb
index 83780f9..3de8501 100644
--- a/recipes/default.rb
+++ b/recipes/default.rb
@@ -1,4 +1,6 @@
-include_recipe "python"
+# encoding: UTF-8
+#
+include_recipe 'python'
 
 # preferable for the OS to install this then to have pip compile
 %w[ python-mysqldb libmysqlclient-dev ].each do |pkg_name|
@@ -47,7 +49,7 @@ directory node[:mon_notification][:log_dir] do
   mode 0775
 end
 
-# todo - setup an encrypted data bag for credentials
+# TODO: setup an encrypted data bag for credentials
 hosts = data_bag_item(node[:mon_notification][:data_bag], 'hosts')
 template "#{node[:mon_notification][:conf_dir]}/notification.yaml" do
   action :create
@@ -56,7 +58,7 @@ template "#{node[:mon_notification][:conf_dir]}/notification.yaml" do
   group node[:mon_notification][:group]
   mode 0640
   variables(
-    :hosts => hosts
+    hosts: hosts
   )
-  notifies :restart, "service[mon-notification]"
+  notifies :restart, 'service[mon-notification]'
 end
diff --git a/spec/empty.rb b/spec/empty.rb
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..fc2f6d6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/spec/empty.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+# encoding: UTF-8
+# No unit tests at this time.