diff --git a/.clang-tidy b/.clang-tidy
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..969390a2e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.clang-tidy
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+---
+Checks: 'bugprone-use-after-move,bugprone-dangling-handle,performance-move-const-arg,performance-unnecessary-copy-initialization,-clang-diagnostic-unused-command-line-argument'
+WarningsAsErrors: ''
+HeaderFilterRegex: '.*'
diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yml b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
index 11670d901..d1cad8045 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
@@ -356,3 +356,32 @@ jobs:
           exit 1
         fi
       shell: bash
+
+  clang-tidy:
+    name: Run clang-tidy checks
+    runs-on: ubuntu-22.04
+    steps:
+    - name: Checkout Actions Repository
+      uses: actions/checkout@v4
+
+    - name: Install clang-tidy 20
+      run: |
+        wget https://apt.llvm.org/llvm.sh
+        chmod +x llvm.sh
+        sudo ./llvm.sh 20
+        sudo apt-get install -y clang-tidy-20
+
+    - name: Install dependencies
+      run: |
+        sudo apt update -y
+        sudo bash -x dependencies.sh -y
+
+    - name: Generate compile_commands.json
+      run: |
+        mkdir build
+        cd build
+        cmake -DCMAKE_EXPORT_COMPILE_COMMANDS=ON ..
+
+    - name: Run clang-tidy
+      run: make tidy
+      shell: bash
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..ecaa79753
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+.PHONY: tidy
+tidy:
+	@find mooncake-transfer-engine -name "*.cpp" | head -5 | xargs -P $(shell nproc) -I {} clang-tidy-20 -p build --warnings-as-errors='*' {}
diff --git a/mooncake-transfer-engine/include/common.h b/mooncake-transfer-engine/include/common.h
index 3cfcf8fec..769e393ec 100644
--- a/mooncake-transfer-engine/include/common.h
+++ b/mooncake-transfer-engine/include/common.h
@@ -482,7 +482,7 @@ class RWSpinlock {
     const static int64_t kExclusiveLock = INT64_MIN / 2;
 
     std::atomic<int64_t> lock_;
-    uint64_t padding_[15];
+    [[maybe_unused]] uint64_t padding_[15];
 };
 
 class TicketLock {
@@ -501,7 +501,7 @@ class TicketLock {
    private:
     std::atomic<int> next_ticket_;
     std::atomic<int> now_serving_;
-    uint64_t padding_[14];
+    [[maybe_unused]] uint64_t padding_[14];
 };
 
 class SimpleRandom {
diff --git a/mooncake-transfer-engine/include/common/base/status.h b/mooncake-transfer-engine/include/common/base/status.h
index 4015a9cad..a3c8dded4 100644
--- a/mooncake-transfer-engine/include/common/base/status.h
+++ b/mooncake-transfer-engine/include/common/base/status.h
@@ -253,7 +253,7 @@ inline Status::Status(Status&& s) : Status() { *this = std::move(s); }
 
 inline Status& Status::operator=(Status&& s) {
     if (this != &s) {
-        code_ = std::move(s.code_);
+        code_ = s.code_;
         s.code_ = Code::kOk;
         delete[] message_;
         message_ = nullptr;
diff --git a/mooncake-transfer-engine/tests/transfer_metadata_test.cpp b/mooncake-transfer-engine/tests/transfer_metadata_test.cpp
index d8fd0d889..a22b0bc98 100644
--- a/mooncake-transfer-engine/tests/transfer_metadata_test.cpp
+++ b/mooncake-transfer-engine/tests/transfer_metadata_test.cpp
@@ -37,8 +37,6 @@ class TransferMetadataTest : public ::testing::Test {
         const char* env = std::getenv("MC_METADATA_SERVER");
         if (env)
             metadata_server = env;
-        else
-            metadata_server = metadata_server;
         LOG(INFO) << "metadata_server: " << metadata_server;
 
         env = std::getenv("MC_LOCAL_SERVER_NAME");
@@ -116,7 +114,7 @@ TEST_F(TransferMetadataTest, RpcMetaEntryTest) {
     int re = metadata_client->addRpcMetaEntry("test_server", desc);
     ASSERT_EQ(re, 0);
     TransferMetadata::RpcMetaDesc desc1;
-    re = metadata_client->getRpcMetaEntry("test_server", desc1);
+    ASSERT_EQ(metadata_client->getRpcMetaEntry("test_server", desc1), 0);
     ASSERT_EQ(desc.ip_or_host_name, desc1.ip_or_host_name);
     ASSERT_EQ(desc.rpc_port, desc1.rpc_port);
     re = metadata_client->removeRpcMetaEntry("test_server");