diff --git a/.pre-commit-config.yaml b/.pre-commit-config.yaml
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+# See https://pre-commit.com for more information
+# See https://pre-commit.com/hooks.html for more hooks
+repos:
+-   repo: https://github.com/pre-commit/pre-commit-hooks
+    rev: v3.2.0
+    hooks:
+    -   id: trailing-whitespace
+    -   id: end-of-file-fixer
+    -   id: check-yaml
+    -   id: check-added-large-files
+
+-   repo: local
+    hooks:
+    -   id: check-special-event
+        name: check-special-event
+        entry: bash scripts/check-events.sh
+        language: system
+        files: ^fortune_generator/json/.*_special\.json$
+        types: [json]
+        pass_filenames: false
diff --git a/scripts/check-events.sh b/scripts/check-events.sh
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+#!/bin/sh
+
+set -e
+
+python3 scripts/check-events.py fortune_generator/json/custom_special.json custom
+python3 scripts/check-events.py fortune_generator/json/cyclical_special.json cyclical
+python3 scripts/check-events.py fortune_generator/json/static_special.json static