diff --git a/.github/workflows/json-lint.yml b/.github/workflows/json-lint.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..17a8273
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/json-lint.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+name: JSON Lint
+
+on:
+  pull_request:
+    paths:
+      - '**.json'
+  push:
+    branches:
+      - main
+    paths:
+      - '**.json'
+
+jobs:
+  json-lint:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+      - name: Checkout code
+        uses: actions/checkout@v6
+
+      - uses: j178/prek-action@v1
diff --git a/.pre-commit-config.yaml b/.pre-commit-config.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..0bc7006
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.pre-commit-config.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+repos:
+  - repo: https://github.com/pre-commit/pre-commit-hooks
+    rev: v6.0.0
+    hooks:
+      - id: check-json
+        name: Check JSON syntax
+
+  - repo: https://github.com/python-jsonschema/check-jsonschema
+    rev: 0.36.1
+    hooks:
+      - id: check-jsonschema
+        name: Validate plugins.json schema
+        files: ^(_data/)?plugins\.json$
+        args: ["--schemafile", "plugins.schema.json"]
+
+  - repo: https://github.com/pre-commit/mirrors-prettier
+    rev: v3.1.0
+    hooks:
+      - id: prettier
+        types: [json]
+        name: Format JSON with Prettier
+        additional_dependencies:
+          - prettier@3.8.1
diff --git a/plugins.json b/plugins.json
index 16cf6ab..2d35b01 100644
--- a/plugins.json
+++ b/plugins.json
@@ -1,176 +1,224 @@
-[{
-  "id": "nft-fasta",
-  "latest": "1.0.0",
-  "url": "https://github.com/askimed/nft-fasta",
-  "github": "askimed/nft-fasta",
-  "description": "Provides support for FASTA files.",
-  "author": "Lukas Forer",
-  "keywords": [],
-  "releases": [{
-    "version": "1.0.0",
-    "url": "https://github.com/askimed/nft-fasta/releases/download/v1.0.0/nft-fasta-1.0.0.jar"
-  }]
-},{
-  "id": "nft-vcf",
-  "latest": "1.0.7",
-  "url": "https://github.com/seppinho/nft-vcf",
-  "github": "seppinho/nft-vcf",
-  "description": "Provides support for VCF files.",
-  "author": "Sebastian Schönherr",
-  "keywords": [],
-  "releases": [{
-    "version": "1.0.2",
-    "url": "https://github.com/seppinho/nft-vcf/releases/download/v1.0.2/nft-vcf-1.0.2-jar-with-dependencies.jar"
-  },{
-    "version": "1.0.4",
-    "url": "https://github.com/seppinho/nft-vcf/releases/download/v1.0.4/nft-vcf-1.0.4.jar"
-  },{
-    "version": "1.0.5",
-    "url": "https://github.com/seppinho/nft-vcf/releases/download/v1.0.5/nft-vcf-1.0.5.jar"
-  },{
-    "version": "1.0.6",
-    "url": "https://github.com/seppinho/nft-vcf/releases/download/v1.0.6/nft-vcf-1.0.6.jar"
-  },{
-    "version": "1.0.7",
-    "url": "https://github.com/seppinho/nft-vcf/releases/download/v1.0.7/nft-vcf-1.0.7.jar"
-  }]
-},{
-  "id": "nft-bam",
-  "latest": "0.6.0",
-  "url": "https://nvnieuwk.github.io/nft-bam",
-  "github": "nvnieuwk/nft-bam",
-  "description": "Provides some helper functionality for handling SAM/BAM/CRAM files during tests",
-  "author": "Nicolas Vannieuwkerke",
-  "keywords": [],
-  "releases": [{
-    "version": "0.1.0",
-    "url": "https://github.com/nvnieuwk/nft-bam/releases/download/0.1.0/nft-bam-0.1.0.jar"
-  },{
-    "version": "0.1.1",
-    "url": "https://github.com/nvnieuwk/nft-bam/releases/download/0.1.1/nft-bam-0.1.1.jar"
-  },{
-    "version": "0.2.0",
-    "url": "https://github.com/nvnieuwk/nft-bam/releases/download/0.2.0/nft-bam-0.2.0.jar"
-  },{
-    "version": "0.3.0",
-    "url": "https://github.com/nvnieuwk/nft-bam/releases/download/0.3.0/nft-bam-0.3.0.jar"
-  },{
-    "version": "0.4.0",
-    "url": "https://github.com/nvnieuwk/nft-bam/releases/download/0.4.0/nft-bam-0.4.0.jar"
-  },{
-    "version": "0.5.0",
-    "url": "https://github.com/nvnieuwk/nft-bam/releases/download/0.5.0/nft-bam-0.5.0.jar"
-  },{
-    "version": "0.6.0",
-    "url": "https://github.com/nvnieuwk/nft-bam/releases/download/0.6.0/nft-bam-0.6.0.jar"
-  }]
-},{
-  "id": "nft-compress",
-  "latest": "0.1.0",
-  "url": "https://github.com/lukfor/nft-compress",
-  "github": "lukfor/nft-compress",
-  "description": "Provides support for ZIP files.",
-  "author": "Lukas Forer",
-  "keywords": [],
-  "releases": [{
-    "version": "0.1.0",
-    "url": "https://github.com/lukfor/nft-compress/releases/download/0.1.0/nft-compress-0.1.0.jar"
-  }]
-},{
-  "id": "nft-csv",
-  "latest": "0.1.0",
-  "url": "https://github.com/lukfor/nft-csv",
-  "github": "lukfor/nft-csv",
-  "description": "Provides support for CSV files.",
-  "author": "Lukas Forer",
-  "keywords": [],
-  "releases": [{
-    "version": "0.1.0",
-    "url": "https://github.com/lukfor/nft-csv/releases/download/0.1.0/nft-csv-0.1.0.jar"
-  }]
-},{
-  "id": "nft-utils",
-  "latest": "0.0.9",
-  "url": "https://github.com/nf-core/nft-utils",
-  "github": "nf-core/nft-utils",
-  "description": "nf-test utility functions for Nextflow pipelines.",
-  "author": "nf-core",
-  "keywords": [],
-  "releases": [{
-    "version": "0.0.1",
-    "url": "https://github.com/nf-core/nft-utils/releases/download/0.0.1/nft-utils-0.0.1.jar"
-  },{
-    "version": "0.0.2",
-    "url": "https://github.com/nf-core/nft-utils/releases/download/0.0.2/nft-utils-0.0.2.jar"
-  },{
-    "version": "0.0.3",
-    "url": "https://github.com/nf-core/nft-utils/releases/download/0.0.3/nft-utils-0.0.3.jar"
-  },{
-    "version": "0.0.4",
-    "url": "https://github.com/nf-core/nft-utils/releases/download/0.0.4/nft-utils-0.0.4.jar"
-  },{
-    "version": "0.0.5",
-    "url": "https://github.com/nf-core/nft-utils/releases/download/0.0.5/nft-utils-0.0.5.jar"
-  },{
-    "version": "0.0.6",
-    "url": "https://github.com/nf-core/nft-utils/releases/download/0.0.6/nft-utils-0.0.6.jar"
-  },{
-    "version": "0.0.7",
-    "url": "https://github.com/nf-core/nft-utils/releases/download/0.0.7/nft-utils-0.0.7.jar"
-  },{
-    "version": "0.0.8",
-    "url": "https://github.com/nf-core/nft-utils/releases/download/0.0.8/nft-utils-0.0.8.jar"
-  },{
-    "version": "0.0.9",
-    "url": "https://github.com/nf-core/nft-utils/releases/download/0.0.9/nft-utils-0.0.9.jar"
-  }]
-},{
-  "id": "nft-fastq",
-  "latest": "0.0.1",
-  "url": "https://github.com/lukfor/nft-fastq",
-  "github": "lukfor/nft-fastq",
-  "description": "Provides support for FASTQ files.",
-  "author": "Lukas Forer",
-  "keywords": [],
-  "releases": [{
-    "version": "0.0.1",
-    "url": "https://github.com/lukfor/nft-fastq/releases/download/v0.0.1/nft-fastq-0.0.1-all.jar"
-  }]
-}, {
-  "id": "nft-anndata",
-  "latest": "0.1.0",
-  "url": "https://github.com/nictru/nft-anndata",
-  "github": "nictru/nft-anndata",
-  "description": "Provides support for AnnData (h5ad) files.",
-  "author": "Nico Trummer",
-  "keywords": [],
-  "releases": [{
-    "version": "0.1.0",
-    "url": "https://github.com/nictru/nft-anndata/releases/download/v0.1.0/nft-anndata-0.1.0.jar"
-  }]
-}, {
-  "id": "nft-tiff",
-  "latest": "0.1.0",
-  "url": "https://github.com/nf-core/nft-tiff",
-  "github": "nf-core/nft-tiff",
-  "description": "Provides support for TIFF files.",
-  "author": "nf-core",
-  "keywords": [],
-  "releases": [{
-    "version": "0.1.0",
-    "url": "https://github.com/nf-core/nft-tiff/releases/download/v0.1.0/nft-tiff-0.1.0.jar"
-  }]
-}, {
-  "id": "nft-parquet",
-  "latest": "0.0.1",
-  "url": "https://github.com/incsteps/nft-parquet",
-  "github": "incsteps/nft-parquet",
-  "description": "Provides support for Parquet files.",
-  "author": "Jorge Aguilera",
-  "keywords": ["parquet"],
-  "releases": [{
-    "version": "0.0.1",
-    "url": "https://github.com/incsteps/nft-parquet/releases/download/0.0.1/nft-parquet-0.0.1.jar"
-  }]
-}
+[
+  {
+    "id": "nft-fasta",
+    "latest": "1.0.0",
+    "url": "https://github.com/askimed/nft-fasta",
+    "github": "askimed/nft-fasta",
+    "description": "Provides support for FASTA files.",
+    "author": "Lukas Forer",
+    "keywords": [],
+    "releases": [
+      {
+        "version": "1.0.0",
+        "url": "https://github.com/askimed/nft-fasta/releases/download/v1.0.0/nft-fasta-1.0.0.jar"
+      }
+    ]
+  },
+  {
+    "id": "nft-vcf",
+    "latest": "1.0.7",
+    "url": "https://github.com/seppinho/nft-vcf",
+    "github": "seppinho/nft-vcf",
+    "description": "Provides support for VCF files.",
+    "author": "Sebastian Schönherr",
+    "keywords": [],
+    "releases": [
+      {
+        "version": "1.0.2",
+        "url": "https://github.com/seppinho/nft-vcf/releases/download/v1.0.2/nft-vcf-1.0.2-jar-with-dependencies.jar"
+      },
+      {
+        "version": "1.0.4",
+        "url": "https://github.com/seppinho/nft-vcf/releases/download/v1.0.4/nft-vcf-1.0.4.jar"
+      },
+      {
+        "version": "1.0.5",
+        "url": "https://github.com/seppinho/nft-vcf/releases/download/v1.0.5/nft-vcf-1.0.5.jar"
+      },
+      {
+        "version": "1.0.6",
+        "url": "https://github.com/seppinho/nft-vcf/releases/download/v1.0.6/nft-vcf-1.0.6.jar"
+      },
+      {
+        "version": "1.0.7",
+        "url": "https://github.com/seppinho/nft-vcf/releases/download/v1.0.7/nft-vcf-1.0.7.jar"
+      }
+    ]
+  },
+  {
+    "id": "nft-bam",
+    "latest": "0.6.0",
+    "url": "https://nvnieuwk.github.io/nft-bam",
+    "github": "nvnieuwk/nft-bam",
+    "description": "Provides some helper functionality for handling SAM/BAM/CRAM files during tests",
+    "author": "Nicolas Vannieuwkerke",
+    "keywords": [],
+    "releases": [
+      {
+        "version": "0.1.0",
+        "url": "https://github.com/nvnieuwk/nft-bam/releases/download/0.1.0/nft-bam-0.1.0.jar"
+      },
+      {
+        "version": "0.1.1",
+        "url": "https://github.com/nvnieuwk/nft-bam/releases/download/0.1.1/nft-bam-0.1.1.jar"
+      },
+      {
+        "version": "0.2.0",
+        "url": "https://github.com/nvnieuwk/nft-bam/releases/download/0.2.0/nft-bam-0.2.0.jar"
+      },
+      {
+        "version": "0.3.0",
+        "url": "https://github.com/nvnieuwk/nft-bam/releases/download/0.3.0/nft-bam-0.3.0.jar"
+      },
+      {
+        "version": "0.4.0",
+        "url": "https://github.com/nvnieuwk/nft-bam/releases/download/0.4.0/nft-bam-0.4.0.jar"
+      },
+      {
+        "version": "0.5.0",
+        "url": "https://github.com/nvnieuwk/nft-bam/releases/download/0.5.0/nft-bam-0.5.0.jar"
+      },
+      {
+        "version": "0.6.0",
+        "url": "https://github.com/nvnieuwk/nft-bam/releases/download/0.6.0/nft-bam-0.6.0.jar"
+      }
+    ]
+  },
+  {
+    "id": "nft-compress",
+    "latest": "0.1.0",
+    "url": "https://github.com/lukfor/nft-compress",
+    "github": "lukfor/nft-compress",
+    "description": "Provides support for ZIP files.",
+    "author": "Lukas Forer",
+    "keywords": [],
+    "releases": [
+      {
+        "version": "0.1.0",
+        "url": "https://github.com/lukfor/nft-compress/releases/download/0.1.0/nft-compress-0.1.0.jar"
+      }
+    ]
+  },
+  {
+    "id": "nft-csv",
+    "latest": "0.1.0",
+    "url": "https://github.com/lukfor/nft-csv",
+    "github": "lukfor/nft-csv",
+    "description": "Provides support for CSV files.",
+    "author": "Lukas Forer",
+    "keywords": [],
+    "releases": [
+      {
+        "version": "0.1.0",
+        "url": "https://github.com/lukfor/nft-csv/releases/download/0.1.0/nft-csv-0.1.0.jar"
+      }
+    ]
+  },
+  {
+    "id": "nft-utils",
+    "latest": "0.0.9",
+    "url": "https://github.com/nf-core/nft-utils",
+    "github": "nf-core/nft-utils",
+    "description": "nf-test utility functions for Nextflow pipelines.",
+    "author": "nf-core",
+    "keywords": [],
+    "releases": [
+      {
+        "version": "0.0.1",
+        "url": "https://github.com/nf-core/nft-utils/releases/download/0.0.1/nft-utils-0.0.1.jar"
+      },
+      {
+        "version": "0.0.2",
+        "url": "https://github.com/nf-core/nft-utils/releases/download/0.0.2/nft-utils-0.0.2.jar"
+      },
+      {
+        "version": "0.0.3",
+        "url": "https://github.com/nf-core/nft-utils/releases/download/0.0.3/nft-utils-0.0.3.jar"
+      },
+      {
+        "version": "0.0.4",
+        "url": "https://github.com/nf-core/nft-utils/releases/download/0.0.4/nft-utils-0.0.4.jar"
+      },
+      {
+        "version": "0.0.5",
+        "url": "https://github.com/nf-core/nft-utils/releases/download/0.0.5/nft-utils-0.0.5.jar"
+      },
+      {
+        "version": "0.0.6",
+        "url": "https://github.com/nf-core/nft-utils/releases/download/0.0.6/nft-utils-0.0.6.jar"
+      },
+      {
+        "version": "0.0.7",
+        "url": "https://github.com/nf-core/nft-utils/releases/download/0.0.7/nft-utils-0.0.7.jar"
+      },
+      {
+        "version": "0.0.8",
+        "url": "https://github.com/nf-core/nft-utils/releases/download/0.0.8/nft-utils-0.0.8.jar"
+      },
+      {
+        "version": "0.0.9",
+        "url": "https://github.com/nf-core/nft-utils/releases/download/0.0.9/nft-utils-0.0.9.jar"
+      }
+    ]
+  },
+  {
+    "id": "nft-fastq",
+    "latest": "0.0.1",
+    "url": "https://github.com/lukfor/nft-fastq",
+    "github": "lukfor/nft-fastq",
+    "description": "Provides support for FASTQ files.",
+    "author": "Lukas Forer",
+    "keywords": [],
+    "releases": [
+      {
+        "version": "0.0.1",
+        "url": "https://github.com/lukfor/nft-fastq/releases/download/v0.0.1/nft-fastq-0.0.1-all.jar"
+      }
+    ]
+  },
+  {
+    "id": "nft-anndata",
+    "latest": "0.1.0",
+    "url": "https://github.com/nictru/nft-anndata",
+    "github": "nictru/nft-anndata",
+    "description": "Provides support for AnnData (h5ad) files.",
+    "author": "Nico Trummer",
+    "keywords": [],
+    "releases": [
+      {
+        "version": "0.1.0",
+        "url": "https://github.com/nictru/nft-anndata/releases/download/v0.1.0/nft-anndata-0.1.0.jar"
+      }
+    ]
+  },
+  {
+    "id": "nft-tiff",
+    "latest": "0.1.0",
+    "url": "https://github.com/nf-core/nft-tiff",
+    "github": "nf-core/nft-tiff",
+    "description": "Provides support for TIFF files.",
+    "author": "nf-core",
+    "keywords": [],
+    "releases": [
+      {
+        "version": "0.1.0",
+        "url": "https://github.com/nf-core/nft-tiff/releases/download/v0.1.0/nft-tiff-0.1.0.jar"
+      }
+    ]
+  },
+  {
+    "id": "nft-parquet",
+    "latest": "0.0.1",
+    "url": "https://github.com/incsteps/nft-parquet",
+    "github": "incsteps/nft-parquet",
+    "description": "Provides support for Parquet files.",
+    "author": "Jorge Aguilera",
+    "keywords": ["parquet"],
+    "releases": [
+      {
+        "version": "0.0.1",
+        "url": "https://github.com/incsteps/nft-parquet/releases/download/0.0.1/nft-parquet-0.0.1.jar"
+      }
+    ]
+  }
 ]
diff --git a/plugins.schema.json b/plugins.schema.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..ce3220c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/plugins.schema.json
@@ -0,0 +1,81 @@
+{
+  "$schema": "http://json-schema.org/draft-07/schema#",
+  "type": "array",
+  "items": {
+    "type": "object",
+    "additionalProperties": false,
+    "required": [
+      "id",
+      "latest",
+      "url",
+      "github",
+      "description",
+      "author",
+      "keywords",
+      "releases"
+    ],
+    "properties": {
+      "id": {
+        "type": "string",
+        "minLength": 1,
+        "description": "Unique identifier for the plugin"
+      },
+      "latest": {
+        "type": "string",
+        "minLength": 1,
+        "description": "Latest version of the plugin",
+        "pattern": "^\\d+\\.\\d+\\.\\d+$"
+      },
+      "url": {
+        "type": "string",
+        "minLength": 1,
+        "format": "uri",
+        "description": "URL to the plugin repository"
+      },
+      "github": {
+        "type": "string",
+        "minLength": 1,
+        "description": "GitHub repository in format owner/repo",
+        "pattern": "^[^/]+/[^/]+$"
+      },
+      "description": {
+        "type": "string",
+        "minLength": 1,
+        "description": "Description of the plugin"
+      },
+      "author": {
+        "type": "string",
+        "minLength": 1,
+        "description": "Author of the plugin"
+      },
+      "keywords": {
+        "type": "array",
+        "items": {
+          "type": "string"
+        },
+        "description": "Keywords associated with the plugin"
+      },
+      "releases": {
+        "type": "array",
+        "additionalProperties": false,
+        "minItems": 1,
+        "items": {
+          "type": "object",
+          "required": ["version", "url"],
+          "properties": {
+            "version": {
+              "type": "string",
+              "description": "Version of the release",
+              "pattern": "^\\d+\\.\\d+\\.\\d+$"
+            },
+            "url": {
+              "type": "string",
+              "format": "uri",
+              "description": "Download URL for the release"
+            }
+          }
+        }
+      }
+    }
+  }
+}