diff --git a/.circleci/config.yml b/.circleci/config.yml
index 80a4ab6dda..fe6bdeaf48 100644
--- a/.circleci/config.yml
+++ b/.circleci/config.yml
@@ -97,6 +97,19 @@ jobs:
           command: npm run proof
       - snyk/scan:
           organization: uswds
+  lint_and_format:
+    executor: my-executor
+    parallelism: 2
+    steps:
+      - checkout
+      - attach_workspace:
+          at: ~/project
+      - run:
+          name: lint
+          command: npm run lint
+      - run:
+          name: format
+          command: npm run prettier:md
   test_a11y_desktop:
     executor: my-executor
     parallelism: 2
@@ -129,6 +142,8 @@ jobs:
 workflows:
   circle-uswds-site:
     jobs:
+      - lint_and_format:
+          name: Lint and format
       - install_ruby_deps
       - install_node_deps
       - build:
diff --git a/.prettierignore b/.prettierignore
index 670d8ffbe9..caa9862deb 100644
--- a/.prettierignore
+++ b/.prettierignore
@@ -18,5 +18,4 @@ Gemfile.lock
 .gitkeep
 *.csv
 *.html
-*.md
 *.min.js
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/css/_uswds-theme-custom-styles.scss b/css/_uswds-theme-custom-styles.scss
index 6ef34f8e9e..297626741b 100644
--- a/css/_uswds-theme-custom-styles.scss
+++ b/css/_uswds-theme-custom-styles.scss
@@ -9,7 +9,6 @@
 @import "custom-styles/graphic-list";
 @import "custom-styles/posts";
 
-
 // ========================================
 // CUSTOM PROJECT SASS
 // ----------------------------------------
@@ -1570,8 +1569,6 @@ iframe {
   margin-bottom: units(4);
 }
 
-
-
 // Utilities CSS --------------------- //
 
 .page-content {
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index bbb008af53..03bc333f88 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -58,7 +58,9 @@
     "pa11y-ci:sitemap": "pa11y-ci --sitemap http://localhost:4000/sitemap.xml --sitemap-exclude '/*.pdf|next|together/'",
     "pa11y-ci:sitemap-mobile": "pa11y-ci --config .pa11yci--mobile --sitemap http://localhost:4000/sitemap.xml --sitemap-exclude '/*.pdf|next|together/'",
     "pa11y-ci:sitemap-json": "pa11y-ci --json > pa11y-results.json --sitemap http://localhost:4000/sitemap.xml --sitemap-exclude '/*.pdf|next|together/'",
-    "prettier:scss": "npx prettier --write './css/**/*.scss'"
+    "prettier:scss": "npx prettier --write './css/**/*.scss'",
+    "prettier:md": "npx prettier --write './**/*.md'",
+    "prettier": "npm run prettier:md && npm run prettier:scss"
   },
   "devDependencies": {
     "@18f/identity-stylelint-config": "^2.0.0",