diff --git a/docs/development/development-setup.rst b/docs/development/development-setup.rst
index a6233039b..523a8f3dc 100644
--- a/docs/development/development-setup.rst
+++ b/docs/development/development-setup.rst
@@ -89,13 +89,12 @@ Linting and formatting
 ----------------------
 
 In addition to the tests, this project uses `mypy`, `ruff`, `isort` and `black`
-for style checking. To run these, run::
+for style checking. Some are in a poe task for convenience. To run these, run::
 
     mypy irrd
-    ruff irrd
-    isort irrd
-    black irrd
-
+    poe lint
+    # To run ruff with auto fix:
+    poe ruff-fix
 
 Exclusions from checks
 ----------------------
diff --git a/docs/spelling_wordlist.txt b/docs/spelling_wordlist.txt
index 2ee5c11c6..ded4ea03b 100644
--- a/docs/spelling_wordlist.txt
+++ b/docs/spelling_wordlist.txt
@@ -64,6 +64,7 @@ preloaded
 preloader
 preloading
 preloads
+poe
 pubsub
 py
 rc
diff --git a/poetry.lock b/poetry.lock
index 3e84aeea6..cfae216d4 100644
--- a/poetry.lock
+++ b/poetry.lock
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-# This file is automatically @generated by Poetry and should not be changed by hand.
+# This file is automatically @generated by Poetry 1.4.0 and should not be changed by hand.
 
 [[package]]
 name = "aiohttp"
@@ -1512,6 +1512,18 @@ bcrypt = ["bcrypt (>=3.1.0)"]
 build-docs = ["cloud-sptheme (>=1.10.1)", "sphinx (>=1.6)", "sphinxcontrib-fulltoc (>=1.2.0)"]
 totp = ["cryptography"]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "pastel"
+version = "0.2.1"
+description = "Bring colors to your terminal."
+category = "dev"
+optional = false
+python-versions = ">=2.7, !=3.0.*, !=3.1.*, !=3.2.*, !=3.3.*"
+files = [
+    {file = "pastel-0.2.1-py2.py3-none-any.whl", hash = "sha256:4349225fcdf6c2bb34d483e523475de5bb04a5c10ef711263452cb37d7dd4364"},
+    {file = "pastel-0.2.1.tar.gz", hash = "sha256:e6581ac04e973cac858828c6202c1e1e81fee1dc7de7683f3e1ffe0bfd8a573d"},
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "pathspec"
 version = "0.11.0"
@@ -1571,6 +1583,25 @@ files = [
 dev = ["pre-commit", "tox"]
 testing = ["pytest", "pytest-benchmark"]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "poethepoet"
+version = "0.18.1"
+description = "A task runner that works well with poetry."
+category = "dev"
+optional = false
+python-versions = ">=3.7"
+files = [
+    {file = "poethepoet-0.18.1-py3-none-any.whl", hash = "sha256:e85727bf6f4a10bf6c1a43026bdeb40df689bea3c4682d03cbe531cabc8f2ba6"},
+    {file = "poethepoet-0.18.1.tar.gz", hash = "sha256:5f3566b14c2f5dccdfbc3bb26f0096006b38dc0b9c74bd4f8dd1eba7b0e29f6a"},
+]
+
+[package.dependencies]
+pastel = ">=0.2.1,<0.3.0"
+tomli = ">=1.2.2"
+
+[package.extras]
+poetry-plugin = ["poetry (>=1.0,<2.0)"]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "psutil"
 version = "5.9.4"
@@ -3122,4 +3153,4 @@ testing = ["coverage (>=5.0.3)", "zope.event", "zope.testing"]
 [metadata]
 lock-version = "2.0"
 python-versions = "^3.8"
-content-hash = "d2fd1e2fd7ffc57ae37f9c96a9b5db7a172a707b15b3362173b2d0ef956ba212"
+content-hash = "2269a01256f83e590194609f6f3bc4aad40ea1242664d0ec03b936e0f7992924"
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index dca2bf2ed..9d724cf0f 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -67,6 +67,7 @@ ruff = "^0.0.252"
 isort = "^5.12.0"
 black = "^23.1.0"
 setuptools-scm = "^7.1.0"
+poethepoet = "^0.18.1"
 
 [tool.poetry.group.docs.dependencies]
 sphinx = "^6.1.3"
@@ -111,6 +112,15 @@ install_types = true
 non_interactive = true
 exclude = "irrd/storage/alembic/*"
 
+[tool.poe.tasks]
+black = "black irrd"
+ruff = "ruff irrd"
+ruff-fix = "ruff irrd --fix"
+isort = "isort irrd"
+mypy = "mypy irrd"
+lint = ["black", "ruff", "isort"]
+test = "pytest --cov-report term-missing:skip-covered --cov=irrd --basetemp=.tmpdirs/ irrd"
+
 [tool.coverage.report]
 exclude_lines = [
     "pragma: no cover",