diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..94a8a5c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+language: python
+python:
+  - "3.5"
+  - "3.6.2"  # versions 3.6.0 and 3.6.1 have bugs that affect magneticod
+
+# We explicitly state that sudo should NOT be required to compile, test, and run magnetico
+sudo: false
+
+install:
+  - "pip3 install --user ./magneticod"
+  - "pip3 install --user ./magneticow"
+
+script:
+  - "pylint ./magneticod/magneticod"
+  - "pylint ./magneticow/magneticow"
+  - "mypy ./magneticod/magneticod"
+  - "mypy ./magneticow/magneticow"
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diff --git a/pylintrc b/pylintrc
index 14ddf8c..e336cf5 100644
--- a/pylintrc
+++ b/pylintrc
@@ -291,7 +291,7 @@ no-docstring-rgx=^_
 
 # Minimum line length for functions/classes that require docstrings, shorter
 # ones are exempt.
-docstring-min-length=-1
+docstring-min-length=1000
 
 
 [ELIF]