diff --git a/precommend/.pre-commit-config.yaml b/precommend/.pre-commit-config.yaml
index b6a7b90..6062c33 100644
--- a/precommend/.pre-commit-config.yaml
+++ b/precommend/.pre-commit-config.yaml
@@ -73,3 +73,9 @@ repos:
     rev: v0.16
     hooks:
       - id: validate-pyproject  # Validate the contents of pyproject.toml
+
+  - repo: https://github.com/python-jsonschema/check-jsonschema
+    rev: 0.28.0
+    hooks:
+      - id: check-readthedocs  # Validate the given .readthedocs.yml file
+      - id: check-dependabot  # Validate the given dependabot.yml file
diff --git a/precommend/rules.py b/precommend/rules.py
index b70ba60..311ea14 100644
--- a/precommend/rules.py
+++ b/precommend/rules.py
@@ -33,6 +33,18 @@ def check_json(ctx):
         return "check-json"
 
 
+@rule
+def check_dependabot(ctx):
+    if ctx.filename_exists(".github/dependabot.yml"):
+        return "check-dependabot"
+
+
+@rule
+def check_readthedocs(ctx):
+    if ctx.filename_exists(".readthedocs.yml"):
+        return "check-readthedocs"
+
+
 @rule
 def check_toml(ctx):
     if ctx.tag_exists("toml"):
diff --git a/tests/conftest.py b/tests/conftest.py
index b0ee255..bc44617 100644
--- a/tests/conftest.py
+++ b/tests/conftest.py
@@ -12,3 +12,4 @@ def _dir_fixture():
 
 python_data = dir_fixture("python")
 cpp_data = dir_fixture("cpp")
+generic_data = dir_fixture("generic")
diff --git a/tests/data/generic/.github/dependabot.yml b/tests/data/generic/.github/dependabot.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e69de29
diff --git a/tests/data/generic/.github/workflows/ci.yml b/tests/data/generic/.github/workflows/ci.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e69de29
diff --git a/tests/data/generic/.readthedocs.yml b/tests/data/generic/.readthedocs.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e69de29
diff --git a/tests/test_core.py b/tests/test_core.py
index 886340e..ff983b1 100644
--- a/tests/test_core.py
+++ b/tests/test_core.py
@@ -19,6 +19,17 @@ def test_collect_hooks_cpp(monkeypatch, cpp_data):
     assert "cmake-format" in hooks
 
 
+def test_collect_hooks_generic(monkeypatch, generic_data):
+    monkeypatch.chdir(generic_data)
+    ctx = GenerationContext()
+    hooks = collect_hooks(ctx)
+
+    assert "actionlint" in hooks
+    assert "check-dependabot" in hooks
+    assert "check-readthedocs" in hooks
+    assert "check-yaml" in hooks
+
+
 def test_generate_config_python(monkeypatch, tmp_path, python_data):
     monkeypatch.chdir(python_data)
     ctx = GenerationContext()
@@ -41,3 +52,17 @@ def test_generate_config_python(monkeypatch, tmp_path, cpp_data):
 
     assert "clang-format" in str(output)
     assert "cmake-format" in str(output)
+
+
+def test_generate_config_generic(monkeypatch, tmp_path, generic_data):
+    monkeypatch.chdir(generic_data)
+    ctx = GenerationContext()
+    hooks = collect_hooks(ctx)
+
+    monkeypatch.chdir(str(tmp_path))
+    output = generate_config(hooks)
+
+    assert "actionlint" in str(output)
+    assert "check-dependabot" in str(output)
+    assert "check-readthedocs" in str(output)
+    assert "check-yaml" in str(output)