diff --git a/api/kprocess.api b/api/kprocess.api
index 22975de..dc321f7 100644
--- a/api/kprocess.api
+++ b/api/kprocess.api
@@ -57,8 +57,6 @@ public final class io/cloudshiftdev/kprocess/KProcessKt {
 	public static final fun exec (Lkotlin/jvm/functions/Function1;Lkotlin/coroutines/Continuation;)Ljava/lang/Object;
 	public static final fun execToFile (Ljava/io/File;Lkotlin/jvm/functions/Function1;Lkotlin/coroutines/Continuation;)Ljava/lang/Object;
 	public static final fun execToList (Lkotlin/jvm/functions/Function1;Lkotlin/coroutines/Continuation;)Ljava/lang/Object;
-	public static final fun main (Lkotlin/coroutines/Continuation;)Ljava/lang/Object;
-	public static synthetic fun main ([Ljava/lang/String;)V
 }
 
 public abstract class io/cloudshiftdev/kprocess/OutputConsumer {
diff --git a/build.gradle.kts b/build.gradle.kts
index 2b8fbf1..d808df2 100644
--- a/build.gradle.kts
+++ b/build.gradle.kts
@@ -1,4 +1,6 @@
 import com.gradle.scan.agent.serialization.scan.serializer.kryo.ja
+import com.ncorti.ktfmt.gradle.tasks.KtfmtCheckTask
+import com.ncorti.ktfmt.gradle.tasks.KtfmtFormatTask
 import com.vanniktech.maven.publish.SonatypeHost
 import org.gradle.api.tasks.testing.logging.TestExceptionFormat
 import org.gradle.api.tasks.testing.logging.TestLogEvent
@@ -20,7 +22,7 @@ import org.gradle.api.tasks.testing.logging.TestLogEvent
  */
 
 plugins {
-    kotlin("jvm") version "1.9.23"
+    alias(libs.plugins.kotlin.jvm)
     alias(libs.plugins.ktfmt)
     alias(libs.plugins.jetbrains.binaryCompatibilityValidator)
     alias(libs.plugins.vanniktech.maven.publish)
@@ -112,3 +114,25 @@ testing {
         }
     }
 }
+
+
+val ciBuild = System.getenv("CI") != null
+
+val precommit = tasks.register("precommit") {
+    group = "verification"
+    dependsOn("check", "ktfmtFormat", "apiDump")
+}
+
+// only check formatting for CI builds
+tasks.withType<KtfmtCheckTask>().configureEach {
+    enabled = ciBuild
+}
+
+// always format for non-CI builds
+tasks.withType<KtfmtFormatTask>().configureEach {
+    enabled = !ciBuild
+}
+
+tasks.named("apiCheck") {
+    mustRunAfter("apiDump")
+}