diff --git a/.github/workflows/format_scan.yml b/.github/workflows/format_scan.yml
index 377625b59..11de4f345 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/format_scan.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/format_scan.yml
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ jobs:
             "bandit",
             "clangformat",
             "cloc",
-            "cpplint",
+            "clangtidy",
             # "pydocstyle",
             #"pyspelling",
           ]
diff --git a/.github/workflows/scripts/formatScan/cpplint.sh b/.github/workflows/scripts/formatScan/clangtidy.sh
similarity index 51%
rename from .github/workflows/scripts/formatScan/cpplint.sh
rename to .github/workflows/scripts/formatScan/clangtidy.sh
index 7f341d3d1..740f12eac 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/scripts/formatScan/cpplint.sh
+++ b/.github/workflows/scripts/formatScan/clangtidy.sh
@@ -2,12 +2,19 @@
 
 source /neural-speed/.github/workflows/scripts/change_color.sh
 
-pip install cpplint
+pip install cmake ninja clang-tidy
 REPO_DIR=/neural-speed
 log_dir=/neural-speed/.github/workflows/scripts/formatScan
-log_path=${log_dir}/cpplint.log
-cpplint --extensions cpp,hpp --filter=-build/include_subdir,-build/header_guard --recursive --quiet --linelength=120 ${REPO_DIR}/neural_speed 2>&1 | tee ${log_path}
-if [[ ! -f ${log_path} ]] || [[ $(grep -c "Total errors found:" ${log_path}) != 0 ]]; then
+log_path=${log_dir}/clangtidy.log
+
+# compile binary
+cd ${REPO_DIR}
+mkdir build
+cd build
+cmake .. -G Ninja -DNS_USE_CLANG_TIDY=CHECK
+ninja 2>&1 | tee ${log_path}
+
+if [[ ! -f ${log_path} ]] || [[ $(grep -c "warning:" ${log_path}) != 0 ]]; then
     exit 1
 fi
 $BOLD_PURPLE && echo "Congratulations, check passed!" && $LIGHT_PURPLE && echo "You can click on the artifact button to see the log details." && $RESET