Add pylint configuration, fix linting issues, and update CI pipeline for Python

.github/workflows/codespell.yml

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+name: Run codespell
+
+on: [pull_request]
+
+jobs:
+  codespell:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+        with:
+          ref: ${{ github.head_ref }}
+
+      - name: Install codespell
+        run: |
+          sudo apt-get update
+          sudo apt-get install -y codespell
+
+      - name: Run codespell to fix spelling mistakes
+        run: |
+          codespell -w .
+
+      - name: Commit codespell changes
+        uses: EndBug/add-and-commit@v9
+        with:
+          author_name: Codespell Robot
+          author_email: [email protected]
+          message: 'Committing codespell fixes'
+        env:
+          GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}

.github/workflows/python-format-lint.yml

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+name: Run Python formatters and linters
+
+on: [pull_request]
+
+jobs:
+  isort_format:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+        with:
+          ref: ${{ github.head_ref }}
+
+      - name: Run isort to sort imports
+        uses: isort/isort-action@v1
+
+      - name: Commit isort changes
+        uses: EndBug/add-and-commit@v9
+        with:
+          author_name: Isort Robot
+          author_email: [email protected]
+          message: 'Committing isort changes'
+        env:
+          GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
+
+  black_format:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    needs: isort_format  
+
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+        with:
+          ref: ${{ github.head_ref }}
+
+      - name: Check files using the black formatter
+        uses: rickstaa/action-black@v1
+        id: action_black
+        with:
+          black_args: "."
+
+      - name: Commit black-format changes
+        uses: EndBug/add-and-commit@v9
+        with:
+          author_name: Black Robot
+          author_email: [email protected]
+          message: 'Committing black-format changes'
+        env:
+          GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
+
+  pylint_check:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    needs: black_format
+    strategy:
+      matrix:
+        python-version: ["3.9", "3.10", "3.11"]
+    steps:
+    - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+    - name: Set up Python ${{ matrix.python-version }}
+      uses: actions/setup-python@v3
+      with:
+        python-version: ${{ matrix.python-version }}
+    - name: Install dependencies
+      run: |
+        python -m pip install --upgrade pip
+        pip install pylint
+    - name: Analysing the code with pylint
+      run: |
+        pylint $(git ls-files '*.py')
+