diff --git a/.clang-format b/.clang-format
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+# Copyright 2026 The TensorFlow Quantum Authors
+#
+# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+# You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+#     https://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+# limitations under the License.
+# ============================================================================
+
+# Summary: configure clang-format for this project's style guidelines.
+# This should be kept in sync with TensorFlow's .clang-format.
+
+---
+Language: Cpp
+BasedOnStyle: Google
+DerivePointerAlignment: false
+---
+Language: Proto
+BasedOnStyle: Google
+...
diff --git a/.style.yapf b/.style.yapf
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+# Copyright 2025 The TensorFlow Quantum Authors
+#
+# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+# You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+#     https://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+# limitations under the License.
+# ============================================================================
+
+# Summary: configure yapf (https://github.com/google/yapf) for this project.
+
+[style]
+based_on_style = google