diff --git a/.github/actions/check-dead-code/action.yaml b/.github/actions/check-dead-code/action.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..0e595052b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/actions/check-dead-code/action.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+name: "Check Dead Code"
+description: "Runs Vulture to detect unused Python code."
+
+runs:
+  using: "composite"
+  steps:
+    - name: Set up Python
+      uses: actions/setup-python@v6
+      with:
+        python-version: "3.13"
+
+    - name: Install dependencies
+      shell: bash
+      run: make dependencies install-python
+
+    - name: Run Vulture
+      shell: bash
+      run: poetry run vulture
+
diff --git a/.github/workflows/stage-1-commit.yaml b/.github/workflows/stage-1-commit.yaml
index 36a15737d..86c53ed5c 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/stage-1-commit.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/stage-1-commit.yaml
@@ -157,3 +157,13 @@ jobs:
         uses: actions/checkout@v6
       - name: "Run OWASP Dependency Scan"
         uses: ./.github/actions/owasp-dependency-scan
+  check-dead-code:
+    name: "Check for dead code"
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    timeout-minutes: 2
+    steps:
+      - name: "Checkout code"
+        uses: actions/checkout@v6
+      - name: "Check for dead code"
+        uses: ./.github/actions/check-dead-code
+
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 4cd4d9fc1..342b5c14b 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -28,6 +28,9 @@ format: ## Format and fix code
 
 format_lint: format lint
 
+vulture:
+	poetry run vulture
+
 #Files to loop over in release
 _dist_include="pytest.ini poetry.lock poetry.toml pyproject.toml Makefile build/. tests"
 
@@ -52,7 +55,7 @@ config:: # Configure development environment (main) @Configuration
 	# TODO: Use only 'make' targets that are specific to this project, e.g. you may not need to install Node.js
 	make _install-dependencies
 
-precommit: test-unit build test-integration lint ## Pre-commit tasks
+precommit: test-unit build test-integration lint vulture ## Pre-commit tasks
 	python -m this
 
 # ==============================================================================
diff --git a/poetry.lock b/poetry.lock
index c59d3c799..bace7d18e 100644
--- a/poetry.lock
+++ b/poetry.lock
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-# This file is automatically @generated by Poetry 2.2.1 and should not be changed by hand.
+# This file is automatically @generated by Poetry 2.1.4 and should not be changed by hand.
 
 [[package]]
 name = "aiohappyeyeballs"
@@ -3170,6 +3170,18 @@ h2 = ["h2 (>=4,<5)"]
 socks = ["pysocks (>=1.5.6,!=1.5.7,<2.0)"]
 zstd = ["backports-zstd (>=1.0.0) ; python_version < \"3.14\""]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "vulture"
+version = "2.14"
+description = "Find dead code"
+optional = false
+python-versions = ">=3.8"
+groups = ["dev"]
+files = [
+    {file = "vulture-2.14-py2.py3-none-any.whl", hash = "sha256:d9a90dba89607489548a49d557f8bac8112bd25d3cbc8aeef23e860811bd5ed9"},
+    {file = "vulture-2.14.tar.gz", hash = "sha256:cb8277902a1138deeab796ec5bef7076a6e0248ca3607a3f3dee0b6d9e9b8415"},
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "wcwidth"
 version = "0.2.13"
@@ -3456,4 +3468,4 @@ propcache = ">=0.2.1"
 [metadata]
 lock-version = "2.1"
 python-versions = "^3.13"
-content-hash = "c5064b43e402173391286c84cff772c1776fdf816a8fbd229cfdafa26da4b456"
+content-hash = "4456e8d9141a4581c9fc2a1bda3c779fe194359c2d5a1588fe180563afb9b2b6"
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 4fbaa3f8e..086a0ebce 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -63,6 +63,8 @@ python-dotenv = "^1.2.1"
 openapi-spec-validator = "^0.7.2"
 pip-licenses = "^5.5.0"
 cachetools = "^7.0.1"
+vulture = "^2.14"
+
 
 [tool.poetry-plugin-lambda-build]
 docker-image = "public.ecr.aws/sam/build-python3.13:1.139-x86_64"  # See https://gallery.ecr.aws/search?searchTerm=%22python%22&architecture=x86-64&popularRegistries=amazon&verified=verified&operatingSystems=Linux
@@ -114,3 +116,8 @@ exclude_lines = [
   "if TYPE_CHECKING:",
   "raise NotImplementedError",
 ]
+
+[tool.vulture]
+min_confidence = 80
+paths = ["src/", "tests/"]
+ignore_names = ["secretsmanager_client", "consumer_*", "rule_processor_instance"]