diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 35a7943..9ad1c27 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -260,3 +260,16 @@ poetry.toml
 pyrightconfig.json
 
 # End of https://www.toptal.com/developers/gitignore/api/flask,python
+# Devenv
+.devenv*
+devenv.local.nix
+devenv.nix
+devenv.yaml
+.envrc
+devenv.lock
+
+# direnv
+.direnv
+
+# pre-commit
+.pre-commit-config.yaml
diff --git a/dto/client_data.py b/dto/client_data.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e47274f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/dto/client_data.py
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+from pydantic import BaseModel
+
+class ClientData(BaseModel):
+    """
+    Model for the client data attributes which need to be validated and compared for correspondence between
+    the data sources ()
+    """
+    name: str
+
+    # TODO CONTINUE
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diff --git a/poc_requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
similarity index 94%
rename from poc_requirements.txt
rename to requirements.txt
index 617de9d..bc715e1 100644
--- a/poc_requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -14,3 +14,4 @@ pypdfium2==4.30.1
 pytesseract==0.3.13
 requests==2.32.3
 urllib3==2.4.0
+pydantic==2.11.3
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