diff --git a/.github/workflows/platform-backend-ci.yml b/.github/workflows/platform-backend-ci.yml
index 8b168044c..be0fdca31 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/platform-backend-ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/platform-backend-ci.yml
@@ -6,11 +6,13 @@ on:
     paths:
       - ".github/workflows/platform-backend-ci.yml"
       - "autogpt_platform/backend/**"
+      - "autogpt_platform/autogpt_libs/**"
   pull_request:
     branches: [master, dev, release-*]
     paths:
       - ".github/workflows/platform-backend-ci.yml"
       - "autogpt_platform/backend/**"
+      - "autogpt_platform/autogpt_libs/**"
   merge_group:
 
 concurrency:
diff --git a/.pre-commit-config.yaml b/.pre-commit-config.yaml
index f9ef30e34..724eb8ef1 100644
--- a/.pre-commit-config.yaml
+++ b/.pre-commit-config.yaml
@@ -98,6 +98,11 @@ repos:
         files: ^autogpt_platform/autogpt_libs/
         args: [--fix]
 
+      - id: ruff-format
+        name: Format (Ruff) - AutoGPT Platform - Libs
+        alias: ruff-lint-platform-libs
+        files: ^autogpt_platform/autogpt_libs/
+
   - repo: local
     # isort needs the context of which packages are installed to function, so we
     # can't use a vendored isort pre-commit hook (which runs in its own isolated venv).
@@ -140,7 +145,7 @@ repos:
     # everything in .gitignore, so it works fine without any config or arguments.
     hooks:
       - id: black
-        name: Lint (Black)
+        name: Format (Black)
 
   - repo: https://github.com/PyCQA/flake8
     rev: 7.0.0
diff --git a/autogpt_platform/backend/linter.py b/autogpt_platform/backend/linter.py
index 9bba9d196..a85fd6e9d 100644
--- a/autogpt_platform/backend/linter.py
+++ b/autogpt_platform/backend/linter.py
@@ -2,7 +2,10 @@ import os
 import subprocess
 
 directory = os.path.dirname(os.path.realpath(__file__))
-target_dirs = ["../backend", "../autogpt_libs"]
+
+BACKEND_DIR = "."
+LIBS_DIR = "../autogpt_libs"
+TARGET_DIRS = [BACKEND_DIR, LIBS_DIR]
 
 
 def run(*command: str) -> None:
@@ -12,17 +15,19 @@ def run(*command: str) -> None:
 
 def lint():
     try:
-        run("ruff", "check", *target_dirs, "--exit-zero")
-        run("isort", "--diff", "--check", "--profile", "black", ".")
-        run("black", "--diff", "--check", ".")
-        run("pyright", *target_dirs)
+        run("ruff", "check", *TARGET_DIRS, "--exit-zero")
+        run("ruff", "format", "--diff", "--check", LIBS_DIR)
+        run("isort", "--diff", "--check", "--profile", "black", BACKEND_DIR)
+        run("black", "--diff", "--check", BACKEND_DIR)
+        run("pyright", *TARGET_DIRS)
     except subprocess.CalledProcessError as e:
         print("Lint failed, try running `poetry run format` to fix the issues: ", e)
         raise e
 
 
 def format():
-    run("ruff", "check", "--fix", *target_dirs)
-    run("isort", "--profile", "black", ".")
-    run("black", ".")
-    run("pyright", *target_dirs)
+    run("ruff", "check", "--fix", *TARGET_DIRS)
+    run("ruff", "format", LIBS_DIR)
+    run("isort", "--profile", "black", BACKEND_DIR)
+    run("black", BACKEND_DIR)
+    run("pyright", *TARGET_DIRS)