diff --git a/.pre-commit-config.yaml b/.pre-commit-config.yaml
index 8f614af56d..943f979d8c 100644
--- a/.pre-commit-config.yaml
+++ b/.pre-commit-config.yaml
@@ -75,3 +75,19 @@ repos:
         language: python
         files: '\.gitlab/CODEOWNERS'
         pass_filenames: false
+      - id: check-rules-yml
+        name: Check rules.yml all rules have at lease one job applied, all rules needed exist
+        entry: tools/ci/check_rules_yml.py
+        language: python
+        files: '\.gitlab/ci/.+\.yml|\.gitlab-ci.yml'
+        pass_filenames: false
+        additional_dependencies:
+          - PyYAML == 5.3.1
+      - id: check-generated-rules
+        name: Check rules are generated (based on .gitlab/ci/dependencies/dependencies.yml)
+        entry: .gitlab/ci/dependencies/generate_rules.py
+        language: python
+        files: '\.gitlab/ci/dependencies/.+'
+        pass_filenames: false
+        additional_dependencies:
+          - PyYAML == 5.3.1
diff --git a/tools/ci/check_rules_yml.py b/tools/ci/check_rules_yml.py
new file mode 100755
index 0000000000..78d846224e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/ci/check_rules_yml.py
@@ -0,0 +1,113 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env python
+#
+# Copyright 2021 Espressif Systems (Shanghai) CO LTD
+#
+# 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
+#
+#     http://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.
+
+"""
+Check if all rules in rules.yml used or not in CI yaml files.
+"""
+
+import argparse
+import os
+import sys
+from copy import deepcopy
+
+import yaml
+from idf_ci_utils import IDF_PATH
+
+ROOT_YML_FP = os.path.join(IDF_PATH, '.gitlab-ci.yml')
+
+
+def load_yaml(file_path):
+    return yaml.load(open(file_path), Loader=yaml.FullLoader)
+
+
+class YMLConfig:
+    def __init__(self, root_yml_file_path):
+        self._config = None
+        self._all_extends = None
+
+        self.root_yml = load_yaml(root_yml_file_path)
+        assert self.root_yml
+
+    @staticmethod
+    def _list(str_or_list):
+        if isinstance(str_or_list, str):
+            return [str_or_list]
+        if isinstance(str_or_list, list):
+            return str_or_list
+        raise ValueError('Wrong type: {}. Only supports str or list.'.format(type(str_or_list)))
+
+    @property
+    def config(self):
+        if self._config:
+            return self._config
+
+        all_config = dict()
+        for item in self.root_yml['include']:
+            if not item.endswith('rules.yml'):
+                all_config.update(load_yaml(os.path.join(IDF_PATH, item)))
+        self._config = all_config
+        return self._config
+
+    @property
+    def all_extends(self):
+        if self._all_extends:
+            return self._all_extends
+
+        res = set([])
+        for v in self.config.values():
+            if 'extends' in v:
+                for item in self._list(v['extends']):
+                    if item.startswith('.rules:'):
+                        res.add(item)
+        self._all_extends = res
+        return self._all_extends
+
+    def exists(self, key):
+        if key in self.all_extends:
+            return True
+        return False
+
+
+def validate(rules_yml):
+    yml_config = YMLConfig(ROOT_YML_FP)
+    res = 0
+    needed_rules = deepcopy(yml_config.all_extends)
+    with open(rules_yml) as fr:
+        for index, line in enumerate(fr):
+            if line.startswith('.rules:'):
+                key = line.strip().rsplit(':', 1)[0]
+                if not yml_config.exists(key):
+                    print('{}:{}:WARNING:rule "{}" unused'.format(rules_yml, index, key))
+                else:
+                    needed_rules.remove(key)
+
+    if needed_rules:
+        for item in needed_rules:
+            print('ERROR: missing rule: "{}"'.format(item))
+        res = 1
+
+    if res == 0:
+        print('Pass')
+    return res
+
+
+if __name__ == '__main__':
+    parser = argparse.ArgumentParser(description=__doc__)
+    parser.add_argument('rules_yml', nargs='?', default=os.path.join(IDF_PATH, '.gitlab', 'ci', 'rules.yml'),
+                        help='rules.yml file path')
+    args = parser.parse_args()
+
+    sys.exit(validate(args.rules_yml))