diff --git a/.flake8 b/.flake8
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..8dd399a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.flake8
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+[flake8]
+max-line-length = 88
+extend-ignore = E203
diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 0f76fb1..e6fdaaa 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -2,6 +2,8 @@
 
 ## Unreleased
 
+<!-- scriv-insert-here -->
+
 ## 1.2 - 2024-08-28
 
 * Close instantiated sockets on connection error to prevent `ResourceWarning`s.
@@ -25,6 +27,8 @@
 * local logging encodes priority levels for journald/syslog, can be handled via
   journald config as seen in daemon/globus_cw_daemon_install/example-journald.conf
 
+<!-- scriv-end-here -->
+
 ## beta-4
 
 * raise custom Exception classes in client
diff --git a/changelog.d/20240828_173012_kurtmckee_scriv.md b/changelog.d/20240828_173012_kurtmckee_scriv.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..bd7a32f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changelog.d/20240828_173012_kurtmckee_scriv.md
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+### Development
+
+- Use scriv to manage the CHANGELOG.
diff --git a/changelog.d/README.txt b/changelog.d/README.txt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..95ae274
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changelog.d/README.txt
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Changelog fragments are stored here but managed by scriv during development.
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..a2f856f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -0,0 +1,46 @@
+# scriv
+# -----
+
+[tool.scriv]
+version = "command: grep -e 'version=' client/setup.py | grep -oPe '[\\d.]+'"
+categories = [
+    "Python support",
+    "Added",
+    "Fixed",
+    "Removed",
+    "Changed",
+    "Deprecated",
+    "Security",
+    "Development",
+]
+entry_title_template = "{{ version }} - {{ date.strftime('%Y-%m-%d') }}"
+format = "md"
+md_header_level = "2"
+fragment_directory = "changelog.d"
+insert_marker = "scriv-insert-here"
+main_branches = ["main"]
+
+
+# isort
+# -----
+
+[tool.isort]
+profile = "black"
+
+
+# mypy
+# ----
+
+[tool.mypy]
+ignore_missing_imports = true
+sqlite_cache = true
+
+
+# pytest
+# ------
+
+[tool.pytest.ini_options]
+addopts = "--color=yes"
+filterwarnings = [
+    "error",
+]
diff --git a/setup.cfg b/setup.cfg
deleted file mode 100644
index 5143126..0000000
--- a/setup.cfg
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,22 +0,0 @@
-# for tooling config
-
-[isort]
-multi_line_output = 3
-include_trailing_comma = true
-force_grid_wrap = 0
-combine_as_imports = true
-line_length = 88
-known_third_party=boto3,botocore
-
-
-[flake8]
-exclude = .git,__pycache__,.eggs,venv,.venv
-max-line-length = 88
-
-# ref: https://github.com/ambv/black/blob/master/.flake8
-# W503/W504 conflict, black causes E203
-ignore = W503,W504,E203,
-
-
-[mypy]
-ignore_missing_imports = true