diff --git a/.vscode/settings.json b/.vscode/settings.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..88361b7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.vscode/settings.json
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+{
+  "python.testing.pytestArgs": ["local"],
+  "python.testing.unittestEnabled": false,
+  "python.testing.pytestEnabled": true
+}
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 72ee125..d3c54bd 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -5,35 +5,35 @@
 [![PyPi](https://img.shields.io/pypi/dm/cuid2.svg)](https://pypi.python.org/pypi/cuid2)
 [![cuid2](https://snyk.io/advisor/python/cuid2/badge.svg)](https://snyk.io/advisor/python/cuid2)
 
-CUID2 for Python 3. Next generation GUIDs. Collision-resistant ids optimized for 
+CUID2 for Python 3. Next generation GUIDs. Collision-resistant ids optimized for
 horizontal scaling and performance.
 
-A port of the [CUID2 reference implementation](https://github.com/paralleldrive/cuid2) 
+A port of the [CUID2 reference implementation](https://github.com/paralleldrive/cuid2)
 by [Parallel Drive](https://github.com/paralleldrive) to Python 3.
 
-> :memo: Note: Originally taken from https://github.com/overflowdigital before it 
+> :memo: Note: Originally taken from https://github.com/overflowdigital before it
 > was unpublished. Thank you to @joshuathompsonlindley for your original contribution!
 
 ## What is CUID2?
 
-* Secure: It's not possible to guess the next ID.
-* Collision resistant: It's extremely unlikely to generate the same ID twice.
-* Horizontally scalable: Generate IDs on multiple machines without coordination.
-* Offline-compatible: Generate IDs without a network connection.
-* URL and name-friendly: No special characters.
+- Secure: It's not possible to guess the next ID.
+- Collision resistant: It's extremely unlikely to generate the same ID twice.
+- Horizontally scalable: Generate IDs on multiple machines without coordination.
+- Offline-compatible: Generate IDs without a network connection.
+- URL and name-friendly: No special characters.
 
 ## Why?
 
-For more information on the theory and usage of CUID2, see the 
+For more information on the theory and usage of CUID2, see the
 [following](https://github.com/paralleldrive/cuid2#why).
 
 ## Improvements Over CUID
 
-For more information on the improvements of CUID2 over CUID, see the 
+For more information on the improvements of CUID2 over CUID, see the
 [following](https://github.com/paralleldrive/cuid2#improvements-over-cuid).
 
-
 ## Install
+
 ```
 pip install cuid2
 ```
@@ -41,11 +41,13 @@ pip install cuid2
 ## Usage
 
 You can generate CUIDs directly in the terminal with the following:
+
 ```bash
 $ cuid2
 ```
 
 Or you can rely on a CUID wrapper if you don't need any customizations:
+
 ```python
 from typing import Callable
 from cuid2 import cuid_wrapper
@@ -58,6 +60,7 @@ def main():
 ```
 
 Finally, for more explicit control of the CUID generator, you can instantiate the class directly:
+
 ```python
 from cuid2 import Cuid
 
@@ -66,4 +69,7 @@ CUID_GENERATOR: Cuid = Cuid(length=10)
 def main():
   my_cuid: str = CUID_GENERATOR.generate()
   next_cuid: str = CUID_GENERATOR.generate()
+
+  # Validate CUID
+  print(Cuid.is_cuid(my_cuid)) # True
 ```
diff --git a/local/tests/test_cuid.py b/local/tests/test_cuid.py
index 83de65a..401743a 100644
--- a/local/tests/test_cuid.py
+++ b/local/tests/test_cuid.py
@@ -91,7 +91,9 @@ def test_constructor_default_values(self: "TestCuid") -> None:
         assert isinstance(cuid._fingerprint, str)
 
     #  Tests that the random_generator and fingerprint functions are called correctly when mocked.
-    def test_mock_random_generator_and_fingerprint(self: "TestCuid", mocker: "Mock") -> None:
+    def test_mock_random_generator_and_fingerprint(
+        self: "TestCuid", mocker: "Mock"
+    ) -> None:
         mock_random_class = mocker.Mock()
         mock_random = mocker.Mock()
         mock_random.random.return_value = 0.5
@@ -109,7 +111,9 @@ def test_mock_random_generator_and_fingerprint(self: "TestCuid", mocker: "Mock")
 
         # Generate a Cuid and assert that the mocked functions were called correctly
         cuid_str = cuid.generate()
-        assert cuid_str == "locked_hash"  # first letter is "l" from mocked create_letter function
+        assert (
+            cuid_str == "locked_hash"
+        )  # first letter is "l" from mocked create_letter function
         assert cuid._fingerprint == "mocked_fingerprint"
         assert (
             cuid._counter() == 238391185
@@ -132,11 +136,17 @@ def test_constructor_initializes_members(self: "TestCuid", mocker: "Mock") -> No
         mock_fingerprint = mocker.Mock()
 
         # Act
-        cuid = Cuid(random_generator=mock_random_class, counter=mock_counter, fingerprint=mock_fingerprint)
+        cuid = Cuid(
+            random_generator=mock_random_class,
+            counter=mock_counter,
+            fingerprint=mock_fingerprint,
+        )
 
         # Assert
         assert cuid._random == mock_random_class()
-        assert cuid._counter == mock_counter(floor(cuid._random.random() * INITIAL_COUNT_MAX))
+        assert cuid._counter == mock_counter(
+            floor(cuid._random.random() * INITIAL_COUNT_MAX)
+        )
         assert cuid._length == DEFAULT_LENGTH
         assert cuid._fingerprint == mock_fingerprint(random_generator=cuid._random)
 
@@ -150,10 +160,16 @@ def test_generate_uses_base36_encoding(self: "TestCuid", mocker: "Mock") -> None
         mock_counter = mocker.Mock()
         mock_counter.return_value = lambda: 123456789
         mock_fingerprint = mocker.Mock(return_value="abcdefg")
-        mocker.patch("time.time_ns", return_value=1627584000000000000)  # 2021-07-30 00:00:00 UTC
+        mocker.patch(
+            "time.time_ns", return_value=1627584000000000000
+        )  # 2021-07-30 00:00:00 UTC
         mocker.patch("cuid2.utils.create_letter", return_value="l")
 
-        cuid = Cuid(random_generator=mock_random_class, counter=mock_counter, fingerprint=mock_fingerprint)
+        cuid = Cuid(
+            random_generator=mock_random_class,
+            counter=mock_counter,
+            fingerprint=mock_fingerprint,
+        )
 
         # Act
         result = cuid.generate()
@@ -163,6 +179,40 @@ def test_generate_uses_base36_encoding(self: "TestCuid", mocker: "Mock") -> None
         assert len(result) == DEFAULT_LENGTH
         assert result == "l9j3ikop1bi8tcvzme3x3yv7"
 
+    def test_is_cuid_invalid(self: "TestCuid") -> None:
+        """Tests that is_cuid returns False for invalid cuid cuid and False for invalid cuid."""
+        # Arrange
+        cuid = Cuid()
+        valid_cuid = cuid.generate()
+
+        # Act and Assert
+        assert cuid.is_cuid("") == False
+        assert cuid.is_cuid("1") == False
+        assert cuid.is_cuid("c") == False
+        assert cuid.is_cuid(valid_cuid + " ") == False
+        assert cuid.is_cuid(valid_cuid.upper()) == False
+        assert (
+            cuid.is_cuid("cjld2cjxh0000qzrmn831i7rn!") == False
+        )  # Hard coded test - almost correct but not quite
+
+        # Test min and max lengths with *valid* CUID2 entry (but invalid required length)
+        assert cuid.is_cuid("dlwvlnik2o0lh47uh4kg6q8j", max_length=5) == False
+        assert cuid.is_cuid("dlwvlnik2o0lh47uh4kg6q8j", min_length=25) == False
+
+    def test_is_cuid_valid(self: "TestCuid") -> None:
+        # Arrange
+        cuid = Cuid()
+        valid_cuid = cuid.generate()
+
+        assert cuid.is_cuid(valid_cuid) == True
+        assert (
+            cuid.is_cuid("cjld2cjxh0000qzrmn831i7r") == True
+        )  # Hard coded test - correct
+
+        # Test min / max length with a valid CUID2 string
+        assert cuid.is_cuid("dlwvlnik2o0lh47uh4kg6q8j", max_length=25) == True
+        assert cuid.is_cuid("dlwvlnik2o0lh47uh4kg6q8j", min_length=20) == True
+
 
 class TestCuidWrapper:
     def test_cuid_wrapper_is_callable(self: "TestCuidWrapper") -> None:
diff --git a/src/cuid2/generator.py b/src/cuid2/generator.py
index 1b8a442..6eadf08 100644
--- a/src/cuid2/generator.py
+++ b/src/cuid2/generator.py
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 from __future__ import annotations
 
 import time
+import re
 from math import floor
 from secrets import SystemRandom
 from typing import TYPE_CHECKING, Callable, Final, Optional, Protocol
@@ -57,7 +58,9 @@ def __init__(
             raise ValueError(msg)
 
         self._random: Random = random_generator()
-        self._counter: Callable[[], int] = counter(floor(self._random.random() * INITIAL_COUNT_MAX))
+        self._counter: Callable[[], int] = counter(
+            floor(self._random.random() * INITIAL_COUNT_MAX)
+        )
         self._length: int = length
         self._fingerprint: str = fingerprint(random_generator=self._random)
 
@@ -98,6 +101,42 @@ def generate(self: Cuid, length: Optional[int] = None) -> str:
 
         return first_letter + utils.create_hash(hash_input)[1 : length or self._length]
 
+    @staticmethod
+    def is_cuid(id: str, min_length: int = 2, max_length: Optional[int] = None) -> bool:
+        """
+        Check if the given id is a CUID.
+        Port on 2025-02-12 from: https://github.com/paralleldrive/cuid2/blob/main/src/index.js
+
+        :param id: The id to check.
+        :param min_length: The minimum length of the id.
+        :param max_length: The maximum length of the id.
+        :return: True if the id is a CUID, False otherwise.
+
+        # Example usage
+        # print(is_cuid("1"))  # False
+        # print(is_cuid("cjld2cjxh0000qzrmn831i7rn"))  # True
+        """
+        if max_length is None:
+            max_length = float(
+                "inf"
+            )  # Set max_length to a very large number if not provided
+
+        length = len(id)
+        regex = re.compile(r"^[a-z][0-9a-z]+$")
+
+        try:
+            if (
+                isinstance(id, str)
+                and length >= min_length
+                and length <= max_length
+                and regex.match(id)
+            ):
+                return True
+        finally:
+            pass
+
+        return False
+
 
 def cuid_wrapper() -> Callable[[], str]:
     """Wrap a single Cuid class instance and return a callable that generates a CUID string.