diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index a3e08d3..2eb2305 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -82,6 +82,30 @@ Syncing buffer_overflow
 Success!
 ```
 
+## 5. Verify & pull challenges
+
+If, at any point, changes may have been made to a challenge through the CTFd UI by an admin. To verify that your challenge.yml file matches remote contents, you can use:
+
+```
+❯ ctf challenge verify [challenge.yml | DIRECTORY] [--verify-files] [--verify-defaults]
+```
+
+If the `--verify-files` flag is set, challenge files will be downloaded and the binary files will be compared.
+
+If the `--verify-defaults` flag is set, challenge files will be verified to make sure they include default optional keys present on CTFd.
+If you want to pull down the latest version of the challenge, and its challenge files, you can use:
+
+```
+❯ ctf challenge verify [challenge.yml | DIRECTORY] [--update_files] [--create-files] [--create_defaults]
+```
+
+If the `--update_files` flag is set, the latest version of every file will be redownloaded from CTFd.
+
+If the `--create-files` flag is set, any new files added to through the CTFd UI will be downloaded to the same directory as the `challenge.yml` file.
+
+If the `--create-defaults` flag is set, any optional default values will be added to the `challenge.yml`.
+
+**This is a destructive action! It will overwrite the local version of `challenge.yml` with the version on CTFd!**
 # Challenge Templates
 
 `ctfcli` contains pre-made challenge templates to make it faster to create CTF challenges with safe defaults.
diff --git a/ctfcli/cli/challenges.py b/ctfcli/cli/challenges.py
index fd960cb..39cedf5 100644
--- a/ctfcli/cli/challenges.py
+++ b/ctfcli/cli/challenges.py
@@ -15,6 +15,8 @@
     load_installed_challenge,
     load_installed_challenges,
     sync_challenge,
+    verify_challenge,
+    pull_challenge
 )
 from ctfcli.utils.config import (
     get_base_path,
@@ -414,3 +416,53 @@ def healthcheck(self, challenge):
                 f"Success", fg="green",
             )
             sys.exit(0)
+
+    def verify(self, challenge=None, ignore=(), verify_files=False, verify_defaults=False):
+        if isinstance(ignore, str):
+            ignore = (ignore,)
+        
+        if challenge is None:
+            # Get all challenges if not specifying a challenge
+            config = load_config()
+            challenges = dict(config["challenges"]).keys()
+        else:
+            challenges = [challenge]
+
+        for challenge in challenges:
+            path = Path(challenge)
+
+            if path.name.endswith(".yml") is False:
+                path = path / "challenge.yml"
+
+            click.secho(f"Found {path}")
+            challenge = load_challenge(path)
+            click.secho(f'Loaded {challenge["name"]}', fg="yellow")
+
+            click.secho(f'Verifying {challenge["name"]}', fg="yellow")
+            verify_challenge(challenge=challenge, ignore=ignore, verify_files=verify_files, verify_defaults=verify_defaults)
+            click.secho("Success!", fg="green")
+    
+    def pull(self, challenge=None, ignore=(), update_files=False, create_files=False, create_defaults=False):
+        if isinstance(ignore, str):
+            ignore = (ignore,)
+        
+        if challenge is None:
+            # Get all challenges if not specifying a challenge
+            config = load_config()
+            challenges = dict(config["challenges"]).keys()
+        else:
+            challenges = [challenge]
+
+        for challenge in challenges:
+            path = Path(challenge)
+
+            if path.name.endswith(".yml") is False:
+                path = path / "challenge.yml"
+
+            click.secho(f"Found {path}")
+            challenge = load_challenge(path)
+            click.secho(f'Loaded {challenge["name"]}', fg="yellow")
+
+            click.secho(f'Verifying {challenge["name"]}', fg="yellow")
+            pull_challenge(challenge=challenge, ignore=ignore, update_files=update_files, create_files=create_files, create_defaults=create_defaults)
+            click.secho("Success!", fg="green")
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diff --git a/ctfcli/utils/challenge.py b/ctfcli/utils/challenge.py
index 8595e66..fbaa6b0 100644
--- a/ctfcli/utils/challenge.py
+++ b/ctfcli/utils/challenge.py
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+from collections import OrderedDict
 from pathlib import Path
 import subprocess
 
@@ -404,3 +405,228 @@ def lint_challenge(path):
         exit(1)
 
     exit(0)
+
+def get_challenge_details(challenge_id):
+    s = generate_session()
+    r = s.get(f"/api/v1/challenges/{challenge_id}", json=True)
+    r.raise_for_status()
+    challenge = r.json()["data"]
+    # Remove non-yaml fields
+
+    challenge.pop("id")
+    challenge.pop("type_data")
+    challenge.pop("view")
+    challenge.pop("solves")
+    challenge.pop("solved_by_me")
+
+    # Normalize fields to ctfcli format
+    challenge['attempts'] = challenge['max_attempts']
+    challenge.pop("max_attempts")
+    challenge['description'] = challenge['description'].replace('\r\n', '\n')
+    
+    for key in ['initial', 'decay', 'minimum']:
+        if key in challenge:
+            challenge['extra'][key] = challenge[key]
+            challenge.pop(key)
+
+    # Add flags
+    r = s.get(f"/api/v1/challenges/{challenge_id}/flags", json=True)
+    r.raise_for_status()
+    flags = r.json()["data"]
+    challenge["flags"] = [f["content"] if f["type"] == "static" and (f["data"] == None or f["data"] == "") else { "content": f["content"], "type": f["type"], "data": f["data"] } for f in flags]
+
+    # Add tags
+    r = s.get(f"/api/v1/challenges/{challenge_id}/tags", json=True)
+    r.raise_for_status()
+    tags = r.json()["data"]
+    challenge["tags"] = [t["value"] for t in tags]
+
+    # Add hints
+    r = s.get(f"/api/v1/challenges/{challenge_id}/hints", json=True)
+    r.raise_for_status()
+    hints = r.json()["data"]
+    challenge["hints"] = [{ "content": h["content"], "cost": h["cost"] } if h["cost"] > 0 else h["content"] for h in hints]
+
+    # Add topics
+    r = s.get(f"/api/v1/challenges/{challenge_id}/topics", json=True)
+    r.raise_for_status()
+    topics = r.json()["data"]
+    challenge["topics"] = [t["value"] for t in topics]
+
+    # Add requirements
+    r = s.get(f"/api/v1/challenges/{challenge_id}/requirements", json=True)
+    r.raise_for_status()
+    requirements = (r.json().get("data") or {}).get("prerequisites", [])
+    if len(requirements) > 0:
+        # Prefer challenge names over IDs
+        r = s.get("/api/v1/challenges", json=True)
+        r.raise_for_status()
+        challenges = r.json()["data"]
+        challenge["requirements"] = [c["name"] for c in challenges if c["id"] in requirements]
+
+    return challenge
+
+def is_default(key, value):
+    if key == "connection_info" and value == None:
+        return True
+    if key == "attempts" and value == 0:
+        return True
+    if key == "state" and value == "visible":
+        return True
+    if key == "type" and value == "standard":
+        return True
+    if key in ["tags", "hints", "topics", "requirements"] and value == []:
+        return True
+    return False
+
+def verify_challenge(challenge, ignore=(), verify_files=False, verify_defaults=False, _verify_new_files=True):
+    """
+    Verify that the challenge.yml matches the remote challenge if one exists with the same name
+    """
+    s = generate_session()
+
+    installed_challenges = load_installed_challenges()
+    for c in installed_challenges:
+        if c["name"] == challenge["name"]:
+            challenge_id = c["id"]
+            break
+    else:
+        return
+    
+    remote_challenge = get_challenge_details(challenge_id)
+    for key in remote_challenge:
+        if key in ignore:
+            continue
+        # Special validation needed for files
+        if key == "files":
+            # Get base file name of challenge files
+            local_files = {Path(f).name : f for f in challenge[key]}
+
+            for f in remote_challenge["files"]:
+                # Get base file name
+                f_base = f.split("/")[-1].split('?token=')[0]
+                if f_base not in local_files and _verify_new_files:
+                    raise Exception(f"Remote challenge has file {f_base} that is not present locally")
+                else:
+                    if verify_files:
+                        # Download remote file and compare contents
+                        req = s.get(f)
+                        req.raise_for_status()
+                        remote_file = req.content
+                        local_file = Path(challenge.directory, local_files[f_base]).read_bytes()
+                        if remote_file != local_file:
+                            raise Exception(f"Remote challenge file {f_base} does not match local file")
+
+        elif key not in challenge:
+            # Ignore optional keys with default values
+            if is_default(key, remote_challenge[key]) and not verify_defaults:
+                continue
+
+            raise Exception(f"Missing field {key} in challenge.yml")
+            
+        elif challenge[key] != remote_challenge[key]:
+            raise Exception(f"Field {key} in challenge.yml does not match remote challenge")
+
+def pull_challenge(challenge, ignore=(), update_files=False, create_files=False, create_defaults=False):
+    """
+    Rewrite challenge.yml and local files to match the remote challenge
+    """
+    # Prefer multi-line YAML formatting (https://stackoverflow.com/q/8640959/15261182)
+    def str_presenter(dumper, data):
+        if len(data.splitlines()) > 1 or '\n' in data:  
+            text_list = [line.rstrip() for line in data.splitlines()]
+            fixed_data = "\n".join(text_list)
+            return dumper.represent_scalar('tag:yaml.org,2002:str', fixed_data, style='|')
+        elif len(data) > 80:
+            return dumper.represent_scalar('tag:yaml.org,2002:str', data.rstrip(), style='>')
+        return dumper.represent_scalar('tag:yaml.org,2002:str', data)
+
+    yaml.add_representer(str, str_presenter)
+    yaml.representer.SafeRepresenter.add_representer(str, str_presenter)
+
+
+        
+
+    # Update challenge.yml if verification shows that something changed
+    try:
+        verify_challenge(challenge, ignore=ignore, verify_files=update_files, verify_defaults=create_defaults, _verify_new_files=create_files)
+        click.secho(f"Challenge {challenge['name']} is already up to date", fg="green")
+        return
+    except Exception:
+        pass
+
+    s = generate_session()
+    installed_challenges = load_installed_challenges()
+    for c in installed_challenges:
+        if c["name"] == challenge["name"]:
+            challenge_id = c["id"]
+            break
+    else:
+        return
+    
+    remote_details = get_challenge_details(challenge_id)
+
+    local_files = {Path(f).name : f for f in challenge.get("files",[])}
+    # Update files
+    for f in remote_details["files"]:
+        # Get base file name
+        f_base = f.split("/")[-1].split('?token=')[0]
+        if f_base not in local_files and create_files:
+            print(f"Creating file {f_base} for challenge {challenge['name']}")
+            # Download remote file and save locally
+            req = s.get(f)
+            req.raise_for_status()
+            Path(challenge.directory, f_base).write_bytes(req.content)
+            if "files" not in challenge:
+                challenge["files"] = []
+            challenge["files"].append(f_base)
+
+        elif f_base in local_files and update_files:
+            # Download remote file and replace local file
+            print(f"Updating file {f_base} for challenge {challenge['name']}")
+            req = s.get(f)
+            req.raise_for_status()
+            remote_file = req.content
+            local_file = Path(challenge.directory, local_files[f_base])
+            local_file.write_bytes(remote_file)
+
+    # Remove files that are no longer present on the remote challenge
+    remote_cleaned_files = [f.split("/")[-1].split('?token=')[0] for f in remote_details["files"]]
+    challenge["files"] = [f for f in challenge.get("files",[]) if Path(f).name in remote_cleaned_files]
+    del remote_details["files"]
+        
+    print(f"Updating challenge.yml for {challenge['name']}")
+
+    # Prefer ordering remote details as described by spec
+    preferred_order = ["name", "category", "description", \
+        "value", "type", "connection_info", "attempts", \
+            "flags", "topics", "tags", "files", "hints", "requirements", "state"]
+
+    # Merge local and remote challenge.yml & Preserve local keys + order
+    updated_challenge = dict(challenge)
+
+    # Ignore optional fields with default values
+    remote_details_updates = {}
+    for k, v in remote_details.items():
+        # If the key value changed, we want to update it
+        if k in challenge and challenge[k] != v:
+            remote_details_updates[k] = v
+        elif not is_default(k, v) or create_defaults:
+            remote_details_updates[k] = v
+
+    # Add all preferred keys
+    for key in preferred_order:
+        if key in remote_details_updates and key not in ignore:
+            updated_challenge[key] = remote_details_updates[key]
+
+    # Add remaining keys
+    for key in remote_details_updates:
+        if key not in preferred_order and key not in ignore:
+            updated_challenge[key] = remote_details_updates[key]
+
+    # Hack: remove tabs in multiline strings
+    updated_challenge['description'] = updated_challenge['description'].replace('\t', '')
+
+    with open(challenge.file_path, "w") as f:
+        yaml.dump(updated_challenge, f, allow_unicode=True, sort_keys=False)
+        
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