diff --git a/.github/workflows/docs-build.yml b/.github/workflows/docs-build.yml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..facb0c568
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/docs-build.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+name: docs-build
+
+on:
+  push:
+  pull_request:
+  workflow_dispatch:
+
+jobs:
+  build:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v2
+      - uses: actions/setup-python@v2
+        with:
+          python-version: 3.x
+      - run: pip install -r requirements.txt
+      - run: mkdocs build --strict
+  check-dead-links:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v2
+      - uses: actions/setup-python@v2
+        with:
+          python-version: 3.x
+      - uses: gaurav-nelson/github-action-markdown-link-check@0f074c8562c5a8fed38282b7c741d1970bb1512d
+        with:
+          use-quiet-mode: 'yes'
+          use-verbose-mode: 'yes'
+          config-file: '.github/workflows/markdown.links.config.json'
+          folder-path: 'docs'
+
diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yml b/.github/workflows/docs-deploy.yml
similarity index 94%
rename from .github/workflows/ci.yml
rename to .github/workflows/docs-deploy.yml
index 7a7362e97..53b0fd473 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/docs-deploy.yml
@@ -1,8 +1,10 @@
-name: ci
+name: docs-deploy
+
 on:
   push:
     branches:
       - main
+
 jobs:
   deploy:
     if: github.repository == 'flare-foundation/docs'