diff --git a/.github/workflows/build-check.yml b/.github/workflows/build-check.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..c14c6db
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/build-check.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+name: Build check
+
+on:
+  push:
+    branches:
+      - main
+  pull_request:
+
+jobs:
+  lint:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+
+    steps:
+      - name: Checkout repository
+        uses: actions/checkout@08eba0b27e820071cde6df949e0beb9ba4906955 # v4.3.0
+
+      - name: Set up Node.js
+        uses: actions/setup-node@49933ea5288caeca8642d1e84afbd3f7d6820020 # v4.4.0
+        with:
+          node-version: 22
+          cache: 'npm'
+
+      - name: Install dependencies
+        run: npm ci
+
+      # Building the docs also means building the core library
+      - name: Build everything
+        run: npm run docs:build
diff --git a/.github/workflows/lint.yml b/.github/workflows/lint.yml
index be93d7e..3f4fbc7 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/lint.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/lint.yml
@@ -27,14 +27,4 @@ jobs:
         run: npm run check
 
       - name: Run ESLint
-        run: npm run lint
-
-      - name: Run build
-        run: npm run build
-
-      - name: Generate API docs
-        run: npm run docs:generate
-
-      # We do this because we want to surface doc-building errors early
-      - name: Build docs
-        run: vitepress build docs
+        run: npm run lint
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