diff --git a/.github/workflows/update-readme.yml b/.github/workflows/update-readme.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..30ce177
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/update-readme.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,43 @@
+name: Update README.md
+
+on:
+  pull_request:
+    paths:
+      - "markdown/README.md"
+      - "markdown/references.bib"
+      - "markdown/apa.csl"
+      - "update-readme.sh"
+      - ".github/workflows/update-readme.yml"
+  push:
+    branches: ["main"]
+    paths:
+      - "markdown/README.md"
+      - "markdown/references.bib"
+      - "markdown/apa.csl"
+      - "update-readme.sh"
+      - ".github/workflows/update-readme.yml"
+
+permissions:
+  contents: read
+
+jobs:
+  update-readme:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+      - name: Checkout
+        uses: actions/checkout@v4
+
+      - name: Install Pandoc
+        uses: pandoc/actions/setup@v1
+        with:
+          version: "3.1.13"
+
+      - name: Run README update script
+        run: bash update-readme.sh
+
+      - name: Check if README.md is up to date
+        run: |
+          if ! git diff --exit-code -- README.md; then
+            echo -e "\nREADME.md is out of date. Run update-readme.sh and re-commit the result."
+            exit 1
+          fi
diff --git a/markdown/README.md b/markdown/README.md
index 8d565f3..3a8e4f4 100644
--- a/markdown/README.md
+++ b/markdown/README.md
@@ -8,6 +8,8 @@ In this repository you can an archive of the use of 'Mantis' across research pub
 Each branch is dedicated to one of these publications, and the current branch, `main`,
 provides a list of links for all branches.
 
+Fail
+
 If you whish to look at all publications, you can run `git clone
 https://github.com/MantisFEM/Research.git`, or to check out a single publication, under
 branch `name/of/publication` you can run `git clone --single-branch