diff --git a/.github/scripts/verifyDocs.sh b/.github/scripts/verifyDocs.sh
new file mode 100755
index 000000000..ae32b0e81
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/scripts/verifyDocs.sh
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+#!/bin/bash
+#
+# Re-generates API docs and verifies that there is no diff,
+# because that would indicate that the PR author forgot to run `npm run build:docs`
+# and commit the updated API.md and API-INTERNAL.md files.
+
+declare -r GREEN='\033[0;32m'
+declare -r RED='\033[0;31m'
+declare -r NC='\033[0m'
+
+printf '\nRebuilding API docs...\n'
+if ! npm run build:docs; then
+    echo -e "${RED}Error: \`npm run build:docs\` failed. Please fix the build errors before continuing.${NC}"
+    exit 1
+fi
+
+DIFF_OUTPUT=$(git diff --exit-code API.md API-INTERNAL.md)
+EXIT_CODE=$?
+
+if [[ EXIT_CODE -eq 0 ]]; then
+    echo -e "${GREEN}API docs are up to date!${NC}"
+    exit 0
+else
+    echo -e "${RED}Error: Diff found when API docs were rebuilt. Did you forget to run \`npm run build:docs\` after making changes?${NC}"
+    echo "$DIFF_OUTPUT"
+    exit 1
+fi
diff --git a/.github/workflows/validateDocs.yml b/.github/workflows/validateDocs.yml
new file mode 100644
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+name: Validate API Docs
+
+on:
+    pull_request:
+        types: [opened, synchronize]
+        paths: ['lib/**', 'buildDocs.ts', 'API.md', 'API-INTERNAL.md', '.github/workflows/validateDocs.yml', '.github/scripts/verifyDocs.sh']
+
+jobs:
+    verify:
+        runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+        steps:
+            # v5.0.0
+            - uses: actions/checkout@ff7abcd0c3c05ccf6adc123a8cd1fd4fb30fb493
+
+            - name: Setup Node
+              # v4.4.0
+              uses: actions/setup-node@cdca7365b2dadb8aad0a33bc7601856ffabcc48e
+              with:
+                  node-version-file: ".nvmrc"
+                  cache: npm
+                  cache-dependency-path: package-lock.json
+
+            - run: npm ci
+
+            - name: Verify API Docs Are Up To Date
+              run: ./.github/scripts/verifyDocs.sh