diff --git a/.github/workflows/axe.yml b/.github/workflows/axe.yml
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+name: axe
+on:
+  push:
+    branches:
+      - main
+  pull_request:
+    branches:
+      - main
+jobs:
+  axe:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v2
+        with:
+          fetch-depth: 0
+      - name: Get changed files
+        id: changed-files
+        uses: tj-actions/changed-files@v18.6
+        with:
+          files: |
+            docs/content/components/**/*.md
+            docs/content/utilities/**/*.md
+          files_ignore: |
+            docs/content/components/index.md
+            docs/content/utilities/index.md
+      - name: Save changed files
+        run: |
+          echo "STRING_OF_PATHS_WE_CARE_ABOUT=${{ steps.changed-files.outputs.all_changed_files }}" >> $GITHUB_ENV
+      - name: Use Node.js
+        if: steps.changed-files.outputs.any_changed == 'true'
+        uses: actions/setup-node@v3
+        with:
+          node-version: 14
+      - run: yarn
+        if: steps.changed-files.outputs.any_changed == 'true'
+      - run: yarn dist
+        if: steps.changed-files.outputs.any_changed == 'true'
+      - name: Run docs site	
+        if: steps.changed-files.outputs.any_changed == 'true'
+        run: |	
+          npm run dev & npx wait-on http://localhost:8000
+      - name: Run axe script
+        if: steps.changed-files.outputs.any_changed == 'true'
+        run: |
+          script/axe-docs $STRING_OF_PATHS_WE_CARE_ABOUT
diff --git a/script/axe-docs b/script/axe-docs
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+#!/bin/bash
+
+# This workflow runs axe checks on modified doc/content/components/* or doc/content/components/* pages because those include code examples.
+# Developers frequently copy and paste examples directly so it's important to ensure the examples are accessible.
+# Learn about @axe-core/cli: https://github.com/dequelabs/axe-core-npm/tree/develop/packages/cli
+
+if [ -z "$STRING_OF_PATHS_WE_CARE_ABOUT" ]; then
+  echo "The script cannot run because STRING_OF_PATHS_WE_CARE_ABOUT is not correctly set for some reason"
+  echo "Exiting..."
+  exit 1
+else
+  array=($STRING_OF_PATHS_WE_CARE_ABOUT)
+  printf "%s\n" "${array[@]}" > temp.txt
+fi
+
+# Parsing paths from the filenames...
+nav_paths=()
+while IFS= read -r file
+do
+  prefix="docs/content"
+  suffix=".md"
+  doc_path=${file#"$prefix"}
+  doc_path=${doc_path%"$suffix"}
+  nav_paths+=($doc_path)
+done < temp.txt
+rm temp.txt
+
+# https://stackoverflow.com/a/8574392
+containsElement () {
+  local e match="$1"
+  shift
+  for e; do [[ "$e" == "$match" ]] && return 0; done
+  return 1
+}
+
+# Starting point violations
+# DO NOT ADD TO THIS LIST!
+needs_to_be_fixed=(
+  /components/autocomplete
+  /components/avatars
+  /components/box
+  /components/buttons
+  /components/header
+  /components/markdown
+  /components/progress
+  /components/select-menu
+  /components/labels
+  /components/timeline
+  /components/toasts
+  /utilities/flexbox
+  /utilities/layout 
+)
+
+echo "Pages that included in this starting point violations list are excluded from checks:"
+printf '%s\n' "${needs_to_be_fixed[@]}"
+
+doc_urls=()
+skipped=()
+for i in "${nav_paths[@]}"; 
+do
+  if containsElement "${i//\"/}" "${needs_to_be_fixed[@]}"; then
+    skipped+=($i)
+    continue
+  else
+    doc_url="http://localhost:8000$i"
+    doc_url="${doc_url//\"/}"
+    doc_urls+=($doc_url)
+  fi
+done
+
+if (( ${#skipped[@]} )); then
+  echo "==========================================================================================="
+  echo "WARNING"
+  echo ""
+  echo "Oh no! We have to skip accessibility checks on these doc pages you updated:"
+  echo ""
+  printf '%s\n' "${skipped[@]}"
+  echo ""
+  echo "because they are part of the starting point violations list."
+  echo ""
+  echo "Help us get one closer to getting rid of this list!"
+  echo "Consider addressing the accessibility issues on the examples of these pages as part of your PR ❤️"
+  echo "==========================================================================================="
+fi
+
+# Run axe checks only if there are pages to run it on
+if [ ${#doc_urls[@]} -eq 0 ]; then
+  exit
+else
+  echo "Installing axe..."
+  npm install -g @axe-core/cli
+  # https://github.com/dequelabs/axe-core-npm/tree/develop/packages/cli
+  # We exclude rules that depend on full page context.
+  echo "Running axe..."
+  axe ${doc_urls[@]} --include "iframe" --disable html-has-lang,frame-title,page-has-heading-one,region,color-contrast,landmark-unique,landmark-one-main --exit --show-errors
+fi