diff --git a/.github/workflows/awesome_bot.yml b/.github/workflows/awesome_bot.yml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..e2b5ffda
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/awesome_bot.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+name: awesome_bot
+
+on:
+  push:
+    branches: [ '*' ]
+  pull_request:
+    branches: [ '*' ]
+
+jobs:
+  build:
+
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+
+    steps:
+    - uses: actions/checkout@v2
+    - name: Set up Ruby 2.6
+      uses: actions/setup-ruby@v1
+      with:
+        ruby-version: 2.6.x
+    - name: Checks
+      run: |        
+        gem install awesome_bot        
+        awesome_bot --allow-redirect --allow-dupe --allow 503 --allow 502 --set-timeout 100 --allow-ssl _resources/*.md
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 229505dc..69628df2 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 # AGU Open Science Leadership Team/Maintainers
 
+[![awesome_bot](https://github.com/AGU-Data/agu-data.github.io/actions/workflows/awesome_bot.yml/badge.svg)](https://github.com/AGU-Data/agu-data.github.io/actions/workflows/awesome_bot.yml)
+
 - [Shelley Stall](https://github.com/ShelleyStall)
 - [Kristina Vrouwenvelder](https://github.com/kvrouwenvelder)
 - [Laura Lyon](https://github.com/llion1)