diff --git a/.github/workflows/update-readme.yml b/.github/workflows/update-readme.yml
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index 0000000..4d793ce
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/update-readme.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,44 @@
+name: Generate 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:
+  generate-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+            echo "README.md is out of date. Run update-readme.sh and re-commit the result."
+            git --no-pager diff -- README.md
+            exit 1
+          fi
diff --git a/markdown/README.md b/markdown/README.md
index 8d565f3..c6d5923 100644
--- a/markdown/README.md
+++ b/markdown/README.md
@@ -13,6 +13,8 @@ https://github.com/MantisFEM/Research.git`, or to check out a single publication
 branch `name/of/publication` you can run `git clone --single-branch
 --branch=name/of/publication https://github.com/MantisFEM/Research.git`.
 
+Testing workflow.
+
 # Publications
 
 ## Papers
diff --git a/update_readme.sh b/update_readme.sh
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+++ b/update_readme.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+#! /usr/bin/env bash
+
+# This script will update 'README.md' from 'markdown/README.md'.
+
+# Check if 'pandoc' is installed and in 'PATH'.
+if ! command -v pandoc >/dev/null 2>&1; then
+	echo "'pandoc' not found in 'PATH'. Please install or add to 'PATH'."
+	exit 1
+fi
+
+# Update README
+pandoc markdown/README.md \
+	--from markdown+citations \
+	--to gfm \
+	--citeproc \
+	--wrap=none \
+	--csl=markdown/apa.csl \
+	--bibliography=markdown/references.bib \
+	--metadata=reference-section-title:References \
+	-o README.md