diff --git a/.Rbuildignore b/.Rbuildignore
index 91114bf2..3912071b 100755
--- a/.Rbuildignore
+++ b/.Rbuildignore
@@ -1,2 +1,3 @@
 ^.*\.Rproj$
 ^\.Rproj\.user$
+^\.github$
diff --git a/.github/.gitignore b/.github/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..2d19fc76
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+*.html
diff --git a/.github/workflows/check-standard.yaml b/.github/workflows/check-standard.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..3f9e10e5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/check-standard.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,49 @@
+# Workflow derived from https://github.com/r-lib/actions/tree/v2/examples
+# Need help debugging build failures? Start at https://github.com/r-lib/actions#where-to-find-help
+on:
+  # push:
+  #   branches: [main, master]
+  pull_request:
+    branches: [main, master]
+
+name: R-CMD-check
+
+jobs:
+  R-CMD-check:
+    runs-on: ${{ matrix.config.os }}
+
+    name: ${{ matrix.config.os }} (${{ matrix.config.r }})
+
+    strategy:
+      fail-fast: false
+      matrix:
+        config:
+          - {os: macos-latest,   r: 'release'}
+          - {os: windows-latest, r: 'release'}
+          # leave this out for now as it can take too long.
+          # - {os: ubuntu-latest,   r: 'release'}
+
+    env:
+      GITHUB_PAT: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
+      R_KEEP_PKG_SOURCE: yes
+
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+
+      - uses: r-lib/actions/setup-pandoc@v2
+
+      - uses: r-lib/actions/setup-r@v2
+        with:
+          r-version: ${{ matrix.config.r }}
+          http-user-agent: ${{ matrix.config.http-user-agent }}
+          use-public-rspm: true
+
+      - uses: r-lib/actions/setup-r-dependencies@v2
+        with:
+          extra-packages: any::rcmdcheck
+          needs: check
+
+      - uses: r-lib/actions/check-r-package@v2
+        with:
+          upload-snapshots: true
+          build_args: 'c("--no-manual")'