diff --git a/.github/workflows/presubmit.yml b/.github/workflows/presubmit.yml
index 151dd375657c..63677195b489 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/presubmit.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/presubmit.yml
@@ -77,9 +77,18 @@ jobs:
         run: |
           cd build/web && printf "y" | ./build.sh presubmit
 
+  validate-docs:
+    name: validate-docs
+    runs-on: ubuntu-22.04-4core
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v4.1.6
+      - name: Check unpermitted edits to /docs
+        run: |
+          bash docs_src/build/presubmit_check.sh
+
   test-renderdiff:
     name: test-renderdiff
-    runs-on: ubuntu-22.04-32core
+    runs-on: ubuntu-22.04-16core
 
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v4.1.6
diff --git a/docs/index.xml b/docs/index.xml
index 4e57896f072e..df4065f8f015 100644
--- a/docs/index.xml
+++ b/docs/index.xml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
     <title>Filament</title>
     <link>https://google.github.io/filament/</link>
     <description>Recent content on Filament</description>
-    <generator>Hugo -- gohugo.io</generator>
+    <generator>Hugo ABC -- gohugo.io</generator>
     <language>en-us</language>
     <lastBuildDate>Thu, 09 Jul 2020 14:48:51 -0700</lastBuildDate>
     
@@ -51,4 +51,4 @@ We&amp;rsquo;ll be walking through 7 steps to get the rotating triangle up and r
     </item>
     
   </channel>
-</rss>
\ No newline at end of file
+</rss>
diff --git a/docs_src/build/checks.py b/docs_src/build/checks.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..59d3e16bb05d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/docs_src/build/checks.py
@@ -0,0 +1,134 @@
+# Copyright (C) 2025 The Android Open Source Project
+#
+# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+# You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+#      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+# limitations under the License.
+
+# This script contains several checks on the current commit, each corresponds to `possible_conditions` in the main function below
+#   - Direct (non-filamentbot) edits of /docs
+#   - Edits to sources of READMEs that are duplicated to /docs
+#       or edits to /docs_src sources
+#   - Commit message has DOCS_BYPASS
+#   - Commit message has DOCS_FORCE
+#   - Commit message has DOCS_ALLOW_DIRECT_EDITS
+
+# DOCS_BYPASS is used to skip auto generation of /docs by filamentbot.
+# DOCS_FORCE is used to force auto-generate /docs.
+# DOCS_ALLOW_DIRECT_EDITS is used to permit direct edits of files in /docs.
+
+import json
+import sys
+import os
+
+from utils import execute, ArgParseImpl
+
+CUR_DIR = os.path.dirname(os.path.abspath(__file__))
+ROOT_DIR = os.path.join(CUR_DIR, '../../')
+
+def get_last_commit_hash():
+  res, ret = execute('git rev-parse HEAD', cwd=ROOT_DIR)
+  assert res == 0, 'Failed to get the last commit hash'
+  return ret.strip()
+
+def get_edited_files():
+  print(execute(f'git log -1')[1])
+  res, ret = execute(f'git log -1 --no-commit-id --name-only')
+  assert res == 0, 'Failed to get edited filed'
+  files = []
+  for r in ret.split('\n'):
+    if r.startswith('commit'):
+      break
+    files.append(r)
+  return files
+
+# Returns True if there were no direct edits to '/docs'
+def check_no_direct_edits(printing=True):
+  bad = [f'\t{f}' for f in get_edited_files() if f.startswith('docs/')]
+  if printing and len(bad) > 0:
+    print(f'Found direct edits to /docs:\n' + '\n'.join(bad))
+  return len(bad) == 0
+
+# Returns True if docs sources have been modified
+def check_has_source_edits(printing=True):
+  config = {}
+  with open(f'{CUR_DIR}/duplicates.json') as config_txt:
+    config = json.loads(config_txt.read())
+  source_files = set(config.keys())
+  edited_files = set(get_edited_files())
+  overlap = [f'\t{f}' for f in list(source_files & edited_files)]
+  if printing and len(overlap) > 0:
+    print(f'Found edited source files:\n' + '\n'.join(overlap))
+  return len(overlap) > 0
+
+# Returns true in a given TAG is found in the commit msg
+def commit_msg_has_tag(tag):
+  res, ret = execute('git log -1 --pretty=%B', cwd=ROOT_DIR)
+  for l in ret.split('\n'):
+    if tag == l.strip():
+      return True
+  return False
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+  parser = ArgParseImpl()
+
+  TAG_DOCS_BYPASS = 'DOCS_BYPASS'
+  TAG_DOCS_FORCE = 'DOCS_FORCE'
+  TAG_DOCS_ALLOW_DIRECT_EDITS = 'DOCS_ALLOW_DIRECT_EDITS'
+
+  possible_conditions = {
+      'no_direct_edits': check_no_direct_edits,
+      'source_edits': check_has_source_edits,
+      'commit_docs_bypass': lambda: commit_msg_has_tag(TAG_DOCS_BYPASS),
+      'commit_docs_force': lambda: commit_msg_has_tag(TAG_DOCS_FORCE),
+      'commit_docs_allow_direct_edits': lambda: commit_msg_has_tag(TAG_DOCS_ALLOW_DIRECT_EDITS),
+  }
+
+  possible_str = ', '.join(list(possible_conditions.keys()))
+  parser.add_argument(
+      '--do-and',
+      type=str,
+      help=(
+          f'A conjunction of boolean conditions. Possible values are={possible_str}. '
+          'Negation is done with `-`'
+      )
+  )
+  parser.add_argument(
+      '--do-or',
+      type=str,
+      help=(
+          f'A disjunction of boolean conditions. Possible values are={possible_str}. '
+          'Negation is done with `-`'
+      )
+  )
+
+  args, _ = parser.parse_known_args(sys.argv[1:])
+
+  assert not (args.do_and and args.do_or), "Must not supply both '--do-and' and '--do-or'"
+  assert args.do_and or args.do_or, "Must supply argument '--do-and' or '--do-or'"
+  conds = args.do_and.split(',') if args.do_and else args.do_or.split(',')
+  conds = [c.strip() for c in conds]
+  assert all(
+    [c in possible_conditions.keys() for c in
+     [(c.replace('-', '') if c.startswith('-') else c) for c in conds]]),\
+     f"Not all conditions are valid names. Only {possible_str} are accepted"
+
+  res = []
+  for cond in conds:
+    if cond.startswith('-'):
+      f = lambda: not possible_conditions[cond.replace('-', '')]()
+    else:
+      f = possible_conditions[cond]
+    res.append(f())
+
+  if args.do_and:
+    exit(0 if all(res) else 1)
+  else:
+    exit(0 if any(res) else 1)
diff --git a/docs_src/build/presubmit_check.sh b/docs_src/build/presubmit_check.sh
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..c85c9026742f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/docs_src/build/presubmit_check.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+#!/usr/bin/bash
+
+# Copyright (C) 2025 The Android Open Source Project
+#
+# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+# You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+#      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+# limitations under the License.
+
+python3 docs_src/build/checks.py --do-or="no_direct_edits,commit_docs_allow_direct_edits" ||\
+    (echo "There are direct edits to /docs. Please see /docs_src/README.md if you need to bypass this check" && exit 1)