diff --git a/.github/workflows/gen.yml b/.github/workflows/gen.yml
index 18b50a5dc..553934b71 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/gen.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/gen.yml
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ jobs:
       - name: Check for changes
         run: |
           CHANGES=$(git diff-index --name-only HEAD --)
-          if [ -n $CHANGES ] ; then
+          if [ -n "$CHANGES" ] ; then
             echo "There are changes after running gen.sh:"
             git diff
             exit 1
diff --git a/.github/workflows/mdformat.yml b/.github/workflows/mdformat.yml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..6393d9f0e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/mdformat.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,39 @@
+name: "mdformat"
+
+on:
+  push:
+  pull_request:
+    # The branches below must be a subset of the branches above
+  schedule:
+    - cron: "33 1 * * 3"
+
+jobs:
+  mdformat:
+    name: "Markdown format checking"
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+
+    steps:
+      - name: Checkout
+        uses: actions/checkout@v3
+      - name: Set up Python 3.11
+        uses: actions/setup-python@v4
+        with:
+          python-version: 3.11
+      - name: cd and ls
+        run: |
+          cd ${{ github.workspace }}
+          ls -l
+      - name: Download dependencies
+        run: |
+          python -m pip install mdformat
+      - name: Format .md files
+        run: |
+          find . -name '*.md' -print -exec mdformat '{}' \;
+      - name: Check for changes
+        run: |
+          CHANGES=$(git diff-index --name-only HEAD --)
+          if [ -n "$CHANGES" ] ; then
+            echo "There are changes after running mdformat:"
+            git diff
+            exit 1
+          fi