diff --git a/.github/workflows/api-checks.yml b/.github/workflows/api-checks.yml
index e9a5c3b56d0..39f7de03dbd 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/api-checks.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/api-checks.yml
@@ -13,9 +13,6 @@
 name: API checks
 on:
   workflow_dispatch:
-  schedule:
-    - cron: "0 0 * * 0,2,4" # Every Sunday, Tuesday, and Thursday at midnight UTC
-
   pull_request:
     paths:
       - "docs/api/qiskit/**/*"
@@ -26,7 +23,7 @@ on:
       - "scripts/lib/links/ignores.ts"
 
 jobs:
-  link-checker:
+  api-checks:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     if: github.repository_owner == 'Qiskit'
     steps:
@@ -37,7 +34,7 @@ jobs:
           node-version: 18
       - name: Install Node.js dependencies
         run: npm ci
-      - name: Check links
+      - name: Check internal links
         run: >
           npm run check:links --
           --qiskit-release-notes
@@ -45,27 +42,3 @@ jobs:
           --dev-apis
           --historical-apis
           --skip-broken-historical
-          --external
-
-  pages-render:
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    if: github.repository_owner == 'Qiskit'
-    steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
-      - name: Set up Node.js
-        uses: actions/setup-node@v3
-        with:
-          node-version: 18
-      - name: Install Node.js dependencies
-        run: npm ci
-      - name: Start local Docker preview
-        run: |
-          ./start &
-          sleep 20
-      - name: Check API pages render
-        run: >
-          npm run check-pages-render --
-          --qiskit-release-notes
-          --current-apis
-          --dev-apis
-          --historical-apis
diff --git a/.github/workflows/main.yml b/.github/workflows/main.yml
index 94fadf8de44..ede2b038e6d 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/main.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/main.yml
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ jobs:
         run: npm run check:metadata
       - name: Spellcheck
         run: npm run check:spelling
-      - name: Link checker
+      - name: Internal link checker
         run: npm run check:links
       - name: Formatting
         run: npm run check:fmt
@@ -39,9 +39,19 @@ jobs:
       - name: Infrastructure tests
         run: npm test
 
+      - name: Get all changed docs files
+        id: changed-docs-files
+        uses: tj-actions/changed-files@af2816c65436325c50621100d67f6e853cd1b0f1
+        with:
+          files: docs/**/*.{md,mdx,ipynb}
+          separator: "\n"
       - name: Start local Docker preview
+        if: steps.changed-docs-files.outputs.any_changed == 'true'
         run: |
           ./start &
           sleep 20
       - name: Check that pages render
-        run: npm run check-pages-render
+        if: steps.changed-docs-files.outputs.any_changed == 'true'
+        run: |
+          echo "${{ steps.changed-docs-files.outputs.all_changed_files }}" > changed.txt
+          npm run check-pages-render -- --from-file changed.txt
diff --git a/.github/workflows/weekly-checks.yml b/.github/workflows/weekly-checks.yml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..52fad89e6c9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/weekly-checks.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+# This code is a Qiskit project.
+#
+# (C) Copyright IBM 2024.
+#
+# This code is licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0. You may
+# obtain a copy of this license in the LICENSE file in the root directory
+# of this source tree or at http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0.
+#
+# Any modifications or derivative works of this code must retain this
+# copyright notice, and modified files need to carry a notice indicating
+# that they have been altered from the originals.
+
+name: Weekly checks
+on:
+  workflow_dispatch:
+  schedule:
+    - cron: "0 0 * * 0" # Every Sunday at midnight UTC
+
+jobs:
+  pages-render:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    if: github.repository_owner == 'Qiskit'
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+      - name: Set up Node.js
+        uses: actions/setup-node@v3
+        with:
+          node-version: 18
+      - name: Install Node.js dependencies
+        run: npm ci
+      - name: Start local Docker preview
+        run: |
+          ./start &
+          sleep 20
+      - name: Check all pages render
+        run: >
+          npm run check-pages-render --
+          --non-api
+          --qiskit-release-notes
+          --current-apis
+          --dev-apis
+          --historical-apis
+
+  external-link-checker:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    if: github.repository_owner == 'Qiskit'
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+      - name: Set up Node.js
+        uses: actions/setup-node@v3
+        with:
+          node-version: 18
+      - name: Install Node.js dependencies
+        run: npm ci
+      - name: Check external links
+        run: >
+          npm run check:links --
+          --qiskit-release-notes
+          --current-apis
+          --dev-apis
+          --historical-apis
+          --skip-broken-historical
+          --external
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 21ac41c8b1b..07963eea9a7 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -260,12 +260,11 @@ It's possible to write broken pages that crash when loaded. This is usually due
 To check that all the non-API docs render:
 
 1. Start up the local preview with `./start` by following the instructions at [Preview the docs locally](#preview-the-docs-locally)
-2. In a new tab, `npm run check-pages-render`
+2. In a new tab, `npm run check-pages-render -- --non-api`
 
-You can also check that API docs and translations render by using any of these arguments: `npm run check-pages-render -- --qiskit-release-notes --current-apis --dev-apis --historical-apis --translations`. Warning that this is exponentially slower.
+You can also check that API docs and translations render by using any of these arguments: `npm run check-pages-render -- --non-api --qiskit-release-notes --current-apis --dev-apis --historical-apis --translations`. Warning that this is exponentially slower.
 
-CI will check on every PR that non-API docs correctly render. We also run a nightly cron job to check the API docs and
-translations.
+CI will check on every PR that any changed files render correctly. We also run a weekly cron job to check that every page renders correctly.
 
 ## Format TypeScript files
 
diff --git a/scripts/commands/checkPagesRender.ts b/scripts/commands/checkPagesRender.ts
index 0d0a5980654..d3d011033e3 100644
--- a/scripts/commands/checkPagesRender.ts
+++ b/scripts/commands/checkPagesRender.ts
@@ -10,6 +10,8 @@
 // copyright notice, and modified files need to carry a notice indicating
 // that they have been altered from the originals.
 
+import fs from "fs/promises";
+
 import { globby } from "globby";
 import yargs from "yargs/yargs";
 import { hideBin } from "yargs/helpers";
@@ -20,6 +22,8 @@ const PORT = 3000;
 
 interface Arguments {
   [x: string]: unknown;
+  fromFile?: string;
+  nonApi: boolean;
   currentApis: boolean;
   devApis: boolean;
   historicalApis: boolean;
@@ -30,6 +34,17 @@ interface Arguments {
 const readArgs = (): Arguments => {
   return yargs(hideBin(process.argv))
     .version(false)
+    .option("from-file", {
+      type: "string",
+      normalize: true,
+      description:
+        "Read the file path for file paths and globs to check, like `docs/start/index.md`. Entries should be separated by a newline and should be valid file types (.md, .mdx, .ipynb).",
+    })
+    .option("non-api", {
+      type: "boolean",
+      default: false,
+      description: "Check all the non-API docs, like start/.",
+    })
     .option("current-apis", {
       type: "boolean",
       default: false,
@@ -137,22 +152,36 @@ async function validateDockerRunning(): Promise<void> {
 }
 
 async function determineFilePaths(args: Arguments): Promise<string[]> {
-  const globs = ["docs/**/*.{ipynb,md,mdx}"];
-  if (!args.currentApis) {
-    globs.push("!docs/api/{qiskit,qiskit-ibm-provider,qiskit-ibm-runtime}/*");
+  const globs = [];
+  if (args.fromFile) {
+    const content = await fs.readFile(args.fromFile, "utf-8");
+    globs.push(...content.split("\n").filter((entry) => entry));
+  }
+
+  if (args.nonApi) {
+    globs.push(
+      "docs/support.mdx",
+      "docs/{build,run,start,transpile,verify}/*.{ipynb,md,mdx}",
+      "docs/api/migration-guides/**/*.{ipynb,md,mdx}",
+    );
+  }
+  if (args.currentApis) {
+    globs.push(
+      "docs/api/{qiskit,qiskit-ibm-provider,qiskit-ibm-runtime}/*.{ipynb,md,mdx}",
+    );
   }
-  if (!args.historicalApis) {
+  if (args.historicalApis) {
     globs.push(
-      "!docs/api/{qiskit,qiskit-ibm-provider,qiskit-ibm-runtime}/[0-9]*/*",
+      "docs/api/{qiskit,qiskit-ibm-provider,qiskit-ibm-runtime}/[0-9]*/*.{ipynb,md,mdx}",
     );
   }
-  if (!args.devApis) {
+  if (args.devApis) {
     globs.push(
-      "!docs/api/{qiskit,qiskit-ibm-provider,qiskit-ibm-runtime}/dev/*",
+      "docs/api/{qiskit,qiskit-ibm-provider,qiskit-ibm-runtime}/dev/*.{ipynb,md,mdx}",
     );
   }
-  if (!args.qiskitReleaseNotes) {
-    globs.push("!docs/api/qiskit/release-notes/*");
+  if (args.qiskitReleaseNotes) {
+    globs.push("docs/api/qiskit/release-notes/*.{ipynb,md,mdx}");
   }
   if (args.translations) {
     globs.push("translations/**/*.{ipynb,md,mdx}");