diff --git a/.github/workflows/mdsvex.yaml b/.github/workflows/mdsvex.yaml
index 8e504c42..99ba4730 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/mdsvex.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/mdsvex.yaml
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ jobs:
         os: [ubuntu-latest, macOS-latest, windows-latest]
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v4
-      - run: npm i -g pnpm@9
+      - run: npm i -g pnpm@9.1
       - uses: actions/setup-node@v4
         with:
           node-version: ${{ matrix.node-version }}
diff --git a/.github/workflows/npm-previews.yaml b/.github/workflows/npm-previews.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..4a29696e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/npm-previews.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,49 @@
+name: npm-previews
+
+on:
+  push:
+    paths-ignore:
+      - 'site/**'
+  pull_request:
+    paths-ignore:
+      - 'site/**'
+
+jobs:
+  lint:
+    name: lint
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+      - run: npm i -g pnpm@9
+      - uses: actions/setup-node@v4
+        with:
+          node-version: 18
+          cache: 'pnpm'
+          cache-dependency-path: '**/pnpm-lock.yaml'
+      - run: pnpm i --frozen-lockfile
+      - run: pnpm lint
+        # type-check here as well when it is working
+        env:
+          CI: true
+          name: mdsvex
+
+  preview:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+      - run: npm i -g pnpm@9.1
+      - uses: actions/setup-node@v4
+        with:
+          node-version: 22
+          cache: 'pnpm'
+          cache-dependency-path: '**/pnpm-lock.yaml'
+      - run: pnpm i --frozen-lockfile
+      - run: pnpm -r build
+        env:
+          CI: true
+          name: mdsvex
+      - run: pnpm -r preview
+        env:
+          CI: true
+          name: mdsvex
+      - run: pnpx pkg-pr-new publish './packages/*' --compact