diff --git a/.eslintignore b/.eslintignore
index 841500ec..8f26e5a9 100644
--- a/.eslintignore
+++ b/.eslintignore
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
-apidocs.js
-deploy-docs.js
-GruntFile.js
+scripts/apidocs.js
+scripts/release.js
 karma.conf.js
-release.js
 webpack.config.js
 webpack.config.prod.js
+version.js
diff --git a/.github/workflows/build.yml b/.github/workflows/build.yml
index d5071be7..6e2303b8 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/build.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/build.yml
@@ -41,3 +41,4 @@ jobs:
     - run: sudo gem install sass -v 3.4.24
     - run: npm ci
     - run: npm run linux:ci
+    
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/.github/workflows/deploy.yml b/.github/workflows/deploy.yml
index 428050ec..e4ba23ee 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/deploy.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/deploy.yml
@@ -38,3 +38,16 @@ jobs:
     - run: echo $alpha_version
     - run: npm --no-git-tag-version version $alpha_version
     - run: npm publish --tag next
+
+  docs:
+    name: docs
+    runs-on: [ubuntu-latest]
+    # needs: deploy # to update homepage with latest release
+
+    steps:
+    - name: Trigger docs deployment
+      uses: peter-evans/repository-dispatch@v1.1.3
+      with:
+        repository: excaliburjs/excaliburjs.github.io
+        token: ${{ secrets.DOCS_GH_TOKEN }}
+        event-type: deploy-docs
diff --git a/.npmignore b/.npmignore
index c3d4bd81..761d3331 100644
--- a/.npmignore
+++ b/.npmignore
@@ -10,18 +10,16 @@ docs/
 sandbox/
 src/
 typedoc-default-themes/
+scripts/
 
 .tsbuildinfo
 .prettierignore
 .eslintignore
 .eslintrc.json
-apidocs.js
 appveyor.yml
-deploy-docs.js
 Excalibur.nuspec
 karma.conf.js
 prettier.config.js
-release.js
 renovate.json
 version.js
 webpack.config.js
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 119745f5..89a89d4d 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -80,7 +80,7 @@ npm run all
 
 # Run engine core compilation only
 # Useful for quick checks to ensure everything compiles
-npm run core
+npm run build
 
 # Run engine tests only (does not run compile task)
 # Useful to run tests ad-hoc
diff --git a/deploy-docs.js b/deploy-docs.js
deleted file mode 100644
index 66ec8c6c..00000000
--- a/deploy-docs.js
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,41 +0,0 @@
-const { Octokit } = require('@octokit/rest');
-
-const isPullRequest = !!process.env.GITHUB_BASE_REF;
-
-if (isPullRequest) {
-  console.log('Skipping docs deployment, detected pull request');
-  return;
-}
-
-const refName = process.env.GITHUB_REF?.split('/').pop();
-const refType = process.env.GITHUB_REF?.startsWith('refs/tags/') ? 'tag' : 'branch';
-const isMainBranch = refType === 'branch' && refName === 'main';
-
-// build docs for tags and main only
-if (refType === 'tag' || isMainBranch) {
-  console.log(`Current ${refType} is ``${refName}```);
-} else {
-  console.log('Current ref is `' + refName + "` which isn't allowed, skipping docs deployment...");
-  return;
-}
-
-console.log('Triggering remote build of edge docs...');
-
-const HTTP_204_CREATED = 204;
-const octokit = new Octokit({
-  auth: process.env.GITHUB_TOKEN || process.env.GH_TOKEN,
-  userAgent: 'excaliburjs-deploy-docs'
-});
-
-(async () => {
-  const { status, data } = await octokit.actions.createWorkflowDispatch({
-    owner: 'excaliburjs',
-    repo: 'excaliburjs.github.io',
-    workflow_id: 'build.yml',
-    ref: 'site'
-  });
-
-  if (status !== HTTP_204_CREATED) {
-    console.error('Expected 204 Created success but instead got:', status, data);
-  }
-})();
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 465e16f7..b7cb9666 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@
     "appveyor": "npm run all && npm run nuget 0.0.1",
     "nuget": ".\\src\\tools\\NuGet.exe pack Excalibur.nuspec -OutputDirectory .\\build\\dist -version",
     "start": "npm run core:watch",
+    "build": "npm run core",
     "core": "npm run core:tsc && npm run core:copy && npm run core:bundle",
     "core:tsc": "tsc --project src/engine/tsconfig.json --incremental true --tsBuildInfoFile .tsbuildinfo",
     "core:copy": "copyfiles -u 2 ./src/engine/**/*.png ./src/engine/**/*.css ./src/engine/**/*.glsl ./build/dist/",
@@ -49,9 +50,9 @@
     "test": "karma start",
     "test:watch": "karma start --auto-watch --single-run=false",
     "coveralls": "coveralls < coverage/lcov.info",
-    "apidocs": "git submodule update && node apidocs.js",
+    "apidocs": "git submodule update && node scripts/apidocs.js",
     "pretty": "prettier --write \"{src,sandbox/src,sandbox/tests}/**/*.{ts,js,json,css,md}\" --config prettier.config.js",
-    "release": "node release.js"
+    "release": "node scripts/release.js"
   },
   "husky": {
     "hooks": {
diff --git a/apidocs.js b/scripts/apidocs.js
similarity index 100%
rename from apidocs.js
rename to scripts/apidocs.js
diff --git a/release.js b/scripts/release.js
similarity index 100%
rename from release.js
rename to scripts/release.js