diff --git a/.github/workflows/generate-readme.yaml b/.github/workflows/generate-readme.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..75351b9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/generate-readme.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,33 @@
+name: Autogenerate README
+
+on:
+  pull_request: {}
+
+jobs:
+  generate-readme:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+
+    steps:
+      - name: Checkout repository
+        uses: actions/checkout@v3
+
+      - name: Set up Python
+        uses: actions/setup-python@v5
+        with:
+          python-version: '3.11'
+
+      - name: Install dependencies
+        run: |
+          python -m pip install --upgrade pip
+          pip install -r .utils/requirements.txt
+
+      - name: Generate README
+        run: python .utils/generate_readme.py
+
+      - name: Check for uncommitted README changes
+        run: |
+          git add README.md
+          git diff --cached --exit-code || {
+            echo "::error::README.md is out of date or modified manually. Please re-run the generate_readme script and commit the result.";
+            exit 1;
+          }
diff --git a/.utils/generate_readme.py b/.utils/generate_readme.py
index a311641..84d46c3 100644
--- a/.utils/generate_readme.py
+++ b/.utils/generate_readme.py
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ def extract_metadata(readme_path):
         metadata = yaml.safe_load(match.group(1))
     except yaml.YAMLError as e:
         print("Error parsing YAML metadata in", readme_path, ":", e)
-        return None
+        raise e
 
     return metadata
 
diff --git a/CONTRIBUTING b/CONTRIBUTING
index ce78843..c1b03f6 100644
--- a/CONTRIBUTING
+++ b/CONTRIBUTING
@@ -18,5 +18,5 @@ To contribute a tutorial, please follow these steps:
         - `blog_post_url` - the url to blog post (optional)
         - `video_url` - the url to the video (optional)
         - `visualize_url` - the url to Foxglove visualization (optional)
-
-When creating a merge request, a GitHub action should automatically regenerate the README based on your metadata. To test it yourself, you can run the python script `.utils/generate_readme.py` in the root of this repo.
+4. Install generate_readme.py dependencies: `pip install -r .utils/requirements.txt`
+5. Regenerate the main README.md by running `python .utils/generate_readme.py` from the root of the repo