diff --git a/.github/link_checker_config.json b/.github/link_checker_config.json
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+++ b/.github/link_checker_config.json
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+{
+  "projectBaseUrl": "https://github.com/ESMValGroup/ESMValTool_Tutorial/",
+  "ignorePatterns": [
+    {
+      "pattern": "^http://example.net"
+    }
+  ],
+  "timeout": "20s",
+  "retryOn429": true,
+  "retryCount": 5,
+  "fallbackRetryDelay": "30s",
+  "aliveStatusCodes": [200, 206]
+}
diff --git a/.github/workflows/action.yml b/.github/workflows/action.yml
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+name: Check Markdown links
+
+on: push
+
+jobs:
+  markdown-link-check:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+    - uses: actions/checkout@master
+    - uses: gaurav-nelson/github-action-markdown-link-check@v1
+      with:
+        use-quiet-mode: 'yes'
+        use-verbose-mode: 'yes'
+        config-file: 'link_checker_config.json'
+        file-path: './README.md, ./LICENSE.md, ./CONTRIBUTING.md, ./CODE_OF_CONDUCT.md, ./aio.md, ./index.md, ./reference.md, ./setup.md'