diff --git a/.github/workflows/build-webr-image.yaml b/.github/workflows/build-webr-image.yaml
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+on:
+  push:
+    branches: [webr, webr-safari]
+  pull_request:
+    branches: [webr, webr-safari]
+  workflow_dispatch:
+
+name: Build wasm R package repository
+
+jobs:
+  build:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    container: ghcr.io/r-wasm/webr:main
+    steps:
+    - uses: actions/checkout@v3
+    - name: Build wasm packages
+      uses: r-wasm/actions/build-wasm-packages@v0
+      with:
+        packages: .github/workflows/build-webr-packages
+        strip: c("demo", "doc", "examples", "help", "html", "include", "tests", "testthat", "vignette")
diff --git a/.github/workflows/build-webr-packages b/.github/workflows/build-webr-packages
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+httpuv
+codetools
+renv
+shiny