diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yml b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..8e1123d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+name: CI
+
+on:
+  pull_request:
+    branches:
+      - main
+
+jobs:
+  build:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+      - name: Checkout the repo
+        uses: actions/checkout@v6
+
+      - name: Install Bun
+        uses: oven-sh/setup-bun@v2
+
+      - name: Install dependencies
+        run: bun install --frozen-lockfile
+
+      - name: Apply patches
+        run: npx patch-package
+
+      - name: Build
+        run: bun run build
+
+      - name: Download content
+        run: bun run download-content
diff --git a/scripts/download-content.ts b/scripts/download-content.ts
index d142da9..a259fcf 100644
--- a/scripts/download-content.ts
+++ b/scripts/download-content.ts
@@ -22,14 +22,17 @@ export async function downloadDocs() {
 }
 
 export async function downloadExamples() {
-  console.log(`Downloading examples from appwrite/appwrite (branch: ${appwriteExamplesBranch})`);
+  console.log(`Downloading examples from appwrite/appwrite (version: ${appwriteExamplesBranch})`);
 
   const owner = "appwrite";
   const repo = "appwrite";
   const docsSubdirPath = `docs/examples/${appwriteExamplesBranch}`;
+  // The version-pinned example folders (docs/examples/<version>) only live on the
+  // `main` branch; they were removed from the per-version branches like 1.8.x.
+  const ref = "main";
 
   console.log(`Downloading examples from ${owner}/${repo}/${docsSubdirPath} to ${examplesTargetDir}`);
-  const downloadResult = await downloadTemplate(`gh:${owner}/${repo}/${docsSubdirPath}#${appwriteExamplesBranch}`, {
+  const downloadResult = await downloadTemplate(`gh:${owner}/${repo}/${docsSubdirPath}#${ref}`, {
     dir: examplesTargetDir,
     forceClean: true,
   });