diff --git a/.github/workflows/validate-openapi.yml b/.github/workflows/validate-openapi.yml
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+name: Validate and Publish OpenAPI Spec
+
+on:
+  push:
+    branches:
+      - add-new-gha-action-for-publishing-to-readme
+  workflow_dispatch:  # allows manual triggering
+
+jobs:
+  validate-and-publish:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+      - name: Checkout repository
+        uses: actions/checkout@v4
+
+      - name: Validate and Publish OpenAPI
+        uses: ./publish-openapi
+        with:
+          openapi-file: https://api.portal.flipdish.com/menuManagement/openapi.json  # Update this path to your OpenAPI spec file
+          readme-api-key: ${{ secrets.README_API_KEY }}
+          # spectral-rules: '.spectral.yaml'  # Uncomment if you want to use custom rules 
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diff --git a/publish-openapi/action.yml b/publish-openapi/action.yml
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+name: Validate and Publish OpenAPI Spec
+description: Validates OpenAPI spec using Spectral and publishes to ReadMe
+inputs:
+  openapi-file:
+    description: Path to the OpenAPI specification file
+    required: true
+  readme-api-key:
+    description: ReadMe API key for publishing (optional - defaults to Flipdish Readme API key)
+    required: false
+  spectral-rules:
+    description: Path to custom Spectral rules file (optional - defaults to Flipdish rules)
+    required: false
+runs:
+  using: composite
+  steps:
+    - name: Download default Spectral rules
+      if: ${{ !inputs.spectral-rules }}
+      shell: bash
+      run: |
+        curl -o .spectral.yaml https://raw.githubusercontent.com/flipdishbytes/spectral-rules/main/.spectral.yaml
+
+    - name: Lint OpenAPI with Spectral
+      uses: stoplightio/spectral-action@v0.8.11
+      with:
+        file_glob: ${{ inputs.openapi-file }}
+        spectral_ruleset: ${{ inputs.spectral-rules || '.spectral.yaml' }}
+
+    - name: Validate OpenAPI spec with ReadMe
+      uses: readmeio/rdme@v10
+      with:
+        rdme: openapi validate ${{ inputs.openapi-file }}
+
+    - name: Publish to ReadMe
+      uses: readmeio/rdme@v10
+      with:
+        rdme: openapi upload ${{ inputs.openapi-file }} --key=${{ inputs.readme-api-key }} 
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