diff --git a/.github/workflows/generate_README.yaml b/.github/workflows/generate_README.yaml
new file mode 100644
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+++ b/.github/workflows/generate_README.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,50 @@
+name: Generate help docs and README
+on:
+  pull_request:
+    paths:
+      - "docs/**/*"
+
+jobs:
+  make-README:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    permissions:
+      contents: write
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+        with:
+          ref: ${{ github.event.pull_request.head.sha }}
+      - name: Fill template
+        working-directory: "docs/"
+        timeout-minutes: 0.1
+        run: |
+          sub_doc_parts_from() {
+            template="$1"
+            directory="$2"
+
+            for file in "$directory"/*; do
+                if [ -f "$file" ]; then
+                    placeholder="{{ $(echo "${file^^}" | tr ./ _) }}"
+                    echo "Saving $file to $placeholder with expanded environment variables" >&2
+                    # Export file contents to text following a pattern in template.md, e.g.:
+                    # section/test_file.md would replace "{{ SECTION_TEST_FILE_MD }}""
+                    template="${template//"$placeholder"/"$(<"$file")"}"
+                fi
+            done
+            echo "$template"
+          }
+          # Fills from docs/sections sections, then docs/help (note "working-directory")
+          sub_doc_parts_from "$(sub_doc_parts_from "$(<template.md)" "sections")" "help">../README.md
+      - name: Setup git
+        run: |
+          git config --local user.name "github-actions[bot]"
+          git config --local user.email "github-actions[bot]@users.noreply.github.com"
+          git remote set-url origin https://${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}@github.com/${{ github.repository }}
+      - name: Push README.md changes (if any)
+        run: |
+          git add README.md
+          git update-index --refresh
+          if ! git diff-index --cached --quiet HEAD; then
+            echo "Committing changes to README.md"
+            git commit -m "Automated update of README.md from docs"
+            git push origin
+          fi
diff --git a/.github/workflows/generate_help_and_readme.yaml b/.github/workflows/generate_help_and_readme.yaml
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index f6b5076..0000000
--- a/.github/workflows/generate_help_and_readme.yaml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,127 +0,0 @@
-name: Generate help docs and README
-on: pull_request
-env:
-  BRANCH_NAME: ${{ github.head_ref || github.ref_name }}
-
-jobs:
-  check-paths:
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    outputs:
-      parsing-changed: ${{ steps.filter.outputs.parsing }}
-      docs-changed: ${{ steps.filter.outputs.docs }}
-    steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
-      - uses: dorny/paths-filter@v3
-        id: filter
-        with:
-          filters: |
-            parsing:
-              - 'src/sim_recon/cli/parsing/*'
-              - 'src/sim_recon/settings/formatting.py'
-            docs:
-              - 'docs/**/*'
-  generate-help-docs:
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    needs: check-paths
-    if: needs.check-paths.outputs.parsing-changed == 'true'
-    permissions:
-      contents: write
-    steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
-        with:
-          ref: ${{ github.event.pull_request.head.sha }}
-      - name: Set up Python
-        uses: actions/setup-python@v5
-        with:
-          python-version: "3.12"
-      - name: Display Python version
-        run: python -c "import sys; print(sys.version)"
-      - name: Copy template
-        run: cp -f docs/template.md README.md
-      - name: Install (without dependencies)
-        run: |
-          python -m pip install --upgrade pip
-          python -m pip install . --no-deps
-      - name: Ensure README exists
-        run: |
-          if [ ! -f "README.md" ]; then
-            touch README.md
-          fi
-      - name: Get help strings from package
-        run: |
-          python -m sim_recon.cli.parsing.otf '--help' >docs/help/sim_otf.txt
-          python -m sim_recon.cli.parsing.recon '--help' >docs/help/sim_recon.txt
-          python -m sim_recon.cli.parsing.otf_view '--help' >docs/help/otf_view.txt
-      - name: Setup git
-        run: |
-          git config --local user.name "github-actions[bot]"
-          git config --local user.email "github-actions[bot]@users.noreply.github.com"
-          git remote set-url origin https://${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}@github.com/${{ github.repository }}
-      - name: Push help docs changes (if any)
-        run: |
-          git add .
-          git update-index --refresh
-          if ! git diff-index --cached --quiet HEAD; then
-            echo "Committing changes to help docs to branch $BRANCH_NAME"
-            git commit -m "Automated update of help docs"
-            git push origin HEAD:$BRANCH_NAME
-          fi
-
-  make-README:
-    needs: [check-paths, generate-help-docs]
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    # Putting generate-help-docs in "needs" requires it to wait
-    # always() && !cancelled() means it will run regardless or the result of
-    # the needs, unless the job is cancelled, which is necessary as a failure
-    # of a need will otherwise cause a job to not run.
-    # This job will run if:
-    # - generate-help-docs completes successfully
-    # - the docs-changed filter returns 'true'
-    if: needs.generate-help-docs.result == 'success' || always() && !cancelled() && needs.check-paths.outputs.docs-changed == 'true'
-    permissions:
-      contents: write
-    steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
-        with:
-          ref: ${{ github.event.pull_request.head.sha }}
-      - uses: dorny/paths-filter@v3
-        id: filter
-        with:
-          filters: |
-            docs:
-              - 'docs/**/*'
-      - name: Fill template
-        working-directory: "docs/"
-        timeout-minutes: 0.1
-        run: |
-          sub_doc_parts_from() {
-            template="$1"
-            directory="$2"
-
-            for file in "$directory"/*; do
-                if [ -f "$file" ]; then
-                    placeholder="{{ $(echo "${file^^}" | tr ./ _) }}"
-                    echo "Saving $file to $placeholder with expanded environment variables" >&2
-                    # Export file contents to text following a pattern in template.md, e.g.:
-                    # section/test_file.md would replace "{{ SECTION_TEST_FILE_MD }}""
-                    template="${template//"$placeholder"/"$(<"$file")"}"
-                fi
-            done
-            echo "$template"
-          }
-          # Fills from docs/sections sections, then docs/help (note "working-directory")
-          sub_doc_parts_from "$(sub_doc_parts_from "$(<template.md)" "sections")" "help">../README.md
-      - name: Setup git
-        run: |
-          git config --local user.name "github-actions[bot]"
-          git config --local user.email "github-actions[bot]@users.noreply.github.com"
-          git remote set-url origin https://${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}@github.com/${{ github.repository }}
-      - name: Push README.md changes (if any)
-        run: |
-          git add .
-          git update-index --refresh
-          if ! git diff-index --cached --quiet HEAD; then
-            echo "Committing changes to README.md to branch $BRANCH_NAME"
-            git commit -m "Automated update of README.md from docs"
-            git push origin HEAD:$BRANCH_NAME
-          fi
diff --git a/.github/workflows/generate_help_docs.yaml b/.github/workflows/generate_help_docs.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..bbb1bf1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/generate_help_docs.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,52 @@
+name: Generate help docs and README
+on:
+  pull_request:
+    paths:
+      - "src/sim_recon/cli/parsing/*"
+      - "src/sim_recon/settings/formatting.py"
+
+jobs:
+  generate-help-docs:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    permissions:
+      contents: write
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+        with:
+          ref: ${{ github.event.pull_request.head.sha }}
+      - name: Set up Python
+        uses: actions/setup-python@v5
+        with:
+          python-version: "3.12"
+      - name: Display Python version
+        run: python -c "import sys; print(sys.version)"
+      - name: Copy template
+        run: cp -f docs/template.md README.md
+      - name: Install (without dependencies)
+        run: |
+          python -m pip install --upgrade pip
+          python -m pip install . --no-deps
+      - name: Ensure README exists
+        run: |
+          if [ ! -f "README.md" ]; then
+            touch README.md
+          fi
+      - name: Get help strings from package
+        run: |
+          python -m sim_recon.cli.parsing.otf '--help' >docs/help/sim_otf.txt
+          python -m sim_recon.cli.parsing.recon '--help' >docs/help/sim_recon.txt
+          python -m sim_recon.cli.parsing.otf_view '--help' >docs/help/otf_view.txt
+      - name: Setup git
+        run: |
+          git config --local user.name "github-actions[bot]"
+          git config --local user.email "github-actions[bot]@users.noreply.github.com"
+          git remote set-url origin https://${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}@github.com/${{ github.repository }}
+      - name: Push help docs changes (if any)
+        run: |
+          git add docs/*
+          git update-index --refresh
+          if ! git diff-index --cached --quiet HEAD; then
+            echo "Committing changes to help docs"
+            git commit -m "Automated update of help docs"
+            git push origin
+          fi