diff --git a/.github/workflows/check-json-syntax.yml b/.github/workflows/check-json-syntax.yml
deleted file mode 100644
index fae51ae62..000000000
--- a/.github/workflows/check-json-syntax.yml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,37 +0,0 @@
----
-name: Validate JSON syntax
-
-# Run on any commit or PR that changes any JSON file.
-'on':
-  push:
-    paths:
-      - '**.json'
-  pull_request:
-    paths:
-      - '**.json'
-
-permissions: {}
-
-jobs:
-  json-syntax:
-    name: validate syntax
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-
-    steps:
-      - name: Checkout code
-        uses: actions/checkout@v4
-
-      - name: Validate syntax for JSON files
-        run: |
-          error=0
-          readarray -d '' json_files < \
-            <(find . \( -path ./.git -or -path ./DATA/testing/private \) -prune -false -or -type f -name '*.json' -print0)
-          for jsonf in "${json_files[@]}"; do
-            echo "::debug::Checking $jsonf..."
-            if ! errmsg=$(jq . "$jsonf" 2>&1 >/dev/null); then
-              error=1
-              echo "Invalid JSON syntax found in $jsonf:" >&2
-              printf '::error file=%s,title=%s::%s\n' "$jsonf" 'Invalid JSON syntax' "$errmsg"
-            fi
-          done
-          exit "$error"
diff --git a/.github/workflows/syntax-checks.yml b/.github/workflows/syntax-checks.yml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..3cba27577
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/syntax-checks.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,88 @@
+---
+name: Validate syntax
+
+'on':
+  - push
+  - pull_request
+
+permissions: {}
+
+jobs:
+  json-syntax:
+    name: JSON
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+
+    steps:
+      - name: Checkout code
+        uses: actions/checkout@v4
+
+      - name: Validate syntax for JSON files
+        run: |
+          error=0
+          readarray -d '' json_files < \
+            <(find . \( -path ./.git -or -path ./DATA/testing/private \) -prune -false -or -type f -name '*.json' -print0)
+          for jsonf in "${json_files[@]}"; do
+            echo "::debug::Checking $jsonf..."
+            if ! errmsg=$(jq . "$jsonf" 2>&1 >/dev/null); then
+              error=1
+              echo "Invalid JSON syntax found in $jsonf:" >&2
+              printf '::error file=%s,title=%s::%s\n' "$jsonf" 'Invalid JSON syntax' "$errmsg"
+            fi
+          done
+          exit "$error"
+
+  bash-syntax:
+    name: Bash
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+
+    steps:
+      - name: Checkout code
+        uses: actions/checkout@v4
+
+      - name: Validate syntax with bash -n
+        run: |
+          error=0
+          readarray -d '' files < \
+            <(find . -path ./.git -prune -false -or -type f -name '*.sh' -print0)
+          for bashf in "${files[@]}"; do
+            echo "::debug::Checking $bashf..."
+            if ! errmsg=$(bash -n "$bashf" 2>&1 >/dev/null); then
+              error=1
+              echo "Invalid Bash syntax found in $bashf:" >&2
+              printf '::error file=%s,title=%s::%s\n' "$bashf" 'Invalid syntax' "$errmsg"
+            fi
+          done
+          exit "$error"
+
+  shellcheck:
+    name: Shellcheck
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+
+    steps:
+      - name: Checkout code
+        uses: actions/checkout@v4
+
+      - name: Run Shellcheck to find errors
+        run: |
+          find . -path ./.git -prune -false -or -type f -name '*.sh' -print0 |
+            # Scripts run with "-o pipefail", so an error here isn't ignored.
+            xargs -0 shellcheck -xf json1 -S error -s bash |
+            # Produce code annotations in GitHub's format.
+            jq -r '.comments[] | "Error found in \(.file):\n::error file=\(.file),line=\(.line),endLine=\(.endLine),col=\(.column),endColumn=\(.endColumn)::\(.message)"'
+
+  pylint:
+    name: Pylint
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+
+    steps:
+      - name: Checkout code
+        uses: actions/checkout@v4
+
+      - name: Run Pylint to find errors
+        run: |
+          find . -path ./.git -prune -false -or -type f -name '*.py' -print0 |
+            # Scripts run with "-o pipefail", so an error here isn't ignored.
+            # "import-errors" are shown for valid modules like ROOT, so ignore them.
+            xargs -0 pylint -E -f json --disable import-error |
+            # Produce code annotations in GitHub's format.
+            jq -r '.[] | "Error found in \(.path):\n::error file=\(.path),line=\(.line),endLine=\(.endLine),col=\(.column),endColumn=\(.endColumn),title=Pylint \(.type) \(.symbol)::\(.message)"'