diff --git a/.github/workflows/lint.yml b/.github/workflows/lint.yml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..8ee22cd0a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/lint.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,39 @@
+name: lint
+on:
+  workflow_dispatch:
+  push:
+    branches: master
+    paths-ignore:
+      - '**.md'
+      - '**.rst'
+      - '**.txt'
+      - '.github/workflows/smoke.yml'
+      - '.github/workflows/tests.yml'
+  pull_request:
+    branches: master
+    paths-ignore:
+      - '**.md'
+      - '**.rst'
+      - '**.txt'
+      - '.github/workflows/smoke.yml'
+      - '.github/workflows/tests.yml'
+jobs:
+  style:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-slim
+    steps:
+      - name: Checkout
+        uses: actions/checkout@v7
+      - name: Python
+        uses: astral-sh/setup-uv@20cfd1bf945f4377ade1205e4dbc17946fc9a30d # v10.0.1
+        with:
+          activate-environment: true
+          python-version: "3.14"
+      - name: Nim
+        uses: jiro4989/setup-nim-action@v2
+        with:
+          nim-version: "stable"
+          repo-token: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
+      - name: Linters
+        run: make lint
+      - name: pxdpad
+        run: make pxdpad
diff --git a/.github/workflows/smoke.yml b/.github/workflows/smoke.yml
index 03688a9ab..f5e0c07e6 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/smoke.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/smoke.yml
@@ -7,6 +7,8 @@ on:
       - '**.md'
       - '**.rst'
       - '**.txt'
+      - '**.pyi'
+      - '.github/workflows/lint.yml'
       - '.github/workflows/tests.yml'
   pull_request:
     branches: master
@@ -14,28 +16,10 @@ on:
       - '**.md'
       - '**.rst'
       - '**.txt'
+      - '**.pyi'
+      - '.github/workflows/lint.yml'
       - '.github/workflows/tests.yml'
 jobs:
-  style:
-    runs-on: ubuntu-slim
-    steps:
-      - name: Checkout
-        uses: actions/checkout@v7
-      - name: Python
-        uses: astral-sh/setup-uv@20cfd1bf945f4377ade1205e4dbc17946fc9a30d # v10.0.1
-        with:
-          activate-environment: true
-          python-version: "3.14"
-      - name: Nim
-        uses: jiro4989/setup-nim-action@v2
-        with:
-          nim-version: "stable"
-          repo-token: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
-      - name: Linters
-        run: make lint
-      - name: pxdpad
-        run: make pxdpad
-
   nix:
     name: "py-${{ matrix.config.python }} lib-${{ matrix.config.ffmpeg }} ${{matrix.config.os}}"
     runs-on: ${{ matrix.config.os }}