diff --git a/.github/workflows/apidocs-action.yml b/.github/workflows/apidocs-action.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..c533df2639
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/apidocs-action.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,69 @@
+name: API Documentation
+
+on:
+  push:
+    branches:
+      - 'develop'
+
+jobs:
+
+  build:
+    name: Generate API Docs
+    if: (github.repository == 'codeigniter4/CodeIgniter4')
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+
+    steps:
+      - name: Setup credentials
+        run: |
+          git config --global user.email "action@github.com"
+          git config --global user.name "${GITHUB_ACTOR}"
+
+      - name: Checkout source
+        uses: actions/checkout@v2
+        with:
+          path: source
+
+      - name: Checkout api
+        uses: actions/checkout@v2
+        with:
+          repository: codeigniter4/api
+          token: ${{ secrets.ACCESS_TOKEN }}
+          path: api
+
+      - name: Setup PHP
+        uses: shivammathur/setup-php@v2
+        with:
+          php-version: '7.2'
+          extensions: intl, json, mbstring, mysqlnd, xdebug, xml, sqlite3
+          coverage: xdebug
+
+      - name: Download GraphViz for phpDocumentor
+        run: |
+          sudo apt-get install -yq graphviz
+
+      - name: Download phpDocumentor
+        run: |
+          curl \
+            -L https://github.com/phpDocumentor/phpDocumentor/releases/download/v2.9.1/phpDocumentor.phar \
+            -o admin/phpDocumentor.phar
+
+      - name: Prepare API
+        run: |
+          cd ./api
+          rm -rf ./api/docs*
+          mkdir -p ./api/docs
+          git reset --hard master
+
+      - name: Make the new API docs
+        run: |
+          cd ./source
+          chmod +x admin/phpDocumentor.phar
+          admin/phpDocumentor.phar
+          cp -R ${GITHUB_WORKSPACE}/source/api/build/* ${GITHUB_WORKSPACE}/api/docs
+
+      - name: Deploy API
+        run: |
+          cd ./api
+          git add .
+          git commit -m "API sync for ${GITHUB_SHA}"
+          git push
diff --git a/admin/apibot b/admin/apibot
index 75a0eb27b2..08b451a04b 100755
--- a/admin/apibot
+++ b/admin/apibot
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ mkdir -p build/api/docs
 cd build/api
 git init
 git remote add origin $UPSTREAM
-git fetch 
+git fetch
 git checkout master
 git reset --hard origin/master
 rm -r docs/*
@@ -39,4 +39,4 @@ if [ $1 = "deploy" ]; then
   git add .
   git commit -S -m "APIbot synching"
   git push -f origin master
-fi
\ No newline at end of file
+fi