diff --git a/.github/workflows/automatic-doc-checks.yml b/.github/workflows/automatic-doc-checks.yml
index 66c917d5..3fc60b69 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/automatic-doc-checks.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/automatic-doc-checks.yml
@@ -1,23 +1,53 @@
-#
-name: Automatic doc checks
+name: Documentation
 
 on:
   push:
-    branches: [ main ]
+    branches:
+      - main
   pull_request:
     paths:
-      - 'docs/**'   # Only run on changes to the docs directory
+      - "docs/**"
 
-  workflow_dispatch:
-    # Manual trigger
+env:
+  DOCS_DIR: "docs"
+  PYTHON_VERSION: "3.10"
+
+permissions:
+  contents: read
 
 concurrency:
-  group: ${{ github.workflow }}-${{ github.ref }}
+  group: ${{ github.workflow }}-${{ github.ref }}-${{ github.event_name }}
   cancel-in-progress: true
 
 jobs:
-  documentation-checks:
-    uses: canonical/documentation-workflows/.github/workflows/documentation-checks.yaml@main
-    with:
-      working-directory: "docs"
-      fetch-depth: 0
+  checks:
+    name: ${{ matrix.check.name }}
+    runs-on: ubuntu-24.04
+    strategy:
+      fail-fast: false
+      matrix:
+        check:
+          - name: Spelling check
+            target: spelling
+          - name: Link check
+            target: linkcheck
+          - name: Inclusive language check
+            target: woke
+    defaults:
+      run:
+        working-directory: ${{ env.DOCS_DIR }}
+    steps:
+      - name: Checkout
+        uses: actions/checkout@3d3c42e5aac5ba805825da76410c181273ba90b1  # v7.0.1
+        with:
+          fetch-depth: 0
+
+      - name: Set up Python
+        uses: actions/setup-python@5fda3b95a4ea91299a34e894583c3862153e4b97  # v7.0.0
+        with:
+          python-version: ${{ env.PYTHON_VERSION }}
+          cache: "pip"
+          cache-dependency-path: ${{ env.DOCS_DIR }}/requirements.txt
+
+      - name: Run check
+        run: make ${{ matrix.check.target }}
diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 268e2353..6a3f77c9 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@
 * Skip pa11y installation if it is already present
 * Update `CONTRIBUTING.md` to include versioning and breaking changes policy 
 * Remove extensions deprecated in 2.0
+* Replace remote documentation checks in CI
 
 ### Changed
 
@@ -16,9 +17,9 @@
 * `docs/Makefile` [#605](https://github.com/canonical/sphinx-stack/pull/605), [#610](https://github.com/canonical/sphinx-stack/pull/610), [#627](https://github.com/canonical/sphinx-stack/pull/627), [#628](https://github.com/canonical/sphinx-stack/pull/628)
 * `docs/requirements.txt` [#634](https://github.com/canonical/sphinx-stack/pull/634), [#646](https://github.com/canonical/sphinx-stack/pull/646)
 * `README.md` [#603](https://github.com/canonical/sphinx-stack/pull/603)
+* `.github/workflows/automatic-doc-checks.yml` [#642](https://github.com/canonical/sphinx-stack/pull/642)
 * `.github/workflows/cla-check.yml` [#606](https://github.com/canonical/sphinx-stack/pull/606)
 * `.github/workflows/check-removed-urls.yml` [#612](https://github.com/canonical/sphinx-stack/pull/#612)
-* `CONTRIBUTING.md` [#632](https://github.com/canonical/sphinx-stack/pull/632)
 
 ## 2.0
 
diff --git a/CONTRIBUTING.md b/CONTRIBUTING.md
index 62d01a34..6c1d0174 100644
--- a/CONTRIBUTING.md
+++ b/CONTRIBUTING.md
@@ -349,17 +349,16 @@ branches should ensure they have signed the CLA before their changes are merged
 
 ### Checks on changes to `docs/` only
 
-- Markdown style check: Runs `pymarkdownlnt` on Markdown files
-- Automatic documentation checks: Runs upstream documentation workflow checks. The
-  project uses
-  [canonical/documentation-workflows](https://github.com/canonical/documentation-workflows)
-  for automatic documentation checks. To modify this part of CI behavior, pass inputs to
-  upstream workflows rather than creating or customizing local copies.
+- Spelling check: Checks spelling in the documentation with Vale
+- Link check: Check external links in the documentation with the Sphinx `linkcheck`
+  builder
+- Inclusive language check: Ensure the documentation uses inclusive language with Vale
+- Markdown style check: Lint the Markdown source with `pymarkdownlnt`
 
 ### Optional checks (allowed to fail)
 
-- Style guide check (`vale`): Checks compliance with the Canonical style guide
-- Accessibility check (`pa11y`): Checks accessibility of generated HTML
+- Style guide check: Checks compliance with the Canonical style guide with Vale
+- Accessibility check: Checks the accessibility of generated HTML with Pa11y
 
 ## Review process