diff --git a/.woodpecker.yml b/.woodpecker.yml
index a9dc5c4..00b6585 100644
--- a/.woodpecker.yml
+++ b/.woodpecker.yml
@@ -1,22 +1,19 @@
-# clone:
-#   git:
-#     image: woodpeckerci/plugin-git
-#     settings:
-#       recursive: true
-#       submodule_update_remote: true
-pipeline:
+steps:
   prepare_repo:
     image: alpine:3
     commands:
       - apk add git
-        #- git fetch --tags
       - git submodule init
       - git submodule update --recursive --remote
+    when:
+      - event: pull_request
 
   check_formatting:
     image: tmknom/prettier
     commands:
       - prettier -c src
+    when:
+      - event: pull_request
 
   check_typos:
     image: alpine:3
@@ -24,6 +21,8 @@ pipeline:
       - wget -O typos.tar.gz https://github.com/crate-ci/typos/releases/download/v1.14.12/typos-v1.14.12-x86_64-unknown-linux-musl.tar.gz
       - tar -xzf typos.tar.gz
       - ./typos src
+    when:
+      - event: pull_request
 
   check_documentation_build:
     image: alpine:3
@@ -34,8 +33,12 @@ pipeline:
       - ls -la mdbook
       - ./update-includes.sh
       - ./mdbook build .
+    when:
+      - event: pull_request
 
   dead_links:
     image: becheran/mlc:latest
     commands:
       - mlc src/en --offline --ignore-links "*localhost*" --ignore-links "*127.0.0.1*" --ignore-links /api
+    when:
+      - event: pull_request