diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 4cc6705cd..3803b49e0 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -73,6 +73,7 @@ Commands:
   aegir build                        Builds a browser bundle and TS type declarations from the `src` folder.
   aegir check                        Check project
   aegir docs                         Generate documentation from TS type declarations.
+  aegir doc-check                    Verify TS code snippets in documentation.
   aegir lint                         Lint all project files
   aegir release                      Release your code onto the world
   aegir test-dependant [repo]        Run the tests of an module that depends on this module to see if the current changes have caused a regression
@@ -103,8 +104,6 @@ Aegir can be fully configured using a config file named `.aegir.js` or the packa
 ```js
 // file: .aegir.js
 
-
-
 /** @type {import('aegir').PartialOptions} */
 module.exports = {
   tsRepo: true,
diff --git a/md/github-actions.md b/md/github-actions.md
index 36caef3ed..931a63a0f 100644
--- a/md/github-actions.md
+++ b/md/github-actions.md
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ jobs:
     - run: npx aegir lint
     - run: npx aegir build
     - run: npx aegir dep-check
+    - run: npx aegir doc-check
     - uses: ipfs/aegir/actions/bundle-size@master
       with:
         github_token: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index d7328c9c4..b3be82bca 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -213,6 +213,7 @@
     "test": "node src/index.js test",
     "docs": "node src/index.js docs",
     "dep-check": "node src/index.js dep-check",
+    "doc-check": "node src/index.js doc-check",
     "test:node": "node src/index.js test -t node --cov",
     "test:chrome": "node src/index.js test -t browser --cov",
     "test:chrome-webworker": "node src/index.js test -t webworker",
@@ -310,6 +311,7 @@
     "typedoc-plugin-mdn-links": "^2.0.0",
     "typedoc-plugin-missing-exports": "^1.0.0",
     "typescript": "^4.6.3",
+    "typescript-docs-verifier": "2.4.0",
     "uint8arrays": "^4.0.2",
     "undici": "^5.0.0",
     "update-notifier": "^6.0.2",
diff --git a/src/cmds/document-check.js b/src/cmds/document-check.js
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..09a5c4c62
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/cmds/document-check.js
@@ -0,0 +1,49 @@
+/* eslint-disable no-console */
+
+import { loadUserConfig } from '../config/user.js'
+import docCheck from '../document-check.js'
+
+/**
+ * @typedef {import("yargs").Argv} Argv
+ * @typedef {import("yargs").Arguments} Arguments
+ * @typedef {import("yargs").CommandModule} CommandModule
+ */
+
+const EPILOG = `
+Docs are verified using typescript-docs-verifier (https://github.com/bbc/typescript-docs-verifier#typescript-docs-verifier)
+For more info read: https://github.com/bbc/typescript-docs-verifier#how-it-works
+`
+
+/** @type {CommandModule} */
+export default {
+  command: 'document-check [input...]',
+  aliases: ['doc-check'],
+  describe: 'Run `document-check` cli with aegir defaults.',
+  /**
+   * @param {Argv} yargs
+   */
+  builder: async (yargs) => {
+    const userConfig = await loadUserConfig()
+
+    return yargs
+      .epilog(EPILOG)
+      .options({
+        inputFiles: {
+          array: true,
+          describe: 'The files to verify, defaults to `README.md`',
+          default: userConfig.documentCheck.inputFiles
+        },
+        tsConfigPath: {
+          type: 'string',
+          describe: 'The path to the `tsconfig.json`, defaults to the root.',
+          default: userConfig.documentCheck.tsConfigPath
+        }
+      })
+  },
+  /**
+   * @param {any} argv
+   */
+  async handler (argv) {
+    await docCheck.run(argv)
+  }
+}
diff --git a/src/config/user.js b/src/config/user.js
index 3e40db1bc..e00aa53db 100644
--- a/src/config/user.js
+++ b/src/config/user.js
@@ -68,6 +68,14 @@ const defaults = {
     email: 'aegir[bot]@users.noreply.github.com',
     directory: '.docs'
   },
+  // document check cmd options
+  documentCheck: {
+    inputFiles: [
+      '*.md',
+      'src/*.md'
+    ],
+    tsConfigPath: '.'
+  },
   // ts cmd options
   ts: {
     preset: undefined,
diff --git a/src/document-check.js b/src/document-check.js
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..3dd44851c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/document-check.js
@@ -0,0 +1,60 @@
+/* eslint-disable no-console */
+
+import Listr from 'listr'
+import { hasTsconfig } from './utils.js'
+import { globby } from 'globby'
+import { compileSnippets } from 'typescript-docs-verifier'
+/**
+ * @typedef {import("./types").GlobalOptions} GlobalOptions
+ * @typedef {import("./types").DocsVerifierOptions} DocsVerifierOptions
+ * @typedef {import("listr").ListrTaskWrapper} Task
+ */
+
+const tasks = new Listr(
+  [
+    {
+      title: 'typescript-doc-verify',
+      /**
+       * @param {GlobalOptions & DocsVerifierOptions} ctx
+       */
+      enabled: ctx => hasTsconfig,
+      /**
+       * @param {GlobalOptions & DocsVerifierOptions} ctx
+       * @param {Task} task
+       */
+      task: async (ctx, task) => {
+        let tsconfigPath = 'tsconfig.json'
+        let markdownFiles = ['README.md']
+
+        if (ctx.tsConfigPath) {
+          tsconfigPath = `${ctx.tsConfigPath}/tsconfig.json`
+        }
+
+        if (ctx.inputFiles) {
+          markdownFiles = await globby(ctx.inputFiles)
+        }
+
+        compileSnippets({ markdownFiles, project: tsconfigPath })
+          .then((results) => {
+            results.forEach((result) => {
+              if (result.error) {
+                console.log(`Error compiling example code block ${result.index} in file ${result.file}`)
+                console.log(result.error.message)
+                console.log('Original code:')
+                console.log(result.snippet)
+              }
+            })
+          })
+          .catch((error) => {
+            console.error('Error compiling TypeScript snippets', error)
+          })
+      }
+
+    }
+  ],
+  {
+    renderer: 'verbose'
+  }
+)
+
+export default tasks
diff --git a/src/index.js b/src/index.js
index 8d8d35d61..26a233a67 100755
--- a/src/index.js
+++ b/src/index.js
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ import releaseRcCmd from './cmds/release-rc.js'
 import testDependantCmd from './cmds/test-dependant.js'
 import testCmd from './cmds/test.js'
 import docsCmd from './cmds/docs.js'
+import docVerifyCmd from './cmds/document-check.js'
 import execCmd from './cmds/exec.js'
 import runCmd from './cmds/run.js'
 
@@ -87,6 +88,7 @@ async function main () {
   res.command(cleanCmd)
   res.command(dependencyCheckCmd)
   res.command(docsCmd)
+  res.command(docVerifyCmd)
   res.command(lintPackageJsonCmd)
   res.command(lintCmd)
   res.command(releaseCmd)
diff --git a/src/lint.js b/src/lint.js
index 1eb405994..c5b771b67 100644
--- a/src/lint.js
+++ b/src/lint.js
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ import path from 'path'
 import { execa } from 'execa'
 import fs from 'fs-extra'
 import merge from 'merge-options'
-import { fromRoot, readJson, hasTsconfig, isTypescript, findBinary } from './utils.js'
+import { fromRoot, readJson, hasTsconfig, isTypescript, findBinary, hasDocCheck } from './utils.js'
 import { fileURLToPath } from 'url'
 import kleur from 'kleur'
 
@@ -99,6 +99,15 @@ const tasks = new Listr(
           fs.removeSync(fromRoot('dist', 'tsconfig-check.aegir.tsbuildinfo'))
         }
       }
+    },
+    {
+      title: 'doc-check',
+      enabled: () => hasDocCheck,
+      task: async () => {
+        await execa('npm', ['run', 'doc-check', '--if-present', '--', '--publish', 'false'], {
+          stdio: 'inherit'
+        })
+      }
     }
   ],
   {
diff --git a/src/types.ts b/src/types.ts
index 063eceeb6..f8e677f24 100644
--- a/src/types.ts
+++ b/src/types.ts
@@ -36,6 +36,10 @@ interface Options extends GlobalOptions {
    * Options for the `dependency-check` command
    */
   dependencyCheck: DependencyCheckOptions
+  /**
+   * Options for the `document-check` command
+   */
+  documentCheck: DocsVerifierOptions
   /**
    * Options for the `exec` command
    */
@@ -82,6 +86,10 @@ interface PartialOptions {
    * Options for the `dependency-check` command
    */
   dependencyCheck?: DependencyCheckOptions
+  /**
+   * Options for the `document-check` command
+   */
+  documentCheck?: DocsVerifierOptions
 }
 
 interface GlobalOptions {
@@ -164,6 +172,18 @@ interface DocsOptions {
   directory: string
 }
 
+interface DocsVerifierOptions {
+  /**
+   * The Markdown files to be verified, defaults to `README.md`
+   */
+  inputFiles?: string[]
+
+  /**
+   * An alternative `.tsconfig.json` path to be used seperately from the default
+   */
+  tsConfigPath?: string
+}
+
 interface LintOptions {
   /**
    * Automatically fix errors if possible.
@@ -350,6 +370,7 @@ export type {
   LintOptions,
   TestOptions,
   ReleaseOptions,
+  DocsVerifierOptions,
   ReleaseRcOptions,
   DependencyCheckOptions,
   ExecOptions,
diff --git a/src/utils.js b/src/utils.js
index f4ae0fb33..2fc847e4d 100644
--- a/src/utils.js
+++ b/src/utils.js
@@ -252,6 +252,7 @@ export const hasIndexTs = hasFile('src/index.ts')
 export const hasIndexJs = hasFile('src/index.js')
 export const isMonorepoParent = Boolean(pkg.workspaces)
 export const hasDocs = Boolean(pkg.scripts?.docs)
+export const hasDocCheck = Boolean(pkg.scripts && pkg.scripts['doc-check'])
 
 // our project types: