diff --git a/.github/codeql/config.yml b/.github/codeql/config.yml
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+paths-ignore:
+  - '**/node_modules/**'
+  - 'packages/api-explorer/dist/*'
+  - 'packages/api-logs/dist/*'
+  - 'packages/markdown/dist/*'
diff --git a/.github/workflows/codeql-analysis.yml b/.github/workflows/codeql-analysis.yml
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+name: "Code scanning - action"
+
+on:
+  push:
+  pull_request:
+  schedule:
+    - cron: '0 12 * * 1'
+
+jobs:
+  CodeQL-Build:
+
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+
+    steps:
+    - name: Checkout repository
+      uses: actions/checkout@v2
+      with:
+        # We must fetch at least the immediate parents so that if this is
+        # a pull request then we can checkout the head.
+        fetch-depth: 2
+
+    # If this run was triggered by a pull request event, then checkout
+    # the head of the pull request instead of the merge commit.
+    - run: git checkout HEAD^2
+      if: ${{ github.event_name == 'pull_request' }}
+
+    # Initializes the CodeQL tools for scanning.
+    - name: Initialize CodeQL
+      uses: github/codeql-action/init@v1
+      with:
+        languages: javascript
+        config-file: ./.github/codeql/config.yml
+
+    - name: Install Dependencies
+      run: |
+        npm ci
+        npx lerna bootstrap --concurrency 2
+
+    - name: Perform CodeQL Analysis
+      uses: github/codeql-action/analyze@v1