diff --git a/.github/workflows/lint.yml b/.github/workflows/lint.yml
index 5a2a12f6f..ec7c3c152 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/lint.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/lint.yml
@@ -31,9 +31,3 @@ jobs:
 
       - name: Lint
         run: npm run lint
-
-      - name: Check Style
-        uses: errata-ai/vale-action@v2.1.1
-        with:
-          version: 3.7.1
-          files: '["spec","tests"]'
diff --git a/.github/workflows/style.yml b/.github/workflows/style.yml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..916be0b25
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/style.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+name: Lint
+
+on: [pull_request,push]
+
+jobs:
+  lint:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+      - name: Checkout Repo
+        uses: actions/checkout@v4
+
+      - name: Setup Node.js
+        uses: actions/setup-node@v3
+        with:
+          node-version: '20'
+
+      - name: Install Dependencies
+        run: npm ci
+
+      - name: Lint
+        run: npm run vale -- --source spec
+        run: npm run vale -- --source tests
+
+      - name: Check Style
+        uses: errata-ai/vale-action@v2.1.1
+        with:
+          version: 3.7.1
+          files: '["spec","tests"]'
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 5244756f3..8087827d4 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@
     "lint": "eslint . --report-unused-disable-directives",
     "lint--fix": "eslint . --fix --report-unused-disable-directives",
     "merge": "ts-node tools/src/merger/merge.ts",
+    "vale": "ts-node tools/src/vale/vale.ts",
     "test": "npm run test:unit && npm run test:integ",
     "jest": "jest",
     "test:unit": "jest --testMatch='**/*.test.ts' --testPathIgnorePatterns=/integ/",
diff --git a/tools/src/vale/OpenApiValer.ts b/tools/src/vale/OpenApiValer.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..a3658f1d7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/src/vale/OpenApiValer.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,49 @@
+/*
+* Copyright OpenSearch Contributors
+* SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+*
+* The OpenSearch Contributors require contributions made to
+* this file be licensed under the Apache-2.0 license or a
+* compatible open source license.
+*/
+
+import fs from 'fs'
+import globby from 'globby'
+import _ from 'lodash'
+import { Logger } from '../Logger'
+
+export default class OpenApiValer {
+  root_folder: string
+  logger: Logger
+
+  constructor (root_folder: string, logger: Logger = new Logger()) {
+    this.logger = logger
+    this.root_folder = fs.realpathSync(root_folder)
+  }
+
+  async vale(): Promise<undefined> {
+    const files = await globby([this.root_folder])
+    files.forEach((path) => {
+      this.process(path)
+    })
+  }
+
+  process(filename: string): void {
+    const contents = fs.readFileSync(filename, 'utf-8')
+    var writer = fs.createWriteStream(filename, { flags: 'w+' })
+
+    var inside_description = false
+    contents.split(/\r?\n/).forEach((line) => {
+      if (line.includes('description: |')) {
+        inside_description = true
+      } else if (line.includes('description: ')) {
+        writer.write(line.replace("description: ", "             "))
+      } else if (inside_description && line.includes(": ")) {
+        inside_description = false
+      } else if (inside_description) {
+        writer.write(line)
+      }
+      writer.write("\n")
+    })
+  }
+}
diff --git a/tools/src/vale/vale.ts b/tools/src/vale/vale.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..5a6080171
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/src/vale/vale.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+/*
+* Copyright OpenSearch Contributors
+* SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+*
+* The OpenSearch Contributors require contributions made to
+* this file be licensed under the Apache-2.0 license or a
+* compatible open source license.
+*/
+
+import { Command, Option } from '@commander-js/extra-typings'
+import { Logger, LogLevel } from '../Logger'
+import { resolve } from 'path'
+import OpenApiValer from './OpenApiValer'
+
+const command = new Command()
+  .description('Prepares YAML files for Vale.')
+  .addOption(new Option('-s, --source <path>', 'path to the root folder of the multi-file spec').default(resolve(__dirname, '../../../spec')))
+  .addOption(new Option('--verbose', 'show merge details').default(false))
+  .allowExcessArguments(false)
+  .parse()
+
+const opts = command.opts()
+const logger = new Logger(opts.verbose ? LogLevel.info : LogLevel.warn)
+const valer = new OpenApiValer(opts.source, logger)
+logger.log(`Pruning ${opts.source} ...`)
+valer.vale()
+logger.log('Done.')