diff --git a/.github/workflows/reviewdog.yml b/.github/workflows/reviewdog.yml
index 28277299c6f..14b8b2e7f23 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/reviewdog.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/reviewdog.yml
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ jobs:
           fetch-depth: 0
       - uses: errata-ai/vale-action@d89dee975228ae261d22c15adcd03578634d429c # Pinned to V2.1.1
         with:
-          vale_flags: --config=docusaurus/vale.ini --minAlertLevel=warning # Location of Vale's config file and min alert level for CI (local linters will still see suggestions)
+          vale_flags: --config=docusaurus/vale-ci.ini --minAlertLevel=warning # CI-specific config that disables certain rules (see vale-ci.ini vs vale.ini)
           files: docs/ # Folder in which to lint
           filter_mode: added # Only lint things that have changed
           fail_on_error: false # Don't fail if the linter finds issues (compliance is optional)
diff --git a/docusaurus/vale-ci.ini b/docusaurus/vale-ci.ini
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..b3ad2bec257
--- /dev/null
+++ b/docusaurus/vale-ci.ini
@@ -0,0 +1,49 @@
+# This file controls Vale's behavior when linting your documentation in GitHub CI.
+# For local linting, use vale.ini instead.
+# The main difference is that this file disables certain rules that should only run locally.
+
+# Where styles and rules are located
+StylesPath = ../docs/vale-styles
+
+#Custom vocabulary definition
+Vocab = Airbyte
+
+# Minimum level at which Vale will trigger an alert
+MinAlertLevel = suggestion
+
+# External packages
+Packages = Google, write-good, MDX
+
+# What Vale lints
+[*.{md,txt}]
+
+# What Vale lints with
+BasedOnStyles = Vale, Google, write-good, airbyte
+
+## Ignore some imported style rules because they're too esoteric or overlap with another library
+write-good.E-Prime = NO
+write-good.Passive = NO
+write-good.TooWordy = NO
+Vale.Terms = NO
+
+## Rules disabled for GitHub CI only (these still run locally)
+Google.Headings = NO
+
+## Ignore:
+## - Anything in angle brackets that starts with an uppercase letter (IE a React component)
+## - Anything in double curly braces (IE a MarkDown variable)
+## - Single backticks
+## - MarkDown links or images
+## - URLS
+## - emails
+## - URLs without http
+## - React component imports
+## More info: https://vale.sh/docs/keys/tokenignores 
+TokenIgnores = (<\/?[A-Z].+>), \{\{([^}]*)\}\}, (\x60[^\n\x60]+\x60), (\[[^\n]+[^\n]*\]\([^\n]+\)), (http[^\n]+), ([^\n]+@[^\n]+\.[^\n]+), (\[[^\n]+?\.(?:com|net|org|gov|ca|co|us|io|info|xyz|ai)\]), (import [^\n]+ from [^\n]+)
+
+## Exclude certain block-level sections of text that don't have an associated HTML tag that could be used with SkippedScopes.
+## More info: https://vale.sh/docs/keys/blockignores
+BlockIgnores = (```(\w)[\s\S]*?```)/g
+
+[formats]
+mdx = md
diff --git a/docusaurus/vale.ini b/docusaurus/vale.ini
index 83ee1540edf..462c2d315ef 100644
--- a/docusaurus/vale.ini
+++ b/docusaurus/vale.ini
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
-# This file controls Vale's behavior when linting your documentation.
+# This file controls Vale's behavior when linting your documentation locally.
+# For GitHub CI linting, see vale-ci.ini which disables certain rules for CI only.
 
 # Where styles and rules are located
 StylesPath = ../docs/vale-styles