diff --git a/.github/workflows/staging-deploy-pr.yml b/.github/workflows/staging-deploy-pr.yml
index f62d908029..ad0d7d2eb2 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/staging-deploy-pr.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/staging-deploy-pr.yml
@@ -34,12 +34,32 @@ jobs:
       cancel-in-progress: true
     outputs:
       source_blob_url: ${{ steps.build-source.outputs.download_url }}
+      check_run_id: ${{ steps.create-check-run.outputs.check_run_id }}
+      check_run_name: ${{ steps.create-check-run.outputs.check_run_name }}
     steps:
       - name: Dump event context
         env:
           GITHUB_EVENT_CONTEXT: ${{ toJSON(github.event) }}
         run: echo "$GITHUB_EVENT_CONTEXT"
 
+      - name: Create check run
+        id: create-check-run
+        uses: actions/github-script@2b34a689ec86a68d8ab9478298f91d5401337b7d
+        with:
+          script: |
+            // Create a check run
+            const CHECK_NAME = '${{ github.workflow }} / ${{ github.job }} (${{ github.event_name }})'
+            const { data } = await github.checks.create({
+              name: CHECK_NAME,
+              head_sha: '${{github.sha}}',
+              owner: 'github',
+              repo: 'docs-internal',
+              status: 'in_progress',
+              started_at: new Date()
+            })
+            core.setOutput('check_run_id', data.id)
+            core.setOutput('check_run_name', CHECK_NAME)
+
       - name: Download build artifact
         uses: dawidd6/action-download-artifact@b9571484721e8187f1fd08147b497129f8972c74
         with:
@@ -177,6 +197,8 @@ jobs:
           HYDRO_SECRET: ${{ secrets.HYDRO_SECRET }}
           PR_URL: ${{ env.PR_URL }}
           SOURCE_BLOB_URL: ${{ needs.prepare.outputs.source_blob_url }}
+          CHECK_RUN_ID: ${{ needs.prepare.outputs.check_run_id }}
+          CHECK_RUN_NAME: ${{ needs.prepare.outputs.check_run_name }}
         with:
           script: |
             const { GITHUB_TOKEN, HEROKU_API_TOKEN } = process.env
@@ -205,7 +227,7 @@ jobs:
             const octokit = getOctokit()
 
             try {
-              const { PR_URL, SOURCE_BLOB_URL } = process.env
+              const { PR_URL, SOURCE_BLOB_URL, CHECK_RUN_ID, CHECK_RUN_NAME } = process.env
               const { owner, repo, pullNumber } = parsePrUrl(PR_URL)
               if (!owner || !repo || !pullNumber) {
                 throw new Error(`'pullRequestUrl' input must match URL format 'https://github.com/github/(docs|docs-internal)/pull/123' but was '${PR_URL}'`)
@@ -225,7 +247,36 @@ jobs:
                 sourceBlobUrl: SOURCE_BLOB_URL,
                 runId: context.runId
               })
+
+              await octokit.checks.update({
+                owner: 'github',
+                repo: 'docs-internal',
+                conclusion: 'success',
+                status: 'completed',
+                name: CHECK_RUN_NAME,
+                check_run_id: CHECK_RUN_ID,
+                output: {
+                  title: 'Successfully deployed to staging',
+                  summary: 'Success',
+                  text: 'Succeeded! 🚀\n\nSee full logs: https://github.com/${{ github.repository }}/actions/runs/${{ github.run_id }}'
+                },
+                completed_at: new Date()
+              })
             } catch (error) {
+              await octokit.checks.update({
+                owner: 'github',
+                repo: 'docs-internal',
+                conclusion: 'failure',
+                status: 'completed',
+                name: CHECK_RUN_NAME,
+                check_run_id: CHECK_RUN_ID,
+                output: {
+                  title: `Failed to deploy to staging: ${error.message}`,
+                  summary: error.message,
+                  text: 'Failed! 🚫\n\nSee full logs: https://github.com/${{ github.repository }}/actions/runs/${{ github.run_id }}'
+                }
+                completed_at: new Date()
+              })
               console.error(`Failed to deploy to staging: ${error.message}`)
               console.error(error)
               throw error