diff --git a/.github/workflows/sort-package-json-check.yaml b/.github/workflows/sort-package-json-check.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..f9a8d25dcd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/sort-package-json-check.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+name: sort-package-json-check
+on:
+  push:
+    # Publish `main` as Docker `latest` image.
+    branches:
+      - main
+
+    # Publish `v1.2.3` tags as releases.
+    tags:
+      - v*
+
+concurrency:
+  group: ${{ github.workflow }}-${{ github.event.pull_request.number || github.ref }}
+  cancel-in-progress: true
+
+
+jobs:
+  sort-package-json-check:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-20.04
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v3
+      - uses: actions/setup-node@v3
+        with:
+          node-version: "14"
+      - run: npm install --global sort-package-json
+      - run: ./tools/ci-package-json-check.sh
diff --git a/tools/ci-package-json-check.sh b/tools/ci-package-json-check.sh
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..57fdb5606d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/ci-package-json-check.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+country=$(sort-package-json "**/cactus-*/package.json" --check )
+
+
+echo "${country}"
+
+if [[ "${country}" =~ 'not sorted' ]]
+then
+echo 1 'not sorted. 
+Run
+$ find -wholename "**/cactus-*/package.json" -type f -not -path "**/node_modules/*" -exec sort-package-json {} +;
+in cactus root.'
+	exit 1
+elif [[ "${country}" =~ 'already sorted' ]]
+then
+echo 0 'sorted'
+	exit 0
+else 
+echo 1 'some error occured' "${country}"
+	exit 1
+fi
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/tools/custom-checks/check-package-json-sort.ts b/tools/custom-checks/check-package-json-sort.ts
deleted file mode 100644
index 1f2c35b6f0..0000000000
--- a/tools/custom-checks/check-package-json-sort.ts
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,74 +0,0 @@
-import fs from "fs-extra";
-import path from "path";
-import { fileURLToPath } from "url";
-import { globby, Options as GlobbyOptions } from "globby";
-import { RuntimeError } from "run-time-error";
-import { isStdLibRecord } from "./is-std-lib-record";
-import { sortPackageJson } from "sort-package-json";
-
-export interface ICheckPackageJsonSort {
-  readonly argv: string[];
-  readonly env: NodeJS.ProcessEnv;
-}
-
-/**
- * Sorts and checks that all the package.json files within the Cactus project
- * Note: this only sorts and checks the package.json files that are within the
- * `packages` folder for this proeject
- *
- * @returns An array with the first item being a boolean indicating
- * 1) success (`true`) or 2) failure (`false`)
- */
-export async function checkPackageJsonSort(
-  req: ICheckPackageJsonSort,
-): Promise<[boolean, string[]]> {
-  const TAG = "[tools/check-package-json-sort.ts]";
-  const __filename = fileURLToPath(import.meta.url);
-  const __dirname = path.dirname(__filename);
-  const SCRIPT_DIR = __dirname;
-  const PROJECT_DIR = path.join(SCRIPT_DIR, "../../");
-  console.log(`${TAG} SCRIPT_DIR=${SCRIPT_DIR}`);
-  console.log(`${TAG} PROJECT_DIR=${PROJECT_DIR}`);
-
-  if (!req) {
-    throw new RuntimeError(`req parameter cannot be falsy.`);
-  }
-  if (!req.argv) {
-    throw new RuntimeError(`req.argv cannot be falsy.`);
-  }
-  if (!req.env) {
-    throw new RuntimeError(`req.env cannot be falsy.`);
-  }
-
-  const globbyOpts: GlobbyOptions = {
-    cwd: PROJECT_DIR,
-    ignore: ["**/node_modules"],
-  };
-
-  const DEFAULT_GLOB = "**/cactus-*/package.json";
-
-  const pkgJsonPaths = await globby(DEFAULT_GLOB, globbyOpts);
-  sortPackageJson(pkgJsonPaths);
-
-  const errors: string[] = [];
-
-  const checks = pkgJsonPaths.map(async (pathRel) => {
-    const filePathAbs = path.join(PROJECT_DIR, pathRel);
-    const pkgJson: unknown = await fs.readJSON(filePathAbs);
-    if (typeof pkgJson !== "object") {
-      errors.push(`ERROR: ${pathRel} package.json cannot be empty.`);
-      return;
-    }
-    if (!pkgJson) {
-      errors.push(`ERROR: ${pathRel} package.json cannot be empty.`);
-      return;
-    }
-    if (!isStdLibRecord(pkgJson)) {
-      return;
-    }
-  });
-
-  await Promise.all(checks);
-
-  return [errors.length === 0, errors];
-}