diff --git a/.appveyor.yml b/.appveyor.yml
index 1af32a371e7af..6b3989de9a997 100644
--- a/.appveyor.yml
+++ b/.appveyor.yml
@@ -16,3 +16,9 @@ build:
   verbosity: minimal
 test_script:
   - cmd: Cataclysm-test-vcpkg-static-Release-x64.exe --rng-seed time --min-duration 0.2
+skip_commits:
+  files:
+    - 'doc/**'
+    - 'lgtm/**'
+    - 'tools/**'
+    - '.github/**'
diff --git a/.github/workflows/CBA.yml b/.github/workflows/CBA.yml
index 6a6f2a92c4c6d..6df7043cb1283 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/CBA.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/CBA.yml
@@ -4,9 +4,26 @@ on:
   push:
     branches:
     - master
+    paths:
+    - '**.cpp'
+    - '**.h'
+    - '**.c'
+    - '**/CMakeLists.txt'
+    - '**/Makefile'
+    - '**.hpp'
+    - '**.cmake'
   pull_request:
     branches:
     - master
+    paths:
+    - '**.cpp'
+    - '**.h'
+    - '**.c'
+    - '**/CMakeLists.txt'
+    - '**/Makefile'
+    - '**.hpp'
+    - '**.cmake'
+
 
 jobs:
   build:
diff --git a/.github/workflows/astyle.yml b/.github/workflows/astyle.yml
index eb055f4e16541..32823f1e09dbd 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/astyle.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/astyle.yml
@@ -1,10 +1,14 @@
 name: astyle
 
 on:
-  pull_request
+  pull_request:
+    paths:
+    - '**.cpp'
+    - '**.h'
+    - '**.c'
 
 jobs:
-  style-json:
+  astyle-code:
     name: astyle check
 
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
diff --git a/.github/workflows/clang-tidy.yml b/.github/workflows/clang-tidy.yml
index e566544190ac9..babbe5566b357 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/clang-tidy.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/clang-tidy.yml
@@ -4,9 +4,25 @@ on:
   push:
     branches:
     - master
+    paths:
+    - '**.cpp'
+    - '**.h'
+    - '**.c'
+    - '**/CMakeLists.txt'
+    - '**/Makefile'
+    - '**.hpp'
+    - '**.cmake'
   pull_request:
     branches:
     - master
+    paths:
+    - '**.cpp'
+    - '**.h'
+    - '**.c'
+    - '**/CMakeLists.txt'
+    - '**/Makefile'
+    - '**.hpp'
+    - '**.cmake'
 
 jobs:
   build:
diff --git a/.github/workflows/flake8.yml b/.github/workflows/flake8.yml
index 66fc922944f2a..5c8a5cf4ac6a8 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/flake8.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/flake8.yml
@@ -4,9 +4,13 @@ on:
   push:
     branches:
     - master
+    paths:
+    - '**.py'
   pull_request:
     branches:
     - master
+    paths:
+    - '**.py'
 
 jobs:
   check:
diff --git a/.github/workflows/json.yml b/.github/workflows/json.yml
index 2c5a02aebd7c0..9bde670f6b1dd 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/json.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/json.yml
@@ -1,14 +1,16 @@
 name: JSON Validation
 
 on:
-  pull_request
+  pull_request:
+    paths:
+    - '**.json'
 
 jobs:
   style-json:
     name: JSON style check
- 
+
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    
+
     steps:
     - uses: actions/checkout@v1
       with:
diff --git a/.github/workflows/matrix.yml b/.github/workflows/matrix.yml
index bca334a33ac60..323b6983d9051 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/matrix.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/matrix.yml
@@ -4,9 +4,18 @@ on:
   push:
     branches:
     - master
+    paths-ignore:
+    - 'doc/**'
+    - 'lgtm/**'
+    - 'tools/**'
   pull_request:
     branches:
     - master
+    paths-ignore:
+    - 'doc/**'
+    - 'lgtm/**'
+    - 'tools/**'
+
 
 jobs:
   varied_builds:
diff --git a/.github/workflows/translations.yml b/.github/workflows/translations.yml
index a9c4d4feaf373..da10c15419ee3 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/translations.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/translations.yml
@@ -1,8 +1,19 @@
+name: "Push translation template"
+
 on:
   push:
     branches:
       - master
-name: "Push translation template"
+    paths:
+      - '**.json'
+      - 'src/**.cpp'
+      - 'src/**.h'
+      - 'lang/extract_json_strings.py'
+      - 'lang/strip_line_numbers.py'
+      - 'lang/update_pot.sh'
+      - 'lang/unicode_check.py'
+
+
 jobs:
   push-template:
     runs-on: ubuntu-20.04