diff --git a/.github/workflows/pr-actions.yml b/.github/workflows/pr-actions.yml
index c2e30d42bb85..dfc5319e81b6 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/pr-actions.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/pr-actions.yml
@@ -69,21 +69,11 @@ jobs:
 
       - run: |
           case $PR_ACTION in
-            format)
-              npm run format
-              ;;
-            submodules)
-              npm run sync
-              ;;
-            refcache)
-              npm install --omit=optional
-              npm run check:links
-              ;;
-            all)
+            all|refcache)
               npm install --omit=optional
-              npm run sync
-              npm run format
-              npm run check:links
+              ;&
+            format|submodules)
+              npm run fix:$PR_ACTION
               ;;
           esac
           git status
diff --git a/content/en/docs/contributing/_index.md b/content/en/docs/contributing/_index.md
index 8ec8066b23be..9811c7734fd2 100644
--- a/content/en/docs/contributing/_index.md
+++ b/content/en/docs/contributing/_index.md
@@ -380,18 +380,18 @@ GitHub also automatically assigns labels to a PR to help reviewers.
 
 #### Fix content issues automatically
 
-Before submitting a change to the repository, run the following command and
-address any reported issues. Also commit any files changed by the `fix` script:
+Before submitting a change to the repository, run the following command and (i)
+address any reported issues, (ii) commit any files changed by the script:
 
 ```sh
 npm run test-and-fix
 ```
 
-To separately test and fix issues with your files, run:
+To separately test and fix all issues with your files, run:
 
 ```sh
-npm run test # checks but does not update any files
-npm run fix  # may update files
+npm run test    # Checks but does not update any files
+npm run fix:all # May update files
 ```
 
 To list available NPM scripts, run `npm run`.
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 6425b503bef6..8512ec4b3e00 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 {
-  "spelling": "cSpell:ignore docsy elemetry HTMLTEST hugo loglevel netlify prebuild precheck preinstall postbuild postget textlint -",
+  "spelling": "cSpell:ignore docsy elemetry HTMLTEST hugo loglevel netlify prebuild precheck preinstall postbuild postget refcache textlint -",
   "Notes": [
     "The 'all' runs _all_ named scripts in sequence, even if one fails; and exits with failure in that case."
   ],
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
     "_get:submodule:non-lang": "npm run _get:submodule -- content-modules/opentelemetry-specification themes/docsy",
     "_get:submodule": "set -x && git submodule update --init ${DEPTH:- --depth 1}",
     "_list:check:*": "npm run --loglevel=warn | grep -Ee '^\\s*check:[^:]+$'",
-    "_list:fix:*": "npm run --loglevel=warn | grep -Ee '^\\s*fix:[^:]+$'",
+    "_list:fix:*": "npm run --loglevel=warn | grep -Ee '^\\s*fix:[^:]+$' | grep -v 'fix:all'",
     "_ls-bad-filenames": "find assets content static -name '*_*' ! -name '_*'",
     "_prebuild": "npm run seq -- get:submodule cp:spec",
     "_prepare:docsy": "cd themes/docsy && npm install",
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@
     "_rename-to-kebab-case": "find assets content static -name '*_*' ! -name '_*' -exec sh -c 'mv \"$1\" \"${1//_/-}\"' _ {} \\;",
     "_serve:hugo": "hugo server -DFE --minify",
     "_serve:netlify": "netlify dev -c \"npm run _serve:hugo\"",
+    "_sync": "./scripts/sync-submodules.pl",
     "all": "bash -c 'x=0; for c in \"$@\"; do npm run $c || x=$((x+1)); done; ((!x)) || (echo \"ERROR: some scripts failed!\" && exit 1)' -",
     "build:preview": "set -x && npm run _build -- --minify",
     "build:production": "hugo --cleanDestinationDir --minify",
@@ -49,11 +50,14 @@
     "cp:spec": "./scripts/content-modules/cp-pages.sh",
     "diff:check": "npm run _diff:check || (echo; echo 'WARNING: the files above have not been committed'; echo)",
     "diff:fail": "npm run _diff:check || (echo; echo 'ERROR: the files above have changed. Locally rerun `npm run test-and-fix` and commit changes'; echo; exit 1)",
+    "fix:all": "npm run seq -- $(npm -s run _list:fix:*)",
     "fix:dict": "find content layouts -name \"*.md\" -print0 | xargs -0 ./scripts/normalize-cspell-front-matter.pl",
     "fix:filenames": "npm run _rename-to-kebab-case",
     "fix:format": "npm run format",
     "fix:markdown": "npm run check:markdown -- --fix",
-    "fix": "npm run seq -- $(npm -s run _list:fix:*)",
+    "fix:refcache": "npm run check:links",
+    "fix:submodules": "npm run _sync",
+    "fix": "npm run fix:all",
     "format": "npm run _check:format -- --write",
     "get:submodule": "npm run _get:${GET:-submodule}",
     "install:netlify-cli": "npm list netlify-cli || npm install netlify-cli",
@@ -70,6 +74,7 @@
     "prepare": "npm run seq -- get:submodule _prepare:docsy",
     "preserve:hugo": "npm run _prebuild",
     "preserve:netlify": "npm run seq -- _prebuild install:netlify-cli",
+    "prefix:submodules": "npm run update:submodule",
     "schemas:update": "npm run update:submodule content-modules/opentelemetry-specification",
     "seq": "bash -c 'for cmd in \"$@\"; do npm run $cmd || exit 1; done' - ",
     "serve:hugo": "npm run _serve:hugo",