diff --git a/.github/workflows/deploy-website-mintlify.yml b/.github/workflows/deploy-website-mintlify.yml
index b0f9a27ec7..b630fe5474 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/deploy-website-mintlify.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/deploy-website-mintlify.yml
@@ -49,15 +49,9 @@ jobs:
       - name: Install quarto
         uses: quarto-dev/quarto-actions/setup@v2
 
-      - name: Generate API documentation
-        run: |
-          python ./process_api_reference.py
-        working-directory: website
-
-      - name: Convert Jupyter notebooks to MDX
-        run: |
-          python ./process_notebooks.py render
-        working-directory: website
+      - name: Build documentation
+        run: ./scripts/docs_build.sh
+        working-directory: .
 
       - name: Prepare website content
         run: |
@@ -95,15 +89,9 @@ jobs:
       - name: Install quarto
         uses: quarto-dev/quarto-actions/setup@v2
 
-      - name: Generate API documentation
-        run: |
-          python ./process_api_reference.py
-        working-directory: website
-
-      - name: Convert Jupyter notebooks to MDX
-        run: |
-          python ./process_notebooks.py render
-        working-directory: website
+      - name: Build documentation
+        run: ./scripts/docs_build.sh
+        working-directory: .
 
       - name: Prepare website content
         run: |
diff --git a/scripts/docs_build.sh b/scripts/docs_build.sh
index e07029cccf..2d8ffeb5fb 100755
--- a/scripts/docs_build.sh
+++ b/scripts/docs_build.sh
@@ -3,7 +3,14 @@
 set -e
 set -x
 
-cd website &&
-    yarn install --frozen-lockfile --ignore-engines &&
-    pydoc-markdown &&
-    yarn build
+# Function to build documentation
+docs_build() {
+    cd website &&
+        python ./process_api_reference.py &&
+        python ./process_notebooks.py render
+}
+
+# Execute the function only if the script is run directly
+if [[ "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}" == "${0}" ]]; then
+    docs_build
+fi
diff --git a/scripts/docs_serve.sh b/scripts/docs_serve.sh
index 99239e7cd3..acc0ee0823 100755
--- a/scripts/docs_serve.sh
+++ b/scripts/docs_serve.sh
@@ -3,7 +3,16 @@
 set -e
 set -x
 
-cd website &&
-    yarn install --frozen-lockfile --ignore-engines &&
-    pydoc-markdown &&
-    yarn start
+# Source the docs_build.sh script from the same directory
+source "$(dirname "$0")/docs_build.sh"
+
+# Run the docs_build function from docs_build.sh
+docs_build
+
+# Install npm packages
+echo "Running npm install..."
+npm install
+
+# Add the command to serve the documentation
+echo "Serving documentation..."
+npm run mintlify:dev
diff --git a/website/README.md b/website/README.md
index 01bff706ef..7bdd03be4e 100644
--- a/website/README.md
+++ b/website/README.md
@@ -25,11 +25,7 @@ pip install pydoc-markdown pyyaml termcolor nbclient
 3. Finally, run the following commands to build and serve the documentation:
 
 ```console
-cd website
-python ./process_api_reference.py
-python ./process_notebooks.py render
-npm install
-npm run mintlify:dev
+./scripts/docs_serve.sh
 ```
 
 The last command starts a local development server and opens up a browser window.
@@ -52,11 +48,7 @@ docker run -it -p 8081:3000 -v $(pwd):/home/autogen/ag2 ag2ai_dev_img bash
 Once at the CLI in Docker run the following commands:
 
 ```console
-cd website
-python ./process_api_reference.py
-python ./process_notebooks.py render
-npm install
-npm run mintlify:dev
+./scripts/docs_serve.sh
 ```
 
 Once done you should be able to access the documentation at `http://127.0.0.1:8081`
diff --git a/website/build_website.sh b/website/build_website.sh
deleted file mode 100755
index e4d6441be1..0000000000
--- a/website/build_website.sh
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,35 +0,0 @@
-#!/bin/bash
-#
-# This script generates documentation using pydoc-markdown and renders the website using Quarto.
-#
-
-missing_deps=false
-
-#
-# Check for missing dependencies, report them, and exit when building the
-# website is likely to fail.
-#
-for dependency in node pydoc-markdown quarto python yarn npm
-do
-    if ! command -v "$dependency" &> /dev/null
-    then
-        echo "Command '$dependency' not found."
-        missing_deps=true
-    fi
-done
-
-if [ "$missing_deps" = true ]
-then
-    echo -e "\nSome of the dependencies are missing."
-    echo "Please install them to build the website."
-    exit 1
-fi
-
-# Generate documentation using pydoc-markdown
-pydoc-markdown
-
-# Process notebooks using a Python script
-python ./process_notebooks.py render
-
-# Start the website using yarn
-yarn start