diff --git a/.github/workflows/update_software_list.yml b/.github/workflows/update_software_list.yml
index 77b125e..a623f9e 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/update_software_list.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/update_software_list.yml
@@ -68,29 +68,17 @@ jobs:
         run: pip install --upgrade --requirement config/requirements.txt
       - name: Create the branch for test validation
         run: git switch --create ${{ needs.setup.outputs.testing_branch }}
-      - name: Normalize individual cisagov_*.yml files
-        run: |
-          for file in data/cisagov_*yml; do \
-            normalize-yml --cisagov-format "$file" > "$file".tmp; \
-            mv --force "$file".tmp "$file"; \
-          done
-      - name: Update the comprehensive cisagov YAML file
-        run: normalize-yml --cisagov-format data/cisagov_*.yml > data/cisagov.yml
-      - name: Generate a normalized YAML file from all source YAML files
-        run: normalize-yml data/cisagov.yml > normalized.yml
-      - name: Generate a Markdown table from the normalized YAML file
-        run: yml2md normalized.yml > table_data.md
-      - name: Generate a new software list from the updated data
-        run: md-from-template config/SOFTWARE-LIST.tpl.md table_data.md > SOFTWARE-LIST.md
+      - name: Update the YAML and Markdown files as appropriate
+        run: config/update_software_lists.sh
       - id: commit-for-testing
         uses: stefanzweifel/git-auto-commit-action@v4
         with:
           branch: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.testing_branch }}
-          commit_message: Update the software list
+          commit_message: Normalize YAML files and update the software lists
           commit_user_name: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.git_user }}
           commit_user_email: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.git_email }}
           commit_author: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.git_author }}
-          file_pattern: SOFTWARE-LIST.md data/cisagov*.yml
+          file_pattern: data/cisagov*.yml software_lists/software_list_*.md
   merge_list_update:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     needs:
diff --git a/config/update_software_lists.sh b/config/update_software_lists.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..c7630be
--- /dev/null
+++ b/config/update_software_lists.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+
+# This script is used to do the following:
+# - Normalize each of the data/cisagov_*.yml files.
+# - Update the comprehensive data/cisagov.yml file.
+# - Generate each software_lists/software_list_*.md file from its respective
+#   data/cisagov_*.yml file.
+
+set -o nounset
+set -o errexit
+set -o pipefail
+
+OUTPUT_DIRECTORY=software_lists
+TEMPLATE_FILE=config/SOFTWARE-LIST.tpl.md
+
+echo Normalize individual cisagov YAML files
+for file in data/cisagov_*.yml; do
+  echo "  $file..."
+  normalize-yml --cisagov-format "$file" > "$file".tmp
+  mv --force "$file".tmp "$file"
+done
+
+echo Update the comprehensive cisagov YAML file
+normalize-yml --cisagov-format data/cisagov_*.yml > data/cisagov.yml
+
+echo Generate Markdown files from the individual cisagov YAML files
+for file in data/cisagov_*.yml; do
+  echo "  $file..."
+  # Convert the file path data/cisagov_*.yml to software_list_*.md
+  md_file=$(echo "$file" | sed 's/data\/cisagov_\(.\+\)yml/software_list_\1md/g')
+  normalize-yml "$file" > "$file.tmp"
+  yml2md "$file.tmp" > "$md_file.tmp"
+  md-from-template $TEMPLATE_FILE "$md_file.tmp" > "$OUTPUT_DIRECTORY/$md_file"
+done