diff --git a/.github/workflows/check-new-release.yml b/.github/workflows/check-new-release.yml
deleted file mode 100644
index 7a20d6452..000000000
--- a/.github/workflows/check-new-release.yml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,59 +0,0 @@
-name: Check for New EnergyPlus Release
-
-on:
-  schedule:
-    # Run every Monday at 08:00 UTC
-    - cron: "0 8 * * 1"
-  workflow_dispatch:
-
-permissions:
-  contents: read
-  actions: write
-
-jobs:
-  check:
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    steps:
-      - name: Check out
-        uses: actions/checkout@v4
-
-      - name: Check for new release
-        id: check
-        env:
-          GH_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
-        run: |
-          # Fetch the latest release tag from NatLabRockies/EnergyPlus
-          LATEST_TAG=$(gh api repos/NatLabRockies/EnergyPlus/releases/latest --jq '.tag_name')
-          echo "Latest EnergyPlus release: ${LATEST_TAG}"
-
-          # Check if this version is already in our versions.json on gh-pages
-          KNOWN_VERSIONS=""
-          if gh api "repos/${{ github.repository }}/contents/versions.json?ref=gh-pages" --jq '.content' 2>/dev/null | base64 -d > /tmp/versions.json 2>/dev/null; then
-            KNOWN_VERSIONS=$(python3 -c "
-          import json, sys
-          data = json.load(open('/tmp/versions.json'))
-          for entry in data:
-              print(entry['title'])
-          ")
-          fi
-
-          # Strip the 'v' prefix for comparison
-          LATEST_TITLE="${LATEST_TAG#v}"
-
-          if echo "$KNOWN_VERSIONS" | grep -q "^${LATEST_TITLE}$"; then
-            echo "Version ${LATEST_TAG} already deployed"
-            echo "new_version=" >> "$GITHUB_OUTPUT"
-          else
-            echo "New version found: ${LATEST_TAG}"
-            echo "new_version=${LATEST_TAG}" >> "$GITHUB_OUTPUT"
-          fi
-
-      - name: Trigger conversion workflow
-        if: steps.check.outputs.new_version != ''
-        env:
-          GH_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
-        run: |
-          echo "Triggering conversion for ${{ steps.check.outputs.new_version }}"
-          gh workflow run convert-docs.yml \
-            -f versions="${{ steps.check.outputs.new_version }}" \
-            -f force_rebuild=true
diff --git a/CLAUDE.md b/CLAUDE.md
index 3f4ce4034..02ef27e1a 100644
--- a/CLAUDE.md
+++ b/CLAUDE.md
@@ -146,7 +146,7 @@ dist/                         # (gitignored) Final deployed multi-version site
 All workflows are in `.github/workflows/`:
 
 - **`main.yml`** — Runs on push to main and PRs. Checks quality (`make check`) and docs build (`zensical build`).
-- **`check-new-release.yml`** — Weekly cron (Monday 08:00 UTC) checks for new EnergyPlus releases on NatLabRockies/EnergyPlus and triggers a conversion if found.
+- **New EnergyPlus releases** are detected by `energyplus-watch.yml` in idfkit-conformance, which tracks each release in one issue and opens this project's adoption only after its pinned idfkit carries the release. See `idfkit-conformance/energyplus/README.md`.
 - **`convert-docs.yml`** — Main build pipeline. Matrix job that converts each version in parallel, then merges all outputs and deploys to GitHub Pages.
 - **`on-release-main.yml`** — Triggers full rebuild of all versions when a release is published on this repo.