diff --git a/.github/workflows/clang-tidy-format.yml b/.github/workflows/clang-tidy-format.yml
index 4e128c9..bc7e974 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/clang-tidy-format.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/clang-tidy-format.yml
@@ -35,6 +35,10 @@ jobs:
           style: ''
           # Use .clang-tidy file
           tidy-checks: ''
+          # Check the entire repo for source files to tidy
+          files-changed-only: false
+          # Ignore qtk build and external assimp directories
+          ignore: '.github|build|extern/assimp/assimp'
           # Point to compile_commands.json produced by build
           database: 'build'
           # Use thread comments as feedback