diff --git a/scripts/skip-build-base.mjs b/scripts/skip-build-base.mjs
index 557008e5cff..d85d6a6aede 100644
--- a/scripts/skip-build-base.mjs
+++ b/scripts/skip-build-base.mjs
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ import { execSync } from 'child_process'
 
 const branchesToNeverBuild = ['i18n']
 
-export const shouldSkipBuild = (siteName, checkFolders = '../shared .') => {
+export const shouldSkipBuild = (site, checkFolders = '../shared .') => {
   const branch = process.env.VERCEL_GIT_COMMIT_REF
   const commit = process.env.VERCEL_GIT_COMMIT_SHA
   const author = process.env.VERCEL_GIT_COMMIT_AUTHOR_LOGIN
@@ -23,16 +23,32 @@ export const shouldSkipBuild = (siteName, checkFolders = '../shared .') => {
     process.exit(1)
   }
 
-  // Do not build dependabot PRs
-  if (author.toLowerCase().includes('ependabot')) {
-    console.log('🛑  Not building: Dependabot PR')
+  // Alwys build when explicitly requested
+  if (msg.includes('please-build')) {
+    console.log('✅ - Building: Commit message includes please-build')
+    process.exit(1)
+  }
+
+  // Never build the sanity site unless explicitly requested
+  if (site === 'sanity') {
+    console.log(
+      "🛑  Not building: Sanity site. You need to include 'please-build' in your commit message to build this site"
+    )
     process.exit(0)
   }
 
-  // Always build develop branch
-  if (branch === 'develop') {
-    console.log('✅ - Building: develop branch is always built')
-    process.exit(1)
+  // Never build the lab site unless explicitly requested
+  if (site === 'lab') {
+    console.log(
+      "🛑  Not building: Lab site. You need to include 'please-build' in your commit message to build this site"
+    )
+    process.exit(0)
+  }
+
+  // Do not build dependabot PRs
+  if (author.toLowerCase().includes('dependabot')) {
+    console.log('🛑  Not building: Dependabot PR')
+    process.exit(0)
   }
 
   // Do not build branches that should never be build
@@ -47,6 +63,12 @@ export const shouldSkipBuild = (siteName, checkFolders = '../shared .') => {
     process.exit(0)
   }
 
+  // Always build develop branch
+  if (branch === 'develop') {
+    console.log('✅ - Building: develop branch is always built')
+    process.exit(1)
+  }
+
   // Only build pull requests that made changes to the given site
   if (process.env.VERCEL_GIT_PULL_REQUEST_ID) {
     try {
@@ -78,14 +100,14 @@ export const shouldSkipBuild = (siteName, checkFolders = '../shared .') => {
         `git diff --name-only $(git merge-base develop HEAD) HEAD -- ${checkFolders}`
       ).toString()
       if (changes) {
-        console.log(`✅ - ${siteName} Pull Request - Proceed to build`)
+        console.log(`✅ - ${site} Pull Request - Proceed to build`)
         process.exit(1)
       }
     } catch (e) {
       console.log(e)
     }
 
-    console.log(`🛑 - Pull Request made no changes to ${siteName} - Do not build`)
+    console.log(`🛑 - Pull Request made no changes to ${site} - Do not build`)
     process.exit(0)
   }
 
diff --git a/sites/dev/skip_build.mjs b/sites/dev/skip_build.mjs
index a19d8795a90..8142eba8190 100755
--- a/sites/dev/skip_build.mjs
+++ b/sites/dev/skip_build.mjs
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 import { shouldSkipBuild } from '../../scripts/skip-build-base.mjs'
 
-shouldSkipBuild('Dev', '../shared . ../../markdown/dev')
+shouldSkipBuild('dev', '../shared . ../../markdown/dev')
diff --git a/sites/lab/skip_build.mjs b/sites/lab/skip_build.mjs
index ef03f1382af..082d32abe88 100755
--- a/sites/lab/skip_build.mjs
+++ b/sites/lab/skip_build.mjs
@@ -8,4 +8,4 @@ const triggerFolders = [
   '../../packages/core',
 ].join(' ')
 
-shouldSkipBuild('Lab', triggerFolders)
+shouldSkipBuild('lab', triggerFolders)
diff --git a/sites/org/skip_build.mjs b/sites/org/skip_build.mjs
index 3eb45dddaac..311f8bd90e6 100755
--- a/sites/org/skip_build.mjs
+++ b/sites/org/skip_build.mjs
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 import { shouldSkipBuild } from '../../scripts/skip-build-base.mjs'
 
-shouldSkipBuild('Org', '../shared . ../../markdown/org')
+shouldSkipBuild('org', '../shared . ../../markdown/org')
diff --git a/sites/sanity/skip_build.mjs b/sites/sanity/skip_build.mjs
index 5092aa0a105..a85d9f434e2 100755
--- a/sites/sanity/skip_build.mjs
+++ b/sites/sanity/skip_build.mjs
@@ -4,4 +4,4 @@ import process from 'node:process'
 // For now, never build CMS
 process.exit(0)
 
-shouldSkipBuild('Sanity', '.')
+shouldSkipBuild('sanity', '.')