diff --git a/.github/workflows/codex-preview.yml b/.github/workflows/codex-preview.yml
index 34c2706..3f6c14c 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/codex-preview.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/codex-preview.yml
@@ -266,9 +266,12 @@ jobs:
             const toMarkdownLink = (file) => {
               const path = file
                 .replace(rootPattern, '')
-                .replace(/\/index.md$/, '')
+                .replace(/(?:^|\/)index\.md$/, '')
                 .replace(/\.md$/, '');
-              return `[${escapeMarkdown(file)}](https://codex.elastic.dev${process.env.PATH_PREFIX}/${path})`;
+              const href = path
+                ? `https://codex.elastic.dev${process.env.PATH_PREFIX}/${path}`
+                : `https://codex.elastic.dev${process.env.PATH_PREFIX}`;
+              return `[${escapeMarkdown(file)}](${href})`;
             }
 
             const links = changedMdFiles.map(toMarkdownLink)
diff --git a/.github/workflows/docs-deploy.yml b/.github/workflows/docs-deploy.yml
index 2eae288..1c21fa1 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/docs-deploy.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/docs-deploy.yml
@@ -737,9 +737,12 @@ jobs:
             const toMarkdownLink = (file) => {
               const path = file
                 .replace(rootPattern, '')
-                .replace(/\/index\.md$/, '')
+                .replace(/(?:^|\/)index\.md$/, '')
                 .replace(/\.md$/, '');
-              return `[${escapeMarkdown(file)}](https://docs-v3-preview.elastic.dev${process.env.PATH_PREFIX}/${path})`;
+              const href = path
+                ? `https://docs-v3-preview.elastic.dev${process.env.PATH_PREFIX}/${path}`
+                : `https://docs-v3-preview.elastic.dev${process.env.PATH_PREFIX}`;
+              return `[${escapeMarkdown(file)}](${href})`;
             }
 
             const links = changedMdFiles.map(toMarkdownLink)