GitHub creates pull_request runs for PRs opened or updated by github-actions[bot] as action_required, and that run (not a workflow_dispatch run on the same commit) is what the required check on main binds to. The README workflow, openPullRequest (submissions, scout, health) and reprobe now approve the held validate run. Generated files are allowed only on PRs opened by github-actions[bot] from this repo's bot/readme-* branches.
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5.5 <[email protected]>
The "Add an entry" issue form collects fields; issues.yml runs scripts/submit-entry.js, which validates and probes the entry, comments the result and opens a PR from submission/<issue> (updated on every issue edit). Contributors never write YAML or touch the README, the two most common rejection causes. npm run new writes a correctly formatted entry locally. Bot PRs dispatch the validate check because GITHUB_TOKEN pushes do not trigger workflows.
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5.5 <[email protected]>
