diff --git a/.github/workflows/main.yml b/.github/workflows/main.yml
index fe19702948..9fae8cb658 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/main.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/main.yml
@@ -3,6 +3,8 @@ on:
   push:
     branches:
       - "**"
+  pull_request:
+    types: [opened, synchronize, reopened]
 
 jobs:
   python-lint:
@@ -38,7 +40,7 @@ jobs:
     strategy:
       max-parallel: 9
       matrix:
-        os: [ windows-latest, ubuntu-20.04 ]
+        os: [windows-latest, ubuntu-20.04]
 
     steps:
       - name: Checkout github repo (+ download lfs dependencies)
@@ -69,7 +71,7 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: ${{ matrix.os }}
     strategy:
       matrix:
-        os: [ ubuntu-20.04 ]
+        os: [ubuntu-20.04]
     steps:
       - name: Checkout github repo
         uses: actions/checkout@v3
@@ -92,7 +94,7 @@ jobs:
 
   sonarcloud:
     runs-on: ubuntu-20.04
-    needs: [ python-test, npm-test ]
+    needs: [python-test, npm-test]
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v3
       - name: Download python coverage report
@@ -104,3 +106,29 @@ jobs:
         env:
           GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
           SONAR_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.SONAR_TOKEN }}
+
+  auto-merge-or-squash:
+    if: github.event_name == 'pull_request'
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+      - name: Checkout code
+        uses: actions/checkout@v4
+
+      - name: Determine Merge Method
+        id: merge-method
+        run: |
+          commit_count=$(git rev-list --count HEAD ^$GITHUB_BASE_REF)
+          echo "Commit Count: $commit_count"
+
+          if [ "$commit_count" -eq "1" ]; then
+            echo "::set-output name=METHOD::squash"
+          else
+            echo "::set-output name=METHOD::merge"
+          fi
+
+      - name: Apply Merge Method
+        run: |
+          echo "Merge Method: ${{ steps.merge-method.outputs.METHOD }}"
+          gh pr merge ${{ github.event.pull_request.number }} --merge-method ${{ steps.merge-method.outputs.METHOD }} --repo $GITHUB_REPOSITORY
+        env:
+          GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
diff --git a/.github/workflows/pr-management.yml b/.github/workflows/pr-management.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..f03ed6708b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/pr-management.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+name: PR Management
+
+on:
+  pull_request:
+    branches: [test-actions] # TODO only for tests to be removed
+    types: [opened, synchronize, reopened]
+
+jobs:
+  auto-merge-or-squash:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+      - name: Checkout code
+        uses: actions/checkout@v3
+
+      - name: Determine Merge Method
+        id: merge-method
+        run: |
+          commit_count=$(git rev-list --count HEAD ^$GITHUB_BASE_REF)
+          echo "Commit Count: $commit_count"
+
+          if [ "$commit_count" -eq "1" ]; then
+            echo "::set-output name=METHOD::squash"
+          else
+            echo "::set-output name=METHOD::merge"
+          fi
+
+      - name: Apply Merge Method
+        run: |
+          echo "Merge Method: ${{ steps.merge-method.outputs.METHOD }}"
+          gh pr merge ${{ github.event.pull_request.number }} --merge-method ${{ steps.merge-method.outputs.METHOD }} --repo $GITHUB_REPOSITORY
+        env:
+          GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}