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+name: "comment on pr with checklist"
+on:
+  pull_request_target:
+    types: [ converted_to_draft ]
+    branches: [ main ]
+jobs:
+  checklist:
+    name: "add checklist as a comment on newly opened PRs"
+    runs-on: [besu,Linux,self-hosted,nodocker]
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/github-script@v5
+        with:
+          github-token: ${{secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN}}
+          script: |
+            github.rest.issues.createComment({
+              issue_number: context.issue.number,
+              owner: context.repo.owner,
+              repo: context.repo.repo,
+              body: '- [ ] I thought about running CI.\n- 
+            [ ] If I didn't run CI, I ran as much locally as possible before pushing.\n-
+            })