Check Maintainer Edits Enabled workflow (taylorwilsdon/google_workspace_mcp)

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Source: taylorwilsdon/google_workspace_mcp.github/workflows/check-maintainer-edits.ymlLicense MITView source

What it does

This is the Check Maintainer Edits Enabled workflow from the taylorwilsdon/google_workspace_mcp repository, a real project running GitHub Actions. It is shown here with attribution under its MIT license.

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The workflow

workflow (.yml)

name: Check Maintainer Edits Enabled

on:
  pull_request:
    types: [opened, synchronize, reopened, edited]

permissions:
  pull-requests: read
  issues: write

jobs:
  check-maintainer-edits:
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    if: github.event.pull_request.head.repo.fork == true || github.event.pull_request.head.repo.full_name != github.repository

    steps:
      - name: Check if maintainer edits are enabled
        uses: actions/github-script@v7
        with:
          script: |
            const { data: pr } = await github.rest.pulls.get({
              owner: context.repo.owner,
              repo: context.repo.repo,
              pull_number: context.issue.number
            });

            if (!pr.maintainer_can_modify) {
              await github.rest.issues.createComment({
                owner: context.repo.owner,
                repo: context.repo.repo,
                issue_number: context.issue.number,
                body: '⚠️ **Maintainer edits not enabled**\n\n' +
                      'This repository requires that you enable "Allow edits from maintainers" for your pull request. This allows maintainers to make small fixes and improvements directly to your branch, which speeds up the review process.\n\n' +
                      '**To enable this setting:**\n' +
                      '1. Go to your pull request page\n' +
                      '2. In the right sidebar, look for "Allow edits from maintainers"\n' +
                      '3. Check the checkbox to enable it\n\n' +
                      'Once you\'ve enabled this setting, this check will automatically pass. Thank you! 🙏'
              });

              core.setFailed('Maintainer edits must be enabled for this pull request');
            } else {
              console.log('✅ Maintainer edits are enabled');
            }

  check-maintainer-edits-internal:
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    if: github.event.pull_request.head.repo.fork == false && github.event.pull_request.head.repo.full_name == github.repository

    steps:
      - name: Skip check for internal PRs
        run: |
          echo "✅ Skipping maintainer edits check for internal pull request"
          echo "This check only applies to external contributors and forks"

The same workflow, on Latchkey

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name: Check Maintainer Edits Enabled
 
on:
  pull_request:
    types: [opened, synchronize, reopened, edited]
 
permissions:
  pull-requests: read
  issues: write
 
concurrency:
  group: ${{ github.workflow }}-${{ github.ref }}
  cancel-in-progress: true
 
jobs:
  check-maintainer-edits:
    timeout-minutes: 30
    runs-on: latchkey-small
    if: github.event.pull_request.head.repo.fork == true || github.event.pull_request.head.repo.full_name != github.repository
 
    steps:
      - name: Check if maintainer edits are enabled
        uses: actions/github-script@v7
        with:
          script: |
            const { data: pr } = await github.rest.pulls.get({
              owner: context.repo.owner,
              repo: context.repo.repo,
              pull_number: context.issue.number
            });
 
            if (!pr.maintainer_can_modify) {
              await github.rest.issues.createComment({
                owner: context.repo.owner,
                repo: context.repo.repo,
                issue_number: context.issue.number,
                body: '⚠️ **Maintainer edits not enabled**\n\n' +
                      'This repository requires that you enable "Allow edits from maintainers" for your pull request. This allows maintainers to make small fixes and improvements directly to your branch, which speeds up the review process.\n\n' +
                      '**To enable this setting:**\n' +
                      '1. Go to your pull request page\n' +
                      '2. In the right sidebar, look for "Allow edits from maintainers"\n' +
                      '3. Check the checkbox to enable it\n\n' +
                      'Once you\'ve enabled this setting, this check will automatically pass. Thank you! 🙏'
              });
 
              core.setFailed('Maintainer edits must be enabled for this pull request');
            } else {
              console.log('✅ Maintainer edits are enabled');
            }
 
  check-maintainer-edits-internal:
    timeout-minutes: 30
    runs-on: latchkey-small
    if: github.event.pull_request.head.repo.fork == false && github.event.pull_request.head.repo.full_name == github.repository
 
    steps:
      - name: Skip check for internal PRs
        run: |
          echo "✅ Skipping maintainer edits check for internal pull request"
          echo "This check only applies to external contributors and forks"

What changed

Run on Latchkey managed runners with one line (runs-on), which apply the fixes below automatically and self-heal transient failures. This example uses latchkey-small; pick the runner size that fits the job.
Cancel superseded runs when a branch or PR gets a newer push.
Add a job timeout so a hung step cannot burn hours of runner time.

This workflow runs 2 jobs per trigger. On Latchkey the same minutes cost up to 58% less than GitHub-hosted, with zero queue time.

Actions used in this workflow

actions/github-script