auto-assign-pr-author.yml

# New BSD 3-Clause License (https://github.com/Krypton-Suite/Standard-Toolkit/blob/master/LICENSE)
# Modifications by Peter Wagner (aka Wagnerp), Simon Coghlan (aka Smurf-IV), tobitege et al. 2025 - 2026. All rights reserved.

name: Auto-assign PR author

on:
  pull_request_target:
    types:
      - opened

permissions:
  issues: write
  pull-requests: write

jobs:
  assign-author:
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    steps:
      - name: Assign PR author
        uses: actions/github-script@v8
        with:
          github-token: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
          script: |
            const { owner, repo } = context.repo;
            const pr = context.payload.pull_request;
            const branch = pr.head.ref;
            let assignee = context.actor;

            if (branch.startsWith('dependabot/')) {
              assignee = owner;
            }

            if (!pr.assignees?.length) {
              await github.rest.issues.addAssignees({
                owner,
                repo,
                issue_number: pr.number,
                assignees: [assignee],
              });
            }