ci: add python lint and auto-format workflow

Author: SamPlaysKeys

.github/workflows/lint-fix.yml

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+name: Python Lint and Auto-Format
+
+on:
+  push:
+    branches: ["main", "master"]
+  pull_request:
+    branches: ["main", "master"]
+
+permissions:
+  contents: write
+  pull-requests: write
+
+jobs:
+  lint-and-format:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+      - name: Checkout code
+        uses: actions/checkout@v4
+
+      - name: Set up Python
+        uses: actions/setup-python@v5
+        with:
+          python-version: '3.x'
+
+      - name: Install dependencies
+        run: |
+          python -m pip install --upgrade pip
+          pip install flake8 black
+          if [ -f requirements.txt ]; then pip install -r requirements.txt; fi
+
+      - name: Run Linter (Flake8)
+        id: lint
+        # We use continue-on-error so the workflow proceeds to formatting if linting fails
+        run: flake8 . --count --max-line-length=88 --statistics
+        continue-on-error: true
+
+      - name: Run Auto-formatter (Black)
+        if: steps.lint.outcome == 'failure'
+        run: black .
+
+      - name: Create Pull Request
+        if: steps.lint.outcome == 'failure'
+        uses: peter-evans/create-pull-request@v6
+        with:
+          token: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
+          commit-message: "style: auto-format python code"
+          title: "style: Auto-format Python code"
+          body: |
+            The linter found errors in the code.
+            This PR applies auto-formatting using Black to resolve formatting issues.
+          branch: "auto-format-fixes"
+          delete-branch: true
+          base: ${{ github.head_ref || github.ref_name }}