From 5cf94ab58b27288583c4a1b4513f2c90c383f729 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: chrishalcrow <chrishalcrow@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 29 Oct 2025 17:03:38 +0000
Subject: [PATCH 1/2] add look for json changes action

---
 .../check_for_changes_in_NP_jsons.yml         | 74 +++++++++++++++++++
 .github/workflows/check_for_new_probes.yml    |  3 -
 2 files changed, 74 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 .github/workflows/check_for_changes_in_NP_jsons.yml

diff --git a/.github/workflows/check_for_changes_in_NP_jsons.yml b/.github/workflows/check_for_changes_in_NP_jsons.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..37ff53d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/check_for_changes_in_NP_jsons.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,74 @@
+name: Check for changes in NP json files
+
+on:
+  schedule:
+    - cron: '0 0 * * 2' # Every Tuesday at 00:00 UTC
+  workflow_dispatch:
+
+# Grant permissions for the job to write to contents (push) and create PRs.
+permissions:
+  contents: write
+  pull-requests: write
+
+jobs:
+  build-and-pr:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+
+      - name: Check out local repository
+        uses: actions/checkout@v4
+
+      # Set up a Python environment
+      - name: Set up Python
+        uses: actions/setup-python@v5
+        with:
+          python-version: '3.10' 
+
+      #  Clone dev version of probeinterface
+      - name: Clone external repository
+        run: |
+          # --- USER ACTION REQUIRED ---
+          # Replace this URL with the repository you want to clone.
+          # If it's a private repo, your GH_PAT must have access.
+          git clone https://github.com/spikeinterface/probeinterface ./probeinterface
+
+      - name: Install probeinterface and matplotlib
+        run: pip install ./probeinterface matplotlib
+
+      - name: Generate full NP library
+        run: |
+          cd scripts/
+          python ../probeinterface/resources/generate_neuropixels_library.py
+
+      # Check for any new probes
+      - name: Run local script
+        run: |
+          rsync -av --include='*/' --include='*.json' --exclude='*' scripts/neuropixels_library_generated/ imec/
+          rm -r scripts/neuropixels_library_generated/
+          rm -r ./probeinterface
+
+      - name: Commit changes if any
+        id: commit
+        run: |
+          git config --local user.email "action@github.com"
+          git config --local user.name "GitHub Action"
+
+          git add imec/*
+
+          # Only commit if there are changes
+          if git diff --staged --quiet; then
+            echo "No changes to commit"
+            echo "changes=false" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
+          else
+            git commit -m "Update json files for NP probes"
+            echo "changes=true" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
+          fi
+
+      - name: Create pull request to add probes
+        if: steps.commit.outputs.changes == 'true'
+        uses: peter-evans/create-pull-request@v7
+        with:
+          title: "Update Neuropixels json files"
+          body: "This PR updates the Neuropixel probes in probeinterace library, based on new data from the ProbeTable repository or because of a new ProbeInterface release."
+          branch-suffix: short-commit-hash
+          base: "main"
diff --git a/.github/workflows/check_for_new_probes.yml b/.github/workflows/check_for_new_probes.yml
index 47683d8..329ce71 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/check_for_new_probes.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/check_for_new_probes.yml
@@ -43,9 +43,6 @@ jobs:
       # Check for any new probes
       - name: Run local script
         run: |
-          # --- USER ACTION REQUIRED ---
-          # Replace this path with the correct path to your local script
-          ls
           cd scripts/
           python check_for_new_NP_probes.py
           rm -r neuropixels_library_generated/

From a2c919770da4b28293e7108982d773a9730600f0 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: chrishalcrow <chrishalcrow@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 29 Oct 2025 17:06:40 +0000
Subject: [PATCH 2/2] remove unnecessary comments

---
 .github/workflows/check_for_changes_in_NP_jsons.yml | 3 ---
 .github/workflows/check_for_new_probes.yml          | 3 ---
 2 files changed, 6 deletions(-)

diff --git a/.github/workflows/check_for_changes_in_NP_jsons.yml b/.github/workflows/check_for_changes_in_NP_jsons.yml
index 37ff53d..a640fa2 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/check_for_changes_in_NP_jsons.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/check_for_changes_in_NP_jsons.yml
@@ -27,9 +27,6 @@ jobs:
       #  Clone dev version of probeinterface
       - name: Clone external repository
         run: |
-          # --- USER ACTION REQUIRED ---
-          # Replace this URL with the repository you want to clone.
-          # If it's a private repo, your GH_PAT must have access.
           git clone https://github.com/spikeinterface/probeinterface ./probeinterface
 
       - name: Install probeinterface and matplotlib
diff --git a/.github/workflows/check_for_new_probes.yml b/.github/workflows/check_for_new_probes.yml
index 329ce71..77f3440 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/check_for_new_probes.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/check_for_new_probes.yml
@@ -27,9 +27,6 @@ jobs:
       #  Clone dev version of probeinterface
       - name: Clone external repository
         run: |
-          # --- USER ACTION REQUIRED ---
-          # Replace this URL with the repository you want to clone.
-          # If it's a private repo, your GH_PAT must have access.
           git clone https://github.com/spikeinterface/probeinterface ./probeinterface
 
       - name: Install probeinterface and matplotlib