Automation proc update

Author: dbookstaber

.github/workflows/sync-upstream.yml

@@ -33,6 +33,8 @@ permissions:
 jobs:
   sync:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    env:
+      PR_CREATE_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.PR_CREATE_TOKEN }}
     steps:
       - name: Checkout repository
         uses: actions/checkout@v4
@@ -91,10 +93,10 @@ jobs:
           git push --force-with-lease origin "$BRANCH":refs/heads/"$BRANCH"
 
       - name: Create Pull Request (PAT)
-        if: steps.diff.outputs.changed == 'true' && secrets.PR_CREATE_TOKEN != ''
+        if: steps.diff.outputs.changed == 'true' && env.PR_CREATE_TOKEN != ''
         uses: peter-evans/create-pull-request@v6
         with:
-          token: ${{ secrets.PR_CREATE_TOKEN }}
+          token: ${{ env.PR_CREATE_TOKEN }}
           branch: ci/sync-upstream
           title: 'Sync from upstream with transformations'
           body: |
@@ -108,7 +110,7 @@ jobs:
           signoff: true
 
       - name: Create Pull Request (default token fallback)
-        if: steps.diff.outputs.changed == 'true' && (secrets.PR_CREATE_TOKEN == '' || secrets.PR_CREATE_TOKEN == null)
+        if: steps.diff.outputs.changed == 'true' && env.PR_CREATE_TOKEN == ''
         uses: peter-evans/create-pull-request@v6
         with:
           branch: ci/sync-upstream