diff --git a/.github/workflows/project-automation.yml b/.github/workflows/project-automation.yml
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+name: "Automation: Update GH Project"
+
+on:
+  pull_request:
+    types: [opened, reopened]
+  issues:
+    types: [opened, reopened]
+
+jobs:
+  add-to-project:
+    name: 'Add item to "Python SDK" project'
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/add-to-project@v0.5.0
+        with:
+          project-url: https://github.com/orgs/getsentry/projects/235
+          github-token: ${{ secrets.GH_PROJECT_AUTOMATION }}
+
+  add-label:
+    name: Add POTel label if needed
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    if: github.event_name == 'pull_request' && github.event.pull_request.base.ref == 'potel-base'
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions-ecosystem/action-add-labels@v1
+        with:
+          labels: "Project: POTel"
+          github_token: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
diff --git a/.github/workflows/release-comment-issues.yml b/.github/workflows/release-comment-issues.yml
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+name: "Automation: Notify issues for release"
+on:
+  release:
+    types:
+      - published
+  workflow_dispatch:
+    inputs:
+      version:
+        description: Which version to notify issues for
+        required: false
+
+# This workflow is triggered when a release is published
+jobs:
+  release-comment-issues:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-20.04
+    name: Notify issues
+    steps:
+      - name: Get version
+        id: get_version
+        run: echo "version=${{ github.event.inputs.version || github.event.release.tag_name }}" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
+
+      - name: Comment on linked issues that are mentioned in release
+        if: |
+          steps.get_version.outputs.version != ''
+          && !contains(steps.get_version.outputs.version, 'a')
+          && !contains(steps.get_version.outputs.version, 'b')
+          && !contains(steps.get_version.outputs.version, 'rc')
+
+        uses: getsentry/release-comment-issues-gh-action@v1
+        with:
+          github_token: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
+          version: ${{ steps.get_version.outputs.version }}
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