2026 - a GitHub action that auto-closes lazy PRs generated with AI

bad_pr.md

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close_pr_slop.yaml

# .github/workflows/close_pr_slop.yaml
name: Close PRs thrown over the fence

on:
  pull_request:
    types: [opened, edited]

permissions:
  pull-requests: write

jobs:
  check-pr-body:
    runs-on: ubuntu-slim
    steps:
      - name: Checkout
        uses: actions/checkout@v4
        with:
          sparse-checkout: .github
          sparse-checkout-cone-mode: false

      - name: PRs thrown over the fence
        run: |
          BODY=$(gh pr view ${{ github.event.pull_request.number }} --json body -q .body)
          FIRST_LINE=$(echo "$BODY" | head -n 1 | tr '[:upper:]' '[:lower:]' | xargs)
          if [[ "$FIRST_LINE" == "## summary"* ]]; then
            gh pr comment ${{ github.event.pull_request.number }} --body-file .github/bad_pr.md
            gh pr close ${{ github.event.pull_request.number }}
            gh pr lock ${{ github.event.pull_request.number }}
          fi
        env:
          GH_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}