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+name: Trigger Calico Github Issues Bot
+
+on:
+  issues:
+    types: [opened]
+  issue_comment:
+    types: [created]
+
+permissions:
+  contents: read
+  issues: read
+
+jobs:
+  trigger-calico-github-issues-bot:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+
+    # Ignore PR comments and bot comments
+    if: >
+      (github.event_name == 'issues') ||
+      (
+        github.event_name == 'issue_comment' &&
+        github.event.issue.pull_request == null &&
+        github.event.comment.user.type != 'Bot'
+      )
+
+    steps:
+      - name: Print debug info
+        run: |
+          echo "Event:        ${{ github.event_name }}"
+          echo "Issue number: ${{ github.event.issue.number }}"
+          echo "Comment ID:   ${{ github.event.comment.id }}"
+          echo "Author:       ${{ github.event.comment.user.login }}"
+
+      - name: Trigger Calico Github Issues Bot
+        env:
+          CALI_BOT_PAT: ${{ secrets.CALI_BOT_PAT }}
+        run: |
+          set -euo pipefail
+
+          if [ -z "$CALI_BOT_PAT" ]; then
+            echo "CALI_BOT_PAT is not set"
+            exit 1
+          fi
+
+          EVENT_TYPE=""
+          COMMENT_ID=""
+          COMMENT_AUTHOR=""
+
+          if [ "${{ github.event_name }}" = "issues" ]; then
+            EVENT_TYPE="issue_opened"
+          else
+            EVENT_TYPE="comment_created"
+            COMMENT_ID="${{ github.event.comment.id }}"
+            COMMENT_AUTHOR="${{ github.event.comment.user.login }}"
+          fi
+
+          echo "Dispatching Calico Github Issues Bot with event: $EVENT_TYPE"
+
+          curl --fail --show-error --silent -X POST \
+            -H "Accept: application/vnd.github+json" \
+            -H "Authorization: Bearer $CALI_BOT_PAT" \
+            https://api.github.com/repos/tigera/cali-bot/actions/workflows/process-issue.yml/dispatches \
+            -d @- <<EOF
+          {
+            "ref": "main",
+            "inputs": {
+              "TRIGGER_EVENT": "$EVENT_TYPE",
+              "ISSUE_NUMBER": "${{ github.event.issue.number }}",
+              "COMMENT_ID": "$COMMENT_ID",
+              "COMMENT_AUTHOR": "$COMMENT_AUTHOR",
+              "TARGET_REPO": "${{ github.repository }}"
+            }
+          }
+          EOF
+
+          echo "Calico Github Issues Bot dispatch successful"