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+name: Sync docs on merged PRs
+
+# Runs after a PR merges into master and asks Claude to check whether any
+# documentation (root README, package READMEs, /docs) needs updating to
+# reflect the change, opening a follow-up PR only if it finds something to
+# update.
+#
+# Gated to keep run volume (and cost) down: only master-targeted merges
+# (branches: [master] below) that also carry an approving review
+# (reviewDecision == APPROVED, checked in the gate step) trigger a Claude run.
+# master requires 1 approval by branch protection, but enforce_admins is off,
+# so an admin can still merge without one - this gate closes that gap rather
+# than assuming protection alone guarantees a review happened.
+#
+# Uses pull_request_target (not pull_request) so the workflow runs with this
+# repo's own permissions even when the merged PR came from a fork - this repo
+# takes plenty of external contributions and a plain `pull_request` trigger
+# gets a read-only token for fork-authored PRs, which would make `gh pr
+# create` fail below. This is safe here because we only ever check out
+# base.ref (the already-reviewed, already-merged default branch), never the
+# PR's own head ref - we never build or execute the contributor's code.
+on:
+  pull_request_target:
+    types: [closed]
+    branches: [master]
+
+permissions:
+  contents: write
+  pull-requests: write
+
+jobs:
+  doc-sync:
+    if: github.event.pull_request.merged == true
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+      - name: Require an approved review
+        id: gate
+        env:
+          GH_TOKEN: ${{ github.token }}
+          PR_NUMBER: ${{ github.event.pull_request.number }}
+        run: |
+          decision=$(gh pr view "$PR_NUMBER" --repo "${{ github.repository }}" --json reviewDecision -q .reviewDecision)
+          echo "review decision for #$PR_NUMBER: ${decision:-<empty>}"
+          if [ "$decision" = "APPROVED" ]; then
+            echo "approved=true" >> "$GITHUB_OUTPUT"
+          else
+            echo "approved=false" >> "$GITHUB_OUTPUT"
+          fi
+
+      - name: Checkout base branch
+        if: steps.gate.outputs.approved == 'true'
+        uses: actions/checkout@34e114876b0b11c390a56381ad16ebd13914f8d5 # v4
+        with:
+          ref: ${{ github.event.pull_request.base.ref }}
+          fetch-depth: 0
+
+      - name: Sync docs with Claude
+        if: steps.gate.outputs.approved == 'true'
+        uses: anthropics/claude-code-action@16b3b310c3d7b5279df73130324d5205aeea8eac # v1
+        with:
+          prompt: |
+            Pull request #${{ github.event.pull_request.number }} ("${{ github.event.pull_request.title }}") was just merged into ${{ github.event.pull_request.base.ref }}.
+
+            1. Run `gh pr diff ${{ github.event.pull_request.number }}` to see exactly what changed.
+            2. Search this repository's documentation (root README.md, each package's README.md, and any /docs content) for anything describing the behavior, API, configuration, or usage that this PR changed.
+            3. If you find documentation that's now inaccurate, incomplete, or missing details because of this change, update it to match. Do not treat CHANGELOG.md files as documentation - they're generated by release tooling, leave them alone.
+            4. If no documentation needs updating, stop here: do not create a branch, commit, or pull request.
+            5. If you did update documentation, create a new branch off ${{ github.event.pull_request.base.ref }} named `docs/sync-pr-${{ github.event.pull_request.number }}`, commit the changes, push it, and open a pull request against ${{ github.event.pull_request.base.ref }} with `gh pr create`. Title it "docs: sync with #${{ github.event.pull_request.number }}" and explain in the body which doc(s) you updated, why, and link back to #${{ github.event.pull_request.number }}.
+          anthropic_api_key: ${{ secrets.ANTHROPIC_API_KEY }}
+          claude_args: "--allowedTools 'Edit,MultiEdit,Write,Read,Glob,Grep,Bash(git:*),Bash(gh:*)'"