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+name: "Release Prep"
+
+on:
+  workflow_dispatch:
+    inputs:
+      version:
+        description: "Template version, must match the version for the PDK release it is being bundled with."
+        required: true
+        type: "string"
+
+jobs:
+  release_prep:
+    name: "Release prep"
+    runs-on: "ubuntu-20.04"
+
+    steps:
+
+      - name: "Checkout"
+        uses: "actions/checkout@v4"
+        with:
+          fetch-depth: 0
+
+      - name: "Generate changelog"
+        run: |
+          export GH_HOST=github.com
+          gh extension install chelnak/gh-changelog
+          gh changelog new --next-version v${{ github.event.inputs.version }}
+        env:
+          GH_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
+
+      - name: "setup ruby"
+        uses: "ruby/setup-ruby@v1"
+        with:
+          ruby-version: "3.2"
+          bundler-cache: "true"
+          bundler: 2.4.22
+
+      - name: "bundle environment"
+        run: |
+          echo ::group::bundler environment
+          bundle env
+          echo ::endgroup::
+
+      - name: "Check if a release is necessary"
+        id: "check"
+        run: |
+          git diff --quiet CHANGELOG.md && echo "release=false" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT || echo "release=true" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
+
+      - name: "Commit changes"
+        if: ${{ steps.check.outputs.release == 'true' }}
+        run: |
+          git config --local user.email "${{ github.repository_owner }}@users.noreply.github.com"
+          git config --local user.name "GitHub Actions"
+          git add .
+          git commit -m "Release prep v${{ steps.get_version.outputs.version }}"
+
+      - name: "Create pull Request"
+        uses: "peter-evans/create-pull-request@v5"
+        if: ${{ steps.check.outputs.release == 'true' }}
+        with:
+          token: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
+          commit-message: "Release prep v${{ steps.get_version.outputs.version }}"
+          branch: "release-prep"
+          delete-branch: true
+          title: "Release prep v${{ steps.get_version.outputs.version }}"
+          base: "main"
+          body: |
+            Automated release-prep through [pdk-templates](https://github.com/puppetlabs/pdk-templates/blob/main/moduleroot/.github/workflows/auto_release.yml.erb) from commit ${{ github.sha }}.
+            Please verify before merging:
+            - [ ] last [nightly](https://github.com/${{ github.repository }}/actions/workflows/nightly.yml) run is green
+            - [ ] [Changelog](https://github.com/${{ github.repository }}/blob/release-prep/CHANGELOG.md) is readable and has no unlabeled pull requests
+            - [ ] Ensure the [changelog](https://github.com/${{ github.repository }}/blob/release-prep/CHANGELOG.md) version and [metadata](https://github.com/${{ github.repository }}/blob/release-prep/metadata.json) version match
+          labels: "maintenance"