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+name: Pairing or Review
+
+# Thin caller: the gate logic lives in cosmos-audiences and is referenced at
+# @main so it never has to be duplicated here. The reusable workflow posts the
+# "pairing-or-review" commit status on this PR's head SHA (the github context
+# always belongs to the caller). Mark that status as a required check.
+
+on:
+  pull_request:
+    types: [opened, synchronize, reopened, ready_for_review, labeled, unlabeled]
+  pull_request_review:
+    types: [submitted, dismissed]
+
+concurrency:
+  group: pairing-or-review-${{ github.event.pull_request.number }}
+  cancel-in-progress: true
+
+jobs:
+  gate:
+    permissions:
+      contents: read
+      pull-requests: write
+      statuses: write
+    uses: AudienseCo/cosmos-audiences/.github/workflows/pairing-or-review-reusable.yml@main