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+name: PR GitHub hygiene
+
+# Lint the GitHub process, not the code. Fail unless:
+#   1) PR body line 1 is Fixes/Closes/Resolves #N (or org/repo#N)
+#   2) Development sidebar has a linked Issue
+# or the PR is labeled skip-issue-link.
+# Self-contained — copy this file only; do not import repo scripts.
+# Require the check `pr-github-hygiene` on the default branch AFTER this
+# file exists there (required-before-land freezes unrelated open PRs).
+
+on:
+  pull_request:
+    types: [opened, edited, synchronize, reopened, labeled, unlabeled]
+
+permissions:
+  contents: read
+  pull-requests: read
+  issues: read
+
+jobs:
+  hygiene:
+    name: pr-github-hygiene
+    runs-on: ubuntu-22.04
+    steps:
+      - name: Check driving Issue link
+        env:
+          GH_TOKEN: ${{ github.token }}
+          PR_NUMBER: ${{ github.event.pull_request.number }}
+          REPO: ${{ github.repository }}
+        run: |
+          set -euo pipefail
+          python3 - <<'PY'
+          import json, os, re, subprocess, sys
+
+          SKIP = "skip-issue-link"
+          FIRST = re.compile(
+              r"^(?:fixes|closes|resolves)\s+(?:"
+              r"(?P<owner>[\w.-]+)/(?P<repo>[\w.-]+)#(?P<cross>\d+)"
+              r"|#(?P<same>\d+)"
+              r")\s*$",
+              re.I,
+          )
+
+          def first_line(body: str) -> str:
+              for line in (body or "").splitlines():
+                  s = line.strip()
+                  if s:
+                      return s
+              return ""
+
+          repo = os.environ["REPO"]
+          pr = os.environ["PR_NUMBER"]
+          owner, name = repo.split("/", 1)
+          query = """
+          query($owner: String!, $name: String!, $number: Int!) {
+            repository(owner: $owner, name: $name) {
+              pullRequest(number: $number) {
+                body
+                labels(first: 30) { nodes { name } }
+                closingIssuesReferences(first: 10) {
+                  nodes { number }
+                }
+              }
+            }
+          }
+          """
+          payload = {
+              "query": query,
+              "variables": {"owner": owner, "name": name, "number": int(pr)},
+          }
+          proc = subprocess.run(
+              ["gh", "api", "graphql", "--input", "-"],
+              input=json.dumps(payload),
+              text=True,
+              capture_output=True,
+              check=False,
+          )
+          if proc.returncode != 0:
+              print(proc.stderr or proc.stdout, file=sys.stderr)
+              raise SystemExit(1)
+          data = json.loads(proc.stdout)
+          if data.get("errors"):
+              print(json.dumps(data["errors"]), file=sys.stderr)
+              raise SystemExit(1)
+          pr_obj = data["data"]["repository"]["pullRequest"]
+          labels = {
+              (n.get("name") or "").strip().lower()
+              for n in ((pr_obj.get("labels") or {}).get("nodes") or [])
+          }
+          if SKIP in labels:
+              print(json.dumps({"ok": True, "skipped": True, "pr": int(pr)}))
+              raise SystemExit(0)
+          reasons = []
+          if not FIRST.match(first_line(pr_obj.get("body") or "")):
+              reasons.append(
+                  "PR body line 1 must be Fixes/Closes/Resolves #N "
+                  "(or Fixes org/repo#N)"
+              )
+          nums = [
+              n.get("number")
+              for n in ((pr_obj.get("closingIssuesReferences") or {}).get("nodes") or [])
+              if isinstance(n.get("number"), int)
+          ]
+          if not nums:
+              reasons.append(
+                  "GitHub Development sidebar has no linked Issue. "
+                  f"Add Fixes #N on line 1 or label the PR `{SKIP}`."
+              )
+          print(json.dumps({"ok": not reasons, "reasons": reasons, "issues": nums, "pr": int(pr)}))
+          if reasons:
+              for r in reasons:
+                  print(f"::error::{r}", file=sys.stderr)
+              raise SystemExit(1)
+          PY