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+name: Announce Release on Mastodon
+
+on:
+  push:
+    branches:
+      - main
+    paths:
+      - 'CHANGELOG.md'
+
+permissions:
+  pull-requests: read
+
+jobs:
+  post_to_mastodon:
+    if: "${{ contains(github.event.head_commit.message, 'chore(main): release') }}"
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+      - name: Checkout repository
+        uses: actions/checkout@v4
+      
+      - name: Verify logo file exists
+        run: |
+          ls -la ${{ github.workspace }}/pr_logo/
+          if [ ! -f "${{ github.workspace }}/pr_logo/long_logo_env_modules.png" ]; then
+            echo "ERROR: Logo file not found!"
+            exit 1
+          fi
+          echo "Logo file found at: ${{ github.workspace }}/pr_logo/long_logo_env_modules.png"
+      
+      - name: Post to Mastodon
+        uses: snakemake/mastodon-release-post-action@main # == latest
+        with:
+          access-token: ${{ secrets.MASTODONBOT }}
+          pr-title: ${{ github.event.head_commit.message }}
+          image: "long_logo_conda.png"
+          image-description: "Snakemake HPC logo for Mastodon"
+          message: |
+            Beep, Beep - I am your friendly #Snakemake release announcement bot.
+            
+            There is a new release of the Snakemake software deployment plugin for #EnvironmentModules for #HPC. Its version now is {{ version }}!
+            
+            Give us some time, and you will automatically find the plugin on #Bioconda and #Pypi.
+            
+            If you want to discuss the release, you will find the maintainer here on Mastodon! @johanneskoester@fosstodon.org
+          
+            If you discover any issues, please report them on {{ issue_url }}.
+
+            See {{ changelog }} for details. Here is the header of the changelog:
+            
+            ${{ steps.extract-release-notes.outputs.release_notes }}
+            
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