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+name: extend-awards
+run-name: Extending awards
+on:
+  pull_request:
+    types: [ closed ]
+    branches:
+      - master
+jobs:
+  if_merged:
+    if: |
+      github.event_name == 'pull_request' &&
+      github.event.action == 'closed' &&
+      github.event.pull_request.merged == true &&
+      github.event.pull_request.head.ref != 'extend-awards/patch'
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+      - uses: actions/setup-python@v5
+        with:
+          python-version: '3.13' 
+      - run: pip install requests
+      - run: python extend-awards.py
+        env:
+          GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
+          GITHUB_CONTEXT: ${{ toJson(github) }}
+      - uses: peter-evans/create-pull-request@v7
+        with:
+          add-paths: awards.csv
+          branch: extend-awards/patch
+          commit-message: Extending awards.csv
+          title: Extending awards.csv
+          body: A PR was merged that solves an issue and awards.csv should be extended.
diff --git a/docs/dev/extend-awards.md b/docs/dev/extend-awards.md
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+# Automatically extend awards.csv
+
+## Overview
+
+Whenever a pull request (PR) is merged in the [stacker.news](https://github.com/stackernews/stacker.news) repository, a [GitHub Action](https://docs.github.com/en/actions) is triggered:
+
+If the merged PR solves an issue with [award tags](https://github.com/stackernews/stacker.news?tab=readme-ov-file#contributing),
+the amounts due to the PR and issue authors are calculated and corresponding lines are added to the [awards.csv](https://github.com/stackernews/stacker.news/blob/master/awards.csv) file,
+and a PR is opened for this change.
+
+## Action
+
+The action is defined in [.github/workflows/extend-awards.yml](.github/workflows/extend-awards.yml).
+
+Filters on the event type and parameters ensure the action is [triggered only on merged PRs](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/60710209/trigger-github-actions-only-when-pr-is-merged).
+
+The primary job consists of several steps:
+  - [checkout](https://github.com/actions/checkout) checks out the repository
+  - [setup-python](https://github.com/actions/setup-python) installs [Python](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Python_(programming_language))
+  - [pip](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pip_%28package_manager%29) installs the [requests](https://docs.python-requests.org/en/latest/index.html) module
+  - a script (see below) is executed, which appends lines to [awards.csv](awards.csv) if needed
+  - [create-pull-request](https://github.com/peter-evans/create-pull-request) looks for modified files and creates (or updates) a PR
+
+## Script
+
+The script is [extend-awards.py](extend-awards.py).
+
+The script extracts from the [environment](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Environment_variable) an authentication token needed for the [GitHub REST API](https://docs.github.com/en/rest/about-the-rest-api/about-the-rest-api) and the [context](https://docs.github.com/en/actions/writing-workflows/choosing-what-your-workflow-does/accessing-contextual-information-about-workflow-runs) containing the event details including the merged PR (formatted in [JSON](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/JSON)).
+
+In the merged PR's title and body it searches for the first [GitHub issue URL](https://github.com/stackernews/stacker.news/issues/) or any number with a hash symbol (#) prefix, and takes this as the issue being solved by the PR.
+
+Using the GitHub REST API it fetches the issue and analyzes its tags for difficulty and priority.
+
+It fetches the issue's timeline and counts the number of reviews completed with status 'changes requested' to calculate the amount reduction.
+
+It calculates the amounts due to the PR author and the issue author.
+
+It reads the existing awards.csv file to suppress appending redundant lines (same user, PR, and issue) and fill known receive methods (same user).
+
+Finally, it appends zero, one, or two lines to the awards.csv file.
+
+## Diagnostics
+
+In the GitHub web interface under 'Actions' each invokation of the action can be viewed, including environment and [output and errors](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Standard_streams) of the script. First, the specific invokation is selected, then the job 'if_merged', then the step 'Run python extend-awards.py'. The environment is found by expanding the inner 'Run python extended-awards.py' on the first line.
+
+The normal output includes details about the issue number found, the amount calculation, or the reason for not appending lines.
+
+The error output may include a [Python traceback](https://realpython.com/python-traceback/) which helps to explain the error.
+
+The environment contains in GITHUB_CONTEXT the event details, which may be required to understand the error.
+
+## Security considerations
+
+The create-pull-request step requires [workflow permissions](https://github.com/peter-evans/create-pull-request#workflow-permissions).
diff --git a/extend-awards.py b/extend-awards.py
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+import json, os, re, requests
+
+difficulties = {'good-first-issue':20000,'easy':100000,'medium':250000,'medium-hard':500000,'hard':1000000}
+priorities = {'low':0.5,'medium':1.5,'high':2,'urgent':3}
+ignored = ['huumn', 'ekzyis']
+fn = 'awards.csv'
+
+sess = requests.Session()
+headers = {'Authorization':'Bearer %s' % os.getenv('GITHUB_TOKEN') }
+awards = []
+
+def getIssue(n):
+	url = 'https://api.github.com/repos/stackernews/stacker.news/issues/' + n
+	r = sess.get(url, headers=headers)
+	j = json.loads(r.text)
+	return j
+
+def findIssueInPR(j):
+	p = re.compile('(#|https://github.com/stackernews/stacker.news/issues/)([0-9]+)')
+	for m in p.finditer(j['title']):
+		return m.group(2)
+	if not 'body' in j or j['body'] is None:
+		return
+	for s in j['body'].split('\n'):
+		for m in p.finditer(s):
+			return m.group(2)
+
+def addAward(user, kind, pr, issue, difficulty, priority, count, amount):
+	if amount >= 1000000 and amount % 1000000 == 0:
+		amount = str(int(amount / 1000000)) + 'm'
+	elif amount >= 1000 and amount % 1000 == 0:
+		amount = str(int(amount / 1000)) + 'k'
+	for a in awards:
+		if a[0] == user and a[1] == kind and a[2] == pr:
+			print('found existing entry %s' % a)
+			if a[8] != amount:
+				print('warning: amount %s != %s' % (a[8], amount))
+			return
+	if count < 1:
+		count = ''
+	addr = '???'
+	for a in awards:
+		if a[0] == user and a[9] != '???':
+			addr = a[9]
+	print('adding %s,%s,%s,%s,%s,%s,%s,,%s,%s,???' % (user, kind, pr, issue, difficulty, priority, count, amount, addr))
+	with open(fn, 'a') as f:
+		print('%s,%s,%s,%s,%s,%s,%s,,%s,%s,???' % (user, kind, pr, issue, difficulty, priority, count, amount, addr), file=f)
+
+def countReviews(pr):
+	url = 'https://api.github.com/repos/stackernews/stacker.news/issues/%s/timeline' % pr
+	r = sess.get(url, headers=headers)
+	j = json.loads(r.text)
+	count = 0
+	for e in j:
+		if e['event'] == 'reviewed' and e['state'] == 'changes_requested':
+			count += 1
+	return count
+
+def checkPR(i):
+	pr = str(i['number'])
+	print('pr %s' % pr)
+	n = findIssueInPR(i)
+	if not n:
+		print('pr %s does not solve an issue' % pr)
+		return
+	print('solves issue %s' % n)
+	j = getIssue(n)
+	difficulty = ''
+	amount = 0
+	priority = ''
+	multiplier = 1
+	for l in j['labels']:
+		for d in difficulties:
+			if l['name'] == 'difficulty:' + d:
+				difficulty = d
+				amount = difficulties[d]
+		for p in priorities:
+			if l['name'] == 'priority:' + p:
+				priority = p
+				multiplier = priorities[p]
+	if amount * multiplier <= 0:
+		print('issue gives no award')
+		return
+	count = countReviews(pr)
+	if count >= 10:
+		print('too many reviews, no award')
+		return
+	if count > 0:
+		print('%d reviews, %d%% reduction' % (count, count * 10))
+	award = amount * multiplier * (10 - count) / 10
+	print('award is %d' % award)
+	if i['user']['login'] not in ignored:
+		addAward(i['user']['login'], 'pr', '#' + pr, '#' + n, difficulty, priority, count, award)
+	if j['user']['login'] not in ignored:
+		count = 0
+		addAward(j['user']['login'], 'issue', '#' + pr, '#' + n, difficulty, priority, count, int(award / 10))
+
+with open(fn, 'r') as f:
+	for s in f:
+		s = s.split('\n')[0]
+		awards.append(s.split(','))
+
+j = json.loads(os.getenv('GITHUB_CONTEXT'))
+checkPR(j['event']['pull_request'])