diff --git a/action.yml b/action.yml
index 4ebf186..e0c7911 100644
--- a/action.yml
+++ b/action.yml
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 name: "manual-approval-cross"
-description: "Manual approval for Github & Gitea with reminders + Apprise notifications"
+description: "Manual approval for GitHub & Gitea with reminders + Apprise notifications"
 branding:
   icon: "check-circle"
   color: "green"
@@ -14,11 +14,11 @@ inputs:
     required: true
 
   approval_keywords:
-    description: "Approval keywords"
+    description: "Approval keywords (comma-separated)"
     default: "approve,approved,lgtm,yes"
 
   denial_keywords:
-    description: "Denial keywords"
+    description: "Denial keywords (comma-separated)"
     default: "deny,denied,no"
 
   poll_interval:
@@ -39,7 +39,6 @@ inputs:
 
 outputs:
   approved:
-    description: Approval response
     value: ${{ steps.wait.outputs.approved }}
 
 runs:
@@ -72,9 +71,9 @@ runs:
         **Approval keywords:** ${{ inputs.approval_keywords }}
         **Denial keywords:**   ${{ inputs.denial_keywords }}
 
-        Please reply with a keyword on this issue.
-        "
+        Please reply with a keyword on this issue."
 
+        # Proper JSON array for assignees
         ASSIGNEES_JSON=$(jq -nc --arg csv "$APPROVERS" '$csv | split(",")')
 
         json=$(jq -n \
@@ -90,10 +89,9 @@ runs:
           "${{ steps.detect.outputs.api_url }}/repos/${{ github.repository }}/issues")
 
         issue_number=$(echo "$resp" | jq -r '.number // .index')
-
         echo "issue=$issue_number" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
 
-    # Notification helper function
+    # Notification helper
     - id: notify
       shell: bash
       if: always()
@@ -102,8 +100,6 @@ runs:
         APPRISE_API: ${{ inputs.apprise_api }}
       run: |
         msg="$1"
-
-        # Apprise CLI URLs
         if [[ -n "$APPRISE_URLS" ]]; then
           IFS=',' read -r -a urls <<< "$APPRISE_URLS"
           for u in "${urls[@]}"; do
@@ -111,16 +107,13 @@ runs:
           done
         fi
 
-        # Apprise-API server
         if [[ -n "$APPRISE_API" ]]; then
           curl -s -X POST "$APPRISE_API" \
             -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
-            -d "{\"title\": \"Manual Approval\", \"body\": \"$msg\"}" || true
+            -d "{\"title\":\"Manual Approval\",\"body\":\"$msg\"}" || true
         fi
 
-      # note: the script expects $1, so we will call it with "run: echo 'message' | ./.github/actions/.../notify"
-
-    # Wait for approval with reminder support
+    # Wait for approval with reminders
     - id: wait
       shell: bash
       env:
@@ -129,23 +122,20 @@ runs:
         API_URL: ${{ steps.detect.outputs.api_url }}
         ISSUE: ${{ steps.create-issue.outputs.issue }}
         APPROVERS: ${{ inputs.approvers }}
+        APPROVAL_KEYWORDS: ${{ inputs.approval_keywords }}
+        DENIAL_KEYWORDS: ${{ inputs.denial_keywords }}
         REMINDER_INTERVAL: ${{ inputs.reminder_interval }}
         POLL_INTERVAL: ${{ inputs.poll_interval }}
       run: |
+        # Split comma-separated inputs into Bash arrays
         IFS=',' read -r -a approver_list <<< "$APPROVERS"
-
-        approved_kws=(${ { inputs.approval_keywords }//,/ })
-        denied_kws=(${ { inputs.denial_keywords }//,/ })
+        IFS=',' read -r -a approved_kws <<< "$APPROVAL_KEYWORDS"
+        IFS=',' read -r -a denied_kws <<< "$DENIAL_KEYWORDS"
 
         last_reminder=$(date +%s)
         ISSUE_URL="${API_URL}/repos/${{ github.repository }}/issues/$ISSUE"
 
-        # Send first notification
-        echo "::group::Initial notification"
-        echo "Issue #$ISSUE created for manual approval"
-        echo "::endgroup::"
-
-        # Run notifications in a reusable function  
+        # Function to send notifications
         notify_func() {
           msg="$1"
           echo "::notice::$msg"
@@ -156,8 +146,8 @@ runs:
 
         while true; do
           comments=$(curl -s \
-             -H "Authorization: token $TOKEN" \
-             "$ISSUE_URL/comments")
+            -H "Authorization: token $TOKEN" \
+            "$ISSUE_URL/comments")
 
           declare -A state
           for u in "${approver_list[@]}"; do state[$u]="pending"; done
@@ -196,7 +186,7 @@ runs:
             break
           fi
 
-          # Send reminder
+          # Send reminders
           if (( REMINDER_INTERVAL > 0 )); then
             now=$(date +%s)
             since=$(( now - last_reminder ))