Revamp.

action.yml

@@ -1,13 +1,16 @@
 name: "Wait For Manual Approval (Gitea/GitHub + Apprise)"
-description: "Pauses workflow until designated approvers comment with approval or denial keywords."
+description: >
+  Pauses workflow until designated approvers comment (or react) with approval or denial keywords,
+  optionally posts an initial comment, auto-closes the issue, and provides outputs:
+  approval_status, issue_number, issue_url.
 
 inputs:
   token:
-    description: "API token for GitHub or Gitea"
+    description: "API token for GitHub or Gitea (GITHUB_TOKEN or a personal token)"
     required: true
 
   api_url:
-    description: "Root API URL (e.g., https://git.example.com/api/v1)"
+    description: "Root API URL (e.g., https://git.example.com/api/v1 or https://api.github.com)"
     required: true
 
   repo_owner:
@@ -19,7 +22,7 @@ inputs:
     required: true
 
   approvers:
-    description: "Comma-separated list of approver usernames"
+    description: "Comma-separated list of approver usernames (e.g. ops-team,john.doe)"
     required: true
 
   approval_keywords:
@@ -30,8 +33,12 @@ inputs:
     description: "Comma-separated keywords meaning DENIED"
     default: "deny,denied,no"
 
+  enable_reactions:
+    description: "Enable reaction-based approvals (:+1: / -1). Default true"
+    default: "true"
+
   poll_interval:
-    description: "Seconds between each comment check"
+    description: "Seconds between each comment/reaction check"
     default: "10"
 
   reminder_interval:
@@ -39,28 +46,47 @@ inputs:
     default: "0"
 
   apprise_api_url:
-    description: "URL to Apprise API (optional)"
+    description: "URL to Apprise API (optional; e.g. https://apprise.example.com)"
     required: false
+    default: ""
 
   initial_comment:
-    description: "Optional comment to post immediately on the newly created issue"
+    description: "Optional comment to post immediately on the newly created/reused issue (supports markdown)"
+    required: false
+    default: ""
+
+  auto_close:
+    description: "Auto-close the issue once a final decision has been reached (true/false)"
+    default: "true"
+
+  issue_title:
+    description: "Optional issue title. If empty the action generates a default title."
     required: false
     default: ""
 
 outputs:
   approval_status:
     description: "Final approval status: approved or denied"
-    value: ${{ steps.wait-for-manual-approval.outputs.approval_status }}
+    value: ${{ steps.wait.outputs.approval_status }}
+
+  issue_number:
+    description: "The issue number that was used"
+    value: ${{ steps.wait.outputs.issue_number }}
+
+  issue_url:
+    description: "A URL to the approval issue"
+    value: ${{ steps.wait.outputs.issue_url }}
 
 runs:
   using: "composite"
   steps:
-    - name: Make scripts executable
+    - name: Make helper scripts executable
       shell: bash
-      run: chmod +x "$GITHUB_ACTION_PATH/wait-for-approval.sh" "$GITHUB_ACTION_PATH/notify"
+      run: |
+        chmod +x "$GITHUB_ACTION_PATH/wait-for-approval.sh" "$GITHUB_ACTION_PATH/notify"
 
-    - name: Run wait-for-approval
-      id: wait-for-manual-approval
+    - name: Wait for manual approval
+      id: wait
       shell: bash
       env:
         TOKEN: ${{ inputs.token }}
@@ -70,10 +96,14 @@ runs:
         APPROVERS: ${{ inputs.approvers }}
         APPROVAL_KEYWORDS: ${{ inputs.approval_keywords }}
         DENIAL_KEYWORDS: ${{ inputs.denial_keywords }}
+        ENABLE_REACTIONS: ${{ inputs.enable_reactions }}
         POLL_INTERVAL: ${{ inputs.poll_interval }}
         REMINDER_INTERVAL: ${{ inputs.reminder_interval }}
         APPRISE_API_URL: ${{ inputs.apprise_api_url }}
         INITIAL_COMMENT: ${{ inputs.initial_comment }}
+        AUTO_CLOSE: ${{ inputs.auto_close }}
+        ISSUE_TITLE: ${{ inputs.issue_title }}
       run: |
-        status=$(bash "$GITHUB_ACTION_PATH/wait-for-approval.sh")
-        echo "approval_status=$status" >> "$GITHUB_OUTPUT"
+        # The script will write outputs directly to $GITHUB_OUTPUT:
+        # approval_status, issue_number, issue_url
+        bash "$GITHUB_ACTION_PATH/wait-for-approval.sh"