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Stop wasting CI minutes on pushes that don’t matter.

greenlight is a GitHub App that gates CI behind manual approval on pull requests. Every push still enters the pipeline, but the costly work only runs when you click Run CI. WIP commits, typo fixes, and mid-rebase pushes no longer eat credits for no reason.

Capabilities

• Gate CI behind manual approval on pull requests • Stop wasted CI runs on WIP pushes, typo fixes, and rebases • Run expensive checks only when a developer clicks Run CI • Add to existing GitHub Actions with one line of YAML

Benefits

• Save CI minutes

Every push still triggers the workflow, but the expensive part waits until you say go.

• Cut noisy runs

WIP commits, typo fixes, and mid-rebase pushes no longer burn compute for no reason.

• Stay in GitHub

Approval happens in the pull request with a GitHub-native Run CI button and live check updates.

• Adopt fast

One-click install, one line of YAML, setup in under two minutes.

• Secure by design

Stateless, minimal permissions, and no source code access.

Getting Started

Requirements

• Plan: Free on all GitHub plans • User Permissions: Permission to install the GitHub App on the target organization or repository • Availability: Publicly available

Setup Process

• Install Greenlight on your GitHub organization or repository • Add environment: greenlight to the job you want to gate • Open or update a pull request, then click Run CI when the code is ready