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+name: Greetings
+
+on: [pull_request, issues]
+
+jobs:
+  greeting:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+    - uses: actions/first-interaction@v1
+      with:
+        repo-token: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
+        issue-message: |
+              Welcome to our community :hugs: and thank you for your first contribution.
+
+              As a first time contributor please make sure to review our [contribution guidelines](https://github.com/MinBZK/ai-validation/blob/main/CONTRIBUTE.md) :heart:
+        pr-message: |
+              Welcome to our community :hugs: and thank you for your first contribution.
+
+              As a first time contributor please make sure to review our [contribution guidelines](https://github.com/MinBZK/ai-validation/blob/main/CONTRIBUTE.md) :heart: