diff --git a/.github/workflows/nightly-release.yml b/.github/workflows/nightly-release.yml
index ba102fcd1..dba296373 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/nightly-release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/nightly-release.yml
@@ -1,8 +1,7 @@
 name: nightly-release
 
 on:
-  schedule:
-    - cron: '0 0 * * *'
+  workflow_run:
 
 jobs:
   check_date:
@@ -19,6 +18,17 @@ jobs:
         continue-on-error: true
         name: check latest commit is less than a day
         if: ${{ github.event_name == 'schedule' }}
+        # This command checks if there were any commits in the last 24 hours.
+        # If there were NO recent commits, it sets should_run=false.
+        # How it works:
+        # 1. git rev-list gets a list of all commits in last 24h
+        #    (--after="24 hours" means "show commits from 24h ago until now",
+        #     so if it runs at 2pm, it checks commits after 2pm yesterday)
+        # 2. test -z checks if that list is empty (meaning no recent commits)
+        # 3. If empty (no commits), it sets GitHub Actions output variable 'should_run' to false
+        #    This output variable can then be used in other workflow steps like:
+        #    if: ${{ steps.your-step-id.outputs.should_run != 'false' }}
+        #    to skip steps when there were no recent commits
         run: test -z $(git rev-list  --after="24 hours"  ${{ github.sha }}) && echo "::set-output name=should_run::false"
 
   commitlint:
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 5a0c6182f..a63f36ce7 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -16,8 +16,8 @@
 		"lint": "nx run-many --target=lint --parallel",
 		"pre-manual-release": "pnpm run prepare-manual-release && pnpm run format && nx run tools:lint --fix",
 		"pre-nightly-release": "pnpm run prepare-nightly-release && pnpm run format && nx run tools:lint --fix",
-		"prepare-manual-release": "nx g @spartan-ng/tools:replace-ui-version && nx g @spartan-ng/tools:hlm-to-cli-generator && nx g @spartan-ng/tools:replace-cli-version",
-		"prepare-nightly-release": "nx g @spartan-ng/tools:auto-increment-version && nx g @spartan-ng/tools:hlm-to-cli-generator",
+		"prepare-manual-release": "nx g @spartan-ng/tools:replace-ui-version && nx run-many --target=lint --parallel --fix && nx g @spartan-ng/tools:hlm-to-cli-generator && nx g @spartan-ng/tools:replace-cli-version",
+		"prepare-nightly-release": "nx g @spartan-ng/tools:auto-increment-version && nx run-many --target=lint --parallel --fix && nx g @spartan-ng/tools:hlm-to-cli-generator",
 		"release": "pnpm run release-ui && pnpm run release-cli",
 		"release-cli": "nx run-many --target=release --projects=tag:scope:cli --parallel=1",
 		"release-ui": "nx run-many --target=release --projects=tag:scope:core,tag:scope:brain --parallel=1",