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+name: "Dispatch SDK container rebuilds, OS image builds, and OS image tests from PR comments"
+on:
+  issue_comment:
+    types: [created]
+  pull_request:
+    # This is temporary for testing the workflow.
+    #  Comment events are only processed for workflows in the main branch
+    types: [opened, reopened, synchronize]
+
+permissions:
+  pull-requests: write
+
+jobs:
+
+  check_maintainer_membership:
+    # Only run if this is a PR comment that contains a valid command
+#    if: |
+#      ${{ github.event.issue.pull_request }} &&
+#        (    contains(github.event.comment.body, '/build-sdk')
+#          || contains(github.event.comment.body, '/build-image') )
+    name: Check if commenter is in the Flatcar maintainers team
+    outputs:
+      maintainers: steps.step1.output.maintainers
+    runs-on:
+      - ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+      - name: Fetch members of the maintainers team
+        env:
+#          - requester: ${{ github.event.comment.user.login }}
+          requester: "t-lo"
+        shell: bash
+        run: |
+          curl -L --silent \
+                  -H "Accept: application/vnd.github+json" \
+                  -H "Authorization: Bearer ${{ secrets.GH_ACTIONS_ORG_READ }}" \
+                  -H "X-GitHub-Api-Version: 2022-11-28" \
+                  https://api.github.com/orgs/flatcar/teams/flatcar-maintainers/members \
+              | jq -r '.[].login' > maintainers.txt
+
+          echo "Current members of the maintainers team:"
+          cat maintainers.txt
+
+          res=false
+          echo "Checking for membership of '${{ env.requester }}'"
+          if grep -qE "^${{ env.requester }}$" maintainers.txt ; then
+            echo "Succeeded."
+            res=true
+          else
+            echo "FAILED: '${{ env.requester }} is not a member of the Flatcar maintainers team."
+          fi
+
+          $res
+
+#    name: "Build the OS image"
+#    uses: ./.github/workflows/ci.yaml
+#    with:
+#      custom_sdk_version: ${{ github.event.inputs.custom_sdk_version }}