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+# Smoke Test: Fork Review Workflow
+
+This is a throwaway pull request used only to smoke-test the
+`claude-fork-review` GitHub Actions job.
+
+That job runs on pull requests from forks when a maintainer applies the
+`claude-review` label.
+
+This PR contains no code or scripts. It can be closed and the branch
+deleted once the workflow run has been observed.