From 6bbac89fea09b7a5346de1b81a6780e23511ad82 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Benjamin Borbe <benjamin.borbe@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 29 May 2026 20:36:57 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] add .maintainer.yaml with prReviewer.autoApprove

Migrates pr-reviewer trust config from legacy .pr-reviewer.yaml to the
shared .maintainer.yaml schema. Keeps .pr-reviewer.yaml until the new
pr-reviewer image is deployed to prod; legacy file removed in follow-up.
---
 .maintainer.yaml | 15 +++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 15 insertions(+)
 create mode 100644 .maintainer.yaml

diff --git a/.maintainer.yaml b/.maintainer.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..544be32
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.maintainer.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+# maintainer-bot per-repo config — read by the maintainer agents.
+#
+# Schema (fields default false when absent):
+#   release:
+#     autoRelease: true   # github-release watcher gate
+#   prReviewer:
+#     autoApprove: true   # pr-reviewer agent gate
+#
+# prReviewer.autoApprove true: verdict "approve" posts as APPROVE
+# (counts toward branch-protection); false/absent demotes approve to COMMENT.
+#
+# Replaces the legacy .pr-reviewer.yaml (kept until the new pr-reviewer
+# image is deployed to prod; removed in a follow-up cleanup).
+prReviewer:
+  autoApprove: true