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+name: Finish Exercise Workflow
+
+on:
+  workflow_call:
+    inputs:
+      issue-url:
+        description: "The URL of the issue to update and close"
+        required: true
+        type: string
+
+jobs:
+  update_readme:
+    name: Update README with congratulations
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+
+    steps:
+      - name: Checkout
+        uses: actions/checkout@v4
+        with:
+          ref: ${{ github.event.repository.default_branch }}
+
+      - name: Get response templates
+        uses: actions/checkout@v4
+        with:
+          repository: skills/response-templates
+          path: skills-response-templates
+
+      - name: Build message - congratulations
+        id: build-message-congratulations
+        uses: skills/action-text-variables@v1
+        with:
+          template-file: skills-response-templates/readme/congratulations.md
+          template-vars: |
+            login=${{ github.actor }}
+
+      - name: Update README - congratulations
+        run: |
+          # Add "Congratulations" to the start of the README
+          orig_readme=$(cat README.md)
+          new_readme="$CONTRATULATIONS_TEXT $orig_readme"
+          echo "$new_readme" > README.md
+        env:
+          CONTRATULATIONS_TEXT: ${{ steps.build-message-congratulations.outputs.updated-text }}
+
+      - name: Update README - congratulations
+        uses: EndBug/add-and-commit@v9
+        with:
+          add: "README.md"
+          message: "Congratulations!🎉"
+          default_author: github_actions
+
+  finish_issue:
+    name: Comment and close issue
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+
+    steps:
+      - name: Get response templates
+        uses: actions/checkout@v4
+        with:
+          repository: skills/response-templates
+          path: skills-response-templates
+
+      - name: Build message - exercise finished
+        id: build-finish-message
+        uses: skills/action-text-variables@v1
+        with:
+          template-file: skills-response-templates/step-feedback/exercise-finished.md
+          template-vars: |
+            login=${{ github.actor }}
+            repo_full_name=${{ github.repository }}
+
+      - name: Create comment - exercise finished
+        run: |
+          gh issue comment "${{ inputs.issue-url }}" \
+            --body "${{ steps.build-finish-message.outputs.updated-text }}"
+        env:
+          GH_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
+
+      - name: Close issue
+        run: gh issue close "${{ inputs.issue-url }}"
+        env:
+          GH_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}