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 ### :keyboard: Activity: Trigger the workflow
 
+1. Click the **Settings** tab for your repository. In the left panel, click **Actions** then **General**. Under "Workflow permissions," make sure that **Read and write permissions** is selected. This allows your workflows to write to this repository.
 1. Make a new branch named `test-workflow`.
 1. Commit any change to your branch, such as adding an emoji to your README.md file.
 1. Create the pull request on your branch.