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+name: labeler
+
+# Thin caller that runs the org-wide reusable PR labeler (callable-labeler.yaml)
+# on THIS repo's own pull requests. The .github repo is the single source of truth
+# for the reusable workflows, but — like any consumer repo — it must invoke them
+# via a caller to use them on itself; without this, the labeler never runs on
+# .github's own PRs (the reusable is `workflow_call`-only).
+#
+# Permissions are load-bearing: callers MUST grant all three below. Reusable-
+# workflow permissions can only be downgraded from the caller, so omitting one
+# (e.g. issues:write) either fails to create labels or triggers a silent
+# startup_failure. `pull_request` (NOT pull_request_target) is correct here — the
+# org takes no fork PRs, so the lower-privilege event is sufficient.
+
+on:
+  pull_request:
+
+permissions:
+  contents: read
+  pull-requests: write
+  issues: write
+
+jobs:
+  label:
+    uses: ./.github/workflows/callable-labeler.yaml