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+name: Create Check Run
+on:
+  push:
+    branches: [ "*-software.eessi.io" ]
+  pull_request:
+permissions:
+  contents: read
+env:
+  GH_TOKEN: ${{ github.token }}
+jobs:
+  build_check:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-24.04
+    strategy:
+      fail-fast: false
+      matrix:
+        EESSI_VERSION:
+        - 2023.06
+        EESSI_SOFTWARE_SUBDIR_OVERRIDE:
+        - aarch64/generic
+        #- aarch64/neoverse_n1
+        #- aarch64/neoverse_v1
+        #- x86_64/amd/zen2
+        #- x86_64/amd/zen3
+        #- x86_64/amd/zen4
+        #- x86_64/intel/haswell
+        #- x86_64/intel/sapphirerapids
+        #- x86_64/intel/skylake_avx512
+        - x86_64/generic
+    steps:
+        - name: Create Check
+          run: |
+            curl -L -X POST \
+             -H "Accept: application/vnd.github+json" \
+             -H "Authorization: Bearer $GH_TOKEN"\
+             -H "X-GitHub-Api-Version: 2022-11-28" \
+             https://api.github.com/repos/${{ github.repository }}/check-runs \
+             -d '{"name":"A Mighty Test", "head_sha":"${{ github.event.pull_request.head.sha }}", "status":"in_progress","output":{"title":"A Mighty Summary"}}'