update-publications.yml

name: Update Publications from Google Scholar

on:
  schedule:
    # Run weekly on Mondays at 9 AM UTC
    - cron: '0 9 * * 1'
  workflow_dispatch:  # Allow manual triggering

jobs:
  update-publications:
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    
    steps:
    - name: Checkout repository
      uses: actions/checkout@v4
      with:
        token: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
    
    - name: Set up Python
      uses: actions/setup-python@v5
      with:
        python-version: '3.11'
    
    - name: Install dependencies
      run: |
        python -m pip install --upgrade pip
        pip install scholarly pyyaml "httpx==0.27.2"
    
    - name: Run publication updater
      run: |
        python scholar_scraper.py
    
    - name: Check for changes
      id: git-check
      run: |
        git diff --exit-code _data/publications.yaml || echo "changed=true" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
    
    - name: Commit and push if changed
      if: steps.git-check.outputs.changed == 'true'
      run: |
        git config --local user.email "github-actions[bot]@users.noreply.github.com"
        git config --local user.name "github-actions[bot]"
        git add _data/publications.yaml
        git commit -m "Auto-update publications from Google Scholar [skip ci]"
        git push