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+name: cffconvert
+
+on:
+  push:
+    paths:
+      - CITATION.cff
+  pull_request:
+    paths:
+      - CITATION.cff        
+
+jobs:
+  validate:
+    name: "validate"
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+      - name: Check out a copy of the repository
+        uses: actions/checkout@v4
+
+      - name: Check whether the citation metadata from CITATION.cff is valid
+        uses: citation-file-format/cffconvert-github-action@2.0.0
+        with:
+          args: "--validate"
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