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+name: trigger webapp deployment
+on:
+  push:
+    branches:
+      - main
+jobs:
+  dispatch:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+      - name: Dispatch event to trigger webapp deployment
+        uses: peter-evans/repository-dispatch@v3
+        with:
+          token: ${{ secrets.PAT_SECRET }}
+          repository: Citizen-Knowledge-Graph/foerderfunke-webapp
+          event-type: external-webapp-deployment-trigger