diff --git a/.github/workflows/auto-merge-l10n.yml b/.github/workflows/auto-merge-l10n.yml
index 03eceddfd..0eb321431 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/auto-merge-l10n.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/auto-merge-l10n.yml
@@ -72,6 +72,17 @@ jobs:
           PR_NUMBER: ${{ github.event.pull_request.number }}
           REPO: ${{ github.repository }}
         run: |
+          APPROVED=$(gh pr view "$PR_NUMBER" \
+            --repo "$REPO" \
+            --json reviews \
+            --jq '.reviews[] | select(.state == "APPROVED") | .id' \
+            | wc -l)
+
+          if [ "$APPROVED" -gt 0 ]; then
+            echo "PR already approved"
+            exit 0
+          fi
+
           gh pr review "$PR_NUMBER" \
             --repo "$REPO" \
             --approve \
diff --git a/.github/workflows/pull-requests.yml b/.github/workflows/pull-requests.yml
index 92a755781..2c9213f51 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/pull-requests.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/pull-requests.yml
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ concurrency:
 jobs:
   pull-request-lint:
     name: "Lint PR"
+    if: github.event_name == 'pull_request'
     uses: ./.github/workflows/pull-request-lint.yml
 
   backend-tests:
diff --git a/.github/workflows/scheduled-checks.yml b/.github/workflows/scheduled-checks.yml
index 337907418..e9643e0e6 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/scheduled-checks.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/scheduled-checks.yml
@@ -40,12 +40,18 @@ jobs:
         shell: bash
         run: pre-commit autoupdate --color=always
 
-      - name: Create Pull Request
-        uses: peter-evans/create-pull-request@v6
-        # This doesn't currently work for us because it creates the PR but the workflows don't run.
-        # TODO: Provide a personal access token as a parameter here, that solves that problem.
-        # https://github.com/peter-evans/create-pull-request
+      - name: Generate GitHub App Token
+        id: app-token
+        uses: actions/create-github-app-token@v1
         with:
+          app-id: ${{ secrets.COMMIT_BOT_APP_ID }}
+          private-key: ${{ secrets.COMMIT_BOT_APP_PRIVATE_KEY }}
+
+      - name: Create Pull Request
+        id: create-pr
+        uses: peter-evans/create-pull-request@v6
+        with:
+          token: ${{ steps.app-token.outputs.token }}
           commit-message: "Update pre-commit hooks"
           branch: "fix/update-pre-commit-hooks"
           labels: |
@@ -54,3 +60,38 @@ jobs:
           base: mealie-next
           title: "chore(auto): Update pre-commit hooks"
           body: "Auto-generated by `.github/workflows/scheduled-checks.yml`"
+
+      - name: Approve PR
+        if: steps.create-pr.outputs.pull-request-number
+        env:
+          GH_TOKEN: ${{ steps.app-token.outputs.token }}
+          PR_NUMBER: ${{ steps.create-pr.outputs.pull-request-number }}
+          REPO: ${{ github.repository }}
+        run: |
+          APPROVED=$(gh pr view "$PR_NUMBER" \
+            --repo "$REPO" \
+            --json reviews \
+            --jq '.reviews[] | select(.state == "APPROVED") | .id' \
+            | wc -l)
+
+          if [ "$APPROVED" -gt 0 ]; then
+            echo "PR already approved"
+            exit 0
+          fi
+
+          gh pr review "$PR_NUMBER" \
+            --repo "$REPO" \
+            --approve \
+            --body "Auto-approved: Pre-commit hook updates"
+
+      - name: Enable auto-merge
+        if: steps.create-pr.outputs.pull-request-number
+        env:
+          GH_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
+          PR_NUMBER: ${{ steps.create-pr.outputs.pull-request-number }}
+          REPO: ${{ github.repository }}
+        run: |
+          gh pr merge "$PR_NUMBER" \
+            --repo "$REPO" \
+            --auto \
+            --squash