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    "displayName": "Manual/API Dispatch Pipeline",
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    "text": "A CI pipeline triggered by manual button press (workflow_dispatch)\nor programmatic API call (repository_dispatch). Enables on-demand\ndeployments, agent-triggered workflows, cross-repo orchestration,\nand ad-hoc maintenance tasks. Dispatch inputs allow parameterisation\n— callers specify environment, version, feature flags, or custom\npayloads. This trigger type is essential for agent-to-CI integration\npatterns where an AI agent creates a PR and then triggers the\ndeployment pipeline via API.\n",
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