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    "displayName": "Remote Repository Dispatch Trigger",
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    "text": "A CI trigger where one repository's workflow dispatches a pipeline\nin another repository via the repository_dispatch API event. Enables\ncross-repo CI orchestration: a library repo publishes a new version,\nthen dispatches integration tests in downstream consumer repos. The\nevent payload carries context (version, commit SHA, source repo) so\nthe target workflow can check out the right code and report results\nback. Requires a personal access token or GitHub App with dispatch\npermissions on the target repository.\n",
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