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+name: Run Benchmarks
+
+on:
+  issue_comment:
+    types: [created]
+
+permissions:
+  issues: write
+  pull-requests: write
+  contents: read
+
+jobs:
+  benchmark:
+    if: |
+      github.event.issue.pull_request &&
+      contains(github.event.comment.body, '/run-benchmarks') &&
+      (
+        github.event.comment.author_association == 'OWNER' ||
+        github.event.comment.author_association == 'MEMBER' ||
+        github.event.comment.author_association == 'COLLABORATOR'
+      )
+
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+
+    steps:
+      - name: Acknowledge with reaction
+        uses: actions/github-script@v7
+        with:
+          script: |
+            github.rest.reactions.createForIssueComment({
+              owner: context.repo.owner,
+              repo: context.repo.repo,
+              comment_id: context.payload.comment.id,
+              content: 'rocket'
+            });