diff --git a/.github/workflows/add-depr-ticket-to-depr-board.yml b/.github/workflows/add-depr-ticket-to-depr-board.yml
index 73ca4c5c6e..250e394abc 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/add-depr-ticket-to-depr-board.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/add-depr-ticket-to-depr-board.yml
@@ -16,4 +16,4 @@ jobs:
     secrets:
       GITHUB_APP_ID: ${{ secrets.GRAPHQL_AUTH_APP_ID }}
       GITHUB_APP_PRIVATE_KEY: ${{ secrets.GRAPHQL_AUTH_APP_PEM }}
-      SLACK_BOT_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.SLACK_ISSUE_BOT_TOKEN }}
\ No newline at end of file
+      SLACK_BOT_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.SLACK_ISSUE_BOT_TOKEN }}
diff --git a/.github/workflows/add-remove-label-on-comment.yml b/.github/workflows/add-remove-label-on-comment.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..0f369db7d2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/add-remove-label-on-comment.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+# This workflow runs when a comment is made on the ticket
+# If the comment starts with "label: " it tries to apply
+# the label indicated in rest of comment.
+# If the comment starts with "remove label: ", it tries
+# to remove the indicated label.
+# Note: Labels are allowed to have spaces and this script does
+# not parse spaces (as often a space is legitimate), so the command
+# "label: really long lots of words label" will apply the
+# label "really long lots of words label"
+
+name: Allows for the adding and removing of labels via comment
+
+on:
+  issue_comment:
+    types: [created]
+
+jobs:
+  add_remove_labels:
+    uses: openedx/.github/.github/workflows/add-remove-label-on-comment.yml@master
+
diff --git a/.github/workflows/commitlint.yml b/.github/workflows/commitlint.yml
index dd2d8dd7a2..fec11d6c25 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/commitlint.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/commitlint.yml
@@ -2,7 +2,8 @@
 
 name: Lint Commit Messages
 
-on: pull_request
+on:
+  - pull_request
 
 jobs:
   commitlint:
diff --git a/.github/workflows/self-assign-issue.yml b/.github/workflows/self-assign-issue.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..37522fd57b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/self-assign-issue.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+# This workflow runs when a comment is made on the ticket
+# If the comment starts with "assign me" it assigns the author to the
+# ticket (case insensitive)
+
+name: Assign comment author to ticket if they say "assign me"
+on:
+  issue_comment:
+    types: [created]
+
+jobs:
+  self_assign_by_comment:
+    uses: openedx/.github/.github/workflows/self-assign-issue.yml@master