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+name: Draft PDF
+on:
+    push:
+      paths:
+        - paper/**
+        - .github/workflows/draft-pdf.yml
+
+jobs:
+  paper:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    name: Paper Draft
+    steps:
+      - name: Checkout
+        uses: actions/checkout@v4
+      - name: Build draft PDF
+        uses: openjournals/openjournals-draft-action@master
+        with:
+          journal: joss
+          # This should be the path to the paper within your repo.
+          paper-path: paper/paper.md
+      - name: Upload
+        uses: actions/upload-artifact@v4
+        with:
+          name: paper
+          # This is the output path where Pandoc will write the compiled
+          # PDF. Note, this should be the same directory as the input
+          # paper.md
+          path: paper/paper.pdf