diff --git a/.github/workflows/checkin-assets.yaml b/.github/workflows/checkin-assets.yaml
index bdd530b..da5b1b5 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/checkin-assets.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/checkin-assets.yaml
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ name: Billboard Rounds - Create PR to update latest round
 on: workflow_dispatch
 
 jobs:
-  create-pull-request:
+  ci-round-assets:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
       - name: Checkout Repo
@@ -12,21 +12,37 @@ jobs:
       - name: Setup Node.js
         uses: actions/setup-node@v4
         with:
-          node-version: '20'
-          cache: 'npm'
+          node-version: '>=20'
 
       - name: Install Dependencies
         run: npm install @aws-sdk/client-s3 ## the only dependency for ./bin/sync-up-latest-round.mjs
 
-      - run: ./bin/sync-up-latest-round.mjs
+      - name: Sync up Latest Round
+        run: "./bin/sync-up-latest-round.mjs | tee message.log"
         env:
           AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID: ${{ secrets.AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID }}
           AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY: ${{ secrets.AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY }}
           AWS_REGION: ap-southeast-1
 
-      - uses: gr2m/create-or-update-pull-request-action@v1
-        env:
-          GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
+      - name: Create Pull Request
+        id: cpr
+        uses: peter-evans/create-pull-request@v6
         with:
-          path: "./public/static"
+          ## token: ${{ secrets.BILLBOARD_GITHUB_TOKEN }}
+          commit-message: auto checkin latest Round assets as Preview
+          base: main
+          signoff: false
+          branch: auto/round-assets
+          delete-branch: true
+          # path: public/static
+          add-paths: public/static
+          title: check in latest round Assets
+          body-path: message.log
+          body: |
+            Update preview Assets
+            - Updated with *today's* date
+            - Auto-generated by [create-pull-request][1]
 
+            [1]: https://github.com/peter-evans/create-pull-request
+          labels: assets, automated pr
+          draft: true
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index dcf3497..126ea02 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -2,6 +2,8 @@
 
 [![Commitizen friendly](https://img.shields.io/badge/commitizen-friendly-brightgreen.svg)](http://commitizen.github.io/cz-cli/)
 
+[![Billboard Rounds - Create PR to update latest round](https://github.com/thematters/billboard-app/actions/workflows/checkin-assets.yaml/badge.svg)](https://github.com/thematters/billboard-app/actions/workflows/checkin-assets.yaml)
+
 ## Getting started
 
 ### Start local dev
diff --git a/bin/sync-up-latest-round.mjs b/bin/sync-up-latest-round.mjs
index 86b3cb6..84efaec 100755
--- a/bin/sync-up-latest-round.mjs
+++ b/bin/sync-up-latest-round.mjs
@@ -7,34 +7,43 @@ const client = new S3Client() // use credentials from environment
 
 const AssetsDir = './public/static'
 
-export const main = async () => {
+export const main = async (branch = 'prod') => {
   const controller = new AbortController()
   const { signal } = controller
+  const developPrefix = branch !== 'prod' ? 'web-develop/' : ''
 
+  console.log('```console')
   try {
     // The Body object also has 'transformToByteArray' and 'transformToWebStream' methods.
     const roundsContent = await (
       await client.send(
         new GetObjectCommand({
           Bucket: 'matters-billboard',
-          Key: 'rounds/rounds.json',
+          Key: `${developPrefix}rounds/rounds.json`,
         })
       )
     ).Body.transformToString()
     const rounds = JSON.parse(roundsContent)
+    const lastRound = rounds[rounds.length - 1]
+
     console.log(
       new Date(),
       `got ${rounds.length} rounds with latest:`,
-      rounds[rounds.length - 1]
+      lastRound
     )
-    await writeFile(`${AssetsDir}/rounds.json`, roundsContent, { signal })
+    if (lastRound.draft) {
+      delete lastRound.draft // finalize the last round if still draft
+      // roundsContent = JSON.stringify(rounds);
+    }
+
+    await writeFile(`${AssetsDir}/rounds.json`, JSON.stringify(rounds), {
+      signal,
+    })
     console.log(
       new Date(),
       `written rounds.json with ${(roundsContent.length / 1024).toFixed(1)} KBytes.`
     )
 
-    const lastRound = rounds[rounds.length - 1]
-
     console.log(new Date(), 'latest round:', lastRound.id, lastRound.dirpath)
 
     const createDir = await mkdir(`${AssetsDir}/${lastRound.dirpath}`, {
@@ -47,7 +56,7 @@ export const main = async () => {
         await client.send(
           new GetObjectCommand({
             Bucket: 'matters-billboard',
-            Key: `rounds/${lastRound.dirpath}/${file}`,
+            Key: `${developPrefix}rounds/${lastRound.dirpath}/${file}`,
           })
         )
       ).Body.transformToString()
@@ -66,6 +75,9 @@ export const main = async () => {
   } catch (err) {
     console.error(new Date(), `ERROR:`, err)
   }
+
+  console.log('```')
 }
 
-await main()
+// console.log('run with argv:', process.argv)
+await main(process.argv?.[2] || 'prod')