diff --git a/tasks/generate-files.yaml b/tasks/generate-files.yaml
index 94265bc..a7f47ba 100644
--- a/tasks/generate-files.yaml
+++ b/tasks/generate-files.yaml
@@ -24,9 +24,11 @@
     state: directory
 
 - name: Generate repo-ansible workflow
-  ansible.builtin.copy:
-    src: ./templates/.github/workflows/auto-run-repo-ansible.yaml
+  ansible.builtin.template:
+    src: ./templates/.github/workflows/auto-run-repo-ansible.yaml.j2
     dest: "{{ repo_path }}/.github/workflows/auto-run-repo-ansible.yaml"
+    variable_start_string: '[['
+    variable_end_string: ']]'
 
 - name: Generate dependabot automerge workflow
   ansible.builtin.copy:
diff --git a/templates/.github/workflows/auto-run-repo-ansible.yaml b/templates/.github/workflows/auto-run-repo-ansible.yaml.j2
similarity index 86%
rename from templates/.github/workflows/auto-run-repo-ansible.yaml
rename to templates/.github/workflows/auto-run-repo-ansible.yaml.j2
index 14b9a6a..b714136 100644
--- a/templates/.github/workflows/auto-run-repo-ansible.yaml
+++ b/templates/.github/workflows/auto-run-repo-ansible.yaml.j2
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+# [[ repo_managed ]]
 name: Auto-run repo-ansible
 
 on:
@@ -6,12 +7,13 @@ on:
   pull_request_target:
     paths:
       - 'repo.yaml'
+      - 'docs/partials/*.md'
   push:
     branches:
-      - main
-      - master
+      - [[ repo.github.default_branch ]]
     paths:
       - 'repo.yaml'
+      - 'docs/partials/*.md'
 
 permissions:
   contents: write # allow git commits & push
@@ -61,7 +63,7 @@ jobs:
 
 
       - if: ${{ env.IS_PULL_REQUEST == '1' && env.REPOSITORY_CHANGED == '1' }}
-        name: comment with changes
+        name: bot comment about repo-ansible detected changes
         uses: actions/github-script@v7
         with:
           script: |
@@ -70,7 +72,7 @@ jobs:
               issue_number: context.issue.number,
               owner: context.repo.owner,
               repo: context.repo.repo,
-              body: `Following repo-ansible changes will be applied when merged to main/master branch
+              body: `Once PR is merged, repo-ansible will run on [[ repo.github.default_branch ]] and the following changes will apply
 
               \`\`\`shell
               ${changes}