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@@ -313,6 +313,7 @@ Container system, boot system and library changes are some examples of the pull
 
 To streamline automated updates, leverage the nixpkgs-merge-bot by simply commenting `@NixOS/nixpkgs-merge-bot merge`. The bot will verify if the following conditions are met, refusing to merge otherwise:
 
+- the PR author should be @r-ryantm;
 - the commenter that issued the command should be among the package maintainers;
 - the package should reside in `pkgs/by-name`.