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+name: Welcome first time contributors
+
+on:
+  pull_request_target:
+    types:
+      - opened
+  issues:
+    types:
+      - opened
+
+jobs:
+  welcome:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+    - uses: actions/first-interaction@v1
+      with:
+        repo-token: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
+        issue-message: |
+          Hello there ${{ github.actor }} 👋
+
+          Welcome to tsoa !!💖🥳
+
+          Thank you and congratulations 🎉 for opening your very first issue in this project. 
+
+          We will try to get back to you as soon as we can.👀
+
+       
+        pr-message: |
+          Hello there ${{ github.actor }} 👋
+
+          Thank you and congrats 🎉 for opening your first PR on this project.✨
+
+          We will review the following PR soon! 👀
+