diff --git a/.github/workflows/author-ready.yml b/.github/workflows/author-ready.yml
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+name: Author ready
+
+# Adds `author ready` to pull requests that qualify
+on:
+  schedule:
+    - cron: 25,55 * * * *
+  workflow_dispatch:
+
+permissions:
+  contents: read
+
+jobs:
+  author-ready:
+    if: github.repository == 'nodejs/node'
+    runs-on: ubuntu-slim
+    permissions:
+      contents: read
+      pull-requests: write
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@9c091bb21b7c1c1d1991bb908d89e4e9dddfe3e0  # v7.0.0
+        with:
+          persist-credentials: false
+          sparse-checkout: |
+            /tools/actions/author-ready.sh
+            /tools/actions/pr-state.sh
+          sparse-checkout-cone-mode: false
+
+      - name: Collect pull requests to evaluate
+        id: collect
+        env:
+          GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
+        run: |
+          # Pull requests that might have become ready, plus the ones already
+          # labelled so the label comes back off when it stops holding.
+          candidates=$(gh pr list \
+                  --repo "$GITHUB_REPOSITORY" \
+                  --json 'number' \
+                  --search 'review:approved draft:false -label:blocked -label:wip -label:"author ready"' \
+                  -t '{{ range . }}{{ .number }} {{ end }}' \
+                  --limit 200)
+          labelled=$(gh pr list \
+                  --repo "$GITHUB_REPOSITORY" \
+                  --label 'author ready' \
+                  --json 'number' \
+                  -t '{{ range . }}{{ .number }} {{ end }}' \
+                  --limit 200)
+          numbers=$(printf '%s %s' "$candidates" "$labelled" |
+                      tr ' ' '\n' | grep -v '^$' | sort -un | tr '\n' ' ')
+          echo "numbers=$numbers" >> "$GITHUB_OUTPUT"
+
+      - name: Add the label where it applies
+        if: steps.collect.outputs.numbers != ''
+        run: ./tools/actions/author-ready.sh ${{ steps.collect.outputs.numbers }}
+        env:
+          GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
+          GH_REPO: ${{ github.repository }}
diff --git a/.github/workflows/auto-commit-queue.yml b/.github/workflows/auto-commit-queue.yml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..bb9f7fe6ba33
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+++ b/.github/workflows/auto-commit-queue.yml
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+name: Auto Commit Queue
+
+# `author ready` says a pull request is just about ready to land.
+# This runs a bit more aggressively than adding the label, and if
+# a PR passes, adds it to the queue.
+
+on:
+  schedule:
+    - cron: 10,40 * * * *
+  workflow_dispatch:
+
+permissions:
+  contents: read
+
+jobs:
+  queue-ready-prs:
+    if: github.repository == 'nodejs/node'
+    runs-on: ubuntu-slim
+    permissions:
+      contents: read
+      pull-requests: write
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@9c091bb21b7c1c1d1991bb908d89e4e9dddfe3e0  # v7.0.0
+        with:
+          persist-credentials: false
+          sparse-checkout: |
+            /README.md
+            /tools/actions/auto-commit-queue.sh
+            /tools/actions/pr-state.sh
+          sparse-checkout-cone-mode: false
+
+      - name: Queue pull requests that are ready to land
+        run: ./tools/actions/auto-commit-queue.sh
+        env:
+          GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
+          GH_REPO: ${{ github.repository }}
diff --git a/tools/actions/author-ready.sh b/tools/actions/author-ready.sh
new file mode 100755
index 000000000000..e3e87c9f29eb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/actions/author-ready.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,76 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+
+# Keeps the `author ready` label in sync with the definition in
+# doc/contributing/collaborator-guide.md. A pull request is author ready when:
+#
+#   * there is a CI run in progress or completed,
+#   * there is at least one collaborator approval,
+#   * there are no outstanding review comments.
+
+set -e
+
+# shellcheck source=tools/actions/pr-state.sh
+. "$(dirname "$0")/pr-state.sh"
+
+AUTHOR_READY_LABEL="author ready"
+
+# shellcheck disable=SC2154
+OWNER="${GH_REPO%%/*}"
+REPO="${GH_REPO#*/}"
+
+# shellcheck disable=SC2016  # `$owner` and friends are GraphQL variables
+QUERY='
+query($owner: String!, $repo: String!, $number: Int!) {
+  repository(owner: $owner, name: $repo) {
+    pullRequest(number: $number) {'"${PR_STATE_FRAGMENT}"'}
+  }
+}'
+
+# shellcheck disable=SC2016  # `$ci_pattern` and friends are jq variables
+ELIGIBLE="${PR_STATE_JQ}"'
+.data.repository.pullRequest
+| {
+    missing: [
+      if .state == "OPEN" then empty else "not open" end,
+      if .isDraft then "draft" else empty end,
+      if .mergeable == "CONFLICTING" then "merge conflict" else empty end,
+      (labels[] | select(. == "blocked" or . == "wip") | "labelled \(.)"),
+      (labels[] | select(. == "request-ci" or . == "request-ci-failed") | "CI not started yet"),
+      if changes_requested then "changes requested" else empty end,
+      if unresolved_threads then "unresolved review threads" else empty end,
+      if (.latestOpinionatedReviews.nodes | any(.state == "APPROVED"))
+        then empty else "not approved" end,
+
+      # "A CI run in progress or completed": for a pull request that needs
+      # Jenkins, only a Jenkins run counts; otherwise any check does.
+      if (if jenkins_required then jenkins_ran($ci_pattern) else ci_started end)
+        then empty else "no CI run" end,
+      if ci_failing then "CI is failing" else empty end
+    ],
+    is_author_ready: has_label($author_ready_label)
+  }'
+
+for pr in "$@"; do
+  state="$(
+    gh api graphql -f query="${QUERY}" \
+      -f owner="${OWNER}" -f repo="${REPO}" -F number="${pr}" |
+      jq -c --arg ci_pattern "${CI_CONTEXT_PATTERN}" \
+            --arg author_ready_label "${AUTHOR_READY_LABEL}" \
+            "${ELIGIBLE}"
+  )"
+
+  missing="$(echo "${state}" | jq -r '.missing | join(", ")')"
+  is_author_ready="$(echo "${state}" | jq -r '.is_author_ready')"
+
+  if [ -z "${missing}" ] && [ "${is_author_ready}" = "false" ]; then
+    echo "#${pr}: author ready, adding label"
+    gh pr edit "${pr}" --add-label "${AUTHOR_READY_LABEL}"
+  elif [ -n "${missing}" ] && [ "${is_author_ready}" = "true" ]; then
+    echo "#${pr}: no longer author ready (${missing}), removing label"
+    gh pr edit "${pr}" --remove-label "${AUTHOR_READY_LABEL}"
+  elif [ -n "${missing}" ]; then
+    echo "#${pr}: not author ready (${missing})"
+  else
+    echo "#${pr}: author ready, already labelled"
+  fi
+done
diff --git a/tools/actions/auto-commit-queue.sh b/tools/actions/auto-commit-queue.sh
new file mode 100755
index 000000000000..8441f2498d44
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+++ b/tools/actions/auto-commit-queue.sh
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+#!/bin/sh
+
+# Adds `commit-queue` to pull requests that are ready to land, so nobody has to
+# come back once the waiting period is over.
+#
+#   * open, not a draft, targets `main`, and `mergeable` is not CONFLICTING
+#   * at least one approval given against the commit that would land
+#   * semver-major needs two of those approvals to be from TSC voting members
+#   * two approvals and 48 hours since it was opened (unless fast-track)
+#   * every GitHub check passing
+#   * a green Jenkins run when the pull request is labelled `needs-ci`
+#   * that CI having run in the last five days, so `main` has not moved on
+
+set -e
+
+# shellcheck source=tools/actions/pr-state.sh
+. "$(dirname "$0")/pr-state.sh"
+
+COMMIT_QUEUE_LABEL="commit-queue"
+
+TSC_MEMBERS="$(
+  sed -n '/^#### TSC voting members$/,/^#### TSC regular members$/ s/^\* \[\([^]]*\)\].*/\1/p' \
+    "$(dirname "$0")/../../README.md" |
+    tr '[:upper:]' '[:lower:]' |
+    sort -u |
+    jq -Rsc 'split("\n") | map(select(length > 0))'
+)"
+
+# shellcheck disable=SC2154
+SEARCH="repo:${GH_REPO} is:pr is:open \
+label:\"author ready\" \
+-label:blocked -label:wip \
+-label:${COMMIT_QUEUE_LABEL} -label:${COMMIT_QUEUE_LABEL}-failed \
+-label:request-ci -label:request-ci-failed"
+
+# shellcheck disable=SC2016  # `$q` is a GraphQL variable
+QUERY='
+query($q: String!) {
+  search(query: $q, type: ISSUE, first: 50) {
+    nodes {
+      ... on PullRequest {'"${PR_STATE_FRAGMENT}"'}
+    }
+  }
+}'
+
+# shellcheck disable=SC2016  # `$tsc` and friends are jq variables
+READY="${PR_STATE_JQ}"'
+[ .data.search.nodes[]
+  | select(. != null)
+  | (current_approvals) as $approvals
+  | ([$approvals[].author.login | ascii_downcase] | map(select(IN($tsc[]))) | length) as $tsc_approvals
+  | (if has_label("semver-major") and ($tsc | length) > 0 then $tsc_approvals >= 2
+     elif has_label("semver-major") then ($approvals | length) >= 2
+     else ($approvals | length) >= 1 end) as $approved
+  | (if has_label("fast-track") then ($approvals | length) >= 2
+     elif wait_waived then true
+     else (($approvals | length) >= 2 and age_seconds >= $wait_multi)
+          or age_seconds >= $wait_single
+     end) as $waited
+  | select(
+      $approved and $waited
+      and .state == "OPEN"
+      and (.isDraft | not)
+      and .baseRefName == "main"
+      and .mergeable != "CONFLICTING"
+      and (changes_requested | not)
+      and (unresolved_threads | not)
+      and github_checks_passing
+      and ((jenkins_required | not) or jenkins_passing($ci_pattern))
+      and ci_recent($ci_pattern; $ci_max_age)
+    )
+  | .number
+]'
+
+numbers="$(
+  gh api graphql -f query="${QUERY}" -f q="${SEARCH}" |
+    jq -r --arg ci_pattern "${CI_CONTEXT_PATTERN}" \
+          --argjson tsc "${TSC_MEMBERS:-[]}" \
+          --argjson wait_multi "${WAIT_MULTI_APPROVAL}" \
+          --argjson wait_single "${WAIT_SINGLE_APPROVAL}" \
+          --argjson ci_max_age "${CI_MAX_AGE}" \
+          "${READY} | .[]"
+)"
+
+if [ -z "${numbers}" ]; then
+  echo "No pull requests are ready for the commit queue."
+  exit 0
+fi
+
+for pr in ${numbers}; do
+  echo "#${pr}: ready to land, adding ${COMMIT_QUEUE_LABEL}"
+  gh pr edit "${pr}" --add-label "${COMMIT_QUEUE_LABEL}"
+done
diff --git a/tools/actions/pr-state.sh b/tools/actions/pr-state.sh
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..732017d96a61
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/actions/pr-state.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,82 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+# shellcheck disable=SC2034  # everything here is read by the scripts that source it
+
+CI_CONTEXT_PATTERN="${CI_CONTEXT_PATTERN:-node-test-pull-request}"
+WAIT_MULTI_APPROVAL="${WAIT_MULTI_APPROVAL:-172800}"
+WAIT_SINGLE_APPROVAL="${WAIT_SINGLE_APPROVAL:-604800}"
+CI_MAX_AGE="${CI_MAX_AGE:-432000}"
+
+PR_STATE_FRAGMENT='
+  number
+  state
+  isDraft
+  mergeable
+  createdAt
+  baseRefName
+  labels(first: 100) { nodes { name } }
+  latestOpinionatedReviews(first: 100, writersOnly: true) {
+    nodes { state author { login } commit { oid } }
+  }
+  reviewThreads(first: 100) {
+    nodes { isResolved isOutdated }
+  }
+  commits(last: 1) {
+    nodes {
+      commit {
+        oid
+        statusCheckRollup {
+          contexts(first: 100) {
+            nodes {
+              ... on StatusContext { context state createdAt }
+              ... on CheckRun { name conclusion completedAt }
+            }
+          }
+        }
+      }
+    }
+  }
+'
+
+# shellcheck disable=SC2016  # `$name` and friends are jq parameters
+PR_STATE_JQ='
+def labels: .labels.nodes | map(.name);
+def has_label($name): labels | index($name) != null;
+def changes_requested: .latestOpinionatedReviews.nodes | any(.state == "CHANGES_REQUESTED");
+def unresolved_threads: .reviewThreads.nodes | any((.isResolved | not) and (.isOutdated | not));
+def head_commit: .commits.nodes[0].commit;
+
+# Only approvals given against the commit that would actually land count
+def current_approvals:
+  # Bound before the map, where `.` is still the pull request rather than a review.
+  head_commit.oid as $oid
+  | .latestOpinionatedReviews.nodes
+  | map(select(.state == "APPROVED" and .commit.oid == $oid));
+
+def check_results: (head_commit.statusCheckRollup.contexts.nodes // []) | map(.conclusion // .state);
+def ci_started: (check_results | length) > 0;
+def ci_failing:
+  check_results
+  | any(IN("FAILURE", "ERROR", "TIMED_OUT", "CANCELLED", "ACTION_REQUIRED", "STARTUP_FAILURE"));
+# PRChecker treats neutral and skipped checks as passing.
+def github_checks_passing: ci_started and (check_results | all(IN("SUCCESS", "NEUTRAL", "SKIPPED")));
+
+def jenkins_contexts($pattern):
+  (head_commit.statusCheckRollup.contexts.nodes // [])
+  | map(select((.context // .name) | test($pattern; "i")));
+def jenkins_ran($pattern): (jenkins_contexts($pattern) | length) > 0;
+def jenkins_passing($pattern):
+  jenkins_ran($pattern) and (jenkins_contexts($pattern) | all((.conclusion // .state) == "SUCCESS"));
+def jenkins_required: has_label("needs-ci");
+
+def relevant_check_times($pattern):
+  (if jenkins_required
+   then jenkins_contexts($pattern)
+   else (head_commit.statusCheckRollup.contexts.nodes // []) end)
+  | map(.completedAt // .createdAt)
+  | map(select(. != null) | fromdateiso8601);
+def ci_recent($pattern; $max_age):
+  relevant_check_times($pattern) | (length > 0) and ((now - max) <= $max_age);
+
+def age_seconds: now - (.createdAt | fromdateiso8601);
+def wait_waived: has_label("fast-track");
+'