diff --git a/.github/workflows/badstrings.yml b/.github/workflows/badstrings.yml
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+name: badstrings
+on: [pull_request, push]
+jobs:
+  badstrings:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+      - name: scanning commit message for bad strings
+        run: |
+          #!/bin/bash
+          set -euo pipefail
+          IFS=$'\n\t'
+          message="${{ github.event.head_commit.message }}"
+          
+          strings=($(curl -s https://raw.githubusercontent.com/someara/badstrings/main/strings.txt))
+          for i in ${strings[@]} ; do
+            echo "${message}" | grep -v "$i" &>/dev/null;
+          done