diff --git a/.github/workflows/audit.yaml b/.github/workflows/audit.yaml
index ef941db3..d073bbfb 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/audit.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/audit.yaml
@@ -66,6 +66,8 @@ jobs:
             ./gh version
             ./gh run cancel ${{ github.run_id }}
             ./gh run watch ${{ github.run_id }}
+          else
+            echo "Skip instruction not detected - continuing the workflow."
           fi
         shell: bash
         env:
diff --git a/.github/workflows/bioccheck.yaml b/.github/workflows/bioccheck.yaml
index 7607a932..2df35f3f 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/bioccheck.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/bioccheck.yaml
@@ -118,6 +118,8 @@ jobs:
             ./gh version
             ./gh run cancel ${{ github.run_id }}
             ./gh run watch ${{ github.run_id }}
+          else
+            echo "Skip instruction not detected - continuing the workflow."
           fi
         shell: bash
         env:
diff --git a/.github/workflows/build-check-install.yaml b/.github/workflows/build-check-install.yaml
index 1c6488d8..9751e7a3 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/build-check-install.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/build-check-install.yaml
@@ -243,6 +243,8 @@ jobs:
             ./gh version
             ./gh run cancel ${{ github.run_id }}
             ./gh run watch ${{ github.run_id }}
+          else
+            echo "Skip instruction not detected - continuing the workflow."
           fi
         shell: bash
         env:
@@ -250,12 +252,6 @@ jobs:
           GH_CLI_VERSION: 2.44.1
           SKIP_INSTRUCTION: "[skip r-cmd]"
 
-      # - name: Check commit message 💬
-      #   uses: ./r.pkg.template/.github/workflows/check-commit-message
-      #   with:
-      #     github-token: ${{ steps.github-token.outputs.token }}
-      #     skip-instruction: "[skip r-cmd]"
-
       - name: Checkout gh-pages 🛎
         if: >-
           inputs.publish-unit-test-report-gh-pages == true
@@ -859,12 +855,44 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     if: >
       startsWith(github.ref, 'refs/tags/v')
-        && (!contains(github.event.commits[0].message, '[skip r-cmd]'))
         && github.event.pull_request.draft == false
     steps:
+      - name: Setup token 🔑
+        id: github-token
+        run: |
+          if [ "${{ secrets.REPO_GITHUB_TOKEN }}" == "" ]; then
+            echo "REPO_GITHUB_TOKEN is empty. Substituting it with GITHUB_TOKEN."
+            echo "token=${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
+          else
+            echo "Using REPO_GITHUB_TOKEN."
+            echo "token=${{ secrets.REPO_GITHUB_TOKEN }}" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
+          fi
+        shell: bash
+
       - name: Checkout repo 🛎
         uses: actions/checkout@v4
 
+      - name: Check commit message 💬
+        run: |
+          git config --global --add safe.directory $(pwd)
+          export head_commit_message="$(git show -s --format=%B | tr '\r\n' ' ' | tr '\n' ' ')"
+          echo "head_commit_message = $head_commit_message"
+          if [[ $head_commit_message == *"$SKIP_INSTRUCTION"* ]]; then
+            echo "Skip instruction detected - cancelling the workflow."
+            curl -s -LJ -o gh.tar.gz https://github.com/cli/cli/releases/download/v${GH_CLI_VERSION}/gh_${GH_CLI_VERSION}_linux_amd64.tar.gz
+            tar -xzf gh.tar.gz --strip-components 2
+            ./gh version
+            ./gh run cancel ${{ github.run_id }}
+            ./gh run watch ${{ github.run_id }}
+          else
+            echo "Skip instruction not detected - continuing the workflow."
+          fi
+        shell: bash
+        env:
+          GH_TOKEN: ${{ steps.github-token.outputs.token }}
+          GH_CLI_VERSION: 2.44.1
+          SKIP_INSTRUCTION: "[skip r-cmd]"
+
       - name: Get package build filename 📦
         run: |
           echo "PKGBUILD=$(echo $(awk -F: '/Package:/{gsub(/[ ]+/,"") ; print $2}' DESCRIPTION)_"\
diff --git a/.github/workflows/gitleaks.yaml b/.github/workflows/gitleaks.yaml
index c33dc673..a2b282f7 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/gitleaks.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/gitleaks.yaml
@@ -68,6 +68,8 @@ jobs:
             ./gh version
             ./gh run cancel ${{ github.run_id }}
             ./gh run watch ${{ github.run_id }}
+          else
+            echo "Skip instruction not detected - continuing the workflow."
           fi
         shell: bash
         env:
@@ -133,6 +135,8 @@ jobs:
             ./gh version
             ./gh run cancel ${{ github.run_id }}
             ./gh run watch ${{ github.run_id }}
+          else
+            echo "Skip instruction not detected - continuing the workflow."
           fi
         shell: bash
         env:
diff --git a/.github/workflows/grammar.yaml b/.github/workflows/grammar.yaml
index aa8403a3..91fa5db6 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/grammar.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/grammar.yaml
@@ -35,12 +35,46 @@ jobs:
     name: Check 📝
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     if: >
-      !contains(github.event.commits[0].message, '[skip grammar]')
-        && github.event.pull_request.draft == false
+      github.event.pull_request.draft == false
 
     steps:
-      - name: Checkout Code 🛎
+      - name: Get branch names 🌿
+        id: branch-name
+        uses: tj-actions/branch-names@v7
+
+      - name: Checkout repo (PR) 🛎
+        uses: actions/checkout@v4
+        if: github.event_name == 'pull_request'
+        with:
+          ref: ${{ steps.branch-name.outputs.head_ref_branch }}
+          repository: ${{ github.event.pull_request.head.repo.full_name }}
+
+      - name: Checkout repo 🛎
         uses: actions/checkout@v4
+        if: github.event_name != 'pull_request'
+        with:
+          ref: ${{ steps.branch-name.outputs.head_ref_branch }}
+
+      - name: Check commit message 💬
+        run: |
+          git config --global --add safe.directory $(pwd)
+          export head_commit_message="$(git show -s --format=%B | tr '\r\n' ' ' | tr '\n' ' ')"
+          echo "head_commit_message = $head_commit_message"
+          if [[ $head_commit_message == *"$SKIP_INSTRUCTION"* ]]; then
+            echo "Skip instruction detected - cancelling the workflow."
+            curl -s -LJ -o gh.tar.gz https://github.com/cli/cli/releases/download/v${GH_CLI_VERSION}/gh_${GH_CLI_VERSION}_linux_amd64.tar.gz
+            tar -xzf gh.tar.gz --strip-components 2
+            ./gh version
+            ./gh run cancel ${{ github.run_id }}
+            ./gh run watch ${{ github.run_id }}
+          else
+            echo "Skip instruction not detected - continuing the workflow."
+          fi
+        shell: bash
+        env:
+          GH_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
+          GH_CLI_VERSION: 2.44.1
+          SKIP_INSTRUCTION: "[skip grammar]"
 
       - name: Restore npm cache 💰
         uses: actions/cache@v4
diff --git a/.github/workflows/licenses.yaml b/.github/workflows/licenses.yaml
index a62f1674..d1982c2c 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/licenses.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/licenses.yaml
@@ -62,6 +62,8 @@ jobs:
             ./gh version
             ./gh run cancel ${{ github.run_id }}
             ./gh run watch ${{ github.run_id }}
+          else
+            echo "Skip instruction not detected - continuing the workflow."
           fi
         shell: bash
         env:
diff --git a/.github/workflows/links.yaml b/.github/workflows/links.yaml
index 3a1e664e..1ab3dfea 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/links.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/links.yaml
@@ -31,11 +31,45 @@ jobs:
     name: Validate Links 🔎
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     if: >
-      !contains(github.event.commits[0].message, '[skip links]')
-        && github.event.pull_request.draft == false
+      github.event.pull_request.draft == false
     steps:
+      - name: Get branch names 🌿
+        id: branch-name
+        uses: tj-actions/branch-names@v7
+
+      - name: Checkout repo (PR) 🛎
+        uses: actions/checkout@v4
+        if: github.event_name == 'pull_request'
+        with:
+          ref: ${{ steps.branch-name.outputs.head_ref_branch }}
+          repository: ${{ github.event.pull_request.head.repo.full_name }}
+
       - name: Checkout repo 🛎
         uses: actions/checkout@v4
+        if: github.event_name != 'pull_request'
+        with:
+          ref: ${{ steps.branch-name.outputs.head_ref_branch }}
+
+      - name: Check commit message 💬
+        run: |
+          git config --global --add safe.directory $(pwd)
+          export head_commit_message="$(git show -s --format=%B | tr '\r\n' ' ' | tr '\n' ' ')"
+          echo "head_commit_message = $head_commit_message"
+          if [[ $head_commit_message == *"$SKIP_INSTRUCTION"* ]]; then
+            echo "Skip instruction detected - cancelling the workflow."
+            curl -s -LJ -o gh.tar.gz https://github.com/cli/cli/releases/download/v${GH_CLI_VERSION}/gh_${GH_CLI_VERSION}_linux_amd64.tar.gz
+            tar -xzf gh.tar.gz --strip-components 2
+            ./gh version
+            ./gh run cancel ${{ github.run_id }}
+            ./gh run watch ${{ github.run_id }}
+          else
+            echo "Skip instruction not detected - continuing the workflow."
+          fi
+        shell: bash
+        env:
+          GH_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
+          GH_CLI_VERSION: 2.44.1
+          SKIP_INSTRUCTION: "[skip links]"
 
       - name: Check URLs in docs 🔬
         uses: lycheeverse/lychee-action@v1.8.0
diff --git a/.github/workflows/linter.yaml b/.github/workflows/linter.yaml
index 4c9913c7..5f1fb0a0 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/linter.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/linter.yaml
@@ -75,6 +75,8 @@ jobs:
             ./gh version
             ./gh run cancel ${{ github.run_id }}
             ./gh run watch ${{ github.run_id }}
+          else
+            echo "Skip instruction not detected - continuing the workflow."
           fi
         shell: bash
         env:
@@ -154,6 +156,8 @@ jobs:
             ./gh version
             ./gh run cancel ${{ github.run_id }}
             ./gh run watch ${{ github.run_id }}
+          else
+            echo "Skip instruction not detected - continuing the workflow."
           fi
         shell: bash
         env:
diff --git a/.github/workflows/pkgdown.yaml b/.github/workflows/pkgdown.yaml
index 5b2c70ae..8484e4db 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/pkgdown.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/pkgdown.yaml
@@ -121,13 +121,14 @@ jobs:
     name: Generate 🐣
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     if: >
-      !contains(github.event.commits[0].message, '[skip docs]')
-        && github.event.pull_request.draft == false
+      github.event.pull_request.draft == false
     container:
       image: ghcr.io/insightsengineering/rstudio:latest
+
     # Only one job can publish to gh-pages branch concurrently.
     concurrency:
       group: ghpages
+
     steps:
       - name: Setup token 🔑
         id: github-token
@@ -172,6 +173,27 @@ jobs:
           ref: ${{ steps.branch-name.outputs.head_ref_branch }}
           path: ${{ github.event.repository.name }}
 
+      - name: Check commit message 💬
+        run: |
+          git config --global --add safe.directory $(pwd)
+          export head_commit_message="$(git show -s --format=%B | tr '\r\n' ' ' | tr '\n' ' ')"
+          echo "head_commit_message = $head_commit_message"
+          if [[ $head_commit_message == *"$SKIP_INSTRUCTION"* ]]; then
+            echo "Skip instruction detected - cancelling the workflow."
+            curl -s -LJ -o gh.tar.gz https://github.com/cli/cli/releases/download/v${GH_CLI_VERSION}/gh_${GH_CLI_VERSION}_linux_amd64.tar.gz
+            tar -xzf gh.tar.gz --strip-components 2
+            ./gh version
+            ./gh run cancel ${{ github.run_id }}
+            ./gh run watch ${{ github.run_id }}
+          else
+            echo "Skip instruction not detected - continuing the workflow."
+          fi
+        shell: bash
+        env:
+          GH_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
+          GH_CLI_VERSION: 2.44.1
+          SKIP_INSTRUCTION: "[skip docs]"
+
       - name: Restore SD cache 💰
         uses: actions/cache@v4
         with:
@@ -280,8 +302,7 @@ jobs:
     concurrency:
       group: ghpages
     if: >
-      (github.event_name == 'push' || github.event_name == 'workflow_dispatch')
-        && !contains(github.event.commits[0].message, '[skip docs]')
+      github.event_name == 'push' || github.event_name == 'workflow_dispatch'
     steps:
       - name: Checkout repo 🛎
         uses: actions/checkout@v4
@@ -317,7 +338,6 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     if: >
       startsWith(github.ref, 'refs/tags/v')
-        && !contains(github.event.commits[0].message, '[skip docs]')
     steps:
       - name: Checkout repo 🛎
         uses: actions/checkout@v4
diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yaml b/.github/workflows/release.yaml
index fd6c64cf..02a3c57b 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yaml
@@ -32,9 +32,9 @@ jobs:
   release:
     name: Release 🚀
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    if: "! contains(github.event.commits[0].message, '[skip release]')"
     permissions:
       contents: write
+
     steps:
       - name: Setup token 🔑
         id: github-token
@@ -51,6 +51,27 @@ jobs:
       - name: Checkout repo 🛎
         uses: actions/checkout@v4
 
+      - name: Check commit message 💬
+        run: |
+          git config --global --add safe.directory $(pwd)
+          export head_commit_message="$(git show -s --format=%B | tr '\r\n' ' ' | tr '\n' ' ')"
+          echo "head_commit_message = $head_commit_message"
+          if [[ $head_commit_message == *"$SKIP_INSTRUCTION"* ]]; then
+            echo "Skip instruction detected - cancelling the workflow."
+            curl -s -LJ -o gh.tar.gz https://github.com/cli/cli/releases/download/v${GH_CLI_VERSION}/gh_${GH_CLI_VERSION}_linux_amd64.tar.gz
+            tar -xzf gh.tar.gz --strip-components 2
+            ./gh version
+            ./gh run cancel ${{ github.run_id }}
+            ./gh run watch ${{ github.run_id }}
+          else
+            echo "Skip instruction not detected - continuing the workflow."
+          fi
+        shell: bash
+        env:
+          GH_TOKEN: ${{ steps.github-token.outputs.token }}
+          GH_CLI_VERSION: 2.44.1
+          SKIP_INSTRUCTION: "[skip release]"
+
       - name: Get branch names 🌿
         id: branch-name
         uses: tj-actions/branch-names@v7
diff --git a/.github/workflows/roxygen.yaml b/.github/workflows/roxygen.yaml
index c73df6cb..c10681b2 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/roxygen.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/roxygen.yaml
@@ -5,15 +5,14 @@ on:
   push:
     branches:
       - main
-      - debug-skip-phrases
-  # pull_request:
-  #   types:
-  #     - opened
-  #     - synchronize
-  #     - reopened
-  #     - ready_for_review
-  #   branches:
-  #     - main
+  pull_request:
+    types:
+      - opened
+      - synchronize
+      - reopened
+      - ready_for_review
+    branches:
+      - main
   workflow_dispatch:
   workflow_call:
     inputs:
@@ -113,6 +112,8 @@ jobs:
             ./gh version
             ./gh run cancel ${{ github.run_id }}
             ./gh run watch ${{ github.run_id }}
+          else
+            echo "Skip instruction not detected - continuing the workflow."
           fi
         shell: bash
         working-directory: ${{ github.event.repository.name }}
diff --git a/.github/workflows/spelling.yaml b/.github/workflows/spelling.yaml
index efd7fc1b..a91c1ab7 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/spelling.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/spelling.yaml
@@ -89,6 +89,8 @@ jobs:
             ./gh version
             ./gh run cancel ${{ github.run_id }}
             ./gh run watch ${{ github.run_id }}
+          else
+            echo "Skip instruction not detected - continuing the workflow."
           fi
         shell: bash
         env:
diff --git a/.github/workflows/style.yaml b/.github/workflows/style.yaml
index b5bf427d..eb0d5f8c 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/style.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/style.yaml
@@ -92,6 +92,8 @@ jobs:
             ./gh version
             ./gh run cancel ${{ github.run_id }}
             ./gh run watch ${{ github.run_id }}
+          else
+            echo "Skip instruction not detected - continuing the workflow."
           fi
         shell: bash
         env:
diff --git a/.github/workflows/test-coverage.yaml b/.github/workflows/test-coverage.yaml
index 114bd19b..92401cc9 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/test-coverage.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/test-coverage.yaml
@@ -192,6 +192,8 @@ jobs:
             ./gh version
             ./gh run cancel ${{ github.run_id }}
             ./gh run watch ${{ github.run_id }}
+          else
+            echo "Skip instruction not detected - continuing the workflow."
           fi
         shell: bash
         env:
@@ -362,6 +364,8 @@ jobs:
             ./gh version
             ./gh run cancel ${{ github.run_id }}
             ./gh run watch ${{ github.run_id }}
+          else
+            echo "Skip instruction not detected - continuing the workflow."
           fi
         shell: bash
         working-directory: ${{ github.event.repository.name }}
diff --git a/.github/workflows/validation.yaml b/.github/workflows/validation.yaml
index c853ed11..aa3cfd34 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/validation.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/validation.yaml
@@ -102,6 +102,8 @@ jobs:
             ./gh version
             ./gh run cancel ${{ github.run_id }}
             ./gh run watch ${{ github.run_id }}
+          else
+            echo "Skip instruction not detected - continuing the workflow."
           fi
         shell: bash
         env:
diff --git a/.github/workflows/verdepcheck.yaml b/.github/workflows/verdepcheck.yaml
index 660f6199..985fa14c 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/verdepcheck.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/verdepcheck.yaml
@@ -83,6 +83,8 @@ jobs:
             ./gh version
             ./gh run cancel ${{ github.run_id }}
             ./gh run watch ${{ github.run_id }}
+          else
+            echo "Skip instruction not detected - continuing the workflow."
           fi
         shell: bash
         env:
diff --git a/.github/workflows/version-bump.yaml b/.github/workflows/version-bump.yaml
index 05c8654b..bf34ac24 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/version-bump.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/version-bump.yaml
@@ -74,6 +74,8 @@ jobs:
             ./gh version
             ./gh run cancel ${{ github.run_id }}
             ./gh run watch ${{ github.run_id }}
+          else
+            echo "Skip instruction not detected - continuing the workflow."
           fi
         shell: bash
         env:
diff --git a/.github/workflows/version.yaml b/.github/workflows/version.yaml
index 86ae56bb..37133777 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/version.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/version.yaml
@@ -63,6 +63,8 @@ jobs:
             ./gh version
             ./gh run cancel ${{ github.run_id }}
             ./gh run watch ${{ github.run_id }}
+          else
+            echo "Skip instruction not detected - continuing the workflow."
           fi
         shell: bash
         env:
@@ -131,6 +133,8 @@ jobs:
             ./gh version
             ./gh run cancel ${{ github.run_id }}
             ./gh run watch ${{ github.run_id }}
+          else
+            echo "Skip instruction not detected - continuing the workflow."
           fi
         shell: bash
         env: