diff --git a/.github/workflows/auto-request-copilot-review.yml b/.github/workflows/auto-request-copilot-review.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..6280b9d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/auto-request-copilot-review.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,39 @@
+name: Auto-request Copilot review
+
+on:
+  pull_request:
+    types: [opened, reopened, ready_for_review]
+
+permissions:
+  pull-requests: write
+
+jobs:
+  request:
+    if: github.event.pull_request.draft == false
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    timeout-minutes: 2
+    steps:
+      - name: Request Copilot reviewer
+        env:
+          GH_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
+          PR_NUMBER: ${{ github.event.pull_request.number }}
+        run: |
+          set -e
+          if gh api "repos/${{ github.repository }}/pulls/$PR_NUMBER" \
+              --jq '.requested_reviewers[].login' \
+              | grep -qE '^(Copilot|copilot-pull-request-reviewer\[bot\])$'; then
+            echo "Copilot already requested as reviewer."
+            exit 0
+          fi
+          # 422 here usually means Copilot has already submitted a review (so the
+          # request slot is gone). Treat that as benign.
+          if ! resp=$(gh api -X POST \
+              "repos/${{ github.repository }}/pulls/$PR_NUMBER/requested_reviewers" \
+              -f 'reviewers[]=copilot-pull-request-reviewer[bot]' 2>&1); then
+            echo "$resp"
+            if echo "$resp" | grep -q '"status":"422"'; then
+              echo "POST returned 422; Copilot likely already reviewed."
+              exit 0
+            fi
+            exit 1
+          fi
diff --git a/.github/workflows/i18n-translate.yml b/.github/workflows/i18n-translate.yml
index 9f5d15b..dada687 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/i18n-translate.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/i18n-translate.yml
@@ -12,11 +12,6 @@ name: i18n Auto-Translate
 
 on:
   pull_request:
-    paths:
-      - "skills/**/SKILL.zh-CN.md"
-      - "skills/**/SKILL.md"
-      - "manifest.json"
-      - "categories.json"
   workflow_dispatch:
     inputs:
       target_locale:
@@ -49,11 +44,32 @@ jobs:
           token: ${{ secrets.DESIRECORE_BOT_TOKEN || secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
           fetch-depth: 0
 
+      - name: Detect relevant changes
+        id: changes
+        env:
+          BASE_SHA: ${{ github.event.pull_request.base.sha }}
+          HEAD_SHA: ${{ github.event.pull_request.head.sha || github.sha }}
+        run: |
+          set -e
+          if [ "${{ github.event_name }}" != "pull_request" ]; then
+            echo "relevant=true" >> "$GITHUB_OUTPUT"
+            exit 0
+          fi
+          git fetch --no-tags --depth=1 origin "$BASE_SHA" 2>/dev/null || true
+          changed=$(git diff --name-only "${BASE_SHA}...${HEAD_SHA}" || true)
+          if echo "$changed" | grep -qE '^(skills/.+/SKILL(\.zh-CN)?\.md$|manifest\.json$|categories\.json$)'; then
+            echo "relevant=true" >> "$GITHUB_OUTPUT"
+          else
+            echo "relevant=false" >> "$GITHUB_OUTPUT"
+          fi
+
       - name: Install uv
+        if: steps.changes.outputs.relevant == 'true'
         uses: astral-sh/setup-uv@v3
 
       - name: Check for stale translations
         id: precheck
+        if: steps.changes.outputs.relevant == 'true'
         run: |
           set +e
           uv run --quiet scripts/i18n/translate.py --check
@@ -66,7 +82,7 @@ jobs:
           exit 0
 
       - name: Translate stale locales
-        if: steps.precheck.outputs.stale == 'true'
+        if: steps.changes.outputs.relevant == 'true' && steps.precheck.outputs.stale == 'true'
         env:
           GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
           ANTHROPIC_API_KEY: ${{ secrets.ANTHROPIC_API_KEY }}
@@ -84,12 +100,12 @@ jobs:
           uv run --quiet scripts/i18n/translate.py "${ARGS[@]}"
 
       - name: Validate after translation
-        if: steps.precheck.outputs.stale == 'true'
+        if: steps.changes.outputs.relevant == 'true' && steps.precheck.outputs.stale == 'true'
         run: uv run --quiet scripts/i18n/validate-i18n.py
 
       - name: Detect changes
         id: diff
-        if: steps.precheck.outputs.stale == 'true'
+        if: steps.changes.outputs.relevant == 'true' && steps.precheck.outputs.stale == 'true'
         run: |
           if git diff --quiet; then
             echo "changed=false" >> "$GITHUB_OUTPUT"
@@ -154,3 +170,7 @@ jobs:
               issue_number: context.issue.number,
               labels: ['i18n-translation-failed'],
             });
+
+      - name: Skip notice
+        if: steps.changes.outputs.relevant != 'true'
+        run: echo "No i18n-relevant changes; translation skipped."
diff --git a/.github/workflows/i18n-validate.yml b/.github/workflows/i18n-validate.yml
index 9f91f1f..5b44701 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/i18n-validate.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/i18n-validate.yml
@@ -2,20 +2,8 @@ name: i18n Validate
 
 on:
   pull_request:
-    paths:
-      - "skills/**"
-      - "agents/**"
-      - "manifest.json"
-      - "categories.json"
-      - "scripts/i18n/**"
   push:
     branches: [main]
-    paths:
-      - "skills/**"
-      - "agents/**"
-      - "manifest.json"
-      - "categories.json"
-      - "scripts/i18n/**"
   workflow_dispatch:
 
 permissions:
@@ -27,16 +15,58 @@ jobs:
     timeout-minutes: 5
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+        with:
+          fetch-depth: 0
+
+      - name: Detect relevant changes
+        id: changes
+        env:
+          EVENT_NAME: ${{ github.event_name }}
+          BASE_SHA: ${{ github.event.pull_request.base.sha }}
+          HEAD_SHA: ${{ github.event.pull_request.head.sha || github.sha }}
+          PUSH_BEFORE: ${{ github.event.before }}
+          PUSH_AFTER: ${{ github.event.after }}
+        run: |
+          set -e
+          case "$EVENT_NAME" in
+            pull_request)
+              git fetch --no-tags --depth=1 origin "$BASE_SHA" 2>/dev/null || true
+              range="${BASE_SHA}...${HEAD_SHA}"
+              ;;
+            push)
+              if [ -n "$PUSH_BEFORE" ] && [ "$PUSH_BEFORE" != "0000000000000000000000000000000000000000" ]; then
+                range="${PUSH_BEFORE}...${PUSH_AFTER}"
+              else
+                # initial push or unknown before — assume relevant
+                echo "relevant=true" >> "$GITHUB_OUTPUT"
+                exit 0
+              fi
+              ;;
+            *)
+              echo "relevant=true" >> "$GITHUB_OUTPUT"
+              exit 0
+              ;;
+          esac
+          changed=$(git diff --name-only "$range" || true)
+          if echo "$changed" | grep -qE '^(skills/|agents/|manifest\.json$|categories\.json$|scripts/i18n/)'; then
+            echo "relevant=true" >> "$GITHUB_OUTPUT"
+          else
+            echo "relevant=false" >> "$GITHUB_OUTPUT"
+          fi
 
       - name: Install uv
+        if: steps.changes.outputs.relevant == 'true'
         uses: astral-sh/setup-uv@v3
 
       - name: Validate i18n
+        if: steps.changes.outputs.relevant == 'true'
         run: uv run --quiet scripts/i18n/validate-i18n.py
 
       - name: Check for stale translations
+        if: steps.changes.outputs.relevant == 'true'
         run: uv run --quiet scripts/i18n/translate.py --check
-        # --check exits 1 when any locale needs translation. We don't fail the
-        # PR — translate.py (the i18n-translate workflow) will fix it. We just
-        # surface the report.
         continue-on-error: true
+
+      - name: Skip notice
+        if: steps.changes.outputs.relevant != 'true'
+        run: echo "No i18n-relevant changes; validation skipped."
diff --git a/.github/workflows/wait-for-copilot-review.yml b/.github/workflows/wait-for-copilot-review.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..2cc613c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/wait-for-copilot-review.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,43 @@
+name: Wait for Copilot review
+
+on:
+  pull_request:
+    types: [opened, reopened, synchronize, ready_for_review]
+
+permissions:
+  pull-requests: read
+
+jobs:
+  wait-for-copilot-review:
+    if: github.event.pull_request.draft == false
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    timeout-minutes: 10
+    steps:
+      - name: Wait for Copilot to review the head commit
+        env:
+          GH_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
+          PR_NUMBER: ${{ github.event.pull_request.number }}
+          HEAD_SHA: ${{ github.event.pull_request.head.sha }}
+        run: |
+          set -e
+          # Poll up to ~8 minutes for Copilot to submit a review on the current head.
+          for i in $(seq 1 48); do
+            reviews=$(gh api --paginate "repos/${{ github.repository }}/pulls/$PR_NUMBER/reviews")
+            matching=$(echo "$reviews" | jq -r --arg sha "$HEAD_SHA" '
+              [ .[] | select(
+                  ((.user.login == "Copilot") or (.user.login == "copilot-pull-request-reviewer[bot]"))
+                  and (.commit_id == $sha)
+                  and (.state != "DISMISSED" and .state != "PENDING")
+                ) ] | length
+            ')
+            if [ "$matching" -gt 0 ]; then
+              echo "✓ Copilot has reviewed commit $HEAD_SHA ($matching review(s))"
+              exit 0
+            fi
+            echo "Attempt $i/48: Copilot has not reviewed $HEAD_SHA yet — sleeping 10s."
+            sleep 10
+          done
+          echo "✗ Timed out waiting for Copilot review on $HEAD_SHA."
+          echo "All reviews currently on this PR:"
+          echo "$reviews" | jq -r '.[] | "  - \(.user.login) on \(((.commit_id // "?") | .[0:7])): \(.state)"' || true
+          exit 1