I can’t approve my own PRs (Can I tho? Like is there a way?)

I don’t think so. At least the GitHub web interface does not let you do that. I’m not sure if the API might allow it.

I want to prevent others with [admin privileges] to easily bypass this [approval-requirement]

As I understand, you still want to be able to bypass the approval process for yourself. Are you an administrator too or the owner of the repo? I suppose that the owner can still bypass the approval even if they are mandatory for admins (“Include administrators” at the bottom):

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If that doesn’t work for you, then yes, you can let a workflow approve your pull requests, e.g. using the github-script action:

name: PR Approval
on:

pull_request:

branches:

- master

types: [opened] # probably the only one you need
jobs:

build:

name: Auto-approve

runs-on: ubuntu-latest

if: github.event.pull_request.user.login == 'andre601'

steps:

- uses: actions/github-script@v4

with:

script: |

const result = await github.pulls.createReview({

owner: context.repo.owner,

repo: context.repo.repo,

pull_number: context.issue.number,

event: "APPROVE"

})

console.log(result.status)

You may need to restrict who can approve PRs though. I saw spam bots randomly approving PRs in public repos, for instance.