diff --git a/.github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE/4_badge.md b/.github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE/4_badge.md
index 6a599b3f0f..c03aa30ed3 100644
--- a/.github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE/4_badge.md
+++ b/.github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE/4_badge.md
@@ -1,21 +1,17 @@
 ---
 name: 🥇 Leo Contributor Badge
 about: Claiming a Leo Contributor Badge
-title: "[Badge - YOUR_GH_USERNAME]"
+title: "Add YOUR_USERNAME to contributors"
 labels: 'badge'
 ---
 
 ## 🥇 Leo Contributor Badge
 
-<!--
 Hi Aleo team! I'm claiming my contributor badge for completing a developer tutorial. 😀
 
-Github Username: <YOUR_GITHUB_USERNAME>
-Tutorial Repo: <PUSHED_GITHUB_REPO_URL>
+Repo: <PUSHED_GITHUB_REPO_URL>
 Requested badge: <TUTORIAL_OR_CONTENT>
 
+<!--
 For badge type, if you used `leo new` or `leo example` e.g., helloworld, token, lottery, tictactoe, then enter "Tutorial" as your badge type. If you created a unique Leo application not under those examples, enter "Content" instead.
 -->
-
-(Fill in the request here.)
-
diff --git a/.github/scripts/add_contributor.js b/.github/scripts/add_contributor.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..85d4300b64
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/scripts/add_contributor.js
@@ -0,0 +1,386 @@
+const { Octokit } = require("@octokit/rest");
+const github = require("@actions/github");
+
+const octokit = new Octokit({
+  auth: process.env.GITHUB_TOKEN,
+});
+
+async function processIssue() {
+
+  const context = github.context;
+  const issueTitle = context.payload.issue.title;
+
+  // Check if the title of the issue matches the expected format
+  if (!issueTitle.startsWith("Add ") || !issueTitle.endsWith(" to contributors")) {
+    console.log("This is not a request to add a contributor.");
+    return;
+  }
+
+  const { owner, repo } = context.repo;
+  const issueNumber = context.payload.issue.number;
+  const contributorName = issueTitle.slice(4, -16);
+  // Regex checks for both markdown and plain text links
+  const repoRegex = /Repo: (https?:\/\/github\.com\/[^\s\)]+|\[URL\]\((https:\/\/github\.com\/[^\s\)]+)\))/;
+
+
+  const issueOpener = context.payload.issue.user.login;
+  
+  // Check if the contributor name in the title matches the username of the issue opener
+  if (contributorName !== issueOpener) {
+    let message = `Hey @${issueOpener}, please make sure you're requesting to add your own name in the issue title! 😅`;
+    await commentAndTagUser(owner, repo, issueNumber, message);
+    console.log(`The contributor name "${contributorName}" does not match the issue opener's username "${issueOpener}"`);
+    return;
+  }
+  
+  // Check if the issue body contains a link to a GitHub repository
+  const repoMatch = context.payload.issue.body.match(repoRegex);
+  if (!repoMatch) {
+      let message = `Hey @${contributorName}, you need to include a link to your Leo repo in the issue body! 😄`;
+      commentAndTagUser(owner, repo, issueNumber, message);
+      console.error("No repo URL found in the issue body.");
+      return;
+  }
+
+  const repoURL = (repoMatch[1] || repoMatch[2]).replace(/\)$/,'');
+  const [repoName, ownerName] = repoURL.split('/').reverse();
+
+  // Check if the user has starred the Leo repo
+  let hasStarred = false;
+  
+  // Note: This doesn't handle pagination. If they starred the repo more than 100 starred repos ago we will have an issue. 
+  try {
+    const starredRepos = await octokit.activity.listReposStarredByUser({
+        username: issueOpener,
+        per_page: 100
+    });
+    hasStarred = starredRepos.data.some(repo => repo.full_name === 'AleoHQ/leo');
+
+  } catch (error) {
+    console.error(`An error occurred while checking starred status: ${error}`);
+  }
+
+  if (hasStarred) {
+      console.log(`${contributorName} has starred the repo`);
+  } else {
+      let message = `Hey @${contributorName}, you need to star the [Leo repo](https://github.com/AleoHQ/leo) to be added as a contributor! Go give it a 🌟!`;
+      await commentAndTagUser(owner, repo, issueNumber, message);
+      console.log(`${contributorName} has not starred the repo`)
+      return;
+  }
+
+  // Extract the requested badge from the issue body.
+  const badgeRegex = /Requested badge: (\w+)/;
+  const match = context.payload.issue.body.match(badgeRegex);
+
+  if (!match) {
+    let message = `Hey @${contributorName}, you need to specify the requested badge in the issue body! 😄`;
+    await commentAndTagUser(owner, repo, issueNumber, message);
+    console.log('Badge not specified in the issue body.');
+    return;
+  }
+
+  const badgeType = match[1].toLowerCase();
+  console.log(`Badge Type: ${badgeType}`);
+
+  const badgeMapping = {
+    audio: {emoji: '🔊', title: 'Audio'},
+    a11y: {emoji: '♿️', title: 'Accessibility'},
+    bug: {emoji: '🐛', title: 'Bug reports'},
+    blog: {emoji: '📝', title: 'Blogposts'},
+    business: {emoji: '💼', title: 'Business Development'},
+    code: {emoji: '💻', title: 'Code'},
+    content: {emoji: '🖋', title: 'Content'},
+    data: {emoji: '🔣', title: 'Data'},
+    doc: {emoji: '📖', title: 'Documentation'},
+    design: {emoji: '🎨', title: 'Design'},
+    example: {emoji: '💡', title: 'Examples'},
+    eventOrganizing: {emoji: '📋', title: 'Event Organizers'},
+    financial: {emoji: '💵', title: 'Financial Support'},
+    fundingFinding: {emoji: '🔍', title: 'Funding/Grant Finders'},
+    ideas: {emoji: '🤔', title: 'Ideas & Planning'},
+    infra: {emoji: '🚇', title: 'Infrastructure'},
+    maintenance: {emoji: '🚧', title: 'Maintenance'},
+    mentoring: {emoji: '🧑‍🏫', title: 'Mentoring'},
+    platform: {emoji: '📦', title: 'Packaging'},
+    plugin: {emoji: '🔌', title: 'Plugin/utility libraries'},
+    projectManagement: {emoji: '📆', title: 'Project Management'},
+    promotion: {emoji: '📣', title: 'Promotion'},
+    question: {emoji: '💬', title: 'Answering Questions'},
+    research: {emoji: '🔬', title: 'Research'},
+    review: {emoji: '👀', title: 'Reviewed Pull Requests'},
+    security: {emoji: '🛡️', title: 'Security'},
+    tool: {emoji: '🔧', title: 'Tools'},
+    translation: {emoji: '🌍', title: 'Translation'},
+    test: {emoji: '⚠️', title: 'Tests'},
+    tutorial: {emoji: '✅', title: 'Tutorials'},
+    talk: {emoji: '📢', title: 'Talks'},
+    userTesting: {emoji: '📓', title: 'User Testing'},
+    video: {emoji: '📹', title: 'Videos'}
+  };
+
+  // Check that they are author of the linked repo
+  if (ownerName !== contributorName) {
+    console.log("owner name", ownerName, "contributor name", contributorName);
+    let message = `Hey @${contributorName}, you need to link to your own repo! 😄`;
+    await commentAndTagUser(owner, repo, issueNumber, message);
+    console.log(`The contributor "${contributorName}" does not own the repo "${repoName}"`);
+    return;
+  }
+
+  // Check if the repo contains a valid Leo application
+
+  console.log("repo name", repoName);
+  try {
+    await octokit.repos.getContent({
+      owner: ownerName,
+      repo: repoName,
+      path: 'src/main.leo',
+    });
+    console.log("repo name", repoName);
+    console.log(`The repository "${repoName}" under owner "${ownerName}" contains a valid Leo application.`);
+  } catch (error) {
+    // Check if the error is a 404 and if the message indicates that the repo is not found
+    if (error.status === 404 && error.response && error.response.data && error.response.data.message.includes('repo not found')) {
+      console.log(`The repository "${repoName}" under owner "${ownerName}" does not exist or is private.`);
+      let message = `Hey @${issueOpener}, we could not access the repository you linked. Please ensure the repository exists and is public.`;
+      await commentAndTagUser(owner, repo, issueNumber, message);
+      return;
+    }
+    // If main.leo is not found, check for any .leo file
+    try {
+      const { data } = await octokit.git.getTree({
+        owner: ownerName,
+        repo: repoName,
+        tree_sha: 'HEAD',
+        recursive: 'true'
+      });
+  
+      const leoFiles = data.tree.filter(file => file.path.endsWith('.leo'));
+  
+      if (leoFiles.length > 0) {
+        // Found .leo files but not src/main.leo
+        console.log(`Found .leo files but not src/main.leo in the repo "${repoName}" under owner "${ownerName}".`);
+        let message = `Hey @${contributorName}, we found .leo files in your repo but not main.leo! Consider adding a main.leo file to your repo. 😄`;
+        await commentAndTagUser(owner, repo, issueNumber, message);
+        return;
+      } else {
+        // No .leo files found at all
+        console.log(`No .leo files found in the repo "${repoName}" under owner "${ownerName}".`);
+        let message = `Hey @${contributorName}, the repo you linked does not contain a valid Leo application! 😅`;
+        await commentAndTagUser(owner, repo, issueNumber, message);
+        return;
+      }
+    } catch (error) {
+      console.error(`Error searching for .leo files in the repo "${repoName}":`, error);
+      return;
+    }
+  }
+  // Fetch README from the GitHub repo
+  const { data: readme } = await octokit.repos.getContent({
+      owner,
+      repo,
+      path: 'README.md',
+  });
+
+  const readmeContent = Buffer.from(readme.content, 'base64').toString('utf-8');
+
+  async function commentAndTagUser(owner, repo, issueNumber, message) {
+    try {
+        await octokit.issues.createComment({
+            owner,
+            repo,
+            issue_number: issueNumber,
+            body: message,
+        });
+        console.log("Comment added successfully");
+    } catch (error) {
+        console.error("Error creating comment:", error);
+    }
+  }
+
+  async function createPRWithBadge({ owner, repo, updatedReadme, readme, contributorName, badgeType, issueNumber }) {
+    // 1. Create a new branch
+    const { data: branch } = await octokit.repos.getBranch({
+        owner,
+        repo,
+        branch: 'master'
+    });
+    const latestCommitSha = branch.commit.sha;
+    const branchName = `add-${badgeType}-badge-for-${contributorName}-${Date.now()}`; // Unique branch name
+    await octokit.git.createRef({
+        owner,
+        repo,
+        ref: `refs/heads/${branchName}`,
+        sha: latestCommitSha
+    });
+
+    // 2. Commit the changes to the new branch
+    const updatedReadmeBase64 = Buffer.from(updatedReadme).toString('base64');
+    await octokit.repos.createOrUpdateFileContents({
+        owner,
+        repo,
+        path: 'README.md',
+        message: `Add ${contributorName} to README contributors`,
+        content: updatedReadmeBase64,
+        sha: readme.sha,
+        branch: branchName
+    });
+
+    // 3. Open a Pull Request
+    const { data: createdPR } = await octokit.pulls.create({
+        owner,
+        repo,
+        title: `Add ${contributorName} to README contributors`,
+        head: branchName,
+        base: 'master',
+        body: `closes #${issueNumber}`
+    });
+
+    // 4. Add @AleoHQ/tech-ops as a reviewer
+    await octokit.pulls.requestReviewers({
+        owner,
+        repo,
+        pull_number: createdPR.number,
+        reviewers: ['AleoHQ/tech-ops']
+    });
+
+    console.log(`Created a PR for "${contributorName}" with the "${badgeType}" badge.`);
+  }
+
+  // Check if the user's name exists in the README
+  const userRegex = new RegExp(contributorName);
+  if (userRegex.test(readmeContent)) {
+    console.log(`The contributor "${contributorName}" is found in the README.`);
+
+    const badgeCheckRegex = new RegExp(`<a href="https://github.com/${contributorName}/[^"]*" title=["“]${badgeType}(["”])?>`, 'i');
+    
+    if (badgeCheckRegex.test(readmeContent)) {
+      let message = `Hey @${contributorName}, you already have the "${badgeType}" badge! 😄`;
+      await commentAndTagUser(owner, repo, issueNumber, message);
+      console.log(`The contributor "${contributorName}" already has the "${badgeType}" badge.`);
+      return;
+    } else {
+      console.log('Badge not found in the README for the contributor.');
+       // Identify the position to insert the new badge for existing contributor
+      const insertionRegex = new RegExp(`(https://github.com/${contributorName}/[^"]*"[^>]*>.*?</a>)`);
+      const match = readmeContent.match(insertionRegex);
+      
+      if (match) {
+            const insertionPoint = match.index + match[0].length;
+            const badgeDetails = badgeMapping[badgeType];
+
+            if (!badgeDetails) {
+                let message = `Hey @${contributorName}, the badge type "${badgeType}" is not recognized! 😅`;
+                await commentAndTagUser(owner, repo, issueNumber, message);
+                throw new Error(`Badge type "${badgeType}" not recognized.`);
+            }
+
+            // NOTE: Currently adds link to contributor's page if not tutorial or code
+            let badgeLink;
+            switch(badgeType.toLowerCase()) {
+                case 'tutorial':
+                    badgeLink = `https://github.com/${contributorName}/${repoName}`;
+                    break;
+                case 'code':
+                    badgeLink = `https://github.com/AleoHQ/leo/commits?author=${contributorName}`;
+                    break;
+                default:
+                    badgeLink = `https://github.com/${contributorName}`;
+                    break;
+            }
+
+            const newBadge = `<a href="${badgeLink}" title="${badgeDetails.title}">${badgeDetails.emoji}</a>`;
+
+            const updatedReadme = [
+                readmeContent.slice(0, insertionPoint),
+                newBadge,
+                readmeContent.slice(insertionPoint)
+            ].join('');
+
+            await createPRWithBadge({
+              owner,
+              repo,
+              updatedReadme,
+              readme,
+              contributorName,
+              badgeType,
+              issueNumber
+            });
+            
+            console.log(`Created a PR to add the "${badgeType}" badge for the contributor "${contributorName}" in the README.`);
+          } else {
+            let message = `Hey @${contributorName}, we had an issue with your request, please reach out 😅`;
+            await commentAndTagUser(owner, repo, issueNumber, message);
+            console.error(`Failed to find an insertion point for the "${badgeType}" badge for "${contributorName}".`);
+        }
+      }
+    } else {
+      console.log(`The contributor "${contributorName}" is NOT found in the README.`);
+      let contributorCountMatch = readmeContent.match(/Total count contributors: (\d+)/i);
+      let currentCount = contributorCountMatch ? parseInt(contributorCountMatch[1]) : 0;
+
+      const badgeDetails = badgeMapping[badgeType];
+      if (!badgeDetails) {
+          let message = `Hey @${contributorName}, we had an issue with your request, please reach out 😅`;
+          await commentAndTagUser(owner, repo, issueNumber, message);
+          throw new Error(`Badge type "${badgeType}" not recognized.`);
+      }
+
+      //  regex that finds where to place the new badge by finding the second to last <tr> that contains <td>s
+      const trMatches = [...readmeContent.matchAll(/<tr>\s*([\s\S]*?)<\/tr>/g)];
+      const trMatchesContainingTds = trMatches.filter(trMatch => /<td[^>]*>[\s\S]*?<\/td>/g.test(trMatch[1]));
+      const secondToLastTrContainingTds = trMatchesContainingTds[trMatchesContainingTds.length - 2];
+
+      if (secondToLastTrContainingTds) {
+          const tdMatchesInTr = secondToLastTrContainingTds[1].match(/<td[^>]*>[\s\S]*?<\/td>/g) || [];
+          let updatedReadme;
+          const newContributorBlock = `
+          <td align="center" valign="top" width="14.28%">${newBadge}<img src="https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/${contributorName}?s=80&v=4?s=100" width="100px;" alt="${contributorName}"/><br /><sub><b>${contributorName}</b></sub></a><br /><a href="https://github.com/${contributorName}/YOUR_REPO_NAME" title="${badgeDetails.title}">${badgeDetails.emoji}</a></td>
+          `;
+
+          if (tdMatchesInTr.length < 7) {
+              // Insert the new contributor in the last row if there are less than 7 contributors in that row
+              const lastTdEndIndex = secondToLastTrContainingTds.index + secondToLastTrContainingTds[0].lastIndexOf('</td>') + 5;
+              updatedReadme = [
+                  readmeContent.slice(0, lastTdEndIndex),
+                  newContributorBlock,
+                  readmeContent.slice(lastTdEndIndex)
+              ].join('');
+          } else {
+              // Insert a new row with the new contributor if there are already 7 contributors in the last row
+              updatedReadme = [
+                  readmeContent.slice(0, secondToLastTrContainingTds.index + secondToLastTrContainingTds[0].length),
+                  '\n<tr>',
+                  newContributorBlock,
+                  '</tr>\n',
+                  readmeContent.slice(secondToLastTrContainingTds.index + secondToLastTrContainingTds[0].length)
+              ].join('');
+          }
+
+          // Increment and update contributor count
+          currentCount++;
+          updatedReadme = updatedReadme.replace(/Total count contributors: \d+/i, `Total count contributors: ${currentCount}`);
+
+          await createPRWithBadge({
+            owner,
+            repo,
+            updatedReadme,
+            readme,
+            contributorName,
+            badgeType,
+            issueNumber
+        });
+          console.log(`Created a PR to add "${contributorName}" to the README contributors with the "${badgeType}" badge.`);
+      } else {
+          let message = `Hey @${contributorName}, we had an issue with your request, please reach out 😅`;
+          await commentAndTagUser(owner, repo, issueNumber, message);
+          console.error(`Failed to find the insertion point in the README.`);
+      }
+    }
+}
+
+processIssue().catch(error => {
+  console.error(error);
+  process.exit(1);
+});
diff --git a/.github/workflows/add_contributor.yml b/.github/workflows/add_contributor.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..0d54dcadbc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/add_contributor.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+name: Add-Contributor
+
+on:
+  issues:
+    types: [opened]
+
+jobs:
+  validate_and_add_contributor:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+
+    permissions:
+      issues: write
+      contents: write
+      pull-requests: write
+    
+    steps:
+    - name: Checkout code
+      uses: actions/checkout@v2
+
+    - name: Use Node.js 18.x
+      uses: actions/setup-node@v3
+      with:
+        node-version: '18.x'
+      
+    - name: Install dependencies
+      run: |
+        npm install @actions/github@6.0.0 @octokit/rest@20.0.2
+        
+    - name: Run the script to process the issue
+      env:
+        GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
+      run: node .github/scripts/add_contributor.js