turns out: important

Author: jakecoffman

.github/workflows/example.yml

@@ -10,6 +10,10 @@ jobs:
       contents: read
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
+        # Checkout code to get the Dependabot CLI input file
+      - name: Checkout code
+        uses: actions/checkout@v4
+
       - name: Download CLI
         env:
           # To use GitHub CLI in a GitHub Actions workflow, set the GH_TOKEN environment variable.