diff --git a/.github/workflows/test-itself.yaml b/.github/workflows/test-itself.yaml
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+name: Test this Action by running it against itself
+
+on:
+  pull_request:
+
+jobs:
+  run-itself:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-24.04
+    name: Check its own commit messages
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+        with:
+          fetch-depth: 0
+      - uses: ./
diff --git a/action.yaml b/action.yaml
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+name: Commit message standards checks
+description: Check the integrity of commit messages against Space ROS project standards
+
+runs:
+  using: composite
+  steps:
+    - name: Checkout source
+      uses: actions/checkout@v4
+      with:
+        # Don't do a shallow clone since we need to poke around in the Git history
+        fetch-depth: 0
+
+    - name: Check that every commit name includes an issue reference like "#1"
+      run: |
+        set -eo pipefail
+        IFS=$'\n'
+        commits=$(git log --oneline origin/${{github.base_ref}}..origin/${{github.head_ref}})
+        for commit in $commits
+        do
+          if [[ $commit =~ ^.*#[0-9]+.*$ ]];
+          then
+            continue
+          else
+            echo "Found commit with no issue number: $commit"
+            exit 1
+          fi
+        done
+      shell: bash