diff --git a/entry b/entry
index eea062d..daaf9e6 100755
--- a/entry
+++ b/entry
@@ -143434,6 +143434,20 @@ function CreatePullRequestTool(ctx) {
         head: currentBranch,
         base
       });
+      const reviewer = ctx.payload.triggeringUser;
+      if (reviewer) {
+        try {
+          log.debug(`Requesting review from ${reviewer} on PR #${result.data.number}`);
+          await ctx.octokit.rest.pulls.requestReviewers({
+            owner: ctx.repo.owner,
+            repo: ctx.repo.name,
+            pull_number: result.data.number,
+            reviewers: [reviewer]
+          });
+        } catch {
+          log.info(`failed to request review from ${reviewer} on PR #${result.data.number}`);
+        }
+      }
       return {
         success: true,
         pullRequestId: result.data.id,
@@ -146638,6 +146652,7 @@ var JsonPayload = type({
   version: "string",
   "agent?": AgentName.or("undefined"),
   prompt: "string",
+  "triggeringUser?": "string | undefined",
   "eventInstructions?": "string",
   "repoInstructions?": "string",
   "event?": "object",
@@ -146701,6 +146716,9 @@ function resolveNonPromptInputs() {
     bash: core4.getInput("bash") || void 0
   });
 }
+var isPullfrog = (actor) => {
+  return !!actor && (actor === "pullfrog" || actor === "pullfrog[bot]");
+};
 function resolvePayload(resolvedPromptInput, repoSettings) {
   const [prompt, jsonPayload] = typeof resolvedPromptInput !== "string" ? [resolvedPromptInput.prompt, resolvedPromptInput] : [resolvedPromptInput, void 0];
   const inputs = resolveNonPromptInputs();
@@ -146726,6 +146744,8 @@ function resolvePayload(resolvedPromptInput, repoSettings) {
     version: jsonPayload?.version ?? package_default.version,
     agent: resolvedAgent,
     prompt,
+    triggeringUser: jsonPayload?.triggeringUser ?? // it's not a common use case but GITHUB_ACTOR can be a user when the workflow is manually triggered by a user through GitHub Actions UI
+    (!isPullfrog(process.env.GITHUB_ACTOR) ? process.env.GITHUB_ACTOR : void 0),
     eventInstructions: jsonPayload?.eventInstructions,
     repoInstructions: jsonPayload?.repoInstructions,
     event,
diff --git a/external.ts b/external.ts
index 210effd..eea2530 100644
--- a/external.ts
+++ b/external.ts
@@ -272,6 +272,8 @@ export interface WriteablePayload {
   agent?: AgentName | undefined;
   /** the user's actual request (body if @pullfrog tagged) */
   prompt: string;
+  /** github username of the human who triggered this workflow run */
+  triggeringUser?: string | undefined;
   /** event-level instructions for this trigger type (flag-expanded server-side) */
   eventInstructions?: string | undefined;
   /** repo-level instructions (flag-expanded server-side) */
diff --git a/mcp/pr.ts b/mcp/pr.ts
index fb5039d..5dc2051 100644
--- a/mcp/pr.ts
+++ b/mcp/pr.ts
@@ -44,6 +44,22 @@ export function CreatePullRequestTool(ctx: ToolContext) {
         base: base,
       });
 
+      // best-effort: request review from the user who triggered the workflow
+      const reviewer = ctx.payload.triggeringUser;
+      if (reviewer) {
+        try {
+          log.debug(`Requesting review from ${reviewer} on PR #${result.data.number}`);
+          await ctx.octokit.rest.pulls.requestReviewers({
+            owner: ctx.repo.owner,
+            repo: ctx.repo.name,
+            pull_number: result.data.number,
+            reviewers: [reviewer],
+          });
+        } catch {
+          log.info(`failed to request review from ${reviewer} on PR #${result.data.number}`);
+        }
+      }
+
       return {
         success: true,
         pullRequestId: result.data.id,
diff --git a/post b/post
index 92377bd..d4febbd 100755
--- a/post
+++ b/post
@@ -41378,6 +41378,7 @@ var JsonPayload = type({
   version: "string",
   "agent?": AgentName.or("undefined"),
   prompt: "string",
+  "triggeringUser?": "string | undefined",
   "eventInstructions?": "string",
   "repoInstructions?": "string",
   "event?": "object",
diff --git a/utils/payload.ts b/utils/payload.ts
index c95d9f7..2b77da3 100644
--- a/utils/payload.ts
+++ b/utils/payload.ts
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ export const JsonPayload = type({
   version: "string",
   "agent?": AgentName.or("undefined"),
   prompt: "string",
+  "triggeringUser?": "string | undefined",
   "eventInstructions?": "string",
   "repoInstructions?": "string",
   "event?": "object",
@@ -108,6 +109,10 @@ function resolveNonPromptInputs() {
   });
 }
 
+const isPullfrog = (actor: string | null | undefined): boolean => {
+  return !!actor && (actor === "pullfrog" || actor === "pullfrog[bot]");
+};
+
 export function resolvePayload(
   resolvedPromptInput: ResolvedPromptInput,
   repoSettings: RepoSettings
@@ -161,6 +166,10 @@ export function resolvePayload(
     version: jsonPayload?.version ?? packageJson.version,
     agent: resolvedAgent,
     prompt,
+    triggeringUser:
+      jsonPayload?.triggeringUser ??
+      // it's not a common use case but GITHUB_ACTOR can be a user when the workflow is manually triggered by a user through GitHub Actions UI
+      (!isPullfrog(process.env.GITHUB_ACTOR) ? process.env.GITHUB_ACTOR : undefined),
     eventInstructions: jsonPayload?.eventInstructions,
     repoInstructions: jsonPayload?.repoInstructions,
     event,