diff --git a/.github/workflows/pr-comment.yml b/.github/workflows/pr-comment.yml
index fdc5980..bbfb86e 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/pr-comment.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/pr-comment.yml
@@ -4,9 +4,12 @@ on:
   workflow_run:
     workflows: ["PR Check"]
     types: [completed]
+  pull_request_review:
+    types: [submitted]
 
 permissions:
   actions: read
+  checks: read
   contents: read
   pull-requests: write
 
@@ -132,3 +135,87 @@ jobs:
               });
               console.log('Updated bot comment.');
             }
+
+  review-notify:
+    name: Notify maintainer
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    if: github.event_name == 'pull_request_review'
+
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+
+      - name: Fetch review and CI context
+        id: context
+        uses: actions/github-script@v7
+        with:
+          github-token: ${{ secrets.BOT_TOKEN || secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
+          script: |
+            const fs = require('fs');
+            const pr = context.payload.pull_request;
+            const { owner, repo } = context.repo;
+
+            // Fetch reviews — extract user login and state
+            const { data: reviews } = await github.rest.pulls.listReviews({
+              owner, repo, pull_number: pr.number, per_page: 100,
+            });
+            const reviewData = reviews.map(r => ({
+              user: r.user.login,
+              state: r.state,
+            }));
+
+            // Fetch check runs for the PR head SHA
+            const { data: { check_runs } } = await github.rest.checks.listForRef({
+              owner, repo, ref: pr.head.sha, per_page: 100,
+            });
+            const checkData = check_runs.map(cr => ({
+              status: cr.status,
+              conclusion: cr.conclusion,
+            }));
+
+            // Check if we already posted the notification
+            const marker = '<!-- pr-review-ready -->';
+            const { data: comments } = await github.rest.issues.listComments({
+              owner, repo, issue_number: pr.number, per_page: 100,
+            });
+            const alreadyNotified = comments.some(c => c.body.includes(marker));
+
+            // Write data for Python
+            fs.mkdirSync('pr-meta', { recursive: true });
+            fs.writeFileSync('pr-meta/reviews.json', JSON.stringify(reviewData));
+            fs.writeFileSync('pr-meta/check-runs.json', JSON.stringify(checkData));
+            fs.writeFileSync('pr-meta/already-notified.txt', String(alreadyNotified));
+
+            core.setOutput('pr_number', pr.number);
+
+      - name: Check review readiness
+        run: python lib/checks/check-review-ready.py
+
+      - name: Post notification
+        uses: actions/github-script@v7
+        with:
+          github-token: ${{ secrets.BOT_TOKEN || secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
+          script: |
+            const fs = require('fs');
+            const actionFile = 'pr-meta/action.txt';
+            if (!fs.existsSync(actionFile)) return;
+
+            const action = fs.readFileSync(actionFile, 'utf8').trim();
+            if (action !== 'notify') {
+              console.log('Not ready for review — skipping.');
+              return;
+            }
+
+            const body = [
+              '<!-- pr-review-ready -->',
+              'This PR is now ready to be merged, pending maintainer review. All checks are passing and it has been peer-reviewed.',
+              '',
+              '@Lissy93 - Please evaluate, and either merge or leave feedback.',
+            ].join('\n');
+
+            await github.rest.issues.createComment({
+              owner: context.repo.owner,
+              repo: context.repo.repo,
+              issue_number: parseInt('${{ steps.context.outputs.pr_number }}'),
+              body,
+            });
+            console.log('Posted maintainer notification.');
diff --git a/lib/checks/check-review-ready.py b/lib/checks/check-review-ready.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..8437e5d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/checks/check-review-ready.py
@@ -0,0 +1,90 @@
+"""Decides whether a PR is ready for maintainer review.
+
+Conditions: 2+ approvals from external contributors AND all CI checks passing.
+
+Reads:
+  pr-meta/reviews.json       — array of {user, state} from GitHub API
+  pr-meta/check-runs.json    — array of {status, conclusion} from GitHub API
+  pr-meta/already-notified.txt — "true" if notification comment already exists
+
+Writes:
+  pr-meta/action.txt         — "notify" or "skip"
+"""
+
+import json
+import os
+
+WORK_DIR = "pr-meta"
+MAINTAINER = "Lissy93"
+REQUIRED_APPROVALS = 2
+PASSING_CONCLUSIONS = {"success", "skipped", "neutral"}
+
+
+def read_json(filename):
+    """Load a JSON file from the work directory, or empty list on error."""
+    try:
+        with open(os.path.join(WORK_DIR, filename)) as f:
+            return json.load(f)
+    except Exception:
+        return []
+
+
+def count_external_approvals(reviews):
+    """Count unique non-maintainer users who approved."""
+    approvers = {
+        r["user"]
+        for r in reviews
+        if r.get("state") == "APPROVED"
+        and r.get("user", "").lower() != MAINTAINER.lower()
+    }
+    return len(approvers)
+
+
+def all_checks_passing(check_runs):
+    """Return True if every check run completed successfully."""
+    if not check_runs:
+        return False
+    return all(
+        cr.get("status") == "completed"
+        and cr.get("conclusion") in PASSING_CONCLUSIONS
+        for cr in check_runs
+    )
+
+
+def already_notified():
+    """Return True if the notification comment already exists on the PR."""
+    try:
+        with open(os.path.join(WORK_DIR, "already-notified.txt")) as f:
+            return f.read().strip().lower() == "true"
+    except Exception:
+        return False
+
+
+def write_action(action):
+    os.makedirs(WORK_DIR, exist_ok=True)
+    with open(os.path.join(WORK_DIR, "action.txt"), "w") as f:
+        f.write(action)
+
+
+def main():
+    if already_notified():
+        write_action("skip")
+        return
+
+    reviews = read_json("reviews.json")
+    approvals = count_external_approvals(reviews)
+
+    if approvals < REQUIRED_APPROVALS:
+        write_action("skip")
+        return
+
+    check_runs = read_json("check-runs.json")
+    if not all_checks_passing(check_runs):
+        write_action("skip")
+        return
+
+    write_action("notify")
+
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    main()