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+stages: [notify]
+
+# --- Notify when MR is opened/updated ---
+notify_discord_mr:
+  stage: notify
+  image: alpine:3.20
+  rules:
+    - if: '$CI_PIPELINE_SOURCE == "merge_request_event"'
+  variables:
+    WEBHOOK_URL: $DISCORD_WEBHOOK_URL
+  before_script:
+    - apk add --no-cache curl jq
+  script: |
+    MR_URL="${CI_PROJECT_URL}/-/merge_requests/${CI_MERGE_REQUEST_IID}"
+
+    jq -n \
+      --arg repo "$CI_PROJECT_PATH" \
+      --arg mr "#${CI_MERGE_REQUEST_IID}" \
+      --arg url "$MR_URL" \
+      --arg requestor "${GITLAB_USER_LOGIN:-$GITLAB_USER_NAME}" \
+      --arg source "$CI_MERGE_REQUEST_SOURCE_BRANCH_NAME" \
+      --arg target "$CI_MERGE_REQUEST_TARGET_BRANCH_NAME" \
+      --arg title "$CI_MERGE_REQUEST_TITLE" \
+      '{
+        username: "CI Bot - FE",
+        embeds: [{
+          title: "📣 [LTI WEB CLIENT] Merge Request Opened/Updated",
+          description: ($mr + " in " + $repo),
+          url: $url,
+          color: 3447003,
+          fields: [
+            {name: "Author", value: $requestor, inline: true},
+            {name: "Source → Target", value: ($source + " → " + $target), inline: true},
+            {name: "Title", value: $title}
+          ]
+        }]
+      }' \
+      | curl -sS -H "Content-Type: application/json" -d @- "$WEBHOOK_URL"
+
+# --- Notify when MR is merged ---
+notify_discord_merge:
+  stage: notify
+  image: alpine:3.20
+  rules:
+    # Only run for merge request pipelines that are in merged state
+    - if: '$CI_PIPELINE_SOURCE == "merge_request_event" && $CI_MERGE_REQUEST_STATE == "merged"'
+  variables:
+    WEBHOOK_URL: $DISCORD_WEBHOOK_URL
+  before_script:
+    - apk add --no-cache curl jq
+  script: |
+    MR_URL="${CI_PROJECT_URL}/-/merge_requests/${CI_MERGE_REQUEST_IID}"
+
+    jq -n \
+      --arg repo "$CI_PROJECT_PATH" \
+      --arg mr "#${CI_MERGE_REQUEST_IID}" \
+      --arg url "$MR_URL" \
+      --arg requestor "${CI_MERGE_REQUEST_AUTHOR}" \
+      --arg source "$CI_MERGE_REQUEST_SOURCE_BRANCH_NAME" \
+      --arg target "$CI_MERGE_REQUEST_TARGET_BRANCH_NAME" \
+      --arg title "$CI_MERGE_REQUEST_TITLE" \
+      '{
+        username: "CI Bot - FE",
+        embeds: [{
+          title: "✅ [LTI WEB CLIENT] Merge Request Merged",
+          description: ($mr + " has been merged into " + $repo),
+          url: $url,
+          color: 3066993,
+          fields: [
+            {name: "Author", value: $requestor, inline: true},
+            {name: "Source → Target", value: ($source + " → " + $target), inline: true},
+            {name: "Title", value: $title}
+          ]
+        }]
+      }' \
+      | curl -sS -H "Content-Type: application/json" -d @- "$WEBHOOK_URL"