diff --git a/.github/workflows/no-important-files-changed.yml b/.github/workflows/no-important-files-changed.yml
index 26b068bc..2f314215 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/no-important-files-changed.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/no-important-files-changed.yml
@@ -1,9 +1,16 @@
 name: No important files changed
 
 on:
-  pull_request:
+  pull_request_target:
     types: [opened]
     branches: [main]
+    paths:
+      - "exercises/concept/**"
+      - "exercises/practice/**"
+      - "!exercises/*/*/.meta/config.json"
+      - "!exercises/*/*/.meta/tests.toml"
+      - "!exercises/*/*/.docs/instructions.md"
+      - "!exercises/*/*/.docs/introduction.md"
 
 permissions:
   pull-requests: write
@@ -14,50 +21,40 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: ubuntu-22.04
     steps:
       - name: Checkout code
-        uses: actions/checkout@b4ffde65f46336ab88eb53be808477a3936bae11 # v4.1.1
+        uses: actions/checkout@b4ffde65f46336ab88eb53be808477a3936bae11
+        with:
+          repository: ${{ github.event.pull_request.head.repo.owner.login }}/${{ github.event.pull_request.head.repo.name }}
+          ref: ${{ github.head_ref }}
 
       - name: Check if important files changed
         id: check
         run: |
           set -exo pipefail
 
-          # fetch a ref to the main branch so we can diff against it
           git remote set-branches origin main
           git fetch --depth 1 origin main
 
-          for changed_file in $(git diff --diff-filter=M --name-only origin/main); do
-            if ! echo "$changed_file" | grep --quiet --extended-regexp 'exercises/(practice|concept)' ; then
-              continue
-            fi
-            slug="$(echo "$changed_file" | sed --regexp-extended 's#exercises/[^/]+/([^/]+)/.*#\1#' )"
-            path_before_slug="$(echo "$changed_file" | sed --regexp-extended "s#(.*)/$slug/.*#\\1#" )"
-            path_after_slug="$( echo "$changed_file" | sed --regexp-extended "s#.*/$slug/(.*)#\\1#" )"
+          git diff --diff-filter=M --name-only origin/main
 
-            if ! [ -f "$path_before_slug/$slug/.meta/config.json" ]; then
+          for changed_file in $(git diff --diff-filter=M --name-only origin/main); do
+            slug="$(echo "${changed_file}" | sed --regexp-extended 's#exercises/[^/]+/([^/]+)/.*#\1#' )"
+            path_before_slug="$(echo "${changed_file}" | sed --regexp-extended "s#(.*)/${slug}/.*#\\1#" )"
+            path_after_slug="$( echo "${changed_file}" | sed --regexp-extended "s#.*/${slug}/(.*)#\\1#" )"
+            config_json_file="${path_before_slug}/${slug}/.meta/config.json"
+
+            if ! [ -f "${config_json_file}" ]; then
               # cannot determine if important files changed without .meta/config.json
               continue
             fi
 
-            #  returns 0 if the filter matches, 1 otherwise
-            #  | contains($path_after_slug)
-            if jq --exit-status \
-              --arg path_after_slug "$path_after_slug" \
-              '[.files.test, .files.invalidator, .files.editor] | flatten | index($path_after_slug)' \
-              "$path_before_slug/$slug/.meta/config.json" \
-              > /dev/null;
-            then
-              echo "important_files_changed=true" >> "$GITHUB_OUTPUT"
-              exit 0
-            fi
+            changed=$(jq --arg path "${path_after_slug}" '[.files.test, .files.invalidator, .files.editor] | flatten | index($path) != null' "${config_json_file}")
+            echo "important_files_changed=${changed}" >> "$GITHUB_OUTPUT"
           done
 
-          echo "important_files_changed=false" >> "$GITHUB_OUTPUT"
-
       - name: Suggest to add [no important files changed]
         if: steps.check.outputs.important_files_changed == 'true'
         uses: actions/github-script@60a0d83039c74a4aee543508d2ffcb1c3799cdea
         with:
-          github-token: ${{ github.token }}
           script: |
             const body = "This PR touches files which potentially affect the outcome of the tests of an exercise. This will cause all students' solutions to affected exercises to be re-tested.\n\nIf this PR does **not** affect the result of the test (or, for example, adds an edge case that is not worth rerunning all tests for), **please add the following to the merge-commit message** which will stops student's tests from re-running. Please copy-paste to avoid typos.\n```\n[no important files changed]\n```\n\n For more information, refer to the [documentation](https://exercism.org/docs/building/tracks#h-avoiding-triggering-unnecessary-test-runs). If you are unsure whether to add the message or not, please ping `@exercism/maintainers-admin` in a comment. Thank you!"
             github.rest.issues.createComment({