diff --git a/.github/workflows/ontobot.yml b/.github/workflows/ontobot.yml
index 17d3c4b5..667de431 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ontobot.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ontobot.yml
@@ -3,15 +3,18 @@ name: Create new pull request
 on:
   workflow_dispatch:
   issues:
-    types: [ opened, edited ]
+    types: [opened, edited]
+  issue_comment:
+    types: [created, edited]
 
 jobs:
   check:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     outputs:
       phraseExists: ${{ steps.check-body.outputs.result }}
+      commentId: ${{ steps.check-body.outputs.commentId }}
     steps:
-      - name: Check if issue body contains 'Hey ontobot'
+      - name: Check if issue body or any comment contains 'Hey ontobot'
         id: check-body
         uses: actions/github-script@v6
         with:
@@ -21,11 +24,71 @@ jobs:
               repo: context.repo.repo,
               issue_number: context.issue.number
             });
-            if (!issue.data.body) {
-              console.log('Issue body is empty or null');
-              return false;
+            let bodyText = issue.data.body ? issue.data.body.toLowerCase() : '';
+            let commentId = null;
+
+            // Fetch all comments for the issue
+            const comments = await github.rest.issues.listComments({
+              owner: context.repo.owner,
+              repo: context.repo.repo,
+              issue_number: context.issue.number
+            });
+
+            // Function to check for the phrase in bodyText and comments
+            function checkForPhrase(bodyText, comments) {
+              const regex = /hey\s*[^a-zA-Z0-9]*\s*ontobot/i;
+            
+              // Check if bodyText includes the phrase
+              let result = regex.test(bodyText);
+            
+              // If not found in bodyText, check in comments
+              if (!result && comments) {
+                for (const comment of comments) {
+                  if (regex.test(comment.body)) {
+                    result = true;
+                    break;
+                  }
+                }
+              }
+            
+              return result;
+            }
+              
+              // Check each comment
+
+            for (let comment of comments.reverse()) { // Reverse to give precedence to the latest comment
+                if (comment.body.toLowerCase().includes(phrase)) {
+                result = true;
+                commentId = comment.id;
+                break;
+                }
             }
-            return issue.data.body.toLowerCase().includes('hey ontobot');
+
+
+              return {
+                result: result,
+                commentId: result ? commentId : null
+              };
+            }
+
+            const checkResult = checkForPhrase(bodyText, comments.data);
+
+            console.log(`Result: ${checkResult.result}`);
+            console.log(`Comment ID: ${checkResult.commentId}`);
+            console.log(`Check Result: ${JSON.stringify(checkResult)}`);
+
+            core.setOutput('phraseExists', checkResult.result);
+            core.setOutput('commentId', checkResult.commentId);
+
+      - name: Log phraseExists output
+        run: |
+          echo "phraseExists: ${{ steps.check-body.outputs.phraseExists }}"
+          echo "commentId: ${{ steps.check-body.outputs.commentId }}"
+          echo "Outputs: $(echo '${{ toJSON(steps.check-body.outputs) }}')"
+    
+      - name: Conditional step based on result
+        if: ${{ steps.check-body.outputs.phraseExists == 'true' }}
+        run: echo "The phrase 'Hey ontobot' was found."
 
   build:
     needs: check
@@ -35,7 +98,7 @@ jobs:
     strategy:
       matrix:
         python-version: ["3.9"]
-        os: [ ubuntu-latest ]
+        os: [ubuntu-latest]
 
     steps:
       - name: Checkout main branch
@@ -45,33 +108,31 @@ jobs:
         id: gh-script-issue
         uses: actions/github-script@v6
         with:
-          # github-token: ${{ secrets.GH_TOKEN }}
           script: |
-            const issue_number = context.issue.number
-            const repo = context.repo.owner+"/"+context.repo.repo
-            return issue_number
-      
+            const issue_number = context.issue.number;
+            return issue_number;
+
       - name: Return repository name
         id: gh-script-repo
         uses: actions/github-script@v6
         with:
-          # github-token: ${{ secrets.GH_TOKEN }}
           script: |
-            const repo = context.repo.owner+"/"+context.repo.repo
-            return repo
+            const repo = context.repo.owner + "/" + context.repo.repo;
+            return repo;
 
       - name: Set branch name
         id: vars
         run: |
           echo "resource=src/envo/envo-edit.owl" >> $GITHUB_ENV
           echo "branch-name=kgcl_automation_"${{ steps.gh-script-issue.outputs.result }} >> $GITHUB_ENV
-      
+          echo "comment-id=${{ needs.check.outputs.commentId }}" >> $GITHUB_ENV
+
       - name: Get jar & enable plugin.
         run: |
           mkdir -p robot-plugins
-          wget https://github.com/gouttegd/kgcl-java/releases/download/kgcl-0.2.0/kgcl-robot-plugin-0.2.0.jar -O robot-plugins/kgcl.jar
+          wget https://github.com/gouttegd/kgcl-java/releases/download/kgcl-java-0.4.0/kgcl-robot-plugin-0.4.0.jar -O robot-plugins/kgcl.jar
           echo "ROBOT_PLUGINS_DIRECTORY=$(pwd)/robot-plugins/" >> "$GITHUB_ENV"
-      
+
       - name: Install dependencies
         run: |
           pip install ontobot-change-agent
@@ -82,14 +143,15 @@ jobs:
           ochange process-issue ${{ env.resource }} \
           -r ${{ steps.gh-script-repo.outputs.result }} \
           -n ${{ steps.gh-script-issue.outputs.result }} \
-          -g ${{ secrets.GH_TOKEN }}
+          -g ${{ secrets.GH_TOKEN }} \
+          -c ${{ env.comment-id }}
 
       - name: Clean-up
         run: rm -rf robot-plugins
 
       - name: Create Pull Request
         uses: peter-evans/create-pull-request@v5
-        if: ${{ env.PR_TITLE}}
+        if: ${{ env.PR_TITLE }}
         with:
           # token: ${{ secrets.GH_TOKEN }}
           branch-suffix: short-commit-hash