diff --git a/.github/workflows/format.yml b/.github/workflows/format.yml
index fb850606..2aa95e44 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/format.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/format.yml
@@ -12,6 +12,9 @@ env:
   FORCE_COLOR: 3
   NEXT_TELEMETRY_DISABLED: 1
 
+# mqp - i generated a personal token to use for these writes -- it's unclear
+# why, but the default token didn't work, even when i gave it max permissions
+
 jobs:
   prettify:
     name: Auto-prettify