diff --git a/.github/workflows/pr.yml b/.github/workflows/pr.yml
index 8e9baf87..a23f3a7f 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/pr.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/pr.yml
@@ -226,7 +226,7 @@ jobs:
           collection_ids=""
           pip install -r ./scripts/requirements.txt
           for file in ${PUBLISHED_COLLECTION_FILES}; do
-            collection_id=$(python3 ./scripts/generate-mdx.py "$file")
+            collection_id=$(python3 ./scripts/generate_mdx.py "$file")
             collection_id=$(echo "$collection_id" | sed 's/^["\s]*//;s/["\s]*$//')
             echo "Processed collection ID: $collection_id"
             collection_ids="$collection_ids$collection_id,"
@@ -351,4 +351,19 @@ jobs:
         uses: actions/checkout@v4
 
       - name: Publish to production on PR merge
-        run: echo "NO-OP. This step runs when a PR is merged."
+        env:
+          PUBLISHED_COLLECTION_FILES: ${{ needs.publish-new-datasets.outputs.publishedCollections }}
+          SM2A_DEV_BASIC_AUTH_SECRET: ${{ secrets.SM2A_DEV_BASIC_AUTH_SECRET }}
+          SM2A_API_URL: ${{ vars.SM2A_API_URL }}
+          PROMOTION_DAG: ${{ vars.PROMOTION_DAG_NAME }}
+
+        run: |
+          echo $PUBLISHED_COLLECTION_FILES
+          collection_ids=""
+          pip install -r ./scripts/requirements.txt
+          for file in ${PUBLISHED_COLLECTION_FILES}; do
+            collection_id=$(python3 ./scripts/promote_to_production.py "$file")
+            collection_id=$(echo "$collection_id" | sed 's/^["\s]*//;s/["\s]*$//')
+            echo "Processed collection ID: $collection_id"
+            collection_ids="$collection_ids$collection_id,"
+          done
diff --git a/scripts/generate-mdx.py b/scripts/generate_mdx.py
similarity index 100%
rename from scripts/generate-mdx.py
rename to scripts/generate_mdx.py
diff --git a/scripts/promote_to_production.py b/scripts/promote_to_production.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..53236c21
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/promote_to_production.py
@@ -0,0 +1,95 @@
+from typing import Dict, Any
+from urllib.parse import urljoin
+
+import json
+import sys
+import os
+import subprocess
+
+
+class MissingFieldError(Exception):
+    pass
+
+
+def validate_discovery_item_config(item: Dict[str, Any]) -> Dict[str, Any]:
+    if "bucket" not in item:
+        raise MissingFieldError(
+            "Missing required field 'bucket' in discovery item: {item}"
+        )
+    if "datetime_range" not in item:
+        raise MissingFieldError(
+            "Missing required field 'datetime_range' in discovery item: {item}"
+        )
+    if "discovery" not in item:
+        raise MissingFieldError(
+            "Missing required field 'discovery' in discovery item: {item}"
+        )
+    if "filename_regex" not in item:
+        raise MissingFieldError(
+            "Missing required field 'filename_regex' in discovery item: {item}"
+        )
+    if "prefix" not in item:
+        raise MissingFieldError(
+            "Missing required field 'prefix' in discovery item: {item}"
+        )
+    return item
+
+
+def promote_to_production(dag_input):
+    base_api_url = os.getenv("SM2A_API_URL", "")
+    promotion_dag = os.getenv("PROMOTION_DAG_NAME", "veda_promotion_pipeline")
+    path = urljoin("api/v1/dags/", promotion_dag)
+    full_api_url = urljoin(base_api_url, path)
+
+    api_token = os.getenv("SM2A_DEV_BASIC_AUTH_SECRET")
+    print(f"DAG INPUT: ${dag_input}")
+
+    if not full_api_url or not api_token:
+        raise ValueError(
+            "SM2A_API_URL or SM2A_DEV_BASIC_AUTH_SECRET is not"
+            + "set in the environment variables."
+        )
+
+    curl_command = [
+        "curl",
+        "-X",
+        "GET",
+        "-H",
+        f"Authorization: Basic {api_token}",
+        full_api_url,
+    ]
+
+    try:
+        result = subprocess.run(
+            curl_command, capture_output=True, text=True, check=True
+        )
+        print("SM2A API Response:", result.stdout)
+    except subprocess.CalledProcessError as e:
+        print("Error during SM2A API request")
+        print(e.stderr)
+        raise
+
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    try:
+        with open(sys.argv[1], "r") as file:
+            input = json.load(file)
+            discovery_items = input.get("discovery_items")
+            validated_discovery_items = [
+                validate_discovery_item_config(item) for item in discovery_items
+            ]
+
+            dag_input = {
+                "collection": input.get("collection"),
+                "data_type": input.get("data_type"),
+                "description": input.get("description"),
+                "discovery_items": validated_discovery_items,
+                "is_periodic": input.get("is_periodic", "true"),
+                "time_density": input.get("time_density"),
+                "title": input.get("title"),
+                "transfer": input.get("transfer", "false"),
+            }
+            promote_to_production(dag_input)
+
+    except json.JSONDecodeError:
+        raise ValueError(f"Invalid JSON content in file {sys.argv[1]}")