diff --git a/.github/workflows/pr-auto-assignee.yml b/.github/workflows/pr-auto-assignee.yml
index 88dd3165..c7af8571 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/pr-auto-assignee.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/pr-auto-assignee.yml
@@ -12,6 +12,11 @@ on:
         description: 'A list of reviewers(GitHub user name) to be added to PRs'
         required: false
         type: string
+      assign_yourself:
+        description: 'Whether to assign the PR opener as an assignee'
+        required: false
+        type: boolean
+        default: true
     secrets:
       GITHUB:
         description: 'Your GitHub token for authentication.'
@@ -27,4 +32,18 @@ jobs:
           assignees: ${{ inputs.assignees }}
           reviewers: ${{ inputs.reviewers }}
           skipKeywords: wip, draft
+
+      - uses: actions/github-script@v7
+        if: ${{ inputs.assign_yourself }}
+        with:
+          github-token: ${{ secrets.GITHUB }}
+          script: |
+            const opener = context.payload.pull_request.user.login;
+
+            await github.rest.issues.addAssignees({
+              owner: context.repo.owner,
+              repo: context.repo.repo,
+              issue_number: context.payload.pull_request.number,
+              assignees:[ opener ] 
+            });
 ...
diff --git a/docs/pr-auto-assignee.md b/docs/pr-auto-assignee.md
index 4092a2c7..df3a908c 100644
--- a/docs/pr-auto-assignee.md
+++ b/docs/pr-auto-assignee.md
@@ -3,7 +3,16 @@
 This workflow automates process for assigning assignees to the PR which would opened or reopened from a users list. Workflows have been added in `.github/workflows/pr-auto-assignee.yml`
 
 #### Usage
-Below workflow can be used to automatically assign the assignee to a pull request (PR) when the request is opened or reopened from the specified branch. If we provide a list of users, it will randomly select one user and assign as assignee to the PR.
+This workflow can be used to automatically assign assignees to a PR when it is opened or reopened.
+* If a list of users is provided, one user will be randomly selected and assigned.
+* You can also enable assigning the PR opener to themselves using the `assign_yourself` flag.
+
+| Name              | Description                                           | Required | Type    |
+| ----------------- | ----------------------------------------------------- | -------- | ------- |
+| `assignees`       | List of GitHub usernames to randomly assign to the PR | No       | String  |
+| `assign_yourself` | Whether to assign the PR creator as an assignee       | No      | Boolean |
+
+
 
 #### Example
 ```yaml
@@ -20,5 +29,6 @@ jobs:
       secrets:
         GITHUB: ${{ secrets.TOKEN_GITHUB }}
       with:  
-        assignees: #list of usernames of assignees
+      assignees: user1,user2,user3   # List of usernames
+      assign_yourself: true          # Assign PR creator as assignee
 ```
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