diff --git a/.github/workflows/commit-check.yml b/.github/workflows/commit-check.yml
index b22e048..747f226 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/commit-check.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/commit-check.yml
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ name: Commit Check
 
 on:
   pull_request:
-    branches: 'main'
+    branches: [ 'main' ]
   workflow_dispatch:
 
 jobs:
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ jobs:
           ref: ${{ github.event.pull_request.head.sha }}  # checkout PR HEAD commit
           fetch-depth: 0  # fetch all history for all branches and tags
       - uses: ./ # self test
+        id: commit-check
         env:
           GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }} # use GITHUB_TOKEN because of use pr-comments
         with:
@@ -29,3 +30,19 @@ jobs:
           imperative: true
           job-summary: true
           pr-comments: ${{ github.event_name == 'pull_request' }}
+
+      - name: Save PR comments to pr-comments.txt
+        run: echo "${{ steps.commit-check.outputs.pr_comments }}" > pr-comments.txt
+
+      - name: Post PR comments
+        uses: actions/github-script@v6
+        with:
+          script: |
+            const fs = require('fs');
+            const content = fs.readFileSync('pr-comments.txt', 'utf8');
+            github.rest.issues.createComment({
+              issue_number: context.issue.number,
+              owner: context.repo.owner,
+              repo: context.repo.repo,
+              body: content
+            });
diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 43f4b6f..7ef7583 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,2 +1,5 @@
 venv/
 .venv/
+__pycache__/
+*.pyc
+*.pyo
diff --git a/action.yml b/action.yml
index eb12512..4c31942 100644
--- a/action.yml
+++ b/action.yml
@@ -45,10 +45,17 @@ inputs:
     description: post results to the pull request comments
     required: false
     default: false
+
+outputs:
+  pr_comments:
+    description: The formatted PR comment body containing commit-check results
+    value: ${{ steps.commit-check.outputs.pr_comments }}
+
 runs:
   using: "composite"
   steps:
-    - name: Install dependencies and run commit-check
+    - id: commit-check
+      name: Install dependencies and run commit-check
       shell: bash
       run: |
         if [[ "$RUNNER_OS" == "Linux" ]]; then
diff --git a/main.py b/main.py
index ef9c920..f8c7f18 100755
--- a/main.py
+++ b/main.py
@@ -108,6 +108,20 @@ def add_job_summary() -> int:
     return 0 if result_text is None else 1
 
 
+def set_pr_comments_output() -> None:
+    """Sets the pr_comments output regardless of PR_COMMENTS setting."""
+    result_text = read_result_file()
+    pr_comments = (
+        SUCCESS_TITLE
+        if result_text is None
+        else f"{FAILURE_TITLE}\n```\n{result_text}\n```"
+    )
+
+    # output pr_comments to $GITHUB_OUTPUT
+    with open(os.environ["GITHUB_OUTPUT"], "a", encoding="utf-8") as output_file:
+        output_file.write(f"pr_comments={pr_comments}\n")
+
+
 def add_pr_comments() -> int:
     """Posts the commit check result as a comment on the pull request."""
     if PR_COMMENTS == "false":
@@ -200,6 +214,9 @@ def main():
     ret_code += add_job_summary()
     ret_code += add_pr_comments()
 
+    # Always set pr_comments output regardless of PR_COMMENTS setting
+    set_pr_comments_output()
+
     if DRY_RUN == "true":
         ret_code = 0