diff --git a/graphql-disable-auto-merge.sh b/graphql-disable-auto-merge.sh
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+.  ./.gh-api-examples.conf
+
+# https://docs.github.com/en/graphql/reference/mutations#disablepullrequestautomerge
+
+
+if [ -z "$1" ]
+  then
+    pull_request_node_id=$(./list-pull-request.sh | jq -r '.node_id')
+  else
+    pull_request_node_id=$1
+fi
+
+
+graphql_query=tmp/graphql-enable-pull-request-auto-merge.txt
+
+cat <<EOF >$graphql_query
+mutation automerge {
+    disablePullRequestAutoMerge(input: {pullRequestId: "$pull_request_node_id" }) {
+        clientMutationId
+         }
+}
+EOF
+
+json_file=tmp/graphql-payload.json
+
+jq -n \
+  --arg graphql_query "$(cat $graphql_query)" \
+  '{query: $graphql_query}' > ${json_file}
+
+
+curl ${curl_custom_flags} \
+     -H "Accept: application/vnd.github.v3+json" \
+     -H "Authorization: Bearer ${GITHUB_TOKEN}" \
+        ${GITHUB_APIV4_BASE_URL} -d @${json_file} | jq
+
diff --git a/graphql-enable-auto-merge.sh b/graphql-enable-auto-merge.sh
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+.  ./.gh-api-examples.conf
+
+# https://docs.github.com/en/graphql/reference/mutations#enablepullrequestautomerge
+
+
+if [ -z "$1" ]
+  then
+    pull_request_node_id=$(./list-pull-request.sh | jq -r '.node_id')
+  else
+    pull_request_node_id=$1
+fi
+
+
+graphql_query=tmp/graphql-enable-pull-request-auto-merge.txt
+
+cat <<EOF >$graphql_query
+mutation automerge {
+    enablePullRequestAutoMerge(input: {pullRequestId: "$pull_request_node_id", mergeMethod: SQUASH}) {
+        clientMutationId
+         }
+}
+EOF
+
+json_file=tmp/graphql-payload.json
+
+jq -n \
+  --arg graphql_query "$(cat $graphql_query)" \
+  '{query: $graphql_query}' > ${json_file}
+
+
+curl ${curl_custom_flags} \
+     -H "Accept: application/vnd.github.v3+json" \
+     -H "Authorization: Bearer ${GITHUB_TOKEN}" \
+        ${GITHUB_APIV4_BASE_URL} -d @${json_file} | jq
+