diff --git a/.github/workflows/fee-schedule-check.yml b/.github/workflows/fee-schedule-check.yml
index d57f81a..b35165f 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/fee-schedule-check.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/fee-schedule-check.yml
@@ -9,8 +9,15 @@ name: Fee schedule check
 # notify: when rates changed, the check failed, or the PR could not be opened. Opens or updates one
 #         issue. Rates are never edited automatically.
 #
-# Only GITHUB_TOKEN is used. Pull requests opened with it do not start other workflows, so the
-# bump job runs the relevant tests itself and a reviewer closes and reopens the PR to run CI.
+# The bump job pushes its branch and opens the PR with a short-lived installation token of the
+# GitHub App qsl-qpk-pin-sync (variable FIRSTRADE_PR_APP_ID, secret FIRSTRADE_PR_APP_PRIVATE_KEY),
+# so CI starts on the PR like on any other. The token is scoped to this repository with only
+# contents and pull-requests write. The repository setting that lets Actions create pull requests
+# stays off.
+# Fallback: when the App variable or secret is missing, or the token cannot be created, the job
+# keeps using GITHUB_TOKEN. It pushes the branch, cannot open the PR, and the notify job opens or
+# updates an issue with a compare link. A PR opened with GITHUB_TOKEN would not start other
+# workflows anyway, so the bump job runs the relevant tests itself.
 # Optional repository variable FEE_CHECK_CONTACT: a monitored address that is sent to sec.gov in
 # the User-Agent (SEC fair-access policy).
 
@@ -104,6 +111,8 @@ jobs:
       GH_TOKEN: ${{ github.token }}
       GH_REPO: ${{ github.repository }}
       REPORT: ${{ needs.check.outputs.report }}
+      # Non-secret flag: secrets cannot be tested directly in `if:`.
+      APP_CONFIGURED: ${{ vars.FIRSTRADE_PR_APP_ID != '' && secrets.FIRSTRADE_PR_APP_PRIVATE_KEY != '' }}
       # The bump rewrites a module that it imported; a stale .pyc would hide the change from pytest.
       PYTHONDONTWRITEBYTECODE: '1'
     steps:
@@ -111,8 +120,29 @@ jobs:
         with:
           persist-credentials: false
 
+      - name: Create GitHub App installation token
+        id: app_token
+        if: env.APP_CONFIGURED == 'true'
+        continue-on-error: true
+        uses: actions/create-github-app-token@bcd2ba49218906704ab6c1aa796996da409d3eb1 # v3.2.0
+        with:
+          app-id: ${{ vars.FIRSTRADE_PR_APP_ID }}
+          private-key: ${{ secrets.FIRSTRADE_PR_APP_PRIVATE_KEY }}
+          owner: ${{ github.repository_owner }}
+          repositories: FirstradePlatform
+          permission-contents: write
+          permission-pull-requests: write
+
+      - name: Note the fallback to GITHUB_TOKEN
+        if: steps.app_token.outputs.token == ''
+        run: |
+          echo "::warning::No GitHub App token (variable or secret missing, or token creation failed). Falling back to GITHUB_TOKEN: the branch is pushed and the issue carries a compare link."
+
       - name: Bump verified_through and open a pull request
         id: bump
+        env:
+          # Empty when the fallback applies. Only the push and the PR creation use it.
+          APP_TOKEN: ${{ steps.app_token.outputs.token }}
         run: |
           set -euo pipefail
           git config user.name "github-actions[bot]"
@@ -150,7 +180,22 @@ jobs:
           git commit -q -m "chore(fees): extend fee schedule verified_through to $new_date" \
             -m "Scheduled fee-schedule-check found the SEC Section 31 and FINRA TAF rates unchanged." \
             -m "No rate row was changed. Refs #497."
-          git push origin "$branch"
+          # Prefer the App token so that CI starts on the PR; never print it.
+          if [ -n "$APP_TOKEN" ]; then
+            GH_TOKEN="$APP_TOKEN" git push origin "$branch" || {
+              echo "::warning::Push with the App token failed; retrying with GITHUB_TOKEN."
+              APP_TOKEN=""
+              git push origin "$branch"
+            }
+          else
+            git push origin "$branch"
+          fi
+
+          if [ -n "$APP_TOKEN" ]; then
+            ci_note="CI starts on this pull request normally because the GitHub App opened it."
+          else
+            ci_note="CI did not start on this pull request because it was opened with \`GITHUB_TOKEN\`: close and reopen it to run the full checks."
+          fi
 
           {
             echo "## AI assistance"
@@ -170,13 +215,12 @@ jobs:
             echo
             echo "Workflow run: $GITHUB_SERVER_URL/$GITHUB_REPOSITORY/actions/runs/$GITHUB_RUN_ID."
             echo "\`pytest tests/test_statement_reconciliation.py tests/test_check_fee_schedule.py\`"
-            echo "passed in that run. CI did not start on this pull request because it was opened"
-            echo "with \`GITHUB_TOKEN\`: close and reopen it to run the full checks."
+            echo "passed in that run. $ci_note"
             echo
             printf '%s\n' "$REPORT" | tail -n +2 | sed 's/^## /### /'
           } > "$RUNNER_TEMP/pr_body.md"
 
-          if pr_url="$(gh pr create --base main --head "$branch" \
+          if pr_url="$(GH_TOKEN="${APP_TOKEN:-$GH_TOKEN}" gh pr create --base main --head "$branch" \
             --title "chore(fees): extend fee schedule verified_through to $new_date" \
             --body-file "$RUNNER_TEMP/pr_body.md")"; then
             echo "result=pr-opened" >> "$GITHUB_OUTPUT"
diff --git a/docs/statement-reconciliation.md b/docs/statement-reconciliation.md
index 0a05829..202fbe9 100644
--- a/docs/statement-reconciliation.md
+++ b/docs/statement-reconciliation.md
@@ -68,11 +68,23 @@ failure is an error, never a pass.
   titled "Firstrade fee schedule check needs attention". Rates are never edited
   automatically; update the segments in a normal pull request.
 
-The workflow uses `GITHUB_TOKEN` only. Pull requests it opens do not start CI, so
-close and reopen the pull request to run the checks before merging. If the
-repository setting that lets Actions create pull requests is off, the job leaves
-the branch on the remote and the issue carries a compare link instead. Set the
-repository variable `FEE_CHECK_CONTACT` to a monitored address: sec.gov rejects
+The `bump` job pushes its branch and opens the pull request with a short-lived
+installation token of the GitHub App `qsl-qpk-pin-sync` (ID 5004823), so CI starts on the
+pull request like on any other. The App is already installed on this repository with
+`contents: write` and `pull-requests: write`. The token is created with
+`actions/create-github-app-token`, scoped to this repository only, and limited to
+`contents: write` and `pull-requests: write`. The repository setting that lets Actions
+create pull requests stays off. The setup is repository level:
+
+- the repository variable `FIRSTRADE_PR_APP_ID` (the App ID);
+- the repository secret `FIRSTRADE_PR_APP_PRIVATE_KEY` (the App private key).
+
+Without the variable or secret, or when the token cannot be created, the job falls back to
+`GITHUB_TOKEN`: it leaves the branch on the remote and the issue carries a compare link
+instead; a pull request opened by hand from it needs CI to be run by closing and
+reopening it.
+
+Set the repository variable `FEE_CHECK_CONTACT` to a monitored address: sec.gov rejects
 clients that do not identify themselves. The script is tied to the current page
 layouts and to the filings named in `REVIEWED_FINRA_FILINGS`; when a layout
 changes the check fails loudly and the parser needs an update.
diff --git a/docs/statement-reconciliation.zh-CN.md b/docs/statement-reconciliation.zh-CN.md
index 5324d90..b5a0176 100644
--- a/docs/statement-reconciliation.zh-CN.md
+++ b/docs/statement-reconciliation.zh-CN.md
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@
 
 `verified_through`（当前 `2026-12-01`）是费率最后一次对照公开来源核实的交易日。之后的交易日为 `unsupported`（`..._not_verified_after_<日期>`）：SEC 2027 财年 Section 31 费率尚未公布（FY2026 费率在 2027 财年拨款法案生效后 60 天内继续有效），上述 FINRA 备案虽即时生效但仍可能被 SEC 暂停。更新来源核实时需在同一变更中推进 `verified_through`。
 
-`Fee schedule check` 工作流（`.github/workflows/fee-schedule-check.yml`）每月 22 日 UTC 02:17 自动执行这项复核，也可手动触发（`workflow_dispatch`）：`scripts/check_fee_schedule.py check` 读取 SEC Section 31 公告和 FINRA 费率表、备案列表与备案 PDF，与费率表比对；抓取或解析失败一律视为错误，不会当作通过。全部一致时 `bump` 任务把 `verified_through` 推到下月末（并同步测试里的复核日期和文档），跑完测试后开 PR，不会自动合并。费率有变化、出现新的 FINRA 费用备案、SEC 页面提到暂停或检查失败时，`notify` 任务开或更新一个 issue，费率不会被自动修改。仅使用 `GITHUB_TOKEN`，它开的 PR 不会触发 CI，合并前请关闭再重新打开 PR 以运行检查。建议把仓库变量 `FEE_CHECK_CONTACT` 设为可联系的邮箱，sec.gov 会拒绝不表明身份的请求。
+`Fee schedule check` 工作流（`.github/workflows/fee-schedule-check.yml`）每月 22 日 UTC 02:17 自动执行这项复核，也可手动触发（`workflow_dispatch`）：`scripts/check_fee_schedule.py check` 读取 SEC Section 31 公告和 FINRA 费率表、备案列表与备案 PDF，与费率表比对；抓取或解析失败一律视为错误，不会当作通过。全部一致时 `bump` 任务把 `verified_through` 推到下月末（并同步测试里的复核日期和文档），跑完测试后开 PR，不会自动合并。费率有变化、出现新的 FINRA 费用备案、SEC 页面提到暂停或检查失败时，`notify` 任务开或更新一个 issue，费率不会被自动修改。`bump` 任务用 GitHub App `qsl-qpk-pin-sync`（ID 5004823）的短期安装令牌推送分支并开 PR（`actions/create-github-app-token`，仅限本仓库，只有 `contents: write` 和 `pull-requests: write`），所以 PR 会像其他 PR 一样触发 CI；该 App 已安装在本仓库，具有 `contents: write` 和 `pull-requests: write`；仓库里“允许 Actions 创建 PR”的设置保持关闭。配置在仓库级：仓库变量 `FIRSTRADE_PR_APP_ID`（App ID）和仓库 secret `FIRSTRADE_PR_APP_PRIVATE_KEY`（App 私钥）。变量或 secret 缺失、或令牌创建失败时，退回使用 `GITHUB_TOKEN`：只推送分支，issue 里带比较链接，手动开出的 PR 需关闭再重新打开才会运行检查。建议把仓库变量 `FEE_CHECK_CONTACT` 设为可联系的邮箱，sec.gov 会拒绝不表明身份的请求。
 
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