diff --git a/.github/workflows/create_new_post_pr.yaml b/.github/workflows/create_new_post_pr.yaml
index 95952a2..e039d5b 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/create_new_post_pr.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/create_new_post_pr.yaml
@@ -25,7 +25,12 @@ jobs:
           branch_name=$(echo "${{ github.event.inputs.name }}" | tr '[:upper:]' '[:lower:]' | tr ' ' '-')
           echo "Branch name: ${branch_name}"
           git checkout -b "$branch_name"
-          git commit --allow-empty -m "create PR from branch ${branch_name}"
+
+          # Create the draft item
+          touch drafts/${branch_name}
+          git add drafts
+          git commit -m "create PR from branch ${branch_name}"
+
           git push origin "$branch_name"
           echo "branch_name=$branch_name" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
 
diff --git a/.github/workflows/generate_post_from_pr.yaml b/.github/workflows/generate_post_from_pr.yaml
index 682e68b..293ebfc 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/generate_post_from_pr.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/generate_post_from_pr.yaml
@@ -18,11 +18,15 @@ jobs:
         id: create_post
         run: |
           PR_TITLE=${{ github.event.pull_request.title }}
-          PR_TITLE=${PR_TITLE#post/}
+          DRAFT_TITLE=${PR_TITLE#post/}
+
+          # Remove the draft item
+          git rm drafts/${DRAFT_TITLE}
+
           DATE=$(date +'%Y-%m-%d')
-          PR_TITLE="${DATE}-${PR_TITLE}"
+          POST_TITLE="${DATE}-${DRAFT_TITLE}"
           PR_BODY=${{ github.event.pull_request.body }}
-          POST_FILE="posts/${PR_TITLE}.md"
+          POST_FILE="posts/${POST_TITLE}.md"
           echo "${PR_BODY}" >> $POST_FILE
 
       - name: Commit and push changes