diff --git a/.github/actions/get-node-version-from-package-lock/action.yml b/.github/actions/get-node-version-from-package-lock/action.yml
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+name: 'Specify Node version based on package-lock file version'
+outputs:
+  version:
+    description: 'Node.js version number to use with actions/setup-node action'
+    value: ${{ steps.getnode.outputs.version }}
+runs:
+  using: "composite"
+  steps:
+    - name: Get Node version
+      uses: actions/github-script@v6
+      id: getnode
+      with:
+        script: |
+          const { resolve } = require('path');
+          const packageLockLocation = './package-lock.json';
+          core.info(`Location of the packae-lock verification script is: ${ resolve(packageLockLocation) }`)
+          const packageLock = require(packageLockLocation);
+
+          const packageLockVersion = packageLock.lockfileVersion;
+          let nodeVersion;
+
+          switch (packageLockVersion) {
+            case 1:
+                nodeVersion = '14'
+                break;
+            case 2:
+                nodeVersion = '16'
+                break;
+            case 3:
+                nodeVersion = '18'
+                break;
+            default:
+                nodeVersion = '16'
+                break;
+          }
+
+          core.setOutput('version', nodeVersion);
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diff --git a/.github/actions/slackify-markdown/action.yml b/.github/actions/slackify-markdown/action.yml
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+# Composite action that can be used in other actions or workflows.
+# It does not run on its own.
+# Replacement for LoveToKnow/slackify-markdown-action.
+
+name: 'Make Markdown Pretty in Slack'
+description: Action used in multiple workflows to handle convertion from markdown to slack--specific-text
+inputs:
+  markdown:
+    description: Markdown content
+    required: true
+outputs:
+  text:
+    description: Slack Markdown
+    value: ${{ steps.slackify.outputs.text }}
+runs:
+  using: "composite"
+  steps:
+    - name: Setup Node.js
+      uses: actions/setup-node@v3
+      with:
+        node-version: 16
+        cache: 'npm'
+        cache-dependency-path: '**/package-lock.json'
+    - name: Install slackify-markdown package
+      shell: bash
+      run: npm install slackify-markdown@4.3.1
+    - name: Slackify
+      uses: actions/github-script@v6
+      id: slackify
+      env:
+        MARKDOWN: ${{ inputs.markdown }}
+      with:
+        script: |
+          const slackifyMarkdown = require('slackify-markdown');
+
+          try {
+              const md = process.env.MARKDOWN;
+              const mrkdwn = slackifyMarkdown(md);
+              core.setOutput('text', mrkdwn);
+          } catch (error) {
+              core.setFailed(error.message);
+          }
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