diff --git a/.github/workflows/playground_backend_precommit.yml b/.github/workflows/beam_Playground_Precommit.yml
similarity index 75%
rename from .github/workflows/playground_backend_precommit.yml
rename to .github/workflows/beam_Playground_Precommit.yml
index 9ba6cf20534f..edb50661b1ee 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/playground_backend_precommit.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/beam_Playground_Precommit.yml
@@ -17,10 +17,12 @@ name: Playground PreCommit
 
 on:
   workflow_dispatch:
-  pull_request:
+  pull_request_target:
     paths:
       - .github/workflows/playground_backend_precommit.yml
       - playground/backend/**
+  issue_comment:
+    types: [created]
 
 env:
   DEVELOCITY_ACCESS_KEY: ${{ secrets.GE_ACCESS_TOKEN }}
@@ -28,17 +30,30 @@ env:
   GRADLE_ENTERPRISE_CACHE_PASSWORD: ${{ secrets.GE_CACHE_PASSWORD }}
 
 jobs:
-  precommit_check:
-    name: precommit-check
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+  beam_Playground_PreCommit:
+    if: |
+      github.event_name == 'workflow_dispatch' ||
+      github.event_name == 'pull_request_target' ||
+      github.event.comment.body == 'Run Playground PreCommit'
+    name: ${{ matrix.job_name }} (${{ matrix.job_phrase }})
+    runs-on: [self-hosted, ubuntu-20.04, main]
+    strategy:
+      fail-fast: false
+      matrix:
+        job_name: [beam_Playground_PreCommit]
+        job_phrase: [Run Playground PreCommit]
     env:
       DATASTORE_EMULATOR_VERSION: '423.0.0'
       PYTHON_VERSION: '3.9'
       JAVA_VERSION: '11'
     steps:
-      - name: Check out the repo
-        uses: actions/checkout@v4
-      
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+      - name: Setup repository
+        uses: ./.github/actions/setup-action
+        with:
+          comment_phrase: ${{ matrix.job_phrase }}
+          github_token: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
+          github_job: ${{ matrix.job_name }} (${{ matrix.job_phrase }})
       - name: Setup environment
         uses: ./.github/actions/setup-environment-action
         with:
@@ -58,7 +73,7 @@ jobs:
           sudo chmod 644 /etc/apt/trusted.gpg.d/scalasbt-release.gpg
           sudo apt-get update --yes
           sudo apt-get install sbt --yes
-          sudo wget https://codeload.github.com/spotify/scio.g8/zip/7c1ba7c1651dfd70976028842e721da4107c0d6d -O scio.g8.zip && unzip scio.g8.zip && mv scio.g8-7c1ba7c1651dfd70976028842e721da4107c0d6d /opt/scio.g8
+          sudo wget https://codeload.github.com/spotify/scio.g8/zip/7c1ba7c1651dfd70976028842e721da4107c0d6d -O scio.g8.zip && unzip scio.g8.zip && sudo mv scio.g8-7c1ba7c1651dfd70976028842e721da4107c0d6d /opt/scio.g8
       - name: Set up Cloud SDK and its components
         uses: google-github-actions/setup-gcloud@v2
         with: