diff --git a/.github/scripts/hip_validate_pr_description.py b/.github/scripts/hip_validate_pr_description.py
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+import os, re, sys
+from typing import List, Optional
+
+
+def is_checkbox(line: str) -> bool:
+    return bool(re.match(r"^\s*-\s*\[[ xX]\]\s*.+", line))
+
+
+def is_checked(line: str) -> bool:
+    return bool(re.match(r"^\s*-\s*\[\s*[xX]\s*\]\s*.+", line))
+
+
+def is_comment(line: str) -> bool:
+    return bool(re.match(r"^\s*<!--.*-->\s*$", line))
+
+
+def text_clean(lines: List[str]) -> str:
+    text = [line for line in lines if not is_comment(line)]
+    return "".join("".join(text).strip().split())
+
+
+def validate_section(section_name: str, lines: List[str]) -> Optional[str]:
+    has_checkboxes = any(is_checkbox(line) for line in lines)
+    if has_checkboxes:
+        if not any(is_checked(line) for line in lines):
+            return f"Section {section_name} is a checklist without selections"
+        return None
+    if not text_clean(lines):
+        return f"Section {section_name} is empty text section"
+    return None
+
+
+def check_description(description: str) -> List[str]:
+    sections = []
+    current_section = None
+    current_lines = []
+    errors = []
+
+    for line in description.splitlines():
+        header_match = re.match(r"^\s*##\s*(.+?)\s*$", line)
+        if header_match:
+            if current_section:
+                sections.append((current_section, current_lines))
+            current_section = header_match.group(1)
+            current_lines = []
+        elif current_section:
+            current_lines.append(line)
+
+    if current_section:
+        sections.append((current_section, current_lines))
+
+    if not sections:
+        return ["No sections available, template is empty"]
+
+    for section_name, section_lines in sections:
+        error = validate_section(section_name, section_lines)
+        if error:
+            errors.append(error)
+
+    return errors
+
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    pr_description = os.getenv("PR_DESCRIPTION", "")
+
+    errors = check_description(pr_description)
+    if not errors:
+        print("All good")
+        exit(0)
+    print("\n".join(errors))
+    exit(1)
diff --git a/.github/workflows/hip-validate-pr-description.yml b/.github/workflows/hip-validate-pr-description.yml
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+name: Validate HIP PR description
+
+on:
+  pull_request:
+    types: [opened, edited, synchronize]
+    paths:
+      - "projects/hip/**"
+      - "projects/clr/**"
+      - "projects/hipother/**"
+      - "projects/hip-tests/**"
+
+jobs:
+  validate-pr-description:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+      - name: Checkout repository
+        uses: actions/checkout@v4
+
+      - name: Set up Python
+        uses: actions/setup-python@v5
+        with:
+          python-version: "3.13"
+
+      - name: Validate PR description
+        env:
+          PR_DESCRIPTION: ${{ github.event.pull_request.body }}
+        run: python .github/scripts/hip_validate_pr_description.py