diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yml b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
index 2a6047b69..a95618ca6 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
@@ -51,11 +51,25 @@ jobs:
           uses: Swatinem/rust-cache@v2
           with:
             cache-on-failure: true
-        - name: Run tests
+        # push on main, or pull request in different repos,
+        # eg from contributor/Tuxedo to Off-Narrative-Labs/Tuxedo
+        - if: github.event_name == 'push' ||
+              (github.event_name == 'pull_request' &&
+              github.event.pull_request.base.repo != github.event.pull_request.head.repo)
+          name: Run tests and print coverage data
+          run: cargo llvm-cov nextest --json
+               --ignore-filename-regex "node/"
+               --output-path lcov.json &&
+               jq ".data[0].totals.lines.percent" lcov.json
+        # pull request in the same repo, able to report coverage using comment on PR
+        - if: github.event_name == 'pull_request' &&
+              github.event.pull_request.base.repo == github.event.pull_request.head.repo
+          name: Run tests and collect coverage data
           run: cargo llvm-cov nextest --lcov
                --ignore-filename-regex "node/"
                --output-path lcov.info
-        - if: github.event_name == 'pull_request'
+        - if: github.event_name == 'pull_request' &&
+              github.event.pull_request.base.repo == github.event.pull_request.head.repo
           name: Report code coverage
           uses: Nef10/lcov-reporter-action@v0.4.0
           with: