diff --git a/.github/workflows/build.yml b/.github/workflows/build.yml
index 459d5b7e51..c90accfbf2 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/build.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/build.yml
@@ -42,6 +42,7 @@ on:
       - "website/test/**"
       - "website/package.json"
       - "packages/simplex-chat-mcp/**"
+      - "apps/simplex-support-bot/**"
     types: [opened, synchronize, reopened, ready_for_review]
   workflow_dispatch:
     inputs:
diff --git a/scripts/ci/README.md b/scripts/ci/README.md
index c0986dbe33..0693d4e90d 100644
--- a/scripts/ci/README.md
+++ b/scripts/ci/README.md
@@ -146,6 +146,13 @@ The reduced build runs one Linux job, build-linux (ubuntu-22.04 x86_64), for eve
   - before a publication: the package with its published dependencies, type-checked and unit tested in job `publish` of build.yml (docs/contributing/RELEASES.md, "MCP server release").
 - Local: `scripts/ci/scope-tests.sh mcp`.
 
+#### support-bot
+
+- Globs: apps/simplex-support-bot/**.
+- CI, in build-linux: `scope-tests.sh support-bot` (step "Test changed scopes"): `npm ci`, `npm run build` and `npm test`, with the published `simplex-chat` and `@simplex-chat/types` of package-lock.json.
+- The Docker image (scripts/support-bot/Dockerfile) is not built in CI.
+- Local: `scripts/ci/scope-tests.sh support-bot`.
+
 #### Scopes lacking CI tests
 
 | Scope | Paths | CI |
@@ -155,7 +162,6 @@ The reduced build runs one Linux job, build-linux (ubuntu-22.04 x86_64), for eve
 | ts-client | packages/simplex-chat-client/typescript/** | - |
 | webrtc | packages/simplex-chat-webrtc/** | - |
 | calculator-bot | apps/simplex-calculator-bot/** | - |
-| support-bot | apps/simplex-support-bot/** | - |
 | support-bot-light | apps/simplex-support-bot-light/** | - |
 | prices | scripts/prices/** | - |
 | nft | eth/nft/** | - |
diff --git a/scripts/ci/packages_release.py b/scripts/ci/packages_release.py
index 842432daab..15c00501f7 100644
--- a/scripts/ci/packages_release.py
+++ b/scripts/ci/packages_release.py
@@ -90,6 +90,7 @@ SCOPE_CHANGES = {
         "packages/simplex-chat-nodejs/**",
         "packages/simplex-chat-client/types/typescript/**",
     ],
+    "support-bot": ["apps/simplex-support-bot/**"],
 }
 CABAL_FILE = "simplex-chat.cabal"
 CABAL_VERSION = re.compile(r"^(version:\s*)(\S+)", re.M)
diff --git a/scripts/ci/scope-tests.sh b/scripts/ci/scope-tests.sh
index 7d9108372d..74c04c2842 100755
--- a/scripts/ci/scope-tests.sh
+++ b/scripts/ci/scope-tests.sh
@@ -25,8 +25,11 @@ case "${1:-}" in
     npm test
     npm run test:e2e
     ;;
+  support-bot)
+    (cd apps/simplex-support-bot && npm ci --no-audit --no-fund && npm run build && npm test)
+    ;;
   *)
-    echo "usage: $0 badge-web | ci-scripts | website | mcp" >&2
+    echo "usage: $0 badge-web | ci-scripts | website | mcp | support-bot" >&2
     exit 1
     ;;
 esac
diff --git a/scripts/ci/test_packages_release.py b/scripts/ci/test_packages_release.py
index 8c8a5c054a..e5bfac4823 100644
--- a/scripts/ci/test_packages_release.py
+++ b/scripts/ci/test_packages_release.py
@@ -527,6 +527,10 @@ class ChangesTest(GitRepoTest):
         self.assertEqual(self.builds("packages/simplex-chat-nodejs/src/api.ts"), {"packages"})
         self.assertEqual(self.values["scopes"], "mcp")
 
+    def test_support_bot_change_tests_its_scope(self):
+        self.assertEqual(self.builds("apps/simplex-support-bot/src/bot.ts"), set())
+        self.assertEqual(self.values["scopes"], "support-bot")
+
 
 class PackageStateTest(GitRepoTest):
     def setUp(self):