diff --git a/.github/global.yml b/.github/global.yml
index 4a336c90..0ad22f85 100644
--- a/.github/global.yml
+++ b/.github/global.yml
@@ -41,6 +41,9 @@
   - name: dependencies
     description: '[bot] PRs that update a dependency file'
     color: '#0366d6'
+  - name: profane content 🤬
+    description: Either the title or body text contains profanity
+    color: FBCA04
 
 # Planning
   - name: epic
diff --git a/.github/sync/config.yml b/.github/sync/config.yml
index 886cd256..926071ff 100644
--- a/.github/sync/config.yml
+++ b/.github/sync/config.yml
@@ -54,6 +54,9 @@ group:
       # issue sorting
       - source: HOW_WE_USE_GITHUB.md
         dest: HOW_WE_USE_GITHUB.md
+      # profanity filter
+      - source: .github/workflows/profanity-filter.yml
+        dest: .github/workflows/profanity-filter.yml
   # projects with releases
   - repos: |
       conda/conda
diff --git a/.github/workflows/profanity-filter.yml b/.github/workflows/profanity-filter.yml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..9b225481
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/profanity-filter.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+---
+name: Profanity filter
+
+on:
+  issue_comment:
+    types: [created, edited]
+  issues:
+    types: [opened, edited, reopened]
+  pull_request:
+    types: [opened, edited, reopened]
+
+jobs:
+  apply-filter:
+    name: Apply profanity filter
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    permissions:
+      issues: write
+      pull-requests: write
+
+    steps:
+      - name: Profanity filter
+        if: ${{ github.actor != 'dependabot[bot]' && github.actor != 'github-actions[bot]'  }}
+        uses: IEvangelist/profanity-filter@main
+        id: profanity-filter
+        with:
+          token: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
+          replacement-strategy: asterisk