GitHub Action

Create a new file in your repository called .github/workflows/mega-linter.yml
Copy the example workflow from below into that new file, no extra configuration required
Commit that file to a new branch
Open up a pull request and observe the action working
Enjoy your more stable, and cleaner code base

NOTES:

If you pass the Environment variable GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }} in your workflow, then the MegaLinter will mark the status of each individual linter run in the Checks section of a pull request. Without this you will only see the overall status of the full run. There is no need to set the GitHub Secret as it's automatically set by GitHub, it only needs to be passed to the action.
You can also use it outside of GitHub Actions (CircleCI, Azure Pipelines, Jenkins, GitLab, or even locally with a docker run) , and have status on Github Pull Request if GITHUB_TARGET_URL environment variable exists.

In your repository you should have a .github/workflows folder with GitHub Action similar to below:

.github/workflows/mega-linter.yml

This file should have this code

---
# MegaLinter GitHub Action configuration file
# More info at https://megalinter.io
name: MegaLinter

on:
  # Trigger mega-linter at every push. Action will also be visible from Pull Requests to main
  push: # Comment this line to trigger action only on pull-requests (not recommended if you don't pay for GH Actions)
  pull_request:
    branches: [master, main]

env: # Comment env block if you don't want to apply fixes
  # Apply linter fixes configuration
  APPLY_FIXES: all # When active, APPLY_FIXES must also be defined as environment variable (in github/workflows/mega-linter.yml or other CI tool)
  APPLY_FIXES_EVENT: pull_request # Decide which event triggers application of fixes in a commit or a PR (pull_request, push, all)
  APPLY_FIXES_MODE: commit # If APPLY_FIXES is used, defines if the fixes are directly committed (commit) or posted in a PR (pull_request)

concurrency:
  group: ${{ github.ref }}-${{ github.workflow }}
  cancel-in-progress: true

jobs:
  megalinter:
    name: MegaLinter
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    permissions:
      # Give the default GITHUB_TOKEN write permission to commit and push, comment issues & post new PR
      # Remove the ones you do not need
      contents: write
      issues: write
      pull-requests: write
    steps:
      # Git Checkout
      - name: Checkout Code
        uses: actions/checkout@v3
        with:
          token: ${{ secrets.PAT || secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
          fetch-depth: 0 # If you use VALIDATE_ALL_CODEBASE = true, you can remove this line to improve performances

      # MegaLinter
      - name: MegaLinter
        id: ml
        # You can override MegaLinter flavor used to have faster performances
        # More info at https://megalinter.io/flavors/
        uses: oxsecurity/megalinter@v7
        env:
          # All available variables are described in documentation
          # https://megalinter.io/configuration/
          VALIDATE_ALL_CODEBASE: ${{ github.event_name == 'push' && github.ref == 'refs/heads/main' }} # Validates all source when push on main, else just the git diff with main. Override with true if you always want to lint all sources
          GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
          # ADD YOUR CUSTOM ENV VARIABLES HERE OR DEFINE THEM IN A FILE .mega-linter.yml AT THE ROOT OF YOUR REPOSITORY
          # DISABLE: COPYPASTE,SPELL # Uncomment to disable copy-paste and spell checks

      # Upload MegaLinter artifacts
      - name: Archive production artifacts
        if: success() || failure()
        uses: actions/upload-artifact@v4
        with:
          name: MegaLinter reports
          path: |
            megalinter-reports
            mega-linter.log

      # Create pull request if applicable (for now works only on PR from same repository, not from forks)
      - name: Create Pull Request with applied fixes
        id: cpr
        if: steps.ml.outputs.has_updated_sources == 1 && (env.APPLY_FIXES_EVENT == 'all' || env.APPLY_FIXES_EVENT == github.event_name) && env.APPLY_FIXES_MODE == 'pull_request' && (github.event_name == 'push' || github.event.pull_request.head.repo.full_name == github.repository) && !contains(github.event.head_commit.message, 'skip fix')
        uses: peter-evans/create-pull-request@v6
        with:
          token: ${{ secrets.PAT || secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
          commit-message: "[MegaLinter] Apply linters automatic fixes"
          title: "[MegaLinter] Apply linters automatic fixes"
          labels: bot
      - name: Create PR output
        if: steps.ml.outputs.has_updated_sources == 1 && (env.APPLY_FIXES_EVENT == 'all' || env.APPLY_FIXES_EVENT == github.event_name) && env.APPLY_FIXES_MODE == 'pull_request' && (github.event_name == 'push' || github.event.pull_request.head.repo.full_name == github.repository) && !contains(github.event.head_commit.message, 'skip fix')
        run: |
          echo "Pull Request Number - ${{ steps.cpr.outputs.pull-request-number }}"
          echo "Pull Request URL - ${{ steps.cpr.outputs.pull-request-url }}"

      # Push new commit if applicable (for now works only on PR from same repository, not from forks)
      - name: Prepare commit
        if: steps.ml.outputs.has_updated_sources == 1 && (env.APPLY_FIXES_EVENT == 'all' || env.APPLY_FIXES_EVENT == github.event_name) && env.APPLY_FIXES_MODE == 'commit' && github.ref != 'refs/heads/main' && (github.event_name == 'push' || github.event.pull_request.head.repo.full_name == github.repository) && !contains(github.event.head_commit.message, 'skip fix')
        run: sudo chown -Rc $UID .git/
      - name: Commit and push applied linter fixes
        if: steps.ml.outputs.has_updated_sources == 1 && (env.APPLY_FIXES_EVENT == 'all' || env.APPLY_FIXES_EVENT == github.event_name) && env.APPLY_FIXES_MODE == 'commit' && github.ref != 'refs/heads/main' && (github.event_name == 'push' || github.event.pull_request.head.repo.full_name == github.repository) && !contains(github.event.head_commit.message, 'skip fix')
        uses: stefanzweifel/git-auto-commit-action@v4
        with:
          branch: ${{ github.event.pull_request.head.ref || github.head_ref || github.ref }}
          commit_message: "[MegaLinter] Apply linters fixes"
          commit_user_name: megalinter-bot
          commit_user_email: nicolas.vuillamy@ox.security