diff --git a/internals/distcheck/src/distcheck/__init__.py b/internals/distcheck/src/distcheck/__init__.py
index e69de29bb..8a0caa919 100644
--- a/internals/distcheck/src/distcheck/__init__.py
+++ b/internals/distcheck/src/distcheck/__init__.py
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+# probe: verifies the SDK workflows trigger on internals/distcheck/src changes