Add GITHUB_TOKEN to Allow specified actors to bypass required pull requests or alternate solution

Question

Looking to confirm this is correct way to deal with the problem and if someone has a better idea.

I have the master branch set with protection, so you have PR into it and have signed commits.

I want to automate semver and current use:

      - name: Automated Version Bump
        id: version-bump
        uses: 'phips28/gh-action-bump-version@master'
        env:
          GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
        with:
          skip-commit:  'true'
          skip-tag: 'true'

The have it working at present by removing my protection to the branch.

Looks like the solution is to add Allow specified actors to bypass genereate a PAT and use that for the token instead of the GITHUB_TOKEN.

I cant get GITHUB_TOKEN to be excepted in the field manually,

So

first question: Is it possible to GITHUB_TOKEN to the bypass list (Maybe its a variable syntax or something!)

second question: if i need to switch, if this the good solution, to create a new account go though least priv etc?