diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index bc8b37e..e001e02 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -83,5 +83,39 @@ To force an API call, set the `GITHUB_TOKEN` environment variable like so:
     mode: minimum
     count: 2
     labels: "community-reviewed, team-reviewed, codeowner-reviewed"
-    exit_type: neutral # Can be: failure, neutral or success
+    exit_type: success # Can be: success or failure (default: failure)
+```
+
+You can set `exit_type` to success then inspect `outputs.status` to see if the action passed or failed. This is useful when you want to perform additional actions if a label is not present, but not fail the entire build.
+
+If the action passed, `outputs.status` will be `success`. If it failed, `outputs.status` will be `failure`.
+
+Here is a complete workflow example for this use case:
+
+```yaml
+name: Pull Request Labels
+on:
+  pull_request:
+    types: [opened, labeled, unlabeled, synchronize]
+jobs:
+  label:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    outputs:
+      status: ${{ steps.check-labels.outputs.status }}
+    steps:
+      - id: check-labels
+        uses: mheap/github-action-required-labels@v2
+        with:
+          mode: exactly
+          count: 1
+          labels: "semver:patch, semver:minor, semver:major"
+          exit_type: success
+  do-other:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    needs: label
+    steps:
+      - run: echo SUCCESS
+        if: needs.label.outputs.status == 'success'
+      - run: echo FAILURE && exit 1
+        if: needs.label.outputs.status == 'failure'
 ```
diff --git a/index.js b/index.js
index bed4bd8..c000bd2 100644
--- a/index.js
+++ b/index.js
@@ -55,6 +55,7 @@ Toolkit.run(async (tools) => {
   let intersection = allowedLabels.filter((x) => appliedLabels.includes(x));
 
   if (mode === "exactly" && intersection.length !== count) {
+    tools.outputs.status = "failure";
     tools.exit[exitType](
       `Label error. Requires exactly ${count} of: ${allowedLabels.join(
         ", "
@@ -64,6 +65,7 @@ Toolkit.run(async (tools) => {
   }
 
   if (mode === "minimum" && intersection.length < count) {
+    tools.outputs.status = "failure";
     tools.exit[exitType](
       `Label error. Requires at least ${count} of: ${allowedLabels.join(
         ", "
@@ -73,6 +75,7 @@ Toolkit.run(async (tools) => {
   }
 
   if (mode === "maximum" && intersection.length > count) {
+    tools.outputs.status = "failure";
     tools.exit[exitType](
       `Label error. Requires at most ${count} of: ${allowedLabels.join(
         ", "
@@ -81,5 +84,6 @@ Toolkit.run(async (tools) => {
     return;
   }
 
+  tools.outputs.status = "success";
   tools.exit.success("Complete");
 });
diff --git a/index.test.js b/index.test.js
index ef4122d..c617977 100644
--- a/index.test.js
+++ b/index.test.js
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 const { Toolkit } = require("actions-toolkit");
+const core = require("@actions/core");
 const mockedEnv = require("mocked-env");
 
 describe("Required Labels", () => {
@@ -36,6 +37,7 @@ describe("Required Labels", () => {
     tools.exit.success = jest.fn();
     tools.exit.failure = jest.fn();
     tools.exit.neutral = jest.fn();
+    core.setOutput = jest.fn();
   });
 
   afterEach(() => {
@@ -54,6 +56,8 @@ describe("Required Labels", () => {
       });
 
       action(tools);
+      expect(core.setOutput).toBeCalledTimes(1);
+      expect(core.setOutput).toBeCalledWith("status", "success");
       expect(tools.exit.success).toBeCalledTimes(1);
       expect(tools.exit.success).toBeCalledWith("Complete");
     });
@@ -67,6 +71,8 @@ describe("Required Labels", () => {
       });
 
       action(tools);
+      expect(core.setOutput).toBeCalledTimes(1);
+      expect(core.setOutput).toBeCalledWith("status", "success");
       expect(tools.exit.success).toBeCalledTimes(1);
       expect(tools.exit.success).toBeCalledWith("Complete");
     });
@@ -80,6 +86,8 @@ describe("Required Labels", () => {
       });
 
       action(tools);
+      expect(core.setOutput).toBeCalledTimes(1);
+      expect(core.setOutput).toBeCalledWith("status", "success");
       expect(tools.exit.success).toBeCalledTimes(1);
       expect(tools.exit.success).toBeCalledWith("Complete");
     });
@@ -95,6 +103,8 @@ describe("Required Labels", () => {
       });
 
       action(tools);
+      expect(core.setOutput).toBeCalledTimes(1);
+      expect(core.setOutput).toBeCalledWith("status", "failure");
       expect(tools.exit.failure).toBeCalledTimes(1);
       expect(tools.exit.failure).toBeCalledWith(
         "Label error. Requires exactly 1 of: enhancement, bug. Found: enhancement, bug"
@@ -110,6 +120,8 @@ describe("Required Labels", () => {
       });
 
       action(tools);
+      expect(core.setOutput).toBeCalledTimes(1);
+      expect(core.setOutput).toBeCalledWith("status", "failure");
       expect(tools.exit.failure).toBeCalledTimes(1);
       expect(tools.exit.failure).toBeCalledWith(
         "Label error. Requires at least 2 of: enhancement, bug, triage. Found: enhancement"
@@ -125,6 +137,8 @@ describe("Required Labels", () => {
       });
 
       action(tools);
+      expect(core.setOutput).toBeCalledTimes(1);
+      expect(core.setOutput).toBeCalledWith("status", "failure");
       expect(tools.exit.failure).toBeCalledTimes(1);
       expect(tools.exit.failure).toBeCalledWith(
         "Label error. Requires at most 2 of: enhancement, bug, triage. Found: enhancement, triage, bug"