Pushforward of quasi-coherent sheaves to quotient stack for finite group action?

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Let $R$ be a ring and $G$ be a finite group. Assume there is a $G$ action on $\operatorname{Spec} R$. For example, the group $\{\pm1\}$ acts on $\mathbb{A}^1_{\mathbb{C}}$ by $(-1) z = -z$. let $\pi : \operatorname{Spec} R \longrightarrow (\operatorname{Spec} R) /G$ be the canonical projection map to the quotient stack.

We can identify $\operatorname{QCoh} (\operatorname{Spec} R)$ with $R$-module and $\operatorname{QCoh} ( (\operatorname{Spec} R) /G)$ with $G$-equivariant $R$-module. Under this identification, the pullback $\pi^\ast$ is just the forgetful functor from $G$-equivariant $R$-module to $R$-module. My question is what is $\pi_\ast$ in this case?

Answers or reference are both welcome. The definition I know for this pushforward is from D. Gaitsgory and N. Rozenblyum's book which is not very computational.

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It is the right adjoint to the forgetful functor. You might call this the "co-free representation" or the "co-induced representation from the trivial group" (suitably adjusted to the case where $G$ acts non-trivially on $R$) or something like that.

In case $G$ is finite and you think of "$G$-equivariant $R$-modules" in terms of some sort of twisted (noncommutative) group algebra $R[G]$, the right (respectively, left) adjoint to the forgetful functor should look like $\text{Hom}_R(R[G], -)$ (respectively, $R[G] \otimes_R -$). A more "stacky" description would be to look at the Cartesian square below, and try to establish that the base-change morphism is an isomorphism—identifying the underlying $R$-module with$$r_* p_1^* M \cong \mathcal{O}_{X \times G} \otimes_R M,$$and so forth.

$$\require{AMScd} \begin{CD} X \times G @> r >> X \\ @V p_1 VV @VV \pi V \\ X @>> \pi > X/G \end{CD} $$