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Explains how to utilize GitHub-hosted runners for executing GitHub Actions workflows and how to select them within a job configuration.

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Explains how to utilize GitHub-hosted runners for executing GitHub Actions workflows and how to select them within a job configuration.

Use when you need to configure a GitHub Actions workflow to run on GitHub-managed infrastructure instead of self-hosted runners.

File	Contains	Use For
`SKILL.md`	Entry point: scope, routing table, and workflow.	Start here.
`docs/actions-how-tos-manage-runners-using-github-hosted-docs-workflow-guide.md`	A guide explaining how to assign jobs to run on GitHub-hosted virtual machine runners.	Questions about a guide explaining how to assign jobs to run on GitHub-hosted virtual machine runners.
`examples/actions-how-tos-manage-runners-using-github-hosted-docs-github-actions-m.text`	A GitHub Actions workflow YAML configuration demonstrating how to run jobs on different operating systems including Ubuntu and Windows.	Exact payloads, commands, or snippets shown in A GitHub Actions workflow YAML configuration demonstrating how to run jobs on different operating systems including U...

- GitHub Actions / - How-tos / - Manage runners / - GitHub-hosted runners / - Use GitHub-hosted runners
Main sections: In this article, Using a GitHub-hosted runner, Viewing available runners for a repository.

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