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Actions Using pre-written building blocks in your workflow - GitHub Docs
Explains how to locate, select, and modify existing GitHub Actions to incorporate them into custom workflows.
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Actions Using pre-written building blocks in your workflow - GitHub Docs
Explains how to locate, select, and modify existing GitHub Actions to incorporate them into custom workflows.
When To Use
Use when you need to integrate existing GitHub Actions into a workflow and require instructions on how to configure or modify their specific inputs and parameters.
Reference Files
| File | Contains | Use For |
|---|---|---|
SKILL.md | Entry point: scope, routing table, and workflow. | Start here. |
docs/actions-how-tos-write-workflows-using-pre-written-building-blocks-in-you-workflow-guide.md | A guide on how to browse, select, and add pre-written actions from the GitHub Marketplace to a workflow. | Questions about a guide on how to browse, select, and add pre-written actions from the GitHub Marketplace to a workflow. |
examples/actions-how-tos-write-workflows-using-pre-written-building-blocks-in-you.text | A text representation of the directory structure for a repository containing a GitHub Actions workflow and a custom local action. | Exact payloads, commands, or snippets shown in A text representation of the directory structure for a repository containing a GitHub Actions workflow and a custom l... |
examples/actions-how-tos-write-workflows-using-pre-written-building-blocks-in-you-2.text | A YAML workflow example demonstrating how to use both marketplace actions and locally defined actions within a GitHub Actions job. | Exact payloads, commands, or snippets shown in A YAML workflow example demonstrating how to use both marketplace actions and locally defined actions within a GitHub... |
examples/actions-how-tos-write-workflows-using-pre-written-building-blocks-in-you-3.text | A YAML workflow example demonstrating how to use pre-written actions like actions/setup-node within a job step. | Exact payloads, commands, or snippets shown in A YAML workflow example demonstrating how to use pre-written actions like actions/setup-node within a job step. |
examples/actions-how-tos-write-workflows-using-pre-written-building-blocks-in-you-4.text | A YAML workflow snippet demonstrating how to use a Docker container image as a step in a GitHub Actions job. | Exact payloads, commands, or snippets shown in A YAML workflow snippet demonstrating how to use a Docker container image as a step in a GitHub Actions job. |
examples/actions-how-tos-write-workflows-using-pre-written-building-blocks-in-you-5.text | A YAML workflow snippet demonstrating how to use a pre-written action within a workflow step using the uses keyword. | Exact payloads, commands, or snippets shown in A YAML workflow snippet demonstrating how to use a pre-written action within a workflow step using the uses keyword. |
examples/actions-how-tos-write-workflows-using-pre-written-building-blocks-in-you-6.text | A YAML workflow example demonstrating how to use pre-written actions within a GitHub Actions workflow step. | Exact payloads, commands, or snippets shown in A YAML workflow example demonstrating how to use pre-written actions within a GitHub Actions workflow step. |
examples/actions-how-tos-write-workflows-using-pre-written-building-blocks-in-you-7.text | A YAML workflow snippet demonstrating how to use pre-written actions within a steps block. | Exact payloads, commands, or snippets shown in A YAML workflow snippet demonstrating how to use pre-written actions within a steps block. |
examples/actions-how-tos-write-workflows-using-pre-written-building-blocks-in-you-8.text | A YAML workflow example demonstrating how to define inputs and outputs for a custom GitHub Action. | Exact payloads, commands, or snippets shown in A YAML workflow example demonstrating how to define inputs and outputs for a custom GitHub Action. |
What This Skill Covers
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- GitHub Actions / - How-tos / - Write workflows / - Choose what workflows do / - Find and customize actions
- Main sections:
In this article,Browsing Marketplace actions in the workflow editor,Adding an action to your workflow,Adding an action from GitHub Marketplace,Adding an action from the same repository.
Workflow
- Open the most relevant file under
docs/for the exact documented workflow and wording. - Open
schemas/files for exact structured contracts. - Open
examples/files for concrete requests, commands, snippets, and manifests. - Do not add behavior or configuration that is not present in the attached source files.
Canonical source: https://docs.github.com/en/actions/how-tos/write-workflows/choose-what-workflows-do/find-and-customize-actions