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Actions Larger runners - GitHub Docs

Explains the availability, specifications, and selection process for GitHub-hosted runners with increased hardware capabilities compared to standard runners.

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Actions Larger runners - GitHub Docs

Explains the availability, specifications, and selection process for GitHub-hosted runners with increased hardware capabilities compared to standard runners.

When To Use

Use when you need to select or configure higher-performance hardware specifications to handle resource-intensive CI/CD jobs such as large builds or complex testing suites.

Reference Files

File	Contains	Use For
`SKILL.md`	Entry point: scope, routing table, and workflow.	Start here.
`docs/actions-runners-larger-github-docs-workflow-guide.md`	A guide explaining the types, availability, and use cases for GitHub-hosted larger runners for organizations and enterprises.	Questions about a guide explaining the types, availability, and use cases for GitHub-hosted larger runners for organizations and ente...

What This Skill Covers

- GitHub Actions / - Concepts / - Runners / - Larger runners
Main sections: Who can use this feature?, In this article, About larger runners, About larger runners for code scanning default setup, About Ubuntu and Windows larger runners.

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/concepts/runners/larger-runners