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Actions Dependency caching - GitHub Docs

Explains how to use GitHub Actions caching to store and restore dependencies between workflow runs to improve build performance.

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Actions Dependency caching - GitHub Docs

Explains how to use GitHub Actions caching to store and restore dependencies between workflow runs to improve build performance.

When To Use

Use when you need to reduce workflow execution time by reusing dependencies like npm packages, Maven dependencies, or Python modules across multiple runs.

Reference Files

File	Contains	Use For
`SKILL.md`	Entry point: scope, routing table, and workflow.	Start here.
`docs/actions-workflows-and-dependency-caching-github-docs-workflow-guide.md`	An overview of dependency caching concepts in GitHub Actions, including the differences between artifacts and dependency caching.	Questions about an overview of dependency caching concepts in GitHub Actions, including the differences between artifacts and depende...

What This Skill Covers

- GitHub Actions / - Concepts / - Workflows and actions / - Dependency caching
Main sections: In this article, About workflow dependency caching, Artifacts versus dependency caching, Next steps.

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/workflows-and-actions/dependency-caching