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Actions Variables - GitHub Docs

Explains the different types of variables available in GitHub Actions, including default environment variables, context variables, and custom variables, and how they are accessed within workflows.

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Actions Variables - GitHub Docs

Explains the different types of variables available in GitHub Actions, including default environment variables, context variables, and custom variables, and how they are accessed within workflows.

When To Use

Use when you need to parameterize GitHub Actions workflows, access system-level environment data, or pass specific values through different stages of a job execution.

Reference Files

File	Contains	Use For
`SKILL.md`	Entry point: scope, routing table, and workflow.	Start here.
`docs/actions-workflows-and-variables-github-docs-workflow-guide.md`	A documentation guide explaining how to use and manage non-sensitive configuration variables within GitHub Actions workflows.	Questions about a documentation guide explaining how to use and manage non-sensitive configuration variables within GitHub Actions wo...

What This Skill Covers

- GitHub Actions / - Concepts / - Workflows and actions / - Variables
Main sections: About.

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/variables