github-actions-docs

SKILL.md

Official GitHub Actions documentation lookup and workflow guidance grounded in current docs.

Answers questions about workflow syntax, triggers, jobs, matrices, runners, reusable workflows, secrets, OIDC, and deployments by retrieving and citing exact GitHub docs pages

Classifies requests into eight categories (getting started, authoring, runners, security, deployments, custom actions, monitoring, migration) to route to the most relevant documentation

Provides YAML examples and step-by-step guidance only when the user requests them or when the docs page makes examples necessary

Explicitly routes non-Actions questions (PR operations, CI failure triage, CodeQL, Dependabot) to more specialized skills

GitHub Actions questions are easy to answer from stale memory. Use this skill to ground answers in official GitHub documentation and return the closest authoritative page instead of generic CI/CD advice.

When to Use

Use this skill when the request is about:

GitHub Actions concepts, terminology, or product boundaries

Workflow YAML, triggers, jobs, matrices, concurrency, variables, contexts, or expressions

GitHub-hosted runners, larger runners, self-hosted runners, or Actions Runner Controller

Artifacts, caches, reusable workflows, workflow templates, or custom actions

Secrets, GITHUB_TOKEN, OpenID Connect, artifact attestations, or secure workflow patterns

Environments, deployment protection rules, deployment history, or deployment examples

Migrating from Jenkins, CircleCI, GitLab CI/CD, Travis CI, Azure Pipelines, or other CI systems

Troubleshooting workflow behavior when the user needs documentation, syntax guidance, or official references

Do not use this skill for: