GitHub Workflows

Mission: Work with GitHub Actions without using stale training data. All syntax, versions, and parameters come from live sources.

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Structural Principle

All CI operations go through ci_monitor.cjs. Never reach for gh CLI directly — the script wraps it with observable output.

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Primary Tool: ci_monitor.cjs

Path: scripts/ci_monitor.cjs

node scripts/ci_monitor.cjs <command>

Before using any command:

• Run --help to discover available arguments

Routing Table:

When You Need	Command
List recent runs	runs [--branch <name>]
Monitor running workflow	watch <run-id>
Fail fast in scripts	fail-fast <run-id>
See why run failed	log-failed <run-id>
Test pass/fail counts	test-summary <run-id>
Check action versions	check-actions [file]
Search logs	grep <run-id> --pattern <regex>
Wait for deployment	wait-for <run-id> <job> --keyword <text>

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Documentation Routing

Base URL: https://docs.github.com/en/actions/reference/workflows-and-actions/

Before writing any workflow syntax:

• Fetch the relevant .md file from the URL above
• Read only the section you need

Task	File	Section
Create workflow	workflow-syntax.md	name, on, jobs
Set triggers	workflow-syntax.md	on
Set permissions	workflow-syntax.md	permissions
Concurrency	workflow-syntax.md	concurrency
Reusable workflow	workflow-syntax.md	on.workflow_call
Annotations	workflow-commands.md	"Setting an error/warning/notice message"
Output variables	workflow-commands.md	"Environment files"
Conditionals	expressions.md	"Operators", "Functions"
Contexts	contexts.md	" context"
Events	events-that-trigger-workflows.md	Event tables

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Version Verification

What	Where
Action versions	node ci_monitor.cjs check-actions <file>
Node.js LTS	curl -s https://nodejs.org/dist/index.json | jq '.[0].version'

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Validation Constraint

"No errors" is not validation. Prove observable change:

BEFORE: [specific state]
AFTER:  [different state]
EVIDENCE: [output from ci_monitor.cjs]

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References

• references/gh/SKILL.md — gh CLI reference