Agent skill

GitHub Actions Docs

by devantler-tech in devantler-tech/ksail

A skill your agent uses when users ask how to write, explain, customize, migrate, secure, or troubleshoot GitHub Actions workflows, workflow syntax, triggers, matrices, runners, reusable workflows…

Custom licenceAuto-check passedDevOps & Cloud

Install GitHub Actions Docs

skills CLI
$ npx skills add devantler-tech/ksail --skill github-actions-docs -a claude-code

Project install by default; add -g for ~/.claude/skills/.

GitHub CLI
$ gh skill install devantler-tech/ksail github-actions-docs --agent claude-code

Project scope by default; add --scope user for a personal install. Needs GitHub CLI 2.90.0 or later (public preview).

Manual copy
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/devantler-tech/ksail.git skills-src && mkdir -p .claude/skills && cp -r skills-src/.agents/skills/github-actions-docs .claude/skills/github-actions-docs && rm -rf skills-src

Use ~/.claude/skills/ instead of .claude/skills for a personal install. The folder must contain SKILL.md.

Claude Code skills documentation · loads skills from .claude/skills/

Facts

Skill name
github-actions-docs
GitHub stars
166
Used in
2 other repos
Token cost
~1.3k tokens
SKILL.md length
632 words
Files
2 (incl. references)
Skills in repo
6
Repo updated
First seen
Licence
Custom licence

At a glance

A skill your agent uses when users ask how to write, explain, customize, migrate, secure, or troubleshoot GitHub Actions workflows, workflow syntax, triggers, matrices, runners, reusable workflows…

  • Works in 4 steps: Classify the request → Search official GitHub docs first → Open the best page before answering → …
  • Users ask how to write
  • SKILL.md covers When to Use, Workflow, Answer Shape and Search and Routing Tips, plus 2 more sections
  • Needs GITHUB_TOKEN

What it does

GitHub Actions Docs is an agent skill from devantler-tech/ksail. Use when users ask how to write, explain, customize, migrate, secure, or troubleshoot GitHub Actions workflows, workflow syntax, triggers, matrices, runners, reusable workflows, artifacts, caching, secrets, OIDC, deployments, custom actions, or Actions Runner Controller, especially when they need official GitHub documentation, exact links, or docs-grounded YAML guidance.

Its SKILL.md is about 1.3k tokens, which your agent loads only when the skill is triggered. The skill folder holds 2 other files, including reference files (for example `references/topic-map.md`).

It sits in DevOps & Cloud, covering CI/CD, Deployment and OAuth and OpenID Connect. It works with GitHub Actions and GitHub. The repository describes itself as: All-in-one Kubernetes SDK: create, manage, and operate clusters across distributions (Kind, K3d, Talos, VCluster) with built-in GitOps, secrets, AI assistant, and MCP server…

When your agent uses it

  • Users ask how to write
  • Troubleshoot GitHub Actions workflows
  • Workflow syntax
  • Reusable workflows

Example prompts

  • “/github-actions-docs”

Requirements

  • A credential in GITHUB_TOKEN

Workflow steps

4 steps, taken from the step headings in SKILL.md.

  1. Classify the request
  2. Search official GitHub docs first
  3. Open the best page before answering
  4. Answer with docs-grounded guidance

What it can do on your machine

Read from SKILL.md and the folder at commit b3a23bc. It shows what the files ask for, not the result of running them.

  • Tool permissions

    Pre-approves nothing: there is no allowed-tools line, so your agent's usual permission prompts apply.

    From allowed-tools in the SKILL.md frontmatter.

  • Runs code

    No scripts in the folder and no shell commands in SKILL.md.

    From the folder's file list and the shell code blocks in SKILL.md.

  • Network

    Links to these hosts (documentation or services it may open):

    • docs.github.com

    From URLs in SKILL.md, links to its own repository left out.

  • Credentials

    Names these keys or tokens, usually read from environment variables:

    • GITHUB_TOKEN

    From names ending in _API_KEY, _TOKEN, _SECRET, _KEY or _PASSWORD in SKILL.md.

Context cost

GitHub Actions Docs loads about 1.3k tokens when it runs, and up to ~3.4k if it reads all its reference files. Until then it costs about 98 tokens; SKILL.md has 632 words of instructions outside code blocks.

Always · name and description, kept in context so the agent knows when to use it
~98
When it runs · the whole SKILL.md, loaded when a task matches
~1.3k
With references · SKILL.md plus every file in references/, read only if the agent opens them
~3.4k

Estimates: characters ÷ 4, the usual rule of thumb; real counts depend on the model's tokenizer. Scripts and assets cost tokens only if the agent reads them.

Safety

Auto-check passed

The automated check found no risky patterns in SKILL.md.

Automated static check — not a guarantee. Review scripts before installing. It scans the text of SKILL.md for risky patterns (piping downloads into a shell, reading credential files, hidden Unicode, destructive commands); files beside SKILL.md are not scanned.

SKILL.md

Its licence (Custom licence) doesn't allow us to republish the file, so here is its outline and opening line. It has 632 words (~1,313 tokens).

“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.”

— opening of SKILL.md by devantler-tech, Custom licence
name
github-actions-docs
metadata.github-path
skills/github-actions-docs
metadata.github-ref
refs/heads/main
metadata.github-repo
https://github.com/xixu-me/skills
metadata.github-tree-sha
518c85da555f91c346813aa5bb3cc62f9db8bfb3
metadata.internal
true

Read the full SKILL.md on GitHub

Files

SKILL.md and 1 other file (references) in .agents/skills/github-actions-docs of devantler-tech/ksail.

  • SKILL.md
  • references/topic-map.md

Open the folder on GitHubat commit b3a23bc

Used in 2 other repositories

We found 2 copies of this SKILL.md (exact, near-identical or edited) in other folders, from 2 other GitHub owners. This page covers the copy in devantler-tech/ksail, which our catalogue first saw on October 7, 2026.

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Categories

Questions about GitHub Actions Docs

What does GitHub Actions Docs do?

A skill your agent uses when users ask how to write, explain, customize, migrate, secure, or troubleshoot GitHub Actions workflows, workflow syntax, triggers, matrices, runners, reusable workflows…. GitHub Actions Docs is an agent skill from devantler-tech/ksail. Use when users ask how to write, explain, customize, migrate, secure, or troubleshoot GitHub Actions workflows, workflow syntax, triggers, matrices, runners, reusable workflows, artifacts, caching, secrets, OIDC, deployments, custom actions, or Actions Runner Controller, especially when they need official GitHub documentation, exact links, or docs-grounded YAML guidance.

When should I use GitHub Actions Docs?

GitHub Actions Docs fits situations like: users ask how to write; troubleshoot GitHub Actions workflows; workflow syntax; reusable workflows.

How do I install GitHub Actions Docs in Claude Code?

Run `npx skills add devantler-tech/ksail --skill github-actions-docs -a claude-code`. Or copy the skill folder (.agents/skills/github-actions-docs in devantler-tech/ksail) into .claude/skills/github-actions-docs in your project. Claude Code loads it when a task matches its description.

How do I install GitHub Actions Docs in Codex?

Run `npx skills add devantler-tech/ksail --skill github-actions-docs -a codex`. Or copy the skill folder (.agents/skills/github-actions-docs in devantler-tech/ksail) into .agents/skills/github-actions-docs in your project. Codex loads it when a task matches its description.

Can I use GitHub Actions Docs in Cursor, Gemini CLI or GitHub Copilot?

Cursor, Gemini CLI, GitHub Copilot and OpenCode also load SKILL.md folders. With the skills CLI, run `npx skills add devantler-tech/ksail --skill github-actions-docs -a cursor` (or -a gemini-cli, github-copilot or opencode for the others). To copy it by hand, put the folder in .cursor/skills/github-actions-docs, .gemini/skills/github-actions-docs, .github/skills/github-actions-docs and .opencode/skills/github-actions-docs in your project.

What does GitHub Actions Docs need to run?

Going by SKILL.md and its folder, GitHub Actions Docs needs credentials named GITHUB_TOKEN. Our summary lists: A credential in GITHUB_TOKEN.

Does GitHub Actions Docs access the network?

SKILL.md names 1 domain. As links in the text: docs.github.com. This is read from the text; nothing was executed.

Is GitHub Actions Docs safe to install?

Our automated static check of SKILL.md found no risky patterns, such as piping downloads into a shell, reading credential files or hidden Unicode. It is not a guarantee. Review the folder before installing.

What licence does GitHub Actions Docs use?

GitHub Actions Docs has a licence file (the repository's licence) that doesn't match a standard licence. Read it on GitHub before reusing the skill.

How many tokens does GitHub Actions Docs use?

About 1.3k tokens (SKILL.md is roughly 5.3k characters). Agents keep only the skill's name and description in context until a task matches; then they load SKILL.md in full. Its references folder adds about 2k tokens, read only when the agent opens those files.

What are the alternatives to GitHub Actions Docs?

Skills that share tags, products or a category with GitHub Actions Docs: AI News Radar (LearnPrompt/ai-news-radar, 1.8k stars), Use Vercel Action (amondnet/vercel-action, 765 stars), Prepare Cloudflare Production Deployment (LubomirGeorgiev/cloudflare-workers-nextjs-saas-template, 786 stars) and Azure Bicep Skill (timothywarner-org/claude-code, 224 stars). The comparison table on this page puts their stars, adoption, token cost, safety result and licence side by side.

Who maintains GitHub Actions Docs?

devantler-tech (a GitHub organization) maintains it in devantler-tech/ksail, which has 166 GitHub stars. The repository holds 6 skills in this directory. The repository was last updated on October 7, 2026.

Source: devantler-tech/ksail on GitHub. Facts on this page come from the repository at the commit we read; the author's words are quoted as theirs.