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Official agent skill

GitHub Actions Runtime Upgrade Conventions

by github in github/awesome-copilot

Upgrade GitHub Actions to supported runtimes by selecting safe action versions, preserving workflow behavior, and validating post-upgrade execution.

OfficialMITAuto-check passedDevOps & Cloud

Install GitHub Actions Runtime Upgrade Conventions

skills CLI
$ npx skills add github/awesome-copilot --skill github-actions-runtime-upgrade-conventions -a claude-code

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

GitHub CLI
$ gh skill install github/awesome-copilot github-actions-runtime-upgrade-conventions --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/github/awesome-copilot.git skills-src && mkdir -p .claude/skills && cp -r skills-src/skills/github-actions-runtime-upgrade-conventions .claude/skills/github-actions-runtime-upgrade-conventions && 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-runtime-upgrade-conventions
GitHub stars
40k
Token cost
~722 tokens
SKILL.md length
343 words
Files
1
Skills in repo
417
Repo updated
First seen
Licence
MIT

At a glance

Upgrade GitHub Actions to supported runtimes by selecting safe action versions, preserving workflow behavior, and validating post-upgrade execution.

  • Works in 4 steps: Ensure all edited workflows still parse… → Run the affected workflows (or… → Confirm release/signing/artifact steps… → …
  • Tasks that involve CI/CD
  • SKILL.md covers Use This Skill When, Upgrade Rules, Actions We Track in This Repo and Pinning Pattern, plus 3 more sections
  • Instructions only: no scripts, shell commands, URLs or credentials in SKILL.md

What it does

GitHub Actions Runtime Upgrade Conventions is an agent skill from github/awesome-copilot, published by the product's own GitHub organization. Upgrade GitHub Actions to supported runtimes by selecting safe action versions, preserving workflow behavior, and validating post-upgrade execution.

Its SKILL.md is about 720 tokens, which your agent loads only when the skill is triggered. It is a single SKILL.md file with no bundled scripts.

It sits in DevOps & Cloud, covering CI/CD. It works with GitHub Actions. The repository describes itself as: Community-contributed instructions, agents, skills, and configurations to help you make the most of GitHub Copilot. The licence is MIT.

When your agent uses it

  • Tasks that involve CI/CD

Example prompts

  • “/github-actions-runtime-upgrade-conventions”

Requirements

  • Node.js

Workflow steps

4 steps, taken from the first numbered list in SKILL.md.

  1. Ensure all edited workflows still parse and keep the same triggers/permissions unless intentionally changed.
  2. Run the affected workflows (or equivalent local build/test commands) and confirm the upgraded steps complete successfully.
  3. Confirm release/signing/artifact steps still produce expected outputs where applicable.
  4. Check workflow run logs for any new deprecation warnings or runtime migration notes.

What it can do on your machine

Read from SKILL.md and the folder at commit 7cce7cf. 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 (its code samples are yaml).

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

  • Network

    No URLs in SKILL.md.

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

  • Credentials

    Names no API keys, tokens, secrets or passwords.

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

Context cost

GitHub Actions Runtime Upgrade Conventions loads about 722 tokens when it runs. Until then it costs about 48 tokens; SKILL.md has 343 words of instructions outside code blocks.

Always · name and description, kept in context so the agent knows when to use it
~48
When it runs · the whole SKILL.md, loaded when a task matches
~722

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

The full file from github/awesome-copilot at commit 7cce7cf, republished under its MIT licence (© github). 343 words, ~722 tokens.

Download SKILL.mdSave it as .claude/skills/github-actions-runtime-upgrade-conventions/SKILL.md (or your agent's skills folder).
name
github-actions-runtime-upgrade-conventions
description
Upgrade GitHub Actions to supported runtimes by selecting safe action versions, preserving workflow behavior, and validating post-upgrade execution.

GitHub Actions Runtime Upgrade Conventions

Use this skill when editing GitHub Actions workflows to address deprecation warnings about action runtimes (for example Node.js runtime migrations).

Use This Skill When

  • Workflow logs report an action is running on a deprecated runtime.
  • You are upgrading action versions in .github/workflows/*.yml or .github/workflows/*.yaml.
  • You need to keep existing workflow behavior while modernizing action dependencies.

Upgrade Rules

  • Prefer upgrading to the latest stable major version of each action that is compatible with the workflow.
  • Prefer immutable pins: resolve the target release to a full commit SHA and use that SHA in uses:.
  • Do not pin to mutable tags or branches (for example @v4 or @main) in final recommendations.
  • Upgrade one action at a time per commit (or one tightly related group) so failures are easy to isolate.
  • Keep existing workflow behavior unchanged while upgrading runtime/dependency actions.

Actions We Track in This Repo

Prioritize runtime review for these groups when warnings appear:

  • Any first-party action under actions/*
  • Especially setup actions under actions/setup-* (for example setup-node, setup-python, setup-dotnet)
  • Any other action explicitly named by the runtime deprecation warning in workflow logs

Pinning Pattern

yaml
steps:
  - uses: actions/checkout@8ade135a41bc03ea155e62e844d188df1ea18608 # v4.3.1
  - uses: actions/setup-node@60edb5dd545a775178f52524783378180af0d1f8 # v4.0.4

When recommending upgrades, identify the latest compatible release first, then use the corresponding commit SHA with an optional version comment.

Verification Checklist

After changing action versions:

  1. Ensure all edited workflows still parse and keep the same triggers/permissions unless intentionally changed.
  2. Run the affected workflows (or equivalent local build/test commands) and confirm the upgraded steps complete successfully.
  3. Confirm release/signing/artifact steps still produce expected outputs where applicable.
  4. Check workflow run logs for any new deprecation warnings or runtime migration notes.

PR Notes

Include in the PR summary:

  • Which actions were upgraded (from -> to).
  • Whether any action could not move to a new major and why.
  • Which workflows were re-run to validate the change.

How This Complements Dependabot

Dependabot can automate many updates, but this skill still helps when:

  • Dependabot is not enabled for workflows in a repository.
  • Runtime warnings appear before an automated update is available.
  • A workflow needs behavior-preserving validation after the action bump.

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Files

Just SKILL.md in skills/github-actions-runtime-upgrade-conventions of github/awesome-copilot.

Open the folder on GitHubat commit 7cce7cf

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Questions about GitHub Actions Runtime Upgrade Conventions

What does GitHub Actions Runtime Upgrade Conventions do?

Upgrade GitHub Actions to supported runtimes by selecting safe action versions, preserving workflow behavior, and validating post-upgrade execution. GitHub Actions Runtime Upgrade Conventions is an agent skill from github/awesome-copilot, published by the product's own GitHub organization. Upgrade GitHub Actions to supported runtimes by selecting safe action versions, preserving workflow behavior, and validating post-upgrade execution.

When should I use GitHub Actions Runtime Upgrade Conventions?

GitHub Actions Runtime Upgrade Conventions fits situations like: tasks that involve CI/CD.

How do I install GitHub Actions Runtime Upgrade Conventions in Claude Code?

Run `npx skills add github/awesome-copilot --skill github-actions-runtime-upgrade-conventions -a claude-code`. Or copy the skill folder (skills/github-actions-runtime-upgrade-conventions in github/awesome-copilot) into .claude/skills/github-actions-runtime-upgrade-conventions in your project. Claude Code loads it when a task matches its description.

How do I install GitHub Actions Runtime Upgrade Conventions in Codex?

Run `npx skills add github/awesome-copilot --skill github-actions-runtime-upgrade-conventions -a codex`. Or copy the skill folder (skills/github-actions-runtime-upgrade-conventions in github/awesome-copilot) into .agents/skills/github-actions-runtime-upgrade-conventions in your project. Codex loads it when a task matches its description.

Can I use GitHub Actions Runtime Upgrade Conventions 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 github/awesome-copilot --skill github-actions-runtime-upgrade-conventions -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-runtime-upgrade-conventions, .gemini/skills/github-actions-runtime-upgrade-conventions, .github/skills/github-actions-runtime-upgrade-conventions and .opencode/skills/github-actions-runtime-upgrade-conventions in your project.

What does GitHub Actions Runtime Upgrade Conventions need to run?

SKILL.md names no scripts, command-line tools or credentials: GitHub Actions Runtime Upgrade Conventions is instructions for the agent only. Our summary lists: Node.js.

Does GitHub Actions Runtime Upgrade Conventions access the network?

SKILL.md contains no URLs. Any network use would come from the scripts or tools the agent runs. This is read from the text; nothing was executed.

Is GitHub Actions Runtime Upgrade Conventions 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 Runtime Upgrade Conventions use?

GitHub Actions Runtime Upgrade Conventions is published under the MIT licence (the repository's licence). It allows redistribution, so the full SKILL.md is shown on this page.

How many tokens does GitHub Actions Runtime Upgrade Conventions use?

About 722 tokens (SKILL.md is roughly 2.9k characters). Agents keep only the skill's name and description in context until a task matches; then they load SKILL.md in full.

What are the alternatives to GitHub Actions Runtime Upgrade Conventions?

Skills that share tags, products or a category with GitHub Actions Runtime Upgrade Conventions: Analyze GitHub Action Logs (withastro/astro, 63k stars), GitHub Actions Templates (bartstc/vite-ts-react-template, 122 stars), Nushell (ccusage/ccusage, 19k stars) and Repo Hygiene Scan and Fix (QwenLM/qwen-code, 28k stars). The comparison table on this page puts their stars, adoption, token cost, safety result and licence side by side.

Who maintains GitHub Actions Runtime Upgrade Conventions?

github (a GitHub organization, an official publisher) maintains it in github/awesome-copilot, which has 39,792 GitHub stars. The repository holds 417 skills in this directory. The repository was last updated on October 8, 2026.

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