Agent skill

GitHub Actions Starter

by jeremylongshore in jeremylongshore/tons-of-skills-marketplace

Manage github actions starter operations. An agent skill from jeremylongshore/tons-of-skills-marketplace.

MITAuto-check passedDevOps & Cloud

Install GitHub Actions Starter

skills CLI
$ npx skills add jeremylongshore/tons-of-skills-marketplace --skill github-actions-starter -a claude-code

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

GitHub CLI
$ gh skill install jeremylongshore/tons-of-skills-marketplace github-actions-starter --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/jeremylongshore/tons-of-skills-marketplace.git skills-src && mkdir -p .claude/skills && cp -r skills-src/skills/01-devops-basics/github-actions-starter .claude/skills/github-actions-starter && 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-starter
GitHub stars
2.8k
Token cost
~569 tokens
SKILL.md length
195 words
Files
1
Skills in repo
3,342
Repo updated
First seen
Licence
MIT

At a glance

Manage github actions starter operations. An agent skill from jeremylongshore/tons-of-skills-marketplace.

  • Works in 4 steps: Provides step-by-step guidance for… → Follows industry best practices and… → Generates production-ready code and… → …
  • : github actions starter
  • SKILL.md covers Overview, When to Use, Instructions and Examples, plus 5 more sections
  • Instructions only: no scripts, shell commands, URLs or credentials in SKILL.md

What it does

GitHub Actions Starter is an agent skill from jeremylongshore/tons-of-skills-marketplace. Manage github actions starter operations. Auto-activating skill for DevOps Basics. Triggers on: github actions starter, github actions starter Part of the DevOps Basics skill category. Use when working with github actions starter functionality. Trigger with phrases like "github actions starter", "github starter", "github".

Its SKILL.md is about 570 tokens, which your agent loads only when the skill is triggered. It is a single SKILL.md file with no bundled scripts. Compatibility notes: Designed for Claude Code

It sits in DevOps & Cloud, covering CI/CD. It works with GitHub Actions and GitHub. The repository describes itself as: Model-agnostic agent-skills platform with a harness-free canonical layer, verified adapters, and the ccpi package manager. Explore at tonsofskills.com. The licence is MIT.

When your agent uses it

  • : github actions starter
  • Github actions starter Part of the DevOps Basics skill category
  • Working with github actions starter functionality
  • With phrases like github actions starter

Example prompts

  • “github actions starter”
  • “github starter”
  • “github”
  • “/github-actions-starter”

Requirements

  • Docker
  • Compatibility (from SKILL.md): Designed for Claude Code
  • Pre-approved tools (allowed-tools): Read, Write, Edit, Bash(cmd:*), Grep

Workflow steps

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

  1. Provides step-by-step guidance for github actions starter
  2. Follows industry best practices and patterns
  3. Generates production-ready code and configurations
  4. Validates outputs against common standards

What it can do on your machine

Read from SKILL.md and the folder at commit 80f86df. It shows what the files ask for, not the result of running them.

  • Tool permissions

    Pre-approves these tools, so the agent can use them without asking each time:

    • Read
    • Write
    • Edit
    • Bash(cmd:*)
    • Grep

    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

    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.

  • Compatibility

    Designed for Claude Code

    From compatibility in the SKILL.md frontmatter.

Context cost

GitHub Actions Starter loads about 569 tokens when it runs. Until then it costs about 87 tokens; SKILL.md has 195 words of instructions outside code blocks.

Always · name and description, kept in context so the agent knows when to use it
~87
When it runs · the whole SKILL.md, loaded when a task matches
~569

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 jeremylongshore/tons-of-skills-marketplace at commit 80f86df, republished under its MIT licence (© jeremylongshore). 195 words, ~569 tokens.

Download SKILL.mdSave it as .claude/skills/github-actions-starter/SKILL.md (or your agent's skills folder).
name
github-actions-starter
description
Manage github actions starter operations. Auto-activating skill for DevOps Basics. Triggers on: github actions starter, github actions starter Part of the DevOps Basics skill category. Use when working with github actions starter functionality. Trigger with phrases like "github actions starter", "github starter", "github".
allowed-tools
Read, Write, Edit, Bash(cmd:*), Grep
compatibility
Designed for Claude Code
version
1.0.0
license
MIT
author
Jeremy Longshore <jeremy@intentsolutions.io>
tags
devops, ci-cd

Github Actions Starter

Overview

This skill provides automated assistance for github actions starter tasks within the DevOps Basics domain.

When to Use

This skill activates automatically when you:

  • Mention "github actions starter" in your request
  • Ask about github actions starter patterns or best practices
  • Need help with foundational devops skills covering version control, containerization, basic ci/cd, and infrastructure fundamentals.

Instructions

  1. Provides step-by-step guidance for github actions starter
  2. Follows industry best practices and patterns
  3. Generates production-ready code and configurations
  4. Validates outputs against common standards

Examples

Example: Basic Usage Request: "Help me with github actions starter" Result: Provides step-by-step guidance and generates appropriate configurations

Prerequisites

  • Relevant development environment configured
  • Access to necessary tools and services
  • Basic understanding of devops basics concepts

Output

  • Generated configurations and code
  • Best practice recommendations
  • Validation results

Error Handling

ErrorCauseSolution
Configuration invalidMissing required fieldsCheck documentation for required parameters
Tool not foundDependency not installedInstall required tools per prerequisites
Permission deniedInsufficient accessVerify credentials and permissions

Resources

  • Official documentation for related tools
  • Best practices guides
  • Community examples and tutorials

Part of the DevOps Basics skill category. Tags: devops, git, docker, ci-cd, infrastructure

© jeremylongshore, MIT. Rendered from Markdown: HTML in the file is shown as text, images as links, and headings moved down two levels. Raw file

Files

Just SKILL.md in skills/01-devops-basics/github-actions-starter of jeremylongshore/tons-of-skills-marketplace.

Open the folder on GitHubat commit 80f86df

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Categories

Questions about GitHub Actions Starter

What does GitHub Actions Starter do?

Manage github actions starter operations. An agent skill from jeremylongshore/tons-of-skills-marketplace. GitHub Actions Starter is an agent skill from jeremylongshore/tons-of-skills-marketplace. Manage github actions starter operations.

When should I use GitHub Actions Starter?

GitHub Actions Starter fits situations like: : github actions starter; github actions starter Part of the DevOps Basics skill category; working with github actions starter functionality; with phrases like github actions starter.

How do I install GitHub Actions Starter in Claude Code?

Run `npx skills add jeremylongshore/tons-of-skills-marketplace --skill github-actions-starter -a claude-code`. Or copy the skill folder (skills/01-devops-basics/github-actions-starter in jeremylongshore/tons-of-skills-marketplace) into .claude/skills/github-actions-starter in your project. Claude Code loads it when a task matches its description.

How do I install GitHub Actions Starter in Codex?

Run `npx skills add jeremylongshore/tons-of-skills-marketplace --skill github-actions-starter -a codex`. Or copy the skill folder (skills/01-devops-basics/github-actions-starter in jeremylongshore/tons-of-skills-marketplace) into .agents/skills/github-actions-starter in your project. Codex loads it when a task matches its description.

Can I use GitHub Actions Starter 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 jeremylongshore/tons-of-skills-marketplace --skill github-actions-starter -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-starter, .gemini/skills/github-actions-starter, .github/skills/github-actions-starter and .opencode/skills/github-actions-starter in your project.

What does GitHub Actions Starter need to run?

SKILL.md names no scripts, command-line tools or credentials: GitHub Actions Starter is instructions for the agent only. Our summary lists: Docker. Its frontmatter pre-approves these tools: Read, Write, Edit, Bash(cmd:*), Grep. Compatibility (from SKILL.md): Designed for Claude Code.

Does GitHub Actions Starter 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 Starter 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 Starter use?

GitHub Actions Starter is published under the MIT licence (declared in SKILL.md). It allows redistribution, so the full SKILL.md is shown on this page.

How many tokens does GitHub Actions Starter use?

About 569 tokens (SKILL.md is roughly 2.3k 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 Starter?

Skills that share tags, products or a category with GitHub Actions Starter: Nushell (ccusage/ccusage, 19k stars), Make GitHub Actions Workflow (dotnet/efcore, 15k stars), AI News Radar (LearnPrompt/ai-news-radar, 1.8k stars) and Clawsweeper (openclaw/openclaw, 392k stars). The comparison table on this page puts their stars, adoption, token cost, safety result and licence side by side.

Who maintains GitHub Actions Starter?

jeremylongshore (a GitHub user) maintains it in jeremylongshore/tons-of-skills-marketplace, which has 2,825 GitHub stars. The repository holds 3,342 skills in this directory. The repository was last updated on October 9, 2026.

Source: jeremylongshore/tons-of-skills-marketplace on GitHub. Facts on this page come from the repository at the commit we read; the author's words are quoted as theirs.