GitHub Actions Debugger

What it does

When your agent uses it

• Tasks that involve CI/CD

Example prompts

• “/github-actions-debugger”

Requirements

• Python 3
• Node.js
• A credential in API_KEY
• A credential in DEPLOY_API_KEY

Workflow steps

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

1. 1Log Ingestion & Redaction: Analyze the provided GitHub Actions workflow log (often exported as a raw text file or pasted directly)…
2. 2Context Mapping: Cross-reference the failure point with the specific step and job in the .github/workflows/*.yml definition.
3. 3Root Cause Analysis: Identify if the failure is due to
4. 4Resolution Proposal: Provide a direct diff of the .yml file or the underlying script that needs to be modified.

What it can do on your machine

Read from SKILL.md and the folder at commit 1e53ce2. 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 diff).

  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 these keys or tokens, usually read from environment variables:

  • API_KEY
  • DEPLOY_API_KEY

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

Context cost

GitHub Actions Debugger loads about 1.4k tokens when it runs. Until then it costs about 40 tokens; SKILL.md has 610 words of instructions outside code blocks.

Always · name and description, kept in context so the agent knows when to use it

~40

When it runs · the whole SKILL.md, loaded when a task matches

~1.4k

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

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 sickn33/agentic-awesome-skills at commit 1e53ce2, republished under its MIT licence (© sickn33). 610 words, ~1,381 tokens.

name

github-actions-debugger

description

Specialized skill for diagnosing, analyzing, and fixing failing GitHub Actions workflows by parsing run logs and pipeline definitions.

category

devops

risk

safe

source

community

source_type

community

date_added

2026-06-25

author

Owais

tags

github-actions, ci-cd, devops, debugging, workflows

tools

claude, cursor, gemini, antigravity

Warning: The Go/Node.js/Python version used by this action is deprecated.
Error: Node.js 16 actions are deprecated. Please update to use Node.js 20.

       - name: Checkout Code
-        uses: actions/checkout@v2
+        uses: actions/checkout@v4

Run npm run deploy
  npm run deploy
  shell: /usr/bin/bash -e {0}
Error: API Key is required for deployment. Process exited with code 1.

       - name: Deploy App
         run: npm run deploy
+        env:
+          DEPLOY_API_KEY: ${{ secrets.DEPLOY_API_KEY }}

© sickn33, 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/github-actions-debugger of sickn33/agentic-awesome-skills.

Open the folder on GitHubat commit 1e53ce2

Used in 1 other repository

We found 5 copies of this SKILL.md (exact, near-identical or edited) in other folders, from 1 other GitHub owner. This page covers the copy in sickn33/agentic-awesome-skills, which our catalogue first saw on October 7, 2026.

• lingxling/awesome-skills-cnantigravity-awesome-skills/skills/github-actions-debuggerantigravity-awesome-skills/plugins/agentic-awesome-skills/skills/github-actions-debugger+1 more