GitHub Actions documentation
Automate, customize, and execute your software development workflows right in your repository with GitHub Actions. You can discover, create, and share actions to perform any job you'd like, including CI/CD, and combine actions in a completely customized workflow.
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Quickstart for GitHub Actions
Try out the core features of GitHub Actions in minutes.
Understanding GitHub Actions
Learn the basics of core concepts and essential terminology in GitHub Actions.
Use Actions Runner Controller
You can host your own runners to run workflows in a highly customizable environment.
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About custom actions
Actions are individual tasks that you can combine to create jobs and customize your workflow. You can create your own actions, or use and customize actions shared by the GitHub community.
About GitHub Actions metrics
Learn about the GitHub Actions metrics available for your organizations and repositories.
Actions limits
There are limits in GitHub Actions which you may hit as you scale up, some may be increased by contacting support.
Actions Runner Controller
You can host your own runners and customize the environment used to run jobs in your GitHub Actions workflows.
Adding a workflow status badge
You can display a status badge in your repository to indicate the status of your workflows.
Adding labels to issues
You can use GitHub Actions to automatically label issues.
Adding scripts to your workflow
You can use GitHub Actions workflows to run scripts.
Adding self-hosted runners
You can add a self-hosted runner to a repository, an organization, or an enterprise.
Approving workflow runs from forks
You can manually approve workflow runs that have been triggered by a contributor's pull request.