GitHub Action Script Best Practices

This skill provides guidelines for writing JavaScript files that run using the GitHub Action actions/github-script@v8.

Important Notes

• This action provides @actions/core and @actions/github packages globally
• Do not add import or require for @actions/core
• Reference documentation:
  • https://github.com/actions/toolkit/blob/main/packages/core/README.md
  • https://github.com/actions/toolkit/blob/main/packages/github/README.md

Best Practices

• Use core.info, core.warning, core.error for logging, not console.log or console.error
• Use core.setOutput to set action outputs
• Use core.exportVariable to set environment variables for subsequent steps
• Use core.getInput to get action inputs, with required: true for mandatory inputs
• Use core.setFailed to mark the action as failed with an error message