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compsite action action.yaml
action.yaml
name: 'Checkout'
description: 'Checkout a Git repository at a particular version'

branding:
  icon: 'github'
  color: 'blue'

inputs:
  repository: # group: Repository Options
    description: 'Repository name with owner. For example, actions/checkout'
    default: ${{ github.repository }}
  ref: # group: Repository Options
    description: >
      The branch, tag or SHA to checkout. When checking out the repository that
      triggered a workflow, this defaults to the reference or SHA for that
      event.  Otherwise, uses the default branch.
  token: # group: Authentication
    description: >
      Personal access token (PAT) used to fetch the repository. The PAT is configured
      with the local git config, which enables your scripts to run authenticated git
      commands. The post-job step removes the PAT.


      We recommend using a service account with the least permissions necessary.
      Also when generating a new PAT, select the least scopes necessary.


      [Learn more about creating and using encrypted secrets](https://help.github.com/en/actions/automating-your-workflow-with-github-actions/creating-and-using-encrypted-secrets)
    default: ${{ github.token }}
  ssh-key: # group: Authentication
    description: >
      SSH key used to fetch the repository. The SSH key is configured with the local
      git config, which enables your scripts to run authenticated git commands.
      The post-job step removes the SSH key.


      We recommend using a service account with the least permissions necessary.


      [Learn more about creating and using
      encrypted secrets](https://help.github.com/en/actions/automating-your-workflow-with-github-actions/creating-and-using-encrypted-secrets)
  ssh-known-hosts: # group: Authentication
    description: >
      Known hosts in addition to the user and global host key database. The public
      SSH keys for a host may be obtained using the utility `ssh-keyscan`. For example,
      `ssh-keyscan github.com`. The public key for github.com is always implicitly added.
  ssh-strict: # group: Authentication
    description: >
      Whether to perform strict host key checking. When true, adds the options `StrictHostKeyChecking=yes`
      and `CheckHostIP=no` to the SSH command line. Use the input `ssh-known-hosts` to
      configure additional hosts.
    default: true
  ssh-user: # group: Authentication
    description: >
      The user to use when connecting to the remote SSH host. By default 'git' is used.
    default: git
  persist-credentials: # group: Authentication
    description: 'Whether to configure the token or SSH key with the local git config'
    default: true
  path: # group: Repository Options
    description: 'Relative path under $GITHUB_WORKSPACE to place the repository'
  clean: # group: Repository Options
    description: 'Whether to execute `git clean -ffdx && git reset --hard HEAD` before fetching'
    default: true
  filter: # group: Repository Options
    description: >
      Partially clone against a given filter.
      Overrides sparse-checkout if set.
    default: null
  sparse-checkout:  # group: Repository Options
    description: >
      Do a sparse checkout on given patterns.
      Each pattern should be separated with new lines.
    default: null
  sparse-checkout-cone-mode:
    description: >
      Specifies whether to use cone-mode when doing a sparse checkout.
    default: true
  fetch-depth:
    description: 'Number of commits to fetch. 0 indicates all history for all branches and tags.'
    default: 1
  fetch-tags:
    description: 'Whether to fetch tags, even if fetch-depth > 0.'
    default: false
  show-progress:
    description: 'Whether to show progress status output when fetching.'
    default: true
  lfs:
    description: 'Whether to download Git-LFS files'
    default: false
  submodules:
    description: >
      Whether to checkout submodules: `true` to checkout submodules or `recursive` to
      recursively checkout submodules.


      When the `ssh-key` input is not provided, SSH URLs beginning with `[email protected]:` are
      converted to HTTPS.
    default: false
  set-safe-directory:
    description: Add repository path as safe.directory for Git global config by running `git config --global --add safe.directory <path>`
    default: true
  github-server-url:
    description: The base URL for the GitHub instance that you are trying to clone from, will use environment defaults to fetch from the same instance that the workflow is running from unless specified. Example URLs are https://github.com or https://my-ghes-server.example.com
    required: false
outputs:
  ref:
    description: 'The branch, tag or SHA that was checked out'
  commit:
    description: 'The commit SHA that was checked out'
runs:
  using: node24
  main: dist/index.js
  post: dist/index.js
reusable workflow .github/workflows/example_workflow.yml
.github/workflows/example_workflow.yml
name: 'Example workflow'
description: "This key is illegal but will still be parsed"

on:
  workflow_call:
    inputs:
      environment: # group: environment
        description: |
          Environment to deploy to. Must be one of 

          - `development`
          - `staging`
          - `production`
        required: true
        type: string
      configuration: # group: environment
        description: 'JSON configuration object'
        required: false
        type: string
        default: '{}'
      version:
        description: 'Version to deploy'
        required: false
        type: string
        default: 'latest'
      enable-notifications:
        description: 'Whether to send notifications. Requires [`SLACK_WEBHOOK`](#secrets.SLACK_WEBHOOK) to be set.'
        required: false
        type: boolean
        default: false
      parallel-jobs:
        description: 'Number of parallel jobs'
        required: false
        type: number
        default: 1

    secrets:
      API_KEY: # group: environment
        description: 'API key for external service'
        required: true
      DATABASE_URL: # group: environment
        description: 'Database connection string'
        required: false
      SLACK_WEBHOOK:
        description: 'Slack webhook URL for notifications'
        required: false
    outputs:
      deployment-id: # group: deployment
        description: 'ID of the created deployment'
        value: ${{ jobs.deploy.outputs.deployment-id }}
      deployment-url: # group: deployment
        description: 'URL of the deployment'
        value: ${{ jobs.deploy.outputs.deployment-url }}
      success:
        description: 'Whether the deployment was successful'
        value: ${{ jobs.deploy.outputs.success }}

permissions:
  contents: read
  deployments: write
  pull-requests: write
  issues: read

env:
  DEPLOYMENT_ENVIRONMENT: ${{ inputs.environment }}
  ENABLE_DEBUG: false

jobs:
  validate:
    name: 'Validate Inputs'
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    steps:
      - name: Validate environment
        run: |
          echo "Validating environment: ${{ inputs.environment }}"
          if [[ ! "${{ inputs.environment }}" =~ ^(development|staging|production)$ ]]; then
            echo "Error: Invalid environment specified"
            exit 1
          fi

      - name: Validate version
        run: |
          echo "Validating version: ${{ inputs.version }}"

      - name: Check secrets
        run: |
          if [[ -z "${{ secrets.API_KEY }}" ]]; then
            echo "Error: API_KEY secret is required"
            exit 1
          fi
          echo "All required secrets are available"

  deploy:
    name: 'Deploy Application'
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    needs: validate
    outputs:
      deployment-id: ${{ steps.deploy.outputs.deployment-id }}
      deployment-url: ${{ steps.deploy.outputs.deployment-url }}
      success: ${{ steps.deploy.outputs.success }}
    steps:
      - name: Setup deployment
        run: |
          echo "Setting up deployment for ${{ inputs.environment }}"
          echo "Version: ${{ inputs.version }}"
          echo "Parallel jobs: ${{ inputs.parallel-jobs }}"
          echo "Notifications enabled: ${{ inputs.enable-notifications }}"

      - name: Parse configuration
        run: |
          echo "Configuration: ${{ inputs.configuration }}"

      - name: Execute deployment
        id: deploy
        run: |
          deployment_id="reusable-deploy-$(date +%s)"
          deployment_url="https://${{ inputs.environment }}.example.com"

          echo "deployment-id=${deployment_id}" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
          echo "deployment-url=${deployment_url}" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
          echo "success=true" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT

          echo "Deployment completed successfully"
          echo "ID: ${deployment_id}"
          echo "URL: ${deployment_url}"

  notify:
    name: 'Send Notifications'
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    needs: deploy
    if: ${{ inputs.enable-notifications }}
    steps:
      - name: Send Slack notification
        run: |
          echo "Sending Slack notification about deployment ${{ needs.deploy.outputs.deployment-id }}"

      - name: Create GitHub deployment
        run: |
          echo "Creating GitHub deployment status for ${{ needs.deploy.outputs.deployment-id }}"

show_signature ¤

Whether to show the signature in the documentation.

Preview

Example workflow ¤

uses: owner/repository/.github/workflows/example_workflow.yml@v1
permissions:
  contents: read
  deployments: write
  pull-requests: write
  issues: read
with:
  environment: (1)

  1. Environment to deploy to. Must be one of

    • development
    • staging
    • production

  2. API key for external service

This key is illegal but will still be parsed

Inputs: ¤

Name Description Default
environment

Environment to deploy to. Must be one of

  • development
  • staging
  • production
configuration

JSON configuration object

 {}
version

Version to deploy

 latest
enable-notifications

Whether to send notifications. Requires SLACK_WEBHOOK to be set.

 false
parallel-jobs

Number of parallel jobs

 1

Secrets: ¤

Name Description
API_KEY

API key for external service
DATABASE_URL

Database connection string
SLACK_WEBHOOK

Slack webhook URL for notifications
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name: 'Example workflow'
description: "This key is illegal but will still be parsed"

on:
  workflow_call:
    inputs:
      environment: # group: environment
        description: |
          Environment to deploy to. Must be one of 

          - `development`
          - `staging`
          - `production`
        required: true
        type: string
      configuration: # group: environment
        description: 'JSON configuration object'
        required: false
        type: string
        default: '{}'
      version:
        description: 'Version to deploy'
        required: false
        type: string
        default: 'latest'
      enable-notifications:
        description: 'Whether to send notifications. Requires [`SLACK_WEBHOOK`](#secrets.SLACK_WEBHOOK) to be set.'
        required: false
        type: boolean
        default: false
      parallel-jobs:
        description: 'Number of parallel jobs'
        required: false
        type: number
        default: 1

    secrets:
      API_KEY: # group: environment
        description: 'API key for external service'
        required: true
      DATABASE_URL: # group: environment
        description: 'Database connection string'
        required: false
      SLACK_WEBHOOK:
        description: 'Slack webhook URL for notifications'
        required: false
    outputs:
      deployment-id: # group: deployment
        description: 'ID of the created deployment'
        value: ${{ jobs.deploy.outputs.deployment-id }}
      deployment-url: # group: deployment
        description: 'URL of the deployment'
        value: ${{ jobs.deploy.outputs.deployment-url }}
      success:
        description: 'Whether the deployment was successful'
        value: ${{ jobs.deploy.outputs.success }}

permissions:
  contents: read
  deployments: write
  pull-requests: write
  issues: read

env:
  DEPLOYMENT_ENVIRONMENT: ${{ inputs.environment }}
  ENABLE_DEBUG: false

jobs:
  validate:
    name: 'Validate Inputs'
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    steps:
      - name: Validate environment
        run: |
          echo "Validating environment: ${{ inputs.environment }}"
          if [[ ! "${{ inputs.environment }}" =~ ^(development|staging|production)$ ]]; then
            echo "Error: Invalid environment specified"
            exit 1
          fi

      - name: Validate version
        run: |
          echo "Validating version: ${{ inputs.version }}"

      - name: Check secrets
        run: |
          if [[ -z "${{ secrets.API_KEY }}" ]]; then
            echo "Error: API_KEY secret is required"
            exit 1
          fi
          echo "All required secrets are available"

  deploy:
    name: 'Deploy Application'
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    needs: validate
    outputs:
      deployment-id: ${{ steps.deploy.outputs.deployment-id }}
      deployment-url: ${{ steps.deploy.outputs.deployment-url }}
      success: ${{ steps.deploy.outputs.success }}
    steps:
      - name: Setup deployment
        run: |
          echo "Setting up deployment for ${{ inputs.environment }}"
          echo "Version: ${{ inputs.version }}"
          echo "Parallel jobs: ${{ inputs.parallel-jobs }}"
          echo "Notifications enabled: ${{ inputs.enable-notifications }}"

      - name: Parse configuration
        run: |
          echo "Configuration: ${{ inputs.configuration }}"

      - name: Execute deployment
        id: deploy
        run: |
          deployment_id="reusable-deploy-$(date +%s)"
          deployment_url="https://${{ inputs.environment }}.example.com"

          echo "deployment-id=${deployment_id}" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
          echo "deployment-url=${deployment_url}" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
          echo "success=true" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT

          echo "Deployment completed successfully"
          echo "ID: ${deployment_id}"
          echo "URL: ${deployment_url}"

  notify:
    name: 'Send Notifications'
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    needs: deploy
    if: ${{ inputs.enable-notifications }}
    steps:
      - name: Send Slack notification
        run: |
          echo "Sending Slack notification about deployment ${{ needs.deploy.outputs.deployment-id }}"

      - name: Create GitHub deployment
        run: |
          echo "Creating GitHub deployment status for ${{ needs.deploy.outputs.deployment-id }}"

Example workflow ¤

This key is illegal but will still be parsed

Inputs: ¤

Name Description Default
environment

Environment to deploy to. Must be one of

  • development
  • staging
  • production
configuration

JSON configuration object

 {}
version

Version to deploy

 latest
enable-notifications

Whether to send notifications. Requires SLACK_WEBHOOK to be set.

 false
parallel-jobs

Number of parallel jobs

 1

Secrets: ¤

Name Description
API_KEY

API key for external service
DATABASE_URL

Database connection string
SLACK_WEBHOOK

Slack webhook URL for notifications
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name: 'Example workflow'
description: "This key is illegal but will still be parsed"

on:
  workflow_call:
    inputs:
      environment: # group: environment
        description: |
          Environment to deploy to. Must be one of 

          - `development`
          - `staging`
          - `production`
        required: true
        type: string
      configuration: # group: environment
        description: 'JSON configuration object'
        required: false
        type: string
        default: '{}'
      version:
        description: 'Version to deploy'
        required: false
        type: string
        default: 'latest'
      enable-notifications:
        description: 'Whether to send notifications. Requires [`SLACK_WEBHOOK`](#secrets.SLACK_WEBHOOK) to be set.'
        required: false
        type: boolean
        default: false
      parallel-jobs:
        description: 'Number of parallel jobs'
        required: false
        type: number
        default: 1

    secrets:
      API_KEY: # group: environment
        description: 'API key for external service'
        required: true
      DATABASE_URL: # group: environment
        description: 'Database connection string'
        required: false
      SLACK_WEBHOOK:
        description: 'Slack webhook URL for notifications'
        required: false
    outputs:
      deployment-id: # group: deployment
        description: 'ID of the created deployment'
        value: ${{ jobs.deploy.outputs.deployment-id }}
      deployment-url: # group: deployment
        description: 'URL of the deployment'
        value: ${{ jobs.deploy.outputs.deployment-url }}
      success:
        description: 'Whether the deployment was successful'
        value: ${{ jobs.deploy.outputs.success }}

permissions:
  contents: read
  deployments: write
  pull-requests: write
  issues: read

env:
  DEPLOYMENT_ENVIRONMENT: ${{ inputs.environment }}
  ENABLE_DEBUG: false

jobs:
  validate:
    name: 'Validate Inputs'
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    steps:
      - name: Validate environment
        run: |
          echo "Validating environment: ${{ inputs.environment }}"
          if [[ ! "${{ inputs.environment }}" =~ ^(development|staging|production)$ ]]; then
            echo "Error: Invalid environment specified"
            exit 1
          fi

      - name: Validate version
        run: |
          echo "Validating version: ${{ inputs.version }}"

      - name: Check secrets
        run: |
          if [[ -z "${{ secrets.API_KEY }}" ]]; then
            echo "Error: API_KEY secret is required"
            exit 1
          fi
          echo "All required secrets are available"

  deploy:
    name: 'Deploy Application'
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    needs: validate
    outputs:
      deployment-id: ${{ steps.deploy.outputs.deployment-id }}
      deployment-url: ${{ steps.deploy.outputs.deployment-url }}
      success: ${{ steps.deploy.outputs.success }}
    steps:
      - name: Setup deployment
        run: |
          echo "Setting up deployment for ${{ inputs.environment }}"
          echo "Version: ${{ inputs.version }}"
          echo "Parallel jobs: ${{ inputs.parallel-jobs }}"
          echo "Notifications enabled: ${{ inputs.enable-notifications }}"

      - name: Parse configuration
        run: |
          echo "Configuration: ${{ inputs.configuration }}"

      - name: Execute deployment
        id: deploy
        run: |
          deployment_id="reusable-deploy-$(date +%s)"
          deployment_url="https://${{ inputs.environment }}.example.com"

          echo "deployment-id=${deployment_id}" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
          echo "deployment-url=${deployment_url}" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
          echo "success=true" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT

          echo "Deployment completed successfully"
          echo "ID: ${deployment_id}"
          echo "URL: ${deployment_url}"

  notify:
    name: 'Send Notifications'
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    needs: deploy
    if: ${{ inputs.enable-notifications }}
    steps:
      - name: Send Slack notification
        run: |
          echo "Sending Slack notification about deployment ${{ needs.deploy.outputs.deployment-id }}"

      - name: Create GitHub deployment
        run: |
          echo "Creating GitHub deployment status for ${{ needs.deploy.outputs.deployment-id }}"

signature_repository ¤

The GitHub repository in the format owner/repo.

By default, the repository is inferred from the current git repository using the default origin remote. If it cannot be inferred, it must be set manually.

Tip

By default the current repository name is automatically grabbed from either the GitHub Actions environment or the git remotes. This option only serves to customize the shown repository in the signature.

Preview

Example workflow ¤

uses: username/repo/.github/workflows/example_workflow.yml@v1
permissions:
  contents: read
  deployments: write
  pull-requests: write
  issues: read
with:
  environment: (1)

  1. Environment to deploy to. Must be one of

    • development
    • staging
    • production

  2. API key for external service

This key is illegal but will still be parsed

Inputs: ¤

Name Description Default
environment

Environment to deploy to. Must be one of

  • development
  • staging
  • production
configuration

JSON configuration object

 {}
version

Version to deploy

 latest
enable-notifications

Whether to send notifications. Requires SLACK_WEBHOOK to be set.

 false
parallel-jobs

Number of parallel jobs

 1

Secrets: ¤

Name Description
API_KEY

API key for external service
DATABASE_URL

Database connection string
SLACK_WEBHOOK

Slack webhook URL for notifications
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name: 'Example workflow'
description: "This key is illegal but will still be parsed"

on:
  workflow_call:
    inputs:
      environment: # group: environment
        description: |
          Environment to deploy to. Must be one of 

          - `development`
          - `staging`
          - `production`
        required: true
        type: string
      configuration: # group: environment
        description: 'JSON configuration object'
        required: false
        type: string
        default: '{}'
      version:
        description: 'Version to deploy'
        required: false
        type: string
        default: 'latest'
      enable-notifications:
        description: 'Whether to send notifications. Requires [`SLACK_WEBHOOK`](#secrets.SLACK_WEBHOOK) to be set.'
        required: false
        type: boolean
        default: false
      parallel-jobs:
        description: 'Number of parallel jobs'
        required: false
        type: number
        default: 1

    secrets:
      API_KEY: # group: environment
        description: 'API key for external service'
        required: true
      DATABASE_URL: # group: environment
        description: 'Database connection string'
        required: false
      SLACK_WEBHOOK:
        description: 'Slack webhook URL for notifications'
        required: false
    outputs:
      deployment-id: # group: deployment
        description: 'ID of the created deployment'
        value: ${{ jobs.deploy.outputs.deployment-id }}
      deployment-url: # group: deployment
        description: 'URL of the deployment'
        value: ${{ jobs.deploy.outputs.deployment-url }}
      success:
        description: 'Whether the deployment was successful'
        value: ${{ jobs.deploy.outputs.success }}

permissions:
  contents: read
  deployments: write
  pull-requests: write
  issues: read

env:
  DEPLOYMENT_ENVIRONMENT: ${{ inputs.environment }}
  ENABLE_DEBUG: false

jobs:
  validate:
    name: 'Validate Inputs'
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    steps:
      - name: Validate environment
        run: |
          echo "Validating environment: ${{ inputs.environment }}"
          if [[ ! "${{ inputs.environment }}" =~ ^(development|staging|production)$ ]]; then
            echo "Error: Invalid environment specified"
            exit 1
          fi

      - name: Validate version
        run: |
          echo "Validating version: ${{ inputs.version }}"

      - name: Check secrets
        run: |
          if [[ -z "${{ secrets.API_KEY }}" ]]; then
            echo "Error: API_KEY secret is required"
            exit 1
          fi
          echo "All required secrets are available"

  deploy:
    name: 'Deploy Application'
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    needs: validate
    outputs:
      deployment-id: ${{ steps.deploy.outputs.deployment-id }}
      deployment-url: ${{ steps.deploy.outputs.deployment-url }}
      success: ${{ steps.deploy.outputs.success }}
    steps:
      - name: Setup deployment
        run: |
          echo "Setting up deployment for ${{ inputs.environment }}"
          echo "Version: ${{ inputs.version }}"
          echo "Parallel jobs: ${{ inputs.parallel-jobs }}"
          echo "Notifications enabled: ${{ inputs.enable-notifications }}"

      - name: Parse configuration
        run: |
          echo "Configuration: ${{ inputs.configuration }}"

      - name: Execute deployment
        id: deploy
        run: |
          deployment_id="reusable-deploy-$(date +%s)"
          deployment_url="https://${{ inputs.environment }}.example.com"

          echo "deployment-id=${deployment_id}" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
          echo "deployment-url=${deployment_url}" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
          echo "success=true" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT

          echo "Deployment completed successfully"
          echo "ID: ${deployment_id}"
          echo "URL: ${deployment_url}"

  notify:
    name: 'Send Notifications'
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    needs: deploy
    if: ${{ inputs.enable-notifications }}
    steps:
      - name: Send Slack notification
        run: |
          echo "Sending Slack notification about deployment ${{ needs.deploy.outputs.deployment-id }}"

      - name: Create GitHub deployment
        run: |
          echo "Creating GitHub deployment status for ${{ needs.deploy.outputs.deployment-id }}"

Example workflow ¤

uses: organization/repository/.github/workflows/example_workflow.yml@v1
permissions:
  contents: read
  deployments: write
  pull-requests: write
  issues: read
with:
  environment: (1)

  1. Environment to deploy to. Must be one of

    • development
    • staging
    • production

  2. API key for external service

This key is illegal but will still be parsed

Inputs: ¤

Name Description Default
environment

Environment to deploy to. Must be one of

  • development
  • staging
  • production
configuration

JSON configuration object

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version

Version to deploy

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enable-notifications

Whether to send notifications. Requires SLACK_WEBHOOK to be set.

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parallel-jobs

Number of parallel jobs

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Secrets: ¤

Name Description
API_KEY

API key for external service
DATABASE_URL

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SLACK_WEBHOOK

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description: "This key is illegal but will still be parsed"

on:
  workflow_call:
    inputs:
      environment: # group: environment
        description: |
          Environment to deploy to. Must be one of 

          - `development`
          - `staging`
          - `production`
        required: true
        type: string
      configuration: # group: environment
        description: 'JSON configuration object'
        required: false
        type: string
        default: '{}'
      version:
        description: 'Version to deploy'
        required: false
        type: string
        default: 'latest'
      enable-notifications:
        description: 'Whether to send notifications. Requires [`SLACK_WEBHOOK`](#secrets.SLACK_WEBHOOK) to be set.'
        required: false
        type: boolean
        default: false
      parallel-jobs:
        description: 'Number of parallel jobs'
        required: false
        type: number
        default: 1

    secrets:
      API_KEY: # group: environment
        description: 'API key for external service'
        required: true
      DATABASE_URL: # group: environment
        description: 'Database connection string'
        required: false
      SLACK_WEBHOOK:
        description: 'Slack webhook URL for notifications'
        required: false
    outputs:
      deployment-id: # group: deployment
        description: 'ID of the created deployment'
        value: ${{ jobs.deploy.outputs.deployment-id }}
      deployment-url: # group: deployment
        description: 'URL of the deployment'
        value: ${{ jobs.deploy.outputs.deployment-url }}
      success:
        description: 'Whether the deployment was successful'
        value: ${{ jobs.deploy.outputs.success }}

permissions:
  contents: read
  deployments: write
  pull-requests: write
  issues: read

env:
  DEPLOYMENT_ENVIRONMENT: ${{ inputs.environment }}
  ENABLE_DEBUG: false

jobs:
  validate:
    name: 'Validate Inputs'
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    steps:
      - name: Validate environment
        run: |
          echo "Validating environment: ${{ inputs.environment }}"
          if [[ ! "${{ inputs.environment }}" =~ ^(development|staging|production)$ ]]; then
            echo "Error: Invalid environment specified"
            exit 1
          fi

      - name: Validate version
        run: |
          echo "Validating version: ${{ inputs.version }}"

      - name: Check secrets
        run: |
          if [[ -z "${{ secrets.API_KEY }}" ]]; then
            echo "Error: API_KEY secret is required"
            exit 1
          fi
          echo "All required secrets are available"

  deploy:
    name: 'Deploy Application'
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    needs: validate
    outputs:
      deployment-id: ${{ steps.deploy.outputs.deployment-id }}
      deployment-url: ${{ steps.deploy.outputs.deployment-url }}
      success: ${{ steps.deploy.outputs.success }}
    steps:
      - name: Setup deployment
        run: |
          echo "Setting up deployment for ${{ inputs.environment }}"
          echo "Version: ${{ inputs.version }}"
          echo "Parallel jobs: ${{ inputs.parallel-jobs }}"
          echo "Notifications enabled: ${{ inputs.enable-notifications }}"

      - name: Parse configuration
        run: |
          echo "Configuration: ${{ inputs.configuration }}"

      - name: Execute deployment
        id: deploy
        run: |
          deployment_id="reusable-deploy-$(date +%s)"
          deployment_url="https://${{ inputs.environment }}.example.com"

          echo "deployment-id=${deployment_id}" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
          echo "deployment-url=${deployment_url}" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
          echo "success=true" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT

          echo "Deployment completed successfully"
          echo "ID: ${deployment_id}"
          echo "URL: ${deployment_url}"

  notify:
    name: 'Send Notifications'
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    needs: deploy
    if: ${{ inputs.enable-notifications }}
    steps:
      - name: Send Slack notification
        run: |
          echo "Sending Slack notification about deployment ${{ needs.deploy.outputs.deployment-id }}"

      - name: Create GitHub deployment
        run: |
          echo "Creating GitHub deployment status for ${{ needs.deploy.outputs.deployment-id }}"

signature_show_secrets ¤

Whether to show secrets in the signature.

Preview

Example workflow ¤

uses: owner/repository/.github/workflows/example_workflow.yml@v1
permissions:
  contents: read
  deployments: write
  pull-requests: write
  issues: read
with:
  environment: (1)

  1. Environment to deploy to. Must be one of

    • development
    • staging
    • production

  2. API key for external service

This key is illegal but will still be parsed

Inputs: ¤

Name Description Default
environment

Environment to deploy to. Must be one of

  • development
  • staging
  • production
configuration

JSON configuration object

 {}
version

Version to deploy

 latest
enable-notifications

Whether to send notifications. Requires SLACK_WEBHOOK to be set.

 false
parallel-jobs

Number of parallel jobs

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Secrets: ¤

Name Description
API_KEY

API key for external service
DATABASE_URL

Database connection string
SLACK_WEBHOOK

Slack webhook URL for notifications
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on:
  workflow_call:
    inputs:
      environment: # group: environment
        description: |
          Environment to deploy to. Must be one of 

          - `development`
          - `staging`
          - `production`
        required: true
        type: string
      configuration: # group: environment
        description: 'JSON configuration object'
        required: false
        type: string
        default: '{}'
      version:
        description: 'Version to deploy'
        required: false
        type: string
        default: 'latest'
      enable-notifications:
        description: 'Whether to send notifications. Requires [`SLACK_WEBHOOK`](#secrets.SLACK_WEBHOOK) to be set.'
        required: false
        type: boolean
        default: false
      parallel-jobs:
        description: 'Number of parallel jobs'
        required: false
        type: number
        default: 1

    secrets:
      API_KEY: # group: environment
        description: 'API key for external service'
        required: true
      DATABASE_URL: # group: environment
        description: 'Database connection string'
        required: false
      SLACK_WEBHOOK:
        description: 'Slack webhook URL for notifications'
        required: false
    outputs:
      deployment-id: # group: deployment
        description: 'ID of the created deployment'
        value: ${{ jobs.deploy.outputs.deployment-id }}
      deployment-url: # group: deployment
        description: 'URL of the deployment'
        value: ${{ jobs.deploy.outputs.deployment-url }}
      success:
        description: 'Whether the deployment was successful'
        value: ${{ jobs.deploy.outputs.success }}

permissions:
  contents: read
  deployments: write
  pull-requests: write
  issues: read

env:
  DEPLOYMENT_ENVIRONMENT: ${{ inputs.environment }}
  ENABLE_DEBUG: false

jobs:
  validate:
    name: 'Validate Inputs'
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    steps:
      - name: Validate environment
        run: |
          echo "Validating environment: ${{ inputs.environment }}"
          if [[ ! "${{ inputs.environment }}" =~ ^(development|staging|production)$ ]]; then
            echo "Error: Invalid environment specified"
            exit 1
          fi

      - name: Validate version
        run: |
          echo "Validating version: ${{ inputs.version }}"

      - name: Check secrets
        run: |
          if [[ -z "${{ secrets.API_KEY }}" ]]; then
            echo "Error: API_KEY secret is required"
            exit 1
          fi
          echo "All required secrets are available"

  deploy:
    name: 'Deploy Application'
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    needs: validate
    outputs:
      deployment-id: ${{ steps.deploy.outputs.deployment-id }}
      deployment-url: ${{ steps.deploy.outputs.deployment-url }}
      success: ${{ steps.deploy.outputs.success }}
    steps:
      - name: Setup deployment
        run: |
          echo "Setting up deployment for ${{ inputs.environment }}"
          echo "Version: ${{ inputs.version }}"
          echo "Parallel jobs: ${{ inputs.parallel-jobs }}"
          echo "Notifications enabled: ${{ inputs.enable-notifications }}"

      - name: Parse configuration
        run: |
          echo "Configuration: ${{ inputs.configuration }}"

      - name: Execute deployment
        id: deploy
        run: |
          deployment_id="reusable-deploy-$(date +%s)"
          deployment_url="https://${{ inputs.environment }}.example.com"

          echo "deployment-id=${deployment_id}" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
          echo "deployment-url=${deployment_url}" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
          echo "success=true" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT

          echo "Deployment completed successfully"
          echo "ID: ${deployment_id}"
          echo "URL: ${deployment_url}"

  notify:
    name: 'Send Notifications'
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    needs: deploy
    if: ${{ inputs.enable-notifications }}
    steps:
      - name: Send Slack notification
        run: |
          echo "Sending Slack notification about deployment ${{ needs.deploy.outputs.deployment-id }}"

      - name: Create GitHub deployment
        run: |
          echo "Creating GitHub deployment status for ${{ needs.deploy.outputs.deployment-id }}"

Example workflow ¤

uses: owner/repository/.github/workflows/example_workflow.yml@v1
permissions:
  contents: read
  deployments: write
  pull-requests: write
  issues: read
with:
  environment: (1)
secrets:
  API_KEY: (2)

  1. Environment to deploy to. Must be one of

    • development
    • staging
    • production

  2. API key for external service

This key is illegal but will still be parsed

Inputs: ¤

Name Description Default
environment

Environment to deploy to. Must be one of

  • development
  • staging
  • production
configuration

JSON configuration object

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version

Version to deploy

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enable-notifications

Whether to send notifications. Requires SLACK_WEBHOOK to be set.

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parallel-jobs

Number of parallel jobs

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Secrets: ¤

Name Description
API_KEY

API key for external service
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    inputs:
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          Environment to deploy to. Must be one of 

          - `development`
          - `staging`
          - `production`
        required: true
        type: string
      configuration: # group: environment
        description: 'JSON configuration object'
        required: false
        type: string
        default: '{}'
      version:
        description: 'Version to deploy'
        required: false
        type: string
        default: 'latest'
      enable-notifications:
        description: 'Whether to send notifications. Requires [`SLACK_WEBHOOK`](#secrets.SLACK_WEBHOOK) to be set.'
        required: false
        type: boolean
        default: false
      parallel-jobs:
        description: 'Number of parallel jobs'
        required: false
        type: number
        default: 1

    secrets:
      API_KEY: # group: environment
        description: 'API key for external service'
        required: true
      DATABASE_URL: # group: environment
        description: 'Database connection string'
        required: false
      SLACK_WEBHOOK:
        description: 'Slack webhook URL for notifications'
        required: false
    outputs:
      deployment-id: # group: deployment
        description: 'ID of the created deployment'
        value: ${{ jobs.deploy.outputs.deployment-id }}
      deployment-url: # group: deployment
        description: 'URL of the deployment'
        value: ${{ jobs.deploy.outputs.deployment-url }}
      success:
        description: 'Whether the deployment was successful'
        value: ${{ jobs.deploy.outputs.success }}

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  contents: read
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  issues: read

env:
  DEPLOYMENT_ENVIRONMENT: ${{ inputs.environment }}
  ENABLE_DEBUG: false

jobs:
  validate:
    name: 'Validate Inputs'
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    steps:
      - name: Validate environment
        run: |
          echo "Validating environment: ${{ inputs.environment }}"
          if [[ ! "${{ inputs.environment }}" =~ ^(development|staging|production)$ ]]; then
            echo "Error: Invalid environment specified"
            exit 1
          fi

      - name: Validate version
        run: |
          echo "Validating version: ${{ inputs.version }}"

      - name: Check secrets
        run: |
          if [[ -z "${{ secrets.API_KEY }}" ]]; then
            echo "Error: API_KEY secret is required"
            exit 1
          fi
          echo "All required secrets are available"

  deploy:
    name: 'Deploy Application'
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    needs: validate
    outputs:
      deployment-id: ${{ steps.deploy.outputs.deployment-id }}
      deployment-url: ${{ steps.deploy.outputs.deployment-url }}
      success: ${{ steps.deploy.outputs.success }}
    steps:
      - name: Setup deployment
        run: |
          echo "Setting up deployment for ${{ inputs.environment }}"
          echo "Version: ${{ inputs.version }}"
          echo "Parallel jobs: ${{ inputs.parallel-jobs }}"
          echo "Notifications enabled: ${{ inputs.enable-notifications }}"

      - name: Parse configuration
        run: |
          echo "Configuration: ${{ inputs.configuration }}"

      - name: Execute deployment
        id: deploy
        run: |
          deployment_id="reusable-deploy-$(date +%s)"
          deployment_url="https://${{ inputs.environment }}.example.com"

          echo "deployment-id=${deployment_id}" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
          echo "deployment-url=${deployment_url}" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
          echo "success=true" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT

          echo "Deployment completed successfully"
          echo "ID: ${deployment_id}"
          echo "URL: ${deployment_url}"

  notify:
    name: 'Send Notifications'
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    needs: deploy
    if: ${{ inputs.enable-notifications }}
    steps:
      - name: Send Slack notification
        run: |
          echo "Sending Slack notification about deployment ${{ needs.deploy.outputs.deployment-id }}"

      - name: Create GitHub deployment
        run: |
          echo "Creating GitHub deployment status for ${{ needs.deploy.outputs.deployment-id }}"

signature_show_permissions ¤

Whether to show permissions in the workflow signature.

Preview

Example workflow ¤

uses: owner/repository/.github/workflows/example_workflow.yml@v1
permissions:
  contents: read
  deployments: write
  pull-requests: write
  issues: read
with:
  environment: (1)

  1. Environment to deploy to. Must be one of

    • development
    • staging
    • production

  2. API key for external service

This key is illegal but will still be parsed

Inputs: ¤

Name Description Default
environment

Environment to deploy to. Must be one of

  • development
  • staging
  • production
configuration

JSON configuration object

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version

Version to deploy

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enable-notifications

Whether to send notifications. Requires SLACK_WEBHOOK to be set.

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parallel-jobs

Number of parallel jobs

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Secrets: ¤

Name Description
API_KEY

API key for external service
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          Environment to deploy to. Must be one of 

          - `development`
          - `staging`
          - `production`
        required: true
        type: string
      configuration: # group: environment
        description: 'JSON configuration object'
        required: false
        type: string
        default: '{}'
      version:
        description: 'Version to deploy'
        required: false
        type: string
        default: 'latest'
      enable-notifications:
        description: 'Whether to send notifications. Requires [`SLACK_WEBHOOK`](#secrets.SLACK_WEBHOOK) to be set.'
        required: false
        type: boolean
        default: false
      parallel-jobs:
        description: 'Number of parallel jobs'
        required: false
        type: number
        default: 1

    secrets:
      API_KEY: # group: environment
        description: 'API key for external service'
        required: true
      DATABASE_URL: # group: environment
        description: 'Database connection string'
        required: false
      SLACK_WEBHOOK:
        description: 'Slack webhook URL for notifications'
        required: false
    outputs:
      deployment-id: # group: deployment
        description: 'ID of the created deployment'
        value: ${{ jobs.deploy.outputs.deployment-id }}
      deployment-url: # group: deployment
        description: 'URL of the deployment'
        value: ${{ jobs.deploy.outputs.deployment-url }}
      success:
        description: 'Whether the deployment was successful'
        value: ${{ jobs.deploy.outputs.success }}

permissions:
  contents: read
  deployments: write
  pull-requests: write
  issues: read

env:
  DEPLOYMENT_ENVIRONMENT: ${{ inputs.environment }}
  ENABLE_DEBUG: false

jobs:
  validate:
    name: 'Validate Inputs'
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    steps:
      - name: Validate environment
        run: |
          echo "Validating environment: ${{ inputs.environment }}"
          if [[ ! "${{ inputs.environment }}" =~ ^(development|staging|production)$ ]]; then
            echo "Error: Invalid environment specified"
            exit 1
          fi

      - name: Validate version
        run: |
          echo "Validating version: ${{ inputs.version }}"

      - name: Check secrets
        run: |
          if [[ -z "${{ secrets.API_KEY }}" ]]; then
            echo "Error: API_KEY secret is required"
            exit 1
          fi
          echo "All required secrets are available"

  deploy:
    name: 'Deploy Application'
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    needs: validate
    outputs:
      deployment-id: ${{ steps.deploy.outputs.deployment-id }}
      deployment-url: ${{ steps.deploy.outputs.deployment-url }}
      success: ${{ steps.deploy.outputs.success }}
    steps:
      - name: Setup deployment
        run: |
          echo "Setting up deployment for ${{ inputs.environment }}"
          echo "Version: ${{ inputs.version }}"
          echo "Parallel jobs: ${{ inputs.parallel-jobs }}"
          echo "Notifications enabled: ${{ inputs.enable-notifications }}"

      - name: Parse configuration
        run: |
          echo "Configuration: ${{ inputs.configuration }}"

      - name: Execute deployment
        id: deploy
        run: |
          deployment_id="reusable-deploy-$(date +%s)"
          deployment_url="https://${{ inputs.environment }}.example.com"

          echo "deployment-id=${deployment_id}" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
          echo "deployment-url=${deployment_url}" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
          echo "success=true" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT

          echo "Deployment completed successfully"
          echo "ID: ${deployment_id}"
          echo "URL: ${deployment_url}"

  notify:
    name: 'Send Notifications'
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    needs: deploy
    if: ${{ inputs.enable-notifications }}
    steps:
      - name: Send Slack notification
        run: |
          echo "Sending Slack notification about deployment ${{ needs.deploy.outputs.deployment-id }}"

      - name: Create GitHub deployment
        run: |
          echo "Creating GitHub deployment status for ${{ needs.deploy.outputs.deployment-id }}"

Example workflow ¤

uses: owner/repository/.github/workflows/example_workflow.yml@v1
with:
  environment: (1)

  1. Environment to deploy to. Must be one of

    • development
    • staging
    • production

  2. API key for external service

This key is illegal but will still be parsed

Inputs: ¤

Name Description Default
environment

Environment to deploy to. Must be one of

  • development
  • staging
  • production
configuration

JSON configuration object

 {}
version

Version to deploy

 latest
enable-notifications

Whether to send notifications. Requires SLACK_WEBHOOK to be set.

 false
parallel-jobs

Number of parallel jobs

 1

Secrets: ¤

Name Description
API_KEY

API key for external service
DATABASE_URL

Database connection string
SLACK_WEBHOOK

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on:
  workflow_call:
    inputs:
      environment: # group: environment
        description: |
          Environment to deploy to. Must be one of 

          - `development`
          - `staging`
          - `production`
        required: true
        type: string
      configuration: # group: environment
        description: 'JSON configuration object'
        required: false
        type: string
        default: '{}'
      version:
        description: 'Version to deploy'
        required: false
        type: string
        default: 'latest'
      enable-notifications:
        description: 'Whether to send notifications. Requires [`SLACK_WEBHOOK`](#secrets.SLACK_WEBHOOK) to be set.'
        required: false
        type: boolean
        default: false
      parallel-jobs:
        description: 'Number of parallel jobs'
        required: false
        type: number
        default: 1

    secrets:
      API_KEY: # group: environment
        description: 'API key for external service'
        required: true
      DATABASE_URL: # group: environment
        description: 'Database connection string'
        required: false
      SLACK_WEBHOOK:
        description: 'Slack webhook URL for notifications'
        required: false
    outputs:
      deployment-id: # group: deployment
        description: 'ID of the created deployment'
        value: ${{ jobs.deploy.outputs.deployment-id }}
      deployment-url: # group: deployment
        description: 'URL of the deployment'
        value: ${{ jobs.deploy.outputs.deployment-url }}
      success:
        description: 'Whether the deployment was successful'
        value: ${{ jobs.deploy.outputs.success }}

permissions:
  contents: read
  deployments: write
  pull-requests: write
  issues: read

env:
  DEPLOYMENT_ENVIRONMENT: ${{ inputs.environment }}
  ENABLE_DEBUG: false

jobs:
  validate:
    name: 'Validate Inputs'
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    steps:
      - name: Validate environment
        run: |
          echo "Validating environment: ${{ inputs.environment }}"
          if [[ ! "${{ inputs.environment }}" =~ ^(development|staging|production)$ ]]; then
            echo "Error: Invalid environment specified"
            exit 1
          fi

      - name: Validate version
        run: |
          echo "Validating version: ${{ inputs.version }}"

      - name: Check secrets
        run: |
          if [[ -z "${{ secrets.API_KEY }}" ]]; then
            echo "Error: API_KEY secret is required"
            exit 1
          fi
          echo "All required secrets are available"

  deploy:
    name: 'Deploy Application'
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    needs: validate
    outputs:
      deployment-id: ${{ steps.deploy.outputs.deployment-id }}
      deployment-url: ${{ steps.deploy.outputs.deployment-url }}
      success: ${{ steps.deploy.outputs.success }}
    steps:
      - name: Setup deployment
        run: |
          echo "Setting up deployment for ${{ inputs.environment }}"
          echo "Version: ${{ inputs.version }}"
          echo "Parallel jobs: ${{ inputs.parallel-jobs }}"
          echo "Notifications enabled: ${{ inputs.enable-notifications }}"

      - name: Parse configuration
        run: |
          echo "Configuration: ${{ inputs.configuration }}"

      - name: Execute deployment
        id: deploy
        run: |
          deployment_id="reusable-deploy-$(date +%s)"
          deployment_url="https://${{ inputs.environment }}.example.com"

          echo "deployment-id=${deployment_id}" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
          echo "deployment-url=${deployment_url}" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
          echo "success=true" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT

          echo "Deployment completed successfully"
          echo "ID: ${deployment_id}"
          echo "URL: ${deployment_url}"

  notify:
    name: 'Send Notifications'
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    needs: deploy
    if: ${{ inputs.enable-notifications }}
    steps:
      - name: Send Slack notification
        run: |
          echo "Sending Slack notification about deployment ${{ needs.deploy.outputs.deployment-id }}"

      - name: Create GitHub deployment
        run: |
          echo "Creating GitHub deployment status for ${{ needs.deploy.outputs.deployment-id }}"

signature_version ¤

The versioning scheme to use for the signature.

  • ref: use the git ref (branch or tag) from which the workflow or action is run,
  • major: use the latest release tag matching vX (e.g. v1, v2),
  • semver: use the latest release tag matching vX.X.X (e.g. v1.0.0, v2.1.3),
  • string: use the string provided in the signature_version_string option.

Info

To automatically grab the latest major or semver release, mkdocstrings-github uses local git tags matching the patterns vX (major) and vX.Y.Z (semver). Make sure your repository has appropriate tags if you wish to use these versioning options.

When building your documentation in GitHub Actions, make sure that the checkout will have access to the git tags associated with the action/workflow versions. This is best done by specifying a checkout filter:

Example checkout
...
- name: checkout
  uses: actions/checkout@v5
  with:
    filter: tree:0
...
- name: build step
  run: mkdocs build
Preview

Example workflow ¤

uses: owner/repository/.github/workflows/example_workflow.yml@my_current_branch
permissions:
  contents: read
  deployments: write
  pull-requests: write
  issues: read
with:
  environment: (1)

  1. Environment to deploy to. Must be one of

    • development
    • staging
    • production

  2. API key for external service

This key is illegal but will still be parsed

Inputs: ¤

Name Description Default
environment

Environment to deploy to. Must be one of

  • development
  • staging
  • production
configuration

JSON configuration object

 {}
version

Version to deploy

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enable-notifications

Whether to send notifications. Requires SLACK_WEBHOOK to be set.

 false
parallel-jobs

Number of parallel jobs

 1

Secrets: ¤

Name Description
API_KEY

API key for external service
DATABASE_URL

Database connection string
SLACK_WEBHOOK

Slack webhook URL for notifications
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on:
  workflow_call:
    inputs:
      environment: # group: environment
        description: |
          Environment to deploy to. Must be one of 

          - `development`
          - `staging`
          - `production`
        required: true
        type: string
      configuration: # group: environment
        description: 'JSON configuration object'
        required: false
        type: string
        default: '{}'
      version:
        description: 'Version to deploy'
        required: false
        type: string
        default: 'latest'
      enable-notifications:
        description: 'Whether to send notifications. Requires [`SLACK_WEBHOOK`](#secrets.SLACK_WEBHOOK) to be set.'
        required: false
        type: boolean
        default: false
      parallel-jobs:
        description: 'Number of parallel jobs'
        required: false
        type: number
        default: 1

    secrets:
      API_KEY: # group: environment
        description: 'API key for external service'
        required: true
      DATABASE_URL: # group: environment
        description: 'Database connection string'
        required: false
      SLACK_WEBHOOK:
        description: 'Slack webhook URL for notifications'
        required: false
    outputs:
      deployment-id: # group: deployment
        description: 'ID of the created deployment'
        value: ${{ jobs.deploy.outputs.deployment-id }}
      deployment-url: # group: deployment
        description: 'URL of the deployment'
        value: ${{ jobs.deploy.outputs.deployment-url }}
      success:
        description: 'Whether the deployment was successful'
        value: ${{ jobs.deploy.outputs.success }}

permissions:
  contents: read
  deployments: write
  pull-requests: write
  issues: read

env:
  DEPLOYMENT_ENVIRONMENT: ${{ inputs.environment }}
  ENABLE_DEBUG: false

jobs:
  validate:
    name: 'Validate Inputs'
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    steps:
      - name: Validate environment
        run: |
          echo "Validating environment: ${{ inputs.environment }}"
          if [[ ! "${{ inputs.environment }}" =~ ^(development|staging|production)$ ]]; then
            echo "Error: Invalid environment specified"
            exit 1
          fi

      - name: Validate version
        run: |
          echo "Validating version: ${{ inputs.version }}"

      - name: Check secrets
        run: |
          if [[ -z "${{ secrets.API_KEY }}" ]]; then
            echo "Error: API_KEY secret is required"
            exit 1
          fi
          echo "All required secrets are available"

  deploy:
    name: 'Deploy Application'
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    needs: validate
    outputs:
      deployment-id: ${{ steps.deploy.outputs.deployment-id }}
      deployment-url: ${{ steps.deploy.outputs.deployment-url }}
      success: ${{ steps.deploy.outputs.success }}
    steps:
      - name: Setup deployment
        run: |
          echo "Setting up deployment for ${{ inputs.environment }}"
          echo "Version: ${{ inputs.version }}"
          echo "Parallel jobs: ${{ inputs.parallel-jobs }}"
          echo "Notifications enabled: ${{ inputs.enable-notifications }}"

      - name: Parse configuration
        run: |
          echo "Configuration: ${{ inputs.configuration }}"

      - name: Execute deployment
        id: deploy
        run: |
          deployment_id="reusable-deploy-$(date +%s)"
          deployment_url="https://${{ inputs.environment }}.example.com"

          echo "deployment-id=${deployment_id}" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
          echo "deployment-url=${deployment_url}" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
          echo "success=true" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT

          echo "Deployment completed successfully"
          echo "ID: ${deployment_id}"
          echo "URL: ${deployment_url}"

  notify:
    name: 'Send Notifications'
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    needs: deploy
    if: ${{ inputs.enable-notifications }}
    steps:
      - name: Send Slack notification
        run: |
          echo "Sending Slack notification about deployment ${{ needs.deploy.outputs.deployment-id }}"

      - name: Create GitHub deployment
        run: |
          echo "Creating GitHub deployment status for ${{ needs.deploy.outputs.deployment-id }}"

Example workflow ¤

uses: owner/repository/.github/workflows/example_workflow.yml@v1
permissions:
  contents: read
  deployments: write
  pull-requests: write
  issues: read
with:
  environment: (1)

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    • development
    • staging
    • production

  2. API key for external service

This key is illegal but will still be parsed

Inputs: ¤

Name Description Default
environment

Environment to deploy to. Must be one of

  • development
  • staging
  • production
configuration

JSON configuration object

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version

Version to deploy

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enable-notifications

Whether to send notifications. Requires SLACK_WEBHOOK to be set.

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parallel-jobs

Number of parallel jobs

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Secrets: ¤

Name Description
API_KEY

API key for external service
DATABASE_URL

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SLACK_WEBHOOK

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          - `development`
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          - `production`
        required: true
        type: string
      configuration: # group: environment
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        required: false
        type: string
        default: '{}'
      version:
        description: 'Version to deploy'
        required: false
        type: string
        default: 'latest'
      enable-notifications:
        description: 'Whether to send notifications. Requires [`SLACK_WEBHOOK`](#secrets.SLACK_WEBHOOK) to be set.'
        required: false
        type: boolean
        default: false
      parallel-jobs:
        description: 'Number of parallel jobs'
        required: false
        type: number
        default: 1

    secrets:
      API_KEY: # group: environment
        description: 'API key for external service'
        required: true
      DATABASE_URL: # group: environment
        description: 'Database connection string'
        required: false
      SLACK_WEBHOOK:
        description: 'Slack webhook URL for notifications'
        required: false
    outputs:
      deployment-id: # group: deployment
        description: 'ID of the created deployment'
        value: ${{ jobs.deploy.outputs.deployment-id }}
      deployment-url: # group: deployment
        description: 'URL of the deployment'
        value: ${{ jobs.deploy.outputs.deployment-url }}
      success:
        description: 'Whether the deployment was successful'
        value: ${{ jobs.deploy.outputs.success }}

permissions:
  contents: read
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env:
  DEPLOYMENT_ENVIRONMENT: ${{ inputs.environment }}
  ENABLE_DEBUG: false

jobs:
  validate:
    name: 'Validate Inputs'
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    steps:
      - name: Validate environment
        run: |
          echo "Validating environment: ${{ inputs.environment }}"
          if [[ ! "${{ inputs.environment }}" =~ ^(development|staging|production)$ ]]; then
            echo "Error: Invalid environment specified"
            exit 1
          fi

      - name: Validate version
        run: |
          echo "Validating version: ${{ inputs.version }}"

      - name: Check secrets
        run: |
          if [[ -z "${{ secrets.API_KEY }}" ]]; then
            echo "Error: API_KEY secret is required"
            exit 1
          fi
          echo "All required secrets are available"

  deploy:
    name: 'Deploy Application'
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    needs: validate
    outputs:
      deployment-id: ${{ steps.deploy.outputs.deployment-id }}
      deployment-url: ${{ steps.deploy.outputs.deployment-url }}
      success: ${{ steps.deploy.outputs.success }}
    steps:
      - name: Setup deployment
        run: |
          echo "Setting up deployment for ${{ inputs.environment }}"
          echo "Version: ${{ inputs.version }}"
          echo "Parallel jobs: ${{ inputs.parallel-jobs }}"
          echo "Notifications enabled: ${{ inputs.enable-notifications }}"

      - name: Parse configuration
        run: |
          echo "Configuration: ${{ inputs.configuration }}"

      - name: Execute deployment
        id: deploy
        run: |
          deployment_id="reusable-deploy-$(date +%s)"
          deployment_url="https://${{ inputs.environment }}.example.com"

          echo "deployment-id=${deployment_id}" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
          echo "deployment-url=${deployment_url}" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
          echo "success=true" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT

          echo "Deployment completed successfully"
          echo "ID: ${deployment_id}"
          echo "URL: ${deployment_url}"

  notify:
    name: 'Send Notifications'
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    needs: deploy
    if: ${{ inputs.enable-notifications }}
    steps:
      - name: Send Slack notification
        run: |
          echo "Sending Slack notification about deployment ${{ needs.deploy.outputs.deployment-id }}"

      - name: Create GitHub deployment
        run: |
          echo "Creating GitHub deployment status for ${{ needs.deploy.outputs.deployment-id }}"

Example workflow ¤

uses: owner/repository/.github/workflows/[email protected]
permissions:
  contents: read
  deployments: write
  pull-requests: write
  issues: read
with:
  environment: (1)

  1. Environment to deploy to. Must be one of

    • development
    • staging
    • production

  2. API key for external service

This key is illegal but will still be parsed

Inputs: ¤

Name Description Default
environment

Environment to deploy to. Must be one of

  • development
  • staging
  • production
configuration

JSON configuration object

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version

Version to deploy

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enable-notifications

Whether to send notifications. Requires SLACK_WEBHOOK to be set.

 false
parallel-jobs

Number of parallel jobs

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Secrets: ¤

Name Description
API_KEY

API key for external service
DATABASE_URL

Database connection string
SLACK_WEBHOOK

Slack webhook URL for notifications
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    inputs:
      environment: # group: environment
        description: |
          Environment to deploy to. Must be one of 

          - `development`
          - `staging`
          - `production`
        required: true
        type: string
      configuration: # group: environment
        description: 'JSON configuration object'
        required: false
        type: string
        default: '{}'
      version:
        description: 'Version to deploy'
        required: false
        type: string
        default: 'latest'
      enable-notifications:
        description: 'Whether to send notifications. Requires [`SLACK_WEBHOOK`](#secrets.SLACK_WEBHOOK) to be set.'
        required: false
        type: boolean
        default: false
      parallel-jobs:
        description: 'Number of parallel jobs'
        required: false
        type: number
        default: 1

    secrets:
      API_KEY: # group: environment
        description: 'API key for external service'
        required: true
      DATABASE_URL: # group: environment
        description: 'Database connection string'
        required: false
      SLACK_WEBHOOK:
        description: 'Slack webhook URL for notifications'
        required: false
    outputs:
      deployment-id: # group: deployment
        description: 'ID of the created deployment'
        value: ${{ jobs.deploy.outputs.deployment-id }}
      deployment-url: # group: deployment
        description: 'URL of the deployment'
        value: ${{ jobs.deploy.outputs.deployment-url }}
      success:
        description: 'Whether the deployment was successful'
        value: ${{ jobs.deploy.outputs.success }}

permissions:
  contents: read
  deployments: write
  pull-requests: write
  issues: read

env:
  DEPLOYMENT_ENVIRONMENT: ${{ inputs.environment }}
  ENABLE_DEBUG: false

jobs:
  validate:
    name: 'Validate Inputs'
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    steps:
      - name: Validate environment
        run: |
          echo "Validating environment: ${{ inputs.environment }}"
          if [[ ! "${{ inputs.environment }}" =~ ^(development|staging|production)$ ]]; then
            echo "Error: Invalid environment specified"
            exit 1
          fi

      - name: Validate version
        run: |
          echo "Validating version: ${{ inputs.version }}"

      - name: Check secrets
        run: |
          if [[ -z "${{ secrets.API_KEY }}" ]]; then
            echo "Error: API_KEY secret is required"
            exit 1
          fi
          echo "All required secrets are available"

  deploy:
    name: 'Deploy Application'
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    needs: validate
    outputs:
      deployment-id: ${{ steps.deploy.outputs.deployment-id }}
      deployment-url: ${{ steps.deploy.outputs.deployment-url }}
      success: ${{ steps.deploy.outputs.success }}
    steps:
      - name: Setup deployment
        run: |
          echo "Setting up deployment for ${{ inputs.environment }}"
          echo "Version: ${{ inputs.version }}"
          echo "Parallel jobs: ${{ inputs.parallel-jobs }}"
          echo "Notifications enabled: ${{ inputs.enable-notifications }}"

      - name: Parse configuration
        run: |
          echo "Configuration: ${{ inputs.configuration }}"

      - name: Execute deployment
        id: deploy
        run: |
          deployment_id="reusable-deploy-$(date +%s)"
          deployment_url="https://${{ inputs.environment }}.example.com"

          echo "deployment-id=${deployment_id}" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
          echo "deployment-url=${deployment_url}" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
          echo "success=true" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT

          echo "Deployment completed successfully"
          echo "ID: ${deployment_id}"
          echo "URL: ${deployment_url}"

  notify:
    name: 'Send Notifications'
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    needs: deploy
    if: ${{ inputs.enable-notifications }}
    steps:
      - name: Send Slack notification
        run: |
          echo "Sending Slack notification about deployment ${{ needs.deploy.outputs.deployment-id }}"

      - name: Create GitHub deployment
        run: |
          echo "Creating GitHub deployment status for ${{ needs.deploy.outputs.deployment-id }}"

Example workflow ¤

uses: owner/repository/.github/workflows/example_workflow.yml@a_custom_version
permissions:
  contents: read
  deployments: write
  pull-requests: write
  issues: read
with:
  environment: (1)

  1. Environment to deploy to. Must be one of

    • development
    • staging
    • production

  2. API key for external service

This key is illegal but will still be parsed

Inputs: ¤

Name Description Default
environment

Environment to deploy to. Must be one of

  • development
  • staging
  • production
configuration

JSON configuration object

 {}
version

Version to deploy

 latest
enable-notifications

Whether to send notifications. Requires SLACK_WEBHOOK to be set.

 false
parallel-jobs

Number of parallel jobs

 1

Secrets: ¤

Name Description
API_KEY

API key for external service
DATABASE_URL

Database connection string
SLACK_WEBHOOK

Slack webhook URL for notifications
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description: "This key is illegal but will still be parsed"

on:
  workflow_call:
    inputs:
      environment: # group: environment
        description: |
          Environment to deploy to. Must be one of 

          - `development`
          - `staging`
          - `production`
        required: true
        type: string
      configuration: # group: environment
        description: 'JSON configuration object'
        required: false
        type: string
        default: '{}'
      version:
        description: 'Version to deploy'
        required: false
        type: string
        default: 'latest'
      enable-notifications:
        description: 'Whether to send notifications. Requires [`SLACK_WEBHOOK`](#secrets.SLACK_WEBHOOK) to be set.'
        required: false
        type: boolean
        default: false
      parallel-jobs:
        description: 'Number of parallel jobs'
        required: false
        type: number
        default: 1

    secrets:
      API_KEY: # group: environment
        description: 'API key for external service'
        required: true
      DATABASE_URL: # group: environment
        description: 'Database connection string'
        required: false
      SLACK_WEBHOOK:
        description: 'Slack webhook URL for notifications'
        required: false
    outputs:
      deployment-id: # group: deployment
        description: 'ID of the created deployment'
        value: ${{ jobs.deploy.outputs.deployment-id }}
      deployment-url: # group: deployment
        description: 'URL of the deployment'
        value: ${{ jobs.deploy.outputs.deployment-url }}
      success:
        description: 'Whether the deployment was successful'
        value: ${{ jobs.deploy.outputs.success }}

permissions:
  contents: read
  deployments: write
  pull-requests: write
  issues: read

env:
  DEPLOYMENT_ENVIRONMENT: ${{ inputs.environment }}
  ENABLE_DEBUG: false

jobs:
  validate:
    name: 'Validate Inputs'
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    steps:
      - name: Validate environment
        run: |
          echo "Validating environment: ${{ inputs.environment }}"
          if [[ ! "${{ inputs.environment }}" =~ ^(development|staging|production)$ ]]; then
            echo "Error: Invalid environment specified"
            exit 1
          fi

      - name: Validate version
        run: |
          echo "Validating version: ${{ inputs.version }}"

      - name: Check secrets
        run: |
          if [[ -z "${{ secrets.API_KEY }}" ]]; then
            echo "Error: API_KEY secret is required"
            exit 1
          fi
          echo "All required secrets are available"

  deploy:
    name: 'Deploy Application'
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    needs: validate
    outputs:
      deployment-id: ${{ steps.deploy.outputs.deployment-id }}
      deployment-url: ${{ steps.deploy.outputs.deployment-url }}
      success: ${{ steps.deploy.outputs.success }}
    steps:
      - name: Setup deployment
        run: |
          echo "Setting up deployment for ${{ inputs.environment }}"
          echo "Version: ${{ inputs.version }}"
          echo "Parallel jobs: ${{ inputs.parallel-jobs }}"
          echo "Notifications enabled: ${{ inputs.enable-notifications }}"

      - name: Parse configuration
        run: |
          echo "Configuration: ${{ inputs.configuration }}"

      - name: Execute deployment
        id: deploy
        run: |
          deployment_id="reusable-deploy-$(date +%s)"
          deployment_url="https://${{ inputs.environment }}.example.com"

          echo "deployment-id=${deployment_id}" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
          echo "deployment-url=${deployment_url}" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
          echo "success=true" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT

          echo "Deployment completed successfully"
          echo "ID: ${deployment_id}"
          echo "URL: ${deployment_url}"

  notify:
    name: 'Send Notifications'
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    needs: deploy
    if: ${{ inputs.enable-notifications }}
    steps:
      - name: Send Slack notification
        run: |
          echo "Sending Slack notification about deployment ${{ needs.deploy.outputs.deployment-id }}"

      - name: Create GitHub deployment
        run: |
          echo "Creating GitHub deployment status for ${{ needs.deploy.outputs.deployment-id }}"

signature_version_string ¤

The version string to use if signature_version is set to string.

Preview

Example workflow ¤

uses: owner/repository/.github/workflows/example_workflow.yml@latest
permissions:
  contents: read
  deployments: write
  pull-requests: write
  issues: read
with:
  environment: (1)

  1. Environment to deploy to. Must be one of

    • development
    • staging
    • production

  2. API key for external service

This key is illegal but will still be parsed

Inputs: ¤

Name Description Default
environment

Environment to deploy to. Must be one of

  • development
  • staging
  • production
configuration

JSON configuration object

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version

Version to deploy

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enable-notifications

Whether to send notifications. Requires SLACK_WEBHOOK to be set.

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parallel-jobs

Number of parallel jobs

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Secrets: ¤

Name Description
API_KEY

API key for external service
DATABASE_URL

Database connection string
SLACK_WEBHOOK

Slack webhook URL for notifications
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description: "This key is illegal but will still be parsed"

on:
  workflow_call:
    inputs:
      environment: # group: environment
        description: |
          Environment to deploy to. Must be one of 

          - `development`
          - `staging`
          - `production`
        required: true
        type: string
      configuration: # group: environment
        description: 'JSON configuration object'
        required: false
        type: string
        default: '{}'
      version:
        description: 'Version to deploy'
        required: false
        type: string
        default: 'latest'
      enable-notifications:
        description: 'Whether to send notifications. Requires [`SLACK_WEBHOOK`](#secrets.SLACK_WEBHOOK) to be set.'
        required: false
        type: boolean
        default: false
      parallel-jobs:
        description: 'Number of parallel jobs'
        required: false
        type: number
        default: 1

    secrets:
      API_KEY: # group: environment
        description: 'API key for external service'
        required: true
      DATABASE_URL: # group: environment
        description: 'Database connection string'
        required: false
      SLACK_WEBHOOK:
        description: 'Slack webhook URL for notifications'
        required: false
    outputs:
      deployment-id: # group: deployment
        description: 'ID of the created deployment'
        value: ${{ jobs.deploy.outputs.deployment-id }}
      deployment-url: # group: deployment
        description: 'URL of the deployment'
        value: ${{ jobs.deploy.outputs.deployment-url }}
      success:
        description: 'Whether the deployment was successful'
        value: ${{ jobs.deploy.outputs.success }}

permissions:
  contents: read
  deployments: write
  pull-requests: write
  issues: read

env:
  DEPLOYMENT_ENVIRONMENT: ${{ inputs.environment }}
  ENABLE_DEBUG: false

jobs:
  validate:
    name: 'Validate Inputs'
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    steps:
      - name: Validate environment
        run: |
          echo "Validating environment: ${{ inputs.environment }}"
          if [[ ! "${{ inputs.environment }}" =~ ^(development|staging|production)$ ]]; then
            echo "Error: Invalid environment specified"
            exit 1
          fi

      - name: Validate version
        run: |
          echo "Validating version: ${{ inputs.version }}"

      - name: Check secrets
        run: |
          if [[ -z "${{ secrets.API_KEY }}" ]]; then
            echo "Error: API_KEY secret is required"
            exit 1
          fi
          echo "All required secrets are available"

  deploy:
    name: 'Deploy Application'
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    needs: validate
    outputs:
      deployment-id: ${{ steps.deploy.outputs.deployment-id }}
      deployment-url: ${{ steps.deploy.outputs.deployment-url }}
      success: ${{ steps.deploy.outputs.success }}
    steps:
      - name: Setup deployment
        run: |
          echo "Setting up deployment for ${{ inputs.environment }}"
          echo "Version: ${{ inputs.version }}"
          echo "Parallel jobs: ${{ inputs.parallel-jobs }}"
          echo "Notifications enabled: ${{ inputs.enable-notifications }}"

      - name: Parse configuration
        run: |
          echo "Configuration: ${{ inputs.configuration }}"

      - name: Execute deployment
        id: deploy
        run: |
          deployment_id="reusable-deploy-$(date +%s)"
          deployment_url="https://${{ inputs.environment }}.example.com"

          echo "deployment-id=${deployment_id}" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
          echo "deployment-url=${deployment_url}" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
          echo "success=true" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT

          echo "Deployment completed successfully"
          echo "ID: ${deployment_id}"
          echo "URL: ${deployment_url}"

  notify:
    name: 'Send Notifications'
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    needs: deploy
    if: ${{ inputs.enable-notifications }}
    steps:
      - name: Send Slack notification
        run: |
          echo "Sending Slack notification about deployment ${{ needs.deploy.outputs.deployment-id }}"

      - name: Create GitHub deployment
        run: |
          echo "Creating GitHub deployment status for ${{ needs.deploy.outputs.deployment-id }}"

Example workflow ¤

uses: owner/repository/.github/workflows/example_workflow.yml@foobar
permissions:
  contents: read
  deployments: write
  pull-requests: write
  issues: read
with:
  environment: (1)

  1. Environment to deploy to. Must be one of

    • development
    • staging
    • production

  2. API key for external service

This key is illegal but will still be parsed

Inputs: ¤

Name Description Default
environment

Environment to deploy to. Must be one of

  • development
  • staging
  • production
configuration

JSON configuration object

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version

Version to deploy

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enable-notifications

Whether to send notifications. Requires SLACK_WEBHOOK to be set.

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parallel-jobs

Number of parallel jobs

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Secrets: ¤

Name Description
API_KEY

API key for external service
DATABASE_URL

Database connection string
SLACK_WEBHOOK

Slack webhook URL for notifications
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          Environment to deploy to. Must be one of 

          - `development`
          - `staging`
          - `production`
        required: true
        type: string
      configuration: # group: environment
        description: 'JSON configuration object'
        required: false
        type: string
        default: '{}'
      version:
        description: 'Version to deploy'
        required: false
        type: string
        default: 'latest'
      enable-notifications:
        description: 'Whether to send notifications. Requires [`SLACK_WEBHOOK`](#secrets.SLACK_WEBHOOK) to be set.'
        required: false
        type: boolean
        default: false
      parallel-jobs:
        description: 'Number of parallel jobs'
        required: false
        type: number
        default: 1

    secrets:
      API_KEY: # group: environment
        description: 'API key for external service'
        required: true
      DATABASE_URL: # group: environment
        description: 'Database connection string'
        required: false
      SLACK_WEBHOOK:
        description: 'Slack webhook URL for notifications'
        required: false
    outputs:
      deployment-id: # group: deployment
        description: 'ID of the created deployment'
        value: ${{ jobs.deploy.outputs.deployment-id }}
      deployment-url: # group: deployment
        description: 'URL of the deployment'
        value: ${{ jobs.deploy.outputs.deployment-url }}
      success:
        description: 'Whether the deployment was successful'
        value: ${{ jobs.deploy.outputs.success }}

permissions:
  contents: read
  deployments: write
  pull-requests: write
  issues: read

env:
  DEPLOYMENT_ENVIRONMENT: ${{ inputs.environment }}
  ENABLE_DEBUG: false

jobs:
  validate:
    name: 'Validate Inputs'
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    steps:
      - name: Validate environment
        run: |
          echo "Validating environment: ${{ inputs.environment }}"
          if [[ ! "${{ inputs.environment }}" =~ ^(development|staging|production)$ ]]; then
            echo "Error: Invalid environment specified"
            exit 1
          fi

      - name: Validate version
        run: |
          echo "Validating version: ${{ inputs.version }}"

      - name: Check secrets
        run: |
          if [[ -z "${{ secrets.API_KEY }}" ]]; then
            echo "Error: API_KEY secret is required"
            exit 1
          fi
          echo "All required secrets are available"

  deploy:
    name: 'Deploy Application'
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    needs: validate
    outputs:
      deployment-id: ${{ steps.deploy.outputs.deployment-id }}
      deployment-url: ${{ steps.deploy.outputs.deployment-url }}
      success: ${{ steps.deploy.outputs.success }}
    steps:
      - name: Setup deployment
        run: |
          echo "Setting up deployment for ${{ inputs.environment }}"
          echo "Version: ${{ inputs.version }}"
          echo "Parallel jobs: ${{ inputs.parallel-jobs }}"
          echo "Notifications enabled: ${{ inputs.enable-notifications }}"

      - name: Parse configuration
        run: |
          echo "Configuration: ${{ inputs.configuration }}"

      - name: Execute deployment
        id: deploy
        run: |
          deployment_id="reusable-deploy-$(date +%s)"
          deployment_url="https://${{ inputs.environment }}.example.com"

          echo "deployment-id=${deployment_id}" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
          echo "deployment-url=${deployment_url}" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
          echo "success=true" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT

          echo "Deployment completed successfully"
          echo "ID: ${deployment_id}"
          echo "URL: ${deployment_url}"

  notify:
    name: 'Send Notifications'
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    needs: deploy
    if: ${{ inputs.enable-notifications }}
    steps:
      - name: Send Slack notification
        run: |
          echo "Sending Slack notification about deployment ${{ needs.deploy.outputs.deployment-id }}"

      - name: Create GitHub deployment
        run: |
          echo "Creating GitHub deployment status for ${{ needs.deploy.outputs.deployment-id }}"