Choosing what your workflow does

Workflows automate tasks in your software development lifecycle. Many tasks that you manually complete can be converted to a GitHub Actions workflow.

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• Using jobs in a workflow

  Use workflows to run multiple jobs.

• Using pre-written building blocks in your workflow

  You can use and customize pre-written actions to power your workflow.

• Using GitHub CLI in workflows

  You can script with GitHub CLI in GitHub Actions workflows.

• Adding scripts to your workflow

  You can use GitHub Actions workflows to run scripts.

• Using secrets in GitHub Actions

  Learn how to create secrets at the repository, environment, and organization levels for GitHub Actions workflows.

• Store information in variables

  GitHub sets default variables for each GitHub Actions workflow run. You can also set custom variables for use in a single workflow or multiple workflows.

• Passing information between jobs

  You can define outputs to pass information from one job to another.

• Setting a default shell and working directory

  Define the default settings that will apply to all jobs in the workflow, or all steps in a job.

• Deploying to a specific environment

  Specify a deployment environment in your workflow.

• Running variations of jobs in a workflow

  Create a matrix to define variations for each job.