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upgrade-actions

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Modernize GitHub Actions workflows

Software Engineering#code quality#devops#ci/cd#workflow automation#python#github actions
Authorsimonw
Version1.0.0
Installs0

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What problem does it solve?

This Skill streamlines the process of updating GitHub Actions workflows to ensure they are using the latest best practices, secure actions, and current language versions.

Core Features & Use Cases

  • Action Version Updates: Ensures workflows utilize the latest versions of common actions like actions/checkout and actions/setup-python.
  • Python Version Management: Updates test matrices to include current Python versions (e.g., 3.10-3.14).
  • Build Configuration Updates: Adjusts cache keys and dependency installation commands based on project configuration (setup.py vs. pyproject.toml, dependency-groups.dev).
  • Use Case: Automatically update a project's CI/CD pipelines to use the newest stable versions of GitHub Actions and support the latest Python releases, improving security and performance.

Quick Start

Run the upgrade-actions skill to update the GitHub Actions workflows in the .github/workflows directory.

Dependency Matrix

Required Modules

None required

Components

Standard package

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Name: upgrade-actions
Download link: https://github.com/simonw/skills/archive/main.zip#upgrade-actions

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