Agentic Workflows are AI-powered repository automations that run coding agents in GitHub Actions. Defined in markdown with natural language instructions, they enable event-triggered and scheduled automation with built-in guardrails and security-first design.

How to Use Agentic Workflows

What's Included:

Each workflow is a single .md file with YAML frontmatter and natural language instructions
Workflows are compiled to .lock.yml GitHub Actions files via gh aw compile
Workflows follow the GitHub Agentic Workflows specification

To Install:

Install the gh aw CLI extension: gh extension install github/gh-aw
Copy the workflow .md file to your repository's .github/workflows/ directory
Compile with gh aw compile to generate the .lock.yml file
Commit both the .md and .lock.yml files

To Activate/Use:

Workflows run automatically based on their configured triggers (schedules, events, slash commands)
Use gh aw run <workflow> to trigger a manual run
Monitor runs with gh aw status and gh aw logs

When to Use:

Automate issue triage and labeling
Generate daily status reports
Maintain documentation automatically
Run scheduled code quality checks
Respond to slash commands in issues and PRs
Orchestrate multi-step repository automation

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