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This is the first time I've heard of this, do you happen to have an example?

by crote 11mo ago

anentropic 11mo ago
https://github.com/orgs/actions/repositories?language=&q=&sort=&type=archived https://github.com/orgs/actions/repositories?language=&q=&so... https://github.com/actions/create-release https://github.com/actions/create-release
- ptx 11mo ago
  The funny thing about the last one is that those actions ultimately boil down to invoking their CLI tool (which is pre-installed on the runners) with "gh release create ...", so you can just do that yourself and ignore the third-party actions and the issues that come with them. Invoking an action isn't really any easier than invoking the CLI tool.
  - WorldMaker 11mo ago
    Yeah, what really needs to happen with that repo is to put that in the README to use the gh CLI instead of pointing to the third-party action with questionable security policies. If they were accepting PRs for that repo, it would be an easy PR to make.
coryrc 11mo ago
https://github.com/search?q=org%3Aactions+%22we+are+allocating+resources+towards+other+areas+of+Actions+and+are+not+taking+contributions+to+this+repository+at+this+time.%22&type=code https://github.com/search?q=org%3Aactions+%22we+are+allocati... i.e. from https://github.com/actions/cache/?tab=readme-ov-file#note https://github.com/actions/cache/?tab=readme-ov-file#note Thank you for your interest in this GitHub repo, however, right now we are not taking contributions. We continue to focus our resources on strategic areas that help our customers be successful while making developers' lives easier. While GitHub Actions remains a key part of this vision, we are allocating resources towards other areas of Actions and are not taking contributions to this repository at this time. The GitHub public roadmap is the best place to follow along for any updates on features we’re working on and what stage they’re in.
- crote 11mo ago
  That's insane, so they are basically dropping support on a core feature of GH Actions?
  - saagarjha 11mo ago
    This is on the checkout action too, by the way. You know, the very first thing people put in their CI pipeline.
    - conartist6 11mo ago
      Wow, Microsoft just can't stop taking a dump on their users
      - weikju 11mo ago
        they probably have a half-assed plan to push some sort of checkout action copilot button instead of dependable scripts/actions.
        captn3m0 11mo ago
        https://githubnext.com/projects/agentic-workflows/ https://githubnext.com/projects/agentic-workflows/ > Instead of writing bespoke scripts that operate over GitHub using the GitHub API, you describe the desired behavior in plain language. This is converted into an executable GitHub Actions workflow that runs on GitHub using an agentic "engine" such as Claude Code or Open AI Codex. It's a GitHub Action, but the "source code" is natural language in a markdown file.
        kokada 11mo ago
        This looks like backwards. I would understand using a LLM to generate a GitHub Actions YAML, but always running your action from a Markdown file seems extremely wasteful in terms of resources. Edit: ok, looking at example it makes more sense. The idea is to run specific actions that are probably not well automated, like generating and keeping documentation up-to-date. I hope people don't use it to automate things like CI runs though.

This is the first time I've heard of this, do you happen to have an example?

by crote 11mo ago

This is the first time I've heard of this, do you happen to have an example?

https://github.com/orgs/actions/repositories?language=&q=&sort=&type=archived https://github.com/orgs/actions/repositories?language=&q=&so... https://github.com/actions/create-release https://github.com/actions/create-release

ptx 11mo ago
The funny thing about the last one is that those actions ultimately boil down to invoking their CLI tool (which is pre-installed on the runners) with "gh release create ...", so you can just do that yourself and ignore the third-party actions and the issues that come with them. Invoking an action isn't really any easier than invoking the CLI tool.
- WorldMaker 11mo ago
  Yeah, what really needs to happen with that repo is to put that in the README to use the gh CLI instead of pointing to the third-party action with questionable security policies. If they were accepting PRs for that repo, it would be an easy PR to make.

coryrc 11mo ago

https://github.com/search?q=org%3Aactions+%22we+are+allocating+resources+towards+other+areas+of+Actions+and+are+not+taking+contributions+to+this+repository+at+this+time.%22&type=code https://github.com/search?q=org%3Aactions+%22we+are+allocati... i.e. from https://github.com/actions/cache/?tab=readme-ov-file#note https://github.com/actions/cache/?tab=readme-ov-file#note Thank you for your interest in this GitHub repo, however, right now we are not taking contributions. We continue to focus our resources on strategic areas that help our customers be successful while making developers' lives easier. While GitHub Actions remains a key part of this vision, we are allocating resources towards other areas of Actions and are not taking contributions to this repository at this time. The GitHub public roadmap is the best place to follow along for any updates on features we’re working on and what stage they’re in.

crote 11mo ago
That's insane, so they are basically dropping support on a core feature of GH Actions?
- saagarjha 11mo ago
  This is on the checkout action too, by the way. You know, the very first thing people put in their CI pipeline.
  - conartist6 11mo ago
    Wow, Microsoft just can't stop taking a dump on their users
    - weikju 11mo ago
      they probably have a half-assed plan to push some sort of checkout action copilot button instead of dependable scripts/actions.
      - captn3m0 11mo ago
        https://githubnext.com/projects/agentic-workflows/ https://githubnext.com/projects/agentic-workflows/ > Instead of writing bespoke scripts that operate over GitHub using the GitHub API, you describe the desired behavior in plain language. This is converted into an executable GitHub Actions workflow that runs on GitHub using an agentic "engine" such as Claude Code or Open AI Codex. It's a GitHub Action, but the "source code" is natural language in a markdown file.
        kokada 11mo ago
        This looks like backwards. I would understand using a LLM to generate a GitHub Actions YAML, but always running your action from a Markdown file seems extremely wasteful in terms of resources. Edit: ok, looking at example it makes more sense. The idea is to run specific actions that are probably not well automated, like generating and keeping documentation up-to-date. I hope people don't use it to automate things like CI runs though.