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Learn GitHub Actions

Whether you are new to GitHub Actions or interested in learning all they have to offer, this guide will help you use GitHub Actions to accelerate your application development workflows.

Understanding GitHub Actions

Learn the basics of GitHub Actions, including core concepts and essential terminology.

Finding and customizing actions

Actions are the building blocks that power your workflow. A workflow can contain actions created by the community, or you can create your own actions directly within your application's repository. This guide will show you how to discover, use, and customize actions.

Essential features of GitHub Actions

GitHub Actions are designed to help you build robust and dynamic automations. This guide will show you how to craft GitHub Actions workflows that include environment variables, customized scripts, and more.

Expressions

You can evaluate expressions in workflows and actions.

Contexts

You can access context information in workflows and actions.

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.

Using starter workflows

GitHub Enterprise Server provides starter workflows for a variety of languages and tooling.

Usage limits, billing, and administration

There are usage limits for GitHub Actions workflows. Usage charges apply to repositories that go beyond the amount of free minutes and storage for a repository.