github-workflow-automation

name	github-workflow-automation
version	1.1.0
category	github
description	Automate GitHub Actions workflows and CI/CD pipelines with claude-flow swarm coordination. Use when creating, optimizing, or debugging GitHub Actions workflow YAML, CI/CD pipelines, or GitHub repository automation — not for PR code review, releases, issues, or multi-repo sync (see the github-* sibling skills).
tags	["github","github-actions","ci-cd","workflow-automation","swarm-coordination","deployment","security"]
authors	["claude-flow"]
requires	["gh (GitHub CLI)","git","claude-flow@alpha","node (v16+)"]
priority	high
progressive_disclosure	true

GitHub Workflow Automation

Comprehensive GitHub Actions automation with claude-flow swarm coordination — CI/CD pipeline generation, workflow orchestration, and repository automation built as self-organising, adaptive GitHub workflows.

When to use

Reach for this skill when the task is about GitHub Actions workflow files or CI/CD pipelines: generating a new .github/workflows/*.yml, optimizing an existing pipeline (parallelization, caching, cost), analysing failed runs, building swarm-driven CI/security/deploy stages, or wiring claude-flow swarm coordination into a repo's automation.

When not to use

• PR-level code review with specialised agents → github-code-review
• Release versioning, changelogs, deployment orchestration → github-release-management
• Cross-repository package synchronisation → github-multi-repo
• Issue tracking and sprint planning → github-project-management
• Non-GitHub workflow automation or cloud swarm orchestration → flow-nexus-swarm

Quick start

# Generate an optimal pipeline from the codebase
npx ruv-swarm actions generate-workflow \
  --analyze-codebase \
  --detect-languages \
  --create-optimal-pipeline

# Optimize an existing workflow
npx ruv-swarm actions optimize \
  --workflow ".github/workflows/ci.yml" \
  --suggest-parallelization

# Analyze a failed run and get fixes
gh run view <run-id> --json jobs,conclusion | \
  npx ruv-swarm actions analyze-failure --suggest-fixes

Prerequisites

gh installed and authenticated · git configured · Node.js v16+ · claude-flow@alpha available · repo has .github/workflows and Actions enabled. Full checklist and a setup script: references/best-practices.md.

Reference detail (progressive disclosure)

The heavy catalogs live in references/ — load the one you need:

• references/github-modes.md — the eight swarm-powered GitHub modes (gh-coordinator, pr-manager, issue-tracker, release-manager, repo-architect, code-reviewer, ci-orchestrator, security-guardian) with usage examples.
• — eight production-ready Actions templates (intelligent CI, polyglot detection, adaptive security scan, self-healing pipeline, progressive deploy, perf-guard, PR validation, intelligent release) plus monitoring/analytics commands.