Note
GitHub is currently working on officially supporting this extension. Read more about our plans in our public roadmap issue. We will be dedicating resources to cleaning up the extension, squashing bugs, and more so your experience with Actions in VS Code is better than ever!
Simple extension to interact with GitHub Actions from within VS Code.
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Install the extension from the Marketplace
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Open a repository with a
github.com
origin
git remote -
When prompted, allow
GitHub Actions
access to your GitHub account:
The extension provides a convenient way to monitor workflows and workflow runs from VS Code as well as language-server features for editing workflow YAML files.
No additional YAML extension needed, this extension includes a built-in language server with support for the workflow schema:
Auto-completion and validation for every action you reference in uses
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Auto-completion and validation of labels for hosted and self-hosted runners:
Auto-completion, validation, and evaluation of expressions:
Auto-complete and validate all webhook event payloads:
See runs for workflows in the repository, drill into jobs and steps, and inspect logs:
- Trigger
repository_dispatch
orworkflow_dispatch
workflow runs - View registered self-hosted runners and environments for the current repository
- View, edit, and add secrets
- Pin workflow to the VS Code status bar