GitHub Actions Trigger Health Audit

Audit GitHub Actions run health by trigger event and workflow so flaky or noisy automation sources are easy to prioritize.

Use this skill to find which GitHub Actions trigger events are driving the highest failure rates.

What this skill does

• Reads one or more GitHub Actions run JSON exports
• Groups runs by repository + event + workflow
• Calculates failure/cancel/timeout rates and average runtime
• Flags warning/critical hotspots based on configurable failure-rate thresholds
• Supports regex include/exclude filters for repo, workflow, and event
• Emits text or JSON output for dashboards and automation gates

Inputs

Optional:

• RUN_GLOB (default: artifacts/github-actions/*.json)
• TOP_N (default: 20)
• OUTPUT_FORMAT (text or json, default: text)
• MIN_RUNS (default: 2) — skip low-sample groups
• FAIL_WARN_PERCENT (default: 20)
• FAIL_CRITICAL_PERCENT (default: 40)
• FAIL_ON_CRITICAL (0 or 1, default: 0)
• WORKFLOW_MATCH (regex, optional)
• WORKFLOW_EXCLUDE (regex, optional)
• EVENT_MATCH (regex, optional)
• EVENT_EXCLUDE (regex, optional)
• REPO_MATCH (regex, optional)
• REPO_EXCLUDE (regex, optional)

Collect run JSON

bash

gh run view <run-id> --json databaseId,workflowName,event,conclusion,headBranch,headSha,createdAt,updatedAt,startedAt,url,repository \
  > artifacts/github-actions/run-<run-id>.json

Run

Text report:

bash

RUN_GLOB='artifacts/github-actions/*.json' \
MIN_RUNS=3 \
FAIL_WARN_PERCENT=25 \
FAIL_CRITICAL_PERCENT=50 \
bash skills/github-actions-trigger-health-audit/scripts/trigger-health-audit.sh

JSON output with fail gate:

bash

RUN_GLOB='artifacts/github-actions/*.json' \
OUTPUT_FORMAT=json \
FAIL_ON_CRITICAL=1 \
bash skills/github-actions-trigger-health-audit/scripts/trigger-health-audit.sh

Run with bundled fixtures:

bash

RUN_GLOB='skills/github-actions-trigger-health-audit/fixtures/*.json' \
bash skills/github-actions-trigger-health-audit/scripts/trigger-health-audit.sh

Output contract

• Exit 0 in report mode (default)
• Exit 1 when FAIL_ON_CRITICAL=1 and any group meets critical threshold
• Text mode prints summary + ranked trigger health hotspots
• JSON mode prints summary + grouped metrics + critical group details