GitHub CLI (github-cli@v1)

Run GitHub repository, issue, pull request, release, or API automation through gh.

• Repository: dagucloud/github-cli
• Runtime owned by the action: cli/cli@v2.92.0 and nodejs/node@v22.21.1 through action tools

Contributions are welcome. The repository is public, so improvements, bug reports, and pull requests can go to dagucloud/github-cli.

Example

steps:
  - id: repo
    action: github-cli@v1
    with:
      repo: dagucloud/dagu
      args: ["repo", "view", "--json", "name,description,url"]

  - id: print
    run: printf '%s\n' '${repo.outputs.stdout}'
    depends: repo

args is passed to gh as an argument array, without shell parsing. Do not include the gh executable name.

For non-public data or write operations, pass a token through env. GitHub CLI reads GH_TOKEN or GITHUB_TOKEN for GitHub.com, and GH_ENTERPRISE_TOKEN or GITHUB_ENTERPRISE_TOKEN for GitHub Enterprise Server:

secrets:
  - name: GH_TOKEN
    provider: env
    key: GH_TOKEN

steps:
  - id: latest_release
    action: github-cli@v1
    with:
      repo: dagucloud/dagu
      args:
        - api
        - repos/{owner}/{repo}/releases/latest
        - --jq
        - .tag_name
      env:
        GH_TOKEN: ${GH_TOKEN}

Inputs

Field	Description
args	Required array of GitHub CLI arguments passed to gh without shell parsing.
stdin	Optional text written to gh stdin.
env	Extra environment variables for gh, such as GH_TOKEN, GITHUB_TOKEN, or GH_ENTERPRISE_TOKEN.
repo	Optional GH_REPO value in [HOST/]OWNER/REPO format.
host	Optional GH_HOST value for GitHub Enterprise or explicit host selection.
workdir	Optional working directory for gh.
timeoutSeconds	Maximum runtime for the command. Defaults to 300, max 1800.

Outputs

Field	Description
ok	true when gh exits with status 0.
exitCode	gh exit code. Timeouts use 124; wrapper validation errors use -1.
stdout / stderr	Text written by gh to stdout and stderr.
durationMs	Runtime duration in milliseconds.
ghVersion	First line of gh --version.
timedOut	true when the wrapper terminated gh after timeoutSeconds.
error	Wrapper error object when validation or process startup fails.

Related

• Official Dagu Actions
• Action Package Execution