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Github Actions Failure Spike Audit by dvcrn

Name: Github Actions Failure Spike Audit
Rating: 4.2 (5 reviews)
Author: dvcrn

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GitHub Actions Failure Spike Audit

Use this skill to catch workflows that recently degraded (new flaky tests, broken deploy gates, bad dependency updates, or infra outages) before they become long-running incidents.

What this skill does

Reads GitHub Actions run JSON exports
Groups by repository + workflow + branch + event
Splits each group into recent runs and baseline history
Compares recent failure rate to baseline failure rate
Scores severity (ok, warn, critical) using spike + recent failure rate gates
Emits text or JSON output for CI automation

Inputs

Optional:

RUN_GLOB (default: artifacts/github-actions/*.json)
TOP_N (default: 20)
OUTPUT_FORMAT (text or json, default: text)
RECENT_RUNS (default: 4)
MIN_RECENT_RUNS (default: 3)
MIN_BASELINE_RUNS (default: 4)
WARN_SPIKE_PCT (default: 15)
CRITICAL_SPIKE_PCT (default: 30)
WARN_RECENT_FAILURE_RATE (default: 25)
CRITICAL_RECENT_FAILURE_RATE (default: 45)
WORKFLOW_MATCH (regex, optional)
WORKFLOW_EXCLUDE (regex, optional)
BRANCH_MATCH (regex, optional)
BRANCH_EXCLUDE (regex, optional)
EVENT_MATCH (regex, optional)
EVENT_EXCLUDE (regex, optional)
REPO_MATCH (regex, optional)
REPO_EXCLUDE (regex, optional)
FAIL_ON_CRITICAL (0 or 1, default: 0)

Collect run JSON

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:

RUN_GLOB='artifacts/github-actions/*.json' \
RECENT_RUNS=8 \
WARN_SPIKE_PCT=12 \
bash skills/github-actions-failure-spike-audit/scripts/failure-spike-audit.sh

JSON output + fail gate:

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

Run against bundled fixtures:

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

Output contract

Exit 0 in report mode (default)
Exit 1 when FAIL_ON_CRITICAL=1 and one or more groups are critical
Text mode prints summary + ranked failure-rate spike groups
JSON mode prints summary + ranked groups + critical groups

---name: github-actions-failure-spike-auditdescription: Detect sudden GitHub Actions failure-rate spikes by workflow group using recent-vs-baseline run windows.---# GitHub Actions Failure Spike AuditUse this skill to catch workflows that recently degraded (new flaky tests, broken deploy gates, bad dependency updates, or infra outages) before they become long-running incidents.## What this skill does- Reads GitHub Actions run JSON exports- Groups by repository + workflow + branch + event- Splits each group into **recent** runs and **baseline** history- Compares recent failure rate to baseline failure rate- Scores severity (`ok`, `warn`, `critical`) using spike + recent failure rate gates- Emits text or JSON output for CI automation## InputsOptional:- `RUN_GLOB` (default: `artifacts/github-actions/*.json`)- `TOP_N` (default: `20`)- `OUTPUT_FORMAT` (`text` or `json`, default: `text`)- `RECENT_RUNS` (default: `4`)- `MIN_RECENT_RUNS` (default: `3`)- `MIN_BASELINE_RUNS` (default: `4`)- `WARN_SPIKE_PCT` (default: `15`)- `CRITICAL_SPIKE_PCT` (default: `30`)- `WARN_RECENT_FAILURE_RATE` (default: `25`)- `CRITICAL_RECENT_FAILURE_RATE` (default: `45`)- `WORKFLOW_MATCH` (regex, optional)- `WORKFLOW_EXCLUDE` (regex, optional)- `BRANCH_MATCH` (regex, optional)- `BRANCH_EXCLUDE` (regex, optional)- `EVENT_MATCH` (regex, optional)- `EVENT_EXCLUDE` (regex, optional)- `REPO_MATCH` (regex, optional)- `REPO_EXCLUDE` (regex, optional)- `FAIL_ON_CRITICAL` (`0` or `1`, default: `0`)## Collect run JSON```bashgh run view <run-id> --json databaseId,workflowName,event,conclusion,headBranch,headSha,createdAt,updatedAt,startedAt,url,repository \ > artifacts/github-actions/run-<run-id>.json```## RunText report:```bashRUN_GLOB='artifacts/github-actions/*.json' \RECENT_RUNS=8 \WARN_SPIKE_PCT=12 \bash skills/github-actions-failure-spike-audit/scripts/failure-spike-audit.sh```JSON output + fail gate:```bashRUN_GLOB='artifacts/github-actions/*.json' \OUTPUT_FORMAT=json \FAIL_ON_CRITICAL=1 \bash skills/github-actions-failure-spike-audit/scripts/failure-spike-audit.sh```Run against bundled fixtures:```bashRUN_GLOB='skills/github-actions-failure-spike-audit/fixtures/*.json' \bash skills/github-actions-failure-spike-audit/scripts/failure-spike-audit.sh```## Output contract- Exit `0` in report mode (default)- Exit `1` when `FAIL_ON_CRITICAL=1` and one or more groups are critical- Text mode prints summary + ranked failure-rate spike groups- JSON mode prints summary + ranked groups + critical groups

Frequently asked questions

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