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Act.quickstart by javimosch — Agent Skill

Name: Act.quickstart
Author: javimosch

File contents

act Quickstart

Use this when AI agents need to run GitHub Actions workflows locally before pushing to GitHub.

1) Install plugin and dependency

supercli plugins learn act
# Install act
curl -s https://raw.githubusercontent.com/nektos/act/master/install.sh | sh
# or: brew install act
act --version
# Install plugin
supercli plugins install ./plugins/act --on-conflict replace --json

2) Validate CLI wiring

act --version
docker --version
supercli plugins doctor act --json

3) Prerequisites

Workflow files must exist in .github/workflows/ directory.

# Verify workflows exist
ls -la .github/workflows/
# Or create one
mkdir -p .github/workflows

4) Core command patterns

List workflows

supercli act workflow list

Run workflows

# Run push event (default)
supercli act workflow run

# Run pull_request event
supercli act workflow run --event pull_request

# Run specific job
supercli act workflow run --job test

# With secrets
supercli act workflow run --secrets '["GITHUB_TOKEN=xxx","API_KEY=yyy"]'

Validate workflows

# Validate without running
supercli act workflow validate

# Dry run mode
supercli act workflow dryrun

Watch mode (auto-reload)

supercli act workflow watch

Job-specific run

supercli act job run --job build

Secrets management

# List configured secrets
supercli act secret list

# Add a secret
supercli act secret add --name GITHUB_TOKEN --value xxx

5) Docker Requirements

act runs workflows in Docker containers:

Docker must be running
Default images: catthehacker/ubuntu:act-latest
Custom images: act -P ubuntu-latest=my-custom-image
No Docker: act -P ubuntu-latest=-self-hosted

6) Agent workflow: Test before push

# 1. List available workflows
supercli act workflow list

# 2. Dry run to validate
supercli act workflow run --dryrun true

# 3. Run specific job
supercli act workflow run --job test

# 4. Run full workflow
supercli act workflow run

7) Safety levels

Command	Level	Description
`workflow list`, `validate`, `dryrun`, `secret list`	safe	Read-only or validate
`workflow run`, `job run`, `secret add`	guarded	Runs containers
`workflow watch`	guarded	Continuous execution

Guard commands may require Docker resources. Use --dryrun true to validate first.

---name: act-quickstartdescription: Agent workflow for running, listing, validating, and testing GitHub Actions workflows locally via act CLI.---# act QuickstartUse this when AI agents need to run GitHub Actions workflows locally before pushing to GitHub.## 1) Install plugin and dependency```bashsupercli plugins learn act# Install actcurl -s https://raw.githubusercontent.com/nektos/act/master/install.sh | sh# or: brew install actact --version# Install pluginsupercli plugins install ./plugins/act --on-conflict replace --json```## 2) Validate CLI wiring```bashact --versiondocker --versionsupercli plugins doctor act --json```## 3) PrerequisitesWorkflow files must exist in `.github/workflows/` directory.```bash# Verify workflows existls -la .github/workflows/# Or create onemkdir -p .github/workflows```## 4) Core command patterns### List workflows```bashsupercli act workflow list```### Run workflows```bash# Run push event (default)supercli act workflow run# Run pull_request eventsupercli act workflow run --event pull_request# Run specific jobsupercli act workflow run --job test# With secretssupercli act workflow run --secrets '["GITHUB_TOKEN=xxx","API_KEY=yyy"]'```### Validate workflows```bash# Validate without runningsupercli act workflow validate# Dry run modesupercli act workflow dryrun```### Watch mode (auto-reload)```bashsupercli act workflow watch```### Job-specific run```bashsupercli act job run --job build```### Secrets management```bash# List configured secretssupercli act secret list# Add a secretsupercli act secret add --name GITHUB_TOKEN --value xxx```## 5) Docker Requirementsact runs workflows in Docker containers:- **Docker must be running**- Default images: `catthehacker/ubuntu:act-latest`- Custom images: `act -P ubuntu-latest=my-custom-image`- No Docker: `act -P ubuntu-latest=-self-hosted`## 6) Agent workflow: Test before push```bash# 1. List available workflowssupercli act workflow list# 2. Dry run to validatesupercli act workflow run --dryrun true# 3. Run specific jobsupercli act workflow run --job test# 4. Run full workflowsupercli act workflow run```## 7) Safety levels| Command | Level | Description ||---------|-------|-------------|| `workflow list`, `validate`, `dryrun`, `secret list` | safe | Read-only or validate || `workflow run`, `job run`, `secret add` | guarded | Runs containers || `workflow watch` | guarded | Continuous execution |Guard commands may require Docker resources. Use `--dryrun true` to validate first.

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