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GitHub Actions Workflow Commands

Command interface for GitHub Actions runners to set env vars, outputs, annotations, and logs.

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Field note

What it does

Workflow commands let Actions communicate with the runner machine via stdout echo syntax or environment files.

Capabilities

Available capabilities

Environment files Debug logging Workflow annotations Artifact declaration and reading Secret log masking Job summaries

Tags

Tags

CI/CD Runner GitHub Actions

Ways to use it

Ways to use it

sdk

JavaScript / @actions/core

Product features

Product features

About workflow commands

Example: Creating an annotation for an error

Example of a workflow command

Example: Setting a debug message

Example: Setting a notice message

In this article

Setting a debug message

Setting a notice message

Setting a warning message

Tool navigation

Using workflow commands to access toolkit functions

Workflow commands for GitHub Actions