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create-github-action-workflow-specification from github/awesome-copilot is an agent skill: a SKILL.md folder an AI agent loads when a task calls for it.
mdr add github/awesome-copilot/create-github-action-workflow-specification@git:20260224.caab1f6Pins git:20260224.caab1f6 in mdr.lock. Pin the fingerprint instead.
- Audit grade
- A, 17 of 17 checks passed
- Kind
- SKILL.md skill
- Repository
- github/awesome-copilot
- Path
skills/create-github-action-workflow-specification/SKILL.md- Versions recorded
- 1
- Latest version
- git:20260224.caab1f6, committed Feb 24, 2026
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- Repository stars
- 40,941
- License
- MIT
Create a formal specification for an existing GitHub Actions CI/CD workflow, optimized for AI consumption and workflow maintenance.
Collected from public GitHub. Every version is saved exactly as it was and never changes. Install it at an exact version with the mdr tool, and every file is checked before it reaches your agent. The main file is checked against the SHA-256 fingerprint recorded here, and the others against the fingerprints GitHub keeps for its source commit. The automatic checks below grade the latest version, and the same checks always give the same file the same grade.
What the file says
# Create GitHub Actions Workflow Specification
Create a comprehensive specification for the GitHub Actions workflow: `${input:WorkflowFile}`.
This specification serves as a specification for the workflow's behavior, requirements, and constraints. It must be implementation-agnostic, focusing on **what** the workflow accomplishes rather than **how** it's implemented.
## AI-Optimized Requirements
- **Token Efficiency**: Use concise language without sacrificing clarity
- **Structured Data**: Leverage tables, lists, and diagrams for dense information
- **Semantic Clarity**: Use precise terminology consistently throughout
- **Implementation Abstraction**: Avoid specific syntax, commands, or tool versions
- **Maintainability**: Design for easy updates as workflow evolves
## Specification Template
Save as: `/spec/spec-process-cicd-[workflow-name].md`
```md
---
title: CI/CD Workflow Specification - [Workflow Name]
version: 1.0
date_created: [YYYY-MM-DD]
last_updated: [YYYY-MM-DD]
owner: DevOps Team
tags: [process, cicd, github-actions, automation, [domain-specific-tags]]
---
## Workflow Overview
**Purpose**: [One sentence describing workflow's primary goal]
…Read the whole file at its exact version.
How to install
mdr add github/awesome-copilot/create-github-action-workflow-specification@sha256:25b57a8e4ed35e2eThe line at the top of this page pins the label git:20260224.caab1f6, which is what most people want. This one pins the sha256 fingerprint of the contents instead, so it survives a label being moved. Either way the exact version is written to mdr.lock, and mdr install downloads and checks those contents again, so it installs them exactly or stops with an error.
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The registry has recorded 1 version of this file, committed on Feb 24, 2026.
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Source
github/awesome-copilot · 40,941 stars · license MIT · pushed 2026-11-09 · branch main
API
GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/artifacts/art_3y6qwz5alptcqosb GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/resolve?ref=github/awesome-copilot/create-github-action-workflow-specification GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/blob/25b57a8e4ed35e2e640dc9f6f255dc6c8f86574b98d2abc5153b5a8c9b22491c
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