update-github-actions-version SKILL.md skillA
update-github-actions-version from jim60105/copilot-prompt is an agent skill: a SKILL.md folder an AI agent loads when a task calls for it.
mdr add jim60105/copilot-prompt/update-github-actions-version@git:20260928.6911cf8Pins git:20260928.6911cf8 in mdr.lock. Pin the fingerprint instead.
- Audit grade
- A, 17 of 17 checks passed
- Kind
- SKILL.md skill
- Repository
- jim60105/copilot-prompt
- Path
skills/update-github-actions-version/SKILL.md- Versions recorded
- 5
- Latest version
- git:20260928.6911cf8, committed Sep 28, 2026
- First version recorded
- Feb 15, 2026
- Size
- 2,556 bytes
- Repository stars
- 22
- License
- GFDL-1.3
Update GitHub Actions versions in workflow files, focusing only on major version changes. Use when the user wants to update action versions, check for outdated GitHub Actions, or upgrade workflow dependencies to their latest major versions.
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
# Update GitHub Actions Version
Update action versions in GitHub Actions workflow files, focusing on major version changes only.
## Important Principles: Explanation of GitHub Actions Version Tagging System
- Using a major version number (e.g., `v4`) automatically fetches the latest minor and patch versions.
- For example, `actions/checkout@v4` will automatically get versions like `v4.2.2`, `v4.3.0`.
- **Do not** update from `v4` to a specific version like `v4.2.2` — this is unnecessary.
- **Only update when the major version changes** (e.g., from `v5` to `v6`).
> **Note:** Skip `fatjyc/update-submodule-action@v6.0` updates as the new version is broken.
## Steps
### 0. Find Workflow Files
Look for files in `.github/workflows/` recursively. Note that composite actions may be used — read both the composite action and the calling workflow simultaneously.
### 1. Check Current Versions
Analyze the action versions used in the workflow files.
### 2. Query Latest Versions
Query each action's latest version:
```
https://github.com/{owner}/{repo}/releases/latest
```
### 3. Identify Actions Needing Updates
Only update actions where the major version has changed:
…Read the whole file at its exact version.
How to install
mdr add jim60105/copilot-prompt/update-github-actions-version@sha256:29ed63ff8e7629a1The line at the top of this page pins the label git:20260928.6911cf8, 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.
[](https://markdownregistry.com/a/art_5wpom2m6yvpytrv6)
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Versions
The registry has recorded 5 versions of this file, between Feb 15, 2026 and Sep 28, 2026, about one every 56 days.
| version | committed | commit | size | audit | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| git:20260928.6911cf8 latest | 2026-09-28 | 6911cf8 | 2,556 B | A | view · diff |
| git:20260525.d5d181c | 2026-05-25 | d5d181c | 2,525 B | A | view · diff |
| git:20260525.c389ab4 | 2026-05-25 | c389ab4 | 2,492 B | A | view · diff |
| git:20260315.a09b7a8 | 2026-03-15 | a09b7a8 | 2,465 B | A | view · diff |
| git:20260215.43cfed2 | 2026-02-15 | 43cfed2 | 2,534 B | A | view |
Audit of the latest version
- pass: Frontmatter block present
- pass: Frontmatter declares a name
- pass: Frontmatter declares a description
- pass: Size between 200 bytes and 200 KB (2556 bytes)
- pass: No zero-width or bidi control characters
- pass: No instruction hidden inside an HTML comment
- pass: No link to an exfiltration or paste host
- pass: No credential-shaped string
- pass: No instruction to send local credentials anywhere
- pass: No text hidden with inline styles
- pass: No prompt-injection phrasing
- pass: No curl or wget piped into a shell
- pass: No recursive delete of root, home or parent
- pass: No instruction to read or print local credentials
- pass: No base64 blob over 200 characters
- pass: No link to a raw IP address
- pass: No script tag
Source
jim60105/copilot-prompt · 22 stars · license GFDL-1.3 · pushed 2026-10-16 · branch master
API
GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/artifacts/art_5wpom2m6yvpytrv6 GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/resolve?ref=jim60105/copilot-prompt/update-github-actions-version GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/blob/29ed63ff8e7629a1917004c8aa8fbb0c5d0bb3c5e68b4619117673c2faff43eb
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