github-actions-manual-trigger-audit
v1.0.0Audit manual GitHub Actions trigger dependence by workflow/event to flag automation gaps and intervention risk.
Installation
GitHub Actions Manual Trigger Audit
Use this skill to detect workflows that rely too heavily on manual triggers (workflow_dispatch / repository_dispatch) instead of automated CI events.
What this skill does
- Reads GitHub Actions run JSON exports
- Groups runs by repository + workflow (+ branch)
- Measures manual-trigger share vs total run volume
- Tracks recent manual-trigger streaks (latest N runs)
- Scores severity (
ok,warn,critical) for operational risk gating - Emits text or JSON output for automation
Inputs
Optional:
- RUN_GLOB (default: artifacts/github-actions/*.json)
- TOP_N (default: 20)
- OUTPUT_FORMAT (text or json, default: text)
- GROUP_BY (workflow or workflow-branch, default: workflow)
- MANUAL_EVENTS (comma-separated, default: workflow_dispatch,repository_dispatch)
- RECENT_WINDOW (latest runs inspected for streak, default: 5)
- MIN_RUNS (minimum runs required, default: 5)
- WARN_MANUAL_RATIO (0..1, default: 0.35)
- CRITICAL_MANUAL_RATIO (0..1, default: 0.65)
- WARN_MANUAL_RUNS (default: 5)
- CRITICAL_MANUAL_RUNS (default: 12)
- WARN_RECENT_MANUAL_STREAK (default: 3)
- CRITICAL_RECENT_MANUAL_STREAK (default: 5)
- WORKFLOW_MATCH / WORKFLOW_EXCLUDE (regex, optional)
- BRANCH_MATCH / BRANCH_EXCLUDE (regex, optional)
- EVENT_MATCH / EVENT_EXCLUDE (regex, optional)
- REPO_MATCH / REPO_EXCLUDE (regex, optional)
- FAIL_ON_CRITICAL (0 or 1, default: 0)
Collect run JSON
gh run view <run-id> --json databaseId,workflowName,event,headBranch,conclusion,createdAt,updatedAt,url,repository
> artifacts/github-actions/run-<run-id>.json
Run
Text report:
RUN_GLOB='artifacts/github-actions/*.json'
bash skills/github-actions-manual-trigger-audit/scripts/manual-trigger-audit.sh
JSON output + fail gate:
RUN_GLOB='artifacts/github-actions/*.json'
OUTPUT_FORMAT=json
FAIL_ON_CRITICAL=1
bash skills/github-actions-manual-trigger-audit/scripts/manual-trigger-audit.sh
Run against bundled fixtures:
RUN_GLOB='skills/github-actions-manual-trigger-audit/fixtures/*.json'
bash skills/github-actions-manual-trigger-audit/scripts/manual-trigger-audit.sh
Output contract
- Exit
0in report mode (default) - Exit
1whenFAIL_ON_CRITICAL=1and one or more groups are critical - Text mode prints summary + ranked workflow groups
- JSON mode prints summary + ranked groups + critical groups