Session 13 — GitHub Actions & Workflow Generation¶
Module: DevOps & Infrastructure with Copilot Difficulty: Intermediate Prerequisites: Sessions 01–05 Duration: 3 hours (1 hour trainer content + 2 hours lab)
Overview¶
Use Copilot to draft, explain, and debug GitHub Actions workflows. Review the result as production automation. The session also introduces GitHub Agentic Workflows (gh-aw), where Markdown source compiles to GitHub Actions.
Learning outcomes¶
- Generate and review GitHub Actions workflows.
- Debug failing workflows from relevant logs and YAML.
- Create a custom action and choose a reuse pattern.
- Explain the relationship between cloud-agent work and Actions.
- Apply workflow security practices.
| Resource | Location |
|---|---|
| Trainer guide | trainer-content/README.md |
| Slides | slides.md |
| Lab | lab/README.md |