7.1 Getting started

Creating your first workflow

1. Create a .github/workflows directory in your repository on GitHub if this directory does not already exist.

2. In the .github/workflows directory, create a file named hello_world.yml.

3. Copy the following YAML contents into the hello_world.yml file:

name: Hello World
run-name: ${{ github.actor }} is testing out GitHub Actions
on:
    - push
    - workflow_dispatch
jobs:
Explore-GitHub-Actions:
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    steps:
    - run: echo "The job was automatically triggered by a ${{ github.event_name }} event."

    - run: echo "This job is now running on a ${{ runner.os }} server hosted by GitHub!"

    - run: echo "The name of your branch is ${{ github.ref }} and your repository is ${{ github.repository }}."

    - name: Check out repository code
        uses: actions/checkout@v4

    - run: echo "The ${{ github.repository }} repository has been cloned to the runner."

    - run: echo "The workflow is now ready to test your code on the runner."

    - name: List files in the repository
        run: |
        ls ${{ github.workspace }}

    - run: echo "This job's status is ${{ job.status }}."

Note

More variables can be found in the GitHub Actions context and expression syntax for GitHub Actions.