🚀 Current Project Status & Achievements

🏆 Current Achievements

📈 Recent Milestones (2024-2025)

🗺️ Strategic Roadmap 2026-2027

🔮Phase 1: Q1-Q2 2026 - Next-Gen Developer Experience

⚡Phase 2: Q3-Q4 2026 - Enterprise & Scale

🌟Phase 3: Q1-Q2 2027 - Ecosystem Leadership

🎯Long-term Vision 2027+

🌟 Why Choose This Template?

🚀 Quick Start

1️⃣ Use This Template

gh repo create my-awesome-action --template wesleyscholl/github-action-base-tscd my-awesome-actionnpm install

2️⃣ Customize Your Action

📝 action.yml# Action metadata and inputs/outputs📝 package.json# Action name, description, and dependencies📝 README.md# This file - make it your own!🔧 src/index.ts# Your action's main logic🧪 __tests__/# Your test files

3️⃣ Build and Test the Action

# Install dependenciesnpm install# Run tests with coveragenpmtest# Build the actionnpm run build# Package for distributionnpm run package

4️⃣ Publish to Marketplace

# Create a releasegit tag -a v1.0.0 -m"Initial release"git push origin v1.0.0# GitHub will automatically publish to the Marketplace! 🎉

📦 What's Included

🏗️Project Structure

github-action-base-ts/├── 📁 .github/workflows/    # CI/CD workflows│   ├── test.yml            # Automated testing│   ├── coverage.yml        # Coverage reporting│   └── release.yml         # Automated releases├── 📁 .husky/              # Git hooks configuration├── 📁 .vscode/             # VS Code settings├── 📁 src/                 # TypeScript source code│   ├── index.ts           # Main action entry point│   ├── utils/             # Utility functions│   └── types/             # Type definitions├── 📁 __tests__/           # Jest test files├── 📁 dist/               # Compiled JavaScript (auto-generated)├── 🐳 Dockerfile          # Container support├── ⚙️ action.yml           # Action metadata├── 📦 package.json        # Dependencies and scripts└── 🔧 tsconfig.json       # TypeScript configuration

🛠️Development Tools

💡 Usage Examples

Basic Action Usage

name:My Workflowon:[push]jobs:test:runs-on:ubuntu-lateststeps:      -uses:actions/checkout@v4            -name:Run My Custom Actionuses:your-username/your-action-name@v1id:my-actionwith:GITHUB_TOKEN:${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}input1:"Hello World"input2:42                -name:Use Action Outputsrun:|          echo "Result: ${{ steps.my-action.outputs.result }}"          echo "Status: ${{ steps.my-action.outputs.status }}"

Advanced Configuration

-name:Advanced Action Usageuses:your-username/your-action-name@v1with:# AuthenticationGITHUB_TOKEN:${{ secrets.CUSTOM_TOKEN }}# Custom inputsconfig_file:".github/my-config.yml"debug_mode:truetimeout:30# Array inputs (JSON string)tags:'["bug", "enhancement", "help wanted"]'# Object inputs (JSON string)settings:'{"retries": 3, "delay": 1000}'

🔧 Customization Guide

1️⃣Update Action Metadata

name:'My Awesome Action'description:'Does amazing things with GitHub repositories'author:'Your Name'inputs:custom_input:description:'Your custom input description'required:truedefault:'default-value'outputs:custom_output:description:'Your custom output description'runs:using:'node20'main:'dist/index.js'

2️⃣Implement Your Logic

import*ascorefrom'@actions/core'import*asgithubfrom'@actions/github'asyncfunctionrun():Promise<void>{try{// Get inputsconstcustomInput=core.getInput('custom_input',{required:true})consttoken=core.getInput('GITHUB_TOKEN',{required:true})// Initialize Octokitconstoctokit=github.getOctokit(token)// Your custom logic hereconstresult=awaitdoSomethingAwesome(customInput,octokit)// Set outputscore.setOutput('custom_output',result)core.info(`✅ Action completed successfully!`)}catch(error){core.setFailed(`❌ Action failed:${error.message}`)}}asyncfunctiondoSomethingAwesome(input:string,octokit:any):Promise<string>{// Your implementation herereturn`Processed:${input}`}run()

3️⃣Add Comprehensive Tests

import{expect,test,jest,beforeEach}from'@jest/globals'// Mock@actions/coreconstmockCore={getInput:jest.fn(),setOutput:jest.fn(),setFailed:jest.fn(),info:jest.fn()}jest.mock('@actions/core',()=>mockCore)describe('My Awesome Action',()=>{beforeEach(()=>{jest.clearAllMocks()})test('should process input correctly',async()=>{// ArrangemockCore.getInput.mockReturnValue('test-input')// Actconst{ run}=awaitimport('../src/index')awaitrun()// Assertexpect(mockCore.setOutput).toHaveBeenCalledWith('custom_output','Processed: test-input')})test('should handle errors gracefully',async()=>{// ArrangemockCore.getInput.mockImplementation(()=>{thrownewError('Test error')})// Actconst{ run}=awaitimport('../src/index')awaitrun()// Assertexpect(mockCore.setFailed).toHaveBeenCalledWith('❌ Action failed: Test error')})})

🎯 Common Use Cases & Templates

🤖Bot Actions

📊Analytics & Reporting

🔄CI/CD Integration

🧹Repository Maintenance

🚀 Advanced Features

Docker Support

FROM node:20-alpineCOPY package*.json ./RUN npm ci --only=productionCOPY dist/index.js ./CMD ["node","/index.js"]

Custom Workflows

# .github/workflows/ci.yml - Comprehensive CI pipelinename:CIon:[push, pull_request]jobs:test:strategy:matrix:os:[ubuntu-latest, windows-latest, macos-latest]node-version:[18, 20, 21]security:runs-on:ubuntu-lateststeps:      -name:Security Auditrun:npm auditperformance:runs-on:ubuntu-lateststeps:      -name:Bundle Size Checkrun:npm run size-check

Environment Variables

# .env.exampleNODE_ENV=developmentLOG_LEVEL=debugAPI_TIMEOUT=30000MAX_RETRIES=3

📊 Performance & Monitoring

Bundle Size Optimization

# Check bundle sizenpm run size-check# Analyze bundlenpm run analyze# Optimize dependenciesnpm prune --production

Memory Usage

# Monitor memory during testsnpmtest -- --detectMemoryLeaks# Increase memory limit if needednode --max-old-space-size=4096 dist/index.js

Error Tracking

// Structured error handlingtry{awaitriskyOperation()}catch(error){if(errorinstanceofValidationError){core.setFailed(`Validation failed:${error.message}`)}elseif(errorinstanceofNetworkError){core.setFailed(`Network error:${error.message}`)}else{core.setFailed(`Unexpected error:${error.message}`)}}

🔒 Security Best Practices

Token Management

// ✅ Good: Use environment variablesconsttoken=core.getInput('GITHUB_TOKEN')||process.env.GITHUB_TOKEN// ❌ Bad: Hard-coded tokensconsttoken='ghp_hardcoded_token'

Input Validation

// Validate and sanitize inputsfunctionvalidateInput(input:string):string{if(!input||input.trim().length===0){thrownewError('Input cannot be empty')}// Remove potentially dangerous charactersreturninput.replace(/[<>]/g,'').trim()}

Secure Dependencies

# Audit dependencies regularlynpm audit# Fix vulnerabilities automaticallynpm audit fix# Update dependenciesnpm update

🧪 Testing Strategies

Unit Tests

// Test individual functionsdescribe('utility functions',()=>{test('should format date correctly',()=>{constresult=formatDate('2024-01-01')expect(result).toBe('January 1, 2024')})})

Integration Tests

// Test action end-to-enddescribe('action integration',()=>{test('should complete full workflow',async()=>{// Mock GitHub API responsesnock('https://api.github.com').get('/user').reply(200,{login:'testuser'})awaitrun()expect(mockCore.setOutput).toHaveBeenCalled()})})

Coverage Reports

# Generate coverage reportnpm run test:coverage# View coverage in browsernpm run test:coverage -- --coverage --coverageReporters=htmlopen coverage/index.html

📚 Resources & Learning

🔗Essential Links

📚Learning Resources

🌟Inspiration

🤝 Contributing

🐛Bug Reports

💡Feature Requests

🔧Code Contributions

# 1. Fork and clonegit clone https://github.com/YOUR-USERNAME/github-action-base-ts.git# 2. Install dependenciesnpm install# 3. Create feature branchgit checkout -b feature/amazing-feature# 4. Make changes and testnpmtestnpm run lintnpm run build# 5. Commit and pushgit commit -m"feat: add amazing feature"git push origin feature/amazing-feature# 6. Open Pull Request

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