GitHub Actions Incident Timeline Audit
Use this skill to convert noisy failed run exports into incident windows you can triage quickly during CI reliability reviews.
What this skill does
- Reads GitHub Actions run JSON exports
- Keeps only failed/cancelled/timed-out style outcomes
- Groups failures by repository into incident windows using a configurable gap threshold
- Scores each incident using failed-run and duration thresholds
- Emits text or JSON output for review docs, ops dashboards, and CI fail gates
Inputs
Optional:
RUN_GLOB(default:artifacts/github-actions/*.json)TOP_N(default:20)OUTPUT_FORMAT(textorjson, default:text)INCIDENT_GAP_MINUTES(default:45)WARN_FAILED_RUNS(default:2)CRITICAL_FAILED_RUNS(default:4)WARN_DURATION_MINUTES(default:20)CRITICAL_DURATION_MINUTES(default:60)WORKFLOW_MATCH(regex, optional)WORKFLOW_EXCLUDE(regex, optional)REPO_MATCH(regex, optional)REPO_EXCLUDE(regex, optional)FAIL_ON_CRITICAL(0or1, default:0)
Collect run JSON
gh run view <run-id> --json databaseId,workflowName,event,conclusion,headBranch,createdAt,updatedAt,startedAt,url,repository \
> artifacts/github-actions/run-<run-id>.json
Run
Text report:
RUN_GLOB='artifacts/github-actions/*.json' \
INCIDENT_GAP_MINUTES=45 \
bash skills/github-actions-incident-timeline-audit/scripts/incident-timeline-audit.sh
JSON output with fail gate:
RUN_GLOB='artifacts/github-actions/*.json' \
OUTPUT_FORMAT=json \
FAIL_ON_CRITICAL=1 \
bash skills/github-actions-incident-timeline-audit/scripts/incident-timeline-audit.sh
Run with bundled fixtures:
RUN_GLOB='skills/github-actions-incident-timeline-audit/fixtures/*.json' \
bash skills/github-actions-incident-timeline-audit/scripts/incident-timeline-audit.sh
Output contract
- Exit
0in report mode (default) - Exit
1whenFAIL_ON_CRITICAL=1and one or more incidents are critical - Text mode prints summary + ranked incident windows
- JSON mode prints summary + incidents + critical incident details
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