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Reusable Workflow - CI/CD Glossary Definition

A reusable workflow is a complete workflow file that other workflows can call with uses:, declared with the workflow_call trigger so CI logic is defined once and shared across repositories.

How it differs from an action

A reusable workflow defines whole jobs and runs on its own runners, while a composite action is a set of steps inside one job. Callers pass inputs:, secrets:, and receive outputs: defined in the called workflow.

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