AgentScan workflow (babel/babel)

The AgentScan workflow from babel/babel, explained and optimized by Latchkey.

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Source: babel/babel.github/workflows/agent-scan.ymlLicense MITView source

What it does

This is the AgentScan workflow from the babel/babel repository, a real project running GitHub Actions. It is shown here with attribution under its MIT license.

Below, Latchkey shows a faster, safer version produced by its optimization engine.

The workflow

workflow (.yml)

name: AgentScan

on:
  pull_request_target:
    types:
      - opened
      - reopened
  issues:
    types:
      - opened

jobs:
  agentscan:
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    permissions:
      pull-requests: write
      issues: write
      contents: read
    steps:
      - name: Cache AgentScan analysis
        uses: actions/cache@27d5ce7f107fe9357f9df03efb73ab90386fccae
        with:
          path: .agentscan-cache
          key: agentscan-cache-${{ github.actor }}
          restore-keys: agentscan-cache-
      - name: AgentScan
        uses: MatteoGabriele/agentscan-action@2b7e598bd821bc0f4651e985688951930c2f60d0
        with:
          cache-path: ".agentscan-cache"
          github-token: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
          skip-comment-on-organic: true
          skip-members: "nicolo-ribaudo,JLHwung,liuxingbaoyu,babel-bot,fisker"

The same workflow, on Latchkey

Removes redundant runs and caps runaway jobs. Added and changed lines are highlighted.

name: AgentScan
 
on:
  pull_request_target:
    types:
      - opened
      - reopened
  issues:
    types:
      - opened
 
jobs:
  agentscan:
    timeout-minutes: 30
    runs-on: latchkey-small
    permissions:
      pull-requests: write
      issues: write
      contents: read
    steps:
      - name: Cache AgentScan analysis
        uses: actions/cache@27d5ce7f107fe9357f9df03efb73ab90386fccae
        with:
          path: .agentscan-cache
          key: agentscan-cache-${{ github.actor }}
          restore-keys: agentscan-cache-
      - name: AgentScan
        uses: MatteoGabriele/agentscan-action@2b7e598bd821bc0f4651e985688951930c2f60d0
        with:
          cache-path: ".agentscan-cache"
          github-token: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
          skip-comment-on-organic: true
          skip-members: "nicolo-ribaudo,JLHwung,liuxingbaoyu,babel-bot,fisker"

What changed

Run on Latchkey managed runners with one line (runs-on), which apply the fixes below automatically and self-heal transient failures. This example uses latchkey-small; pick the runner size that fits the job.
Add a job timeout so a hung step cannot burn hours of runner time.

This workflow runs 1 job per trigger. On Latchkey the same minutes cost up to 58% less than GitHub-hosted, with zero queue time.

Actions used in this workflow

actions/cache