Docs deploy workflow (bdfinst/agentic-dev-team)

The Docs deploy workflow from bdfinst/agentic-dev-team, explained and optimized by Latchkey.

What it does

This is the Docs deploy workflow from the bdfinst/agentic-dev-team 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

name: Docs deploy

on:
  push:
    branches: [main]
    paths:
      - "**.md"
      - mkdocs.yml
      - requirements-docs.txt
      - scripts/assemble-docs.sh
      - .github/workflows/docs.yml
  workflow_dispatch:

permissions:
  contents: write

jobs:
  deploy:
    name: Deploy docs site
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    steps:
      - uses: actions/checkout@v7
        with:
          fetch-depth: 0

      - uses: actions/setup-python@v6
        with:
          python-version: "3.x"

      - name: Install MkDocs dependencies
        run: pip install -r requirements-docs.txt

      - name: Assemble docs sources
        run: bash scripts/assemble-docs.sh

      - name: Build and deploy to GitHub Pages
        run: mkdocs gh-deploy --force --no-history

The same workflow, on Latchkey

Estimated ~20% faster on cache hits, plus fewer wasted runs and a safer supply chain. Added and changed lines are highlighted.

name: Docs deploy
 
on:
  push:
    branches: [main]
    paths:
      - "**.md"
      - mkdocs.yml
      - requirements-docs.txt
      - scripts/assemble-docs.sh
      - .github/workflows/docs.yml
  workflow_dispatch:
 
permissions:
  contents: write
 
concurrency:
  group: ${{ github.workflow }}-${{ github.ref }}
  cancel-in-progress: true
 
jobs:
  deploy:
    timeout-minutes: 30
    name: Deploy docs site
    runs-on: latchkey-small
    steps:
      - uses: actions/checkout@v7
        with:
          fetch-depth: 0
 
      - uses: actions/setup-python@v6
        with:
          cache: 'pip'
          python-version: "3.x"
 
      - name: Install MkDocs dependencies
        run: pip install -r requirements-docs.txt
 
      - name: Assemble docs sources
        run: bash scripts/assemble-docs.sh
 
      - name: Build and deploy to GitHub Pages
        run: mkdocs gh-deploy --force --no-history
 

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.
• Cancel superseded runs when a branch or PR gets a newer push.
• Cache dependency installs on the setup step so they are served from cache.
• Add a job timeout so a hung step cannot burn hours of runner time.

What Latchkey heals here

This workflow has steps that commonly fail on transient issues (network, registries, flaky browsers). On Latchkey managed runners they are detected, retried, and self-healed instead of failing your build:

• Dependency installs

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