Sync Skills workflow (coreyhaines31/marketingskills)

The Sync Skills workflow from coreyhaines31/marketingskills, explained and optimized by Latchkey.

What it does

This is the Sync Skills workflow from the coreyhaines31/marketingskills 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: Sync Skills

on:
  push:
    branches: [main]
    paths:
      - 'skills/**'
      - '.claude-plugin/marketplace.json'

jobs:
  sync:
    runs-on: ubuntu-slim
    permissions:
      contents: write

    steps:
      - name: Checkout repository
        uses: actions/checkout@v6
        with:
          persist-credentials: true

      - name: Sync skills
        run: node .github/scripts/sync-skills.js

      - name: Commit changes
        uses: stefanzweifel/git-auto-commit-action@v7
        with:
          commit_user_name: Coreybot
          commit_user_email: coreybot+github-actions[bot]@users.noreply.github.com
          commit_message: "chore: sync skills with marketplace.json, plugin.json, and README"
          file_pattern: ".claude-plugin/marketplace.json .claude-plugin/plugin.json README.md"

The same workflow, on Latchkey

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

name: Sync Skills
 
on:
  push:
    branches: [main]
    paths:
      - 'skills/**'
      - '.claude-plugin/marketplace.json'
 
concurrency:
  group: ${{ github.workflow }}-${{ github.ref }}
  cancel-in-progress: true
 
jobs:
  sync:
    timeout-minutes: 30
    runs-on: ubuntu-slim
    permissions:
      contents: write
 
    steps:
      - name: Checkout repository
        uses: actions/checkout@v6
        with:
          persist-credentials: true
 
      - name: Sync skills
        run: node .github/scripts/sync-skills.js
 
      - name: Commit changes
        uses: stefanzweifel/git-auto-commit-action@v7
        with:
          commit_user_name: Coreybot
          commit_user_email: coreybot+github-actions[bot]@users.noreply.github.com
          commit_message: "chore: sync skills with marketplace.json, plugin.json, and README"
          file_pattern: ".claude-plugin/marketplace.json .claude-plugin/plugin.json README.md"
 

What changed

• Cancel superseded runs when a branch or PR gets a newer push.
• Add a job timeout so a hung step cannot burn hours of runner time.

1 third-party action is referenced by a movable tag. Pin it to the commit SHA (Latchkey resolves and applies this automatically) so a repointed tag cannot change what runs.

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