Publish Manus bundle workflow (NomaDamas/k-skill)

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Source: NomaDamas/k-skill.github/workflows/manus-bundle.ymlLicense MITView source

What it does

This is the Publish Manus bundle workflow from the NomaDamas/k-skill repository, a real project running GitHub Actions. It is shown here with attribution under its MIT license.

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The workflow

workflow (.yml)

name: Publish Manus bundle

on:
  workflow_dispatch:
  push:
    branches:
      - main
    paths:
      - "*/SKILL.md"
      - "*/scripts/**"
      - "*/references/**"
      - "*/templates/**"
      - "scripts/build-manus-bundle.js"
      - "scripts/validate-skills.sh"
      - ".github/workflows/manus-bundle.yml"

permissions:
  contents: write

concurrency:
  group: manus-bundle-latest
  cancel-in-progress: true

jobs:
  publish:
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    env:
      RELEASE_TAG: manus-bundle-latest
      RELEASE_TITLE: "Manus bundle (rolling)"
    steps:
      - uses: actions/checkout@v5

      - uses: actions/setup-node@v5
        with:
          node-version: 20
          cache: npm

      - run: npm ci

      - name: Build .skill bundle
        run: npm run build:manus-bundle

      - name: Verify build output
        run: |
          set -euo pipefail
          test -f dist/manus/k-skill-manus-all.zip
          test -f dist/manus/INDEX.md
          count=$(ls dist/manus/*.skill | wc -l)
          if [ "$count" -lt 1 ]; then
            echo "no .skill files produced" >&2
            exit 1
          fi
          echo "built $count .skill files"

      - name: Publish rolling release
        env:
          GH_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
        run: |
          set -euo pipefail
          notes=$(cat <<EOF
          Auto-built Manus.ai-compatible \`.skill\` bundle for every skill in k-skill.

          - **\`k-skill-manus-all.zip\`** - combined download containing every \`.skill\` file plus \`INDEX.md\`. Unzip, then drag-drop individual \`.skill\` files into Manus.
          - **\`INDEX.md\`** - human-readable listing of every bundled skill.

          Manus accepts one skill per upload (\`.skill\`/\`.zip\`/folder). See [\`docs/install-manus.md\`](https://github.com/${GITHUB_REPOSITORY}/blob/main/docs/install-manus.md) for the full flow.

          This is a rolling pre-release that is overwritten on every push to \`main\`. Built from commit \`${GITHUB_SHA}\`.
          EOF
          )

          if gh release view "$RELEASE_TAG" --repo "$GITHUB_REPOSITORY" >/dev/null 2>&1; then
            gh release edit "$RELEASE_TAG" \
              --repo "$GITHUB_REPOSITORY" \
              --title "$RELEASE_TITLE" \
              --notes "$notes" \
              --prerelease
          else
            gh release create "$RELEASE_TAG" \
              --repo "$GITHUB_REPOSITORY" \
              --title "$RELEASE_TITLE" \
              --notes "$notes" \
              --prerelease \
              --target "$GITHUB_SHA"
          fi

          gh release upload "$RELEASE_TAG" \
            --repo "$GITHUB_REPOSITORY" \
            --clobber \
            dist/manus/k-skill-manus-all.zip \
            dist/manus/INDEX.md

The same workflow, on Latchkey

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name: Publish Manus bundle
 
on:
  workflow_dispatch:
  push:
    branches:
      - main
    paths:
      - "*/SKILL.md"
      - "*/scripts/**"
      - "*/references/**"
      - "*/templates/**"
      - "scripts/build-manus-bundle.js"
      - "scripts/validate-skills.sh"
      - ".github/workflows/manus-bundle.yml"
 
permissions:
  contents: write
 
concurrency:
  group: manus-bundle-latest
  cancel-in-progress: true
 
jobs:
  publish:
    timeout-minutes: 30
    runs-on: latchkey-small
    env:
      RELEASE_TAG: manus-bundle-latest
      RELEASE_TITLE: "Manus bundle (rolling)"
    steps:
      - uses: actions/checkout@v5
 
      - uses: actions/setup-node@v5
        with:
          node-version: 20
          cache: npm
 
      - run: npm ci
 
      - name: Build .skill bundle
        run: npm run build:manus-bundle
 
      - name: Verify build output
        run: |
          set -euo pipefail
          test -f dist/manus/k-skill-manus-all.zip
          test -f dist/manus/INDEX.md
          count=$(ls dist/manus/*.skill | wc -l)
          if [ "$count" -lt 1 ]; then
            echo "no .skill files produced" >&2
            exit 1
          fi
          echo "built $count .skill files"
 
      - name: Publish rolling release
        env:
          GH_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
        run: |
          set -euo pipefail
          notes=$(cat <<EOF
          Auto-built Manus.ai-compatible \`.skill\` bundle for every skill in k-skill.
 
          - **\`k-skill-manus-all.zip\`** - combined download containing every \`.skill\` file plus \`INDEX.md\`. Unzip, then drag-drop individual \`.skill\` files into Manus.
          - **\`INDEX.md\`** - human-readable listing of every bundled skill.
 
          Manus accepts one skill per upload (\`.skill\`/\`.zip\`/folder). See [\`docs/install-manus.md\`](https://github.com/${GITHUB_REPOSITORY}/blob/main/docs/install-manus.md) for the full flow.
 
          This is a rolling pre-release that is overwritten on every push to \`main\`. Built from commit \`${GITHUB_SHA}\`.
          EOF
          )
 
          if gh release view "$RELEASE_TAG" --repo "$GITHUB_REPOSITORY" >/dev/null 2>&1; then
            gh release edit "$RELEASE_TAG" \
              --repo "$GITHUB_REPOSITORY" \
              --title "$RELEASE_TITLE" \
              --notes "$notes" \
              --prerelease
          else
            gh release create "$RELEASE_TAG" \
              --repo "$GITHUB_REPOSITORY" \
              --title "$RELEASE_TITLE" \
              --notes "$notes" \
              --prerelease \
              --target "$GITHUB_SHA"
          fi
 
          gh release upload "$RELEASE_TAG" \
            --repo "$GITHUB_REPOSITORY" \
            --clobber \
            dist/manus/k-skill-manus-all.zip \
            dist/manus/INDEX.md

What changed

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Actions used in this workflow

actions/checkout actions/setup-node