Build OpenClaw Skill workflow (oaker-io/wewrite)

The Build OpenClaw Skill workflow from oaker-io/wewrite, explained and optimized by Latchkey.

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Source: oaker-io/wewrite.github/workflows/build-openclaw.ymlLicense MITView source

What it does

This is the Build OpenClaw Skill workflow from the oaker-io/wewrite 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: Build OpenClaw Skill

on:
  workflow_dispatch:
  push:
    branches: [main]
    paths:
      - 'SKILL.md'
      - 'references/**'
      - 'scripts/**'
      - 'toolkit/**'
      - 'personas/**'
      - 'requirements.txt'
      - '*.example.yaml'

permissions:
  contents: write

jobs:
  build:
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    steps:
      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
        with:
          fetch-depth: 0

      - uses: actions/setup-python@v5
        with:
          python-version: '3.11'

      - name: Context budget guard (#16)
        run: |
          python3 scripts/context_budget.py
          python3 scripts/context_budget.py --budget-tokens 12500

      - name: Build OpenClaw skill
        run: python3 scripts/build_openclaw.py

      - name: Commit dist/openclaw if changed
        run: |
          git config user.name "github-actions[bot]"
          git config user.email "github-actions[bot]@users.noreply.github.com"
          git add dist/openclaw/
          if git diff --cached --quiet; then
            echo "No changes to commit"
          else
            git commit --amend --no-edit
            git push --force-with-lease
          fi

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: Build OpenClaw Skill
 
on:
  workflow_dispatch:
  push:
    branches: [main]
    paths:
      - 'SKILL.md'
      - 'references/**'
      - 'scripts/**'
      - 'toolkit/**'
      - 'personas/**'
      - 'requirements.txt'
      - '*.example.yaml'
 
permissions:
  contents: write
 
concurrency:
  group: ${{ github.workflow }}-${{ github.ref }}
  cancel-in-progress: true
 
jobs:
  build:
    timeout-minutes: 30
    runs-on: latchkey-small
    steps:
      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
        with:
          fetch-depth: 0
 
      - uses: actions/setup-python@v5
        with:
          cache: 'pip'
          python-version: '3.11'
 
      - name: Context budget guard (#16)
        run: |
          python3 scripts/context_budget.py
          python3 scripts/context_budget.py --budget-tokens 12500
 
      - name: Build OpenClaw skill
        run: python3 scripts/build_openclaw.py
 
      - name: Commit dist/openclaw if changed
        run: |
          git config user.name "github-actions[bot]"
          git config user.email "github-actions[bot]@users.noreply.github.com"
          git add dist/openclaw/
          if git diff --cached --quiet; then
            echo "No changes to commit"
          else
            git commit --amend --no-edit
            git push --force-with-lease
          fi

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.

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/checkout actions/setup-python