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Claude Code workflow (pdm-project/pdm)

The Claude Code workflow from pdm-project/pdm, explained and optimized by Latchkey.

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Source: pdm-project/pdm.github/workflows/claude.ymlLicense MITView source

What it does

This is the Claude Code workflow from the pdm-project/pdm 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: Claude Code

on:
  issue_comment:
    types: [created]
  pull_request_review_comment:
    types: [created]
  issues:
    types: [opened, assigned]
  pull_request_review:
    types: [submitted]

jobs:
  claude:
    if: |
      (github.event_name == 'issue_comment' && contains(github.event.comment.body, '@claude')) ||
      (github.event_name == 'pull_request_review_comment' && contains(github.event.comment.body, '@claude')) ||
      (github.event_name == 'pull_request_review' && contains(github.event.review.body, '@claude')) ||
      (github.event_name == 'issues' && (contains(github.event.issue.body, '@claude') || contains(github.event.issue.title, '@claude')))
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    permissions:
      contents: read
      pull-requests: read
      issues: read
      id-token: write
      actions: read # Required for Claude to read CI results on PRs
    steps:
      - name: Checkout repository
        uses: actions/checkout@v7.0.0
        with:
          fetch-depth: 1

      - name: Run Claude Code
        id: claude
        uses: anthropics/claude-code-action@v1.0.161
        with:
          claude_code_oauth_token: ${{ secrets.CLAUDE_CODE_OAUTH_TOKEN }}

          # This is an optional setting that allows Claude to read CI results on PRs
          additional_permissions: |
            actions: read
          
          # Optional: Specify model (defaults to Claude Sonnet 4, uncomment for Claude Opus 4)
          # model: "claude-opus-4-20250514"
          
          # Optional: Customize the trigger phrase (default: @claude)
          # trigger_phrase: "/claude"
          
          # Optional: Trigger when specific user is assigned to an issue
          # assignee_trigger: "claude-bot"
          
          # Optional: Allow Claude to run specific commands
          # allowed_tools: "Bash(npm install),Bash(npm run build),Bash(npm run test:*),Bash(npm run lint:*)"
          
          # Optional: Add custom instructions for Claude to customize its behavior for your project
          # custom_instructions: |
          #   Follow our coding standards
          #   Ensure all new code has tests
          #   Use TypeScript for new files
          
          # Optional: Custom environment variables for Claude
          # claude_env: |
          #   NODE_ENV: test

The same workflow, on Latchkey

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name: Claude Code
 
on:
  issue_comment:
    types: [created]
  pull_request_review_comment:
    types: [created]
  issues:
    types: [opened, assigned]
  pull_request_review:
    types: [submitted]
 
jobs:
  claude:
    timeout-minutes: 30
    if: |
      (github.event_name == 'issue_comment' && contains(github.event.comment.body, '@claude')) ||
      (github.event_name == 'pull_request_review_comment' && contains(github.event.comment.body, '@claude')) ||
      (github.event_name == 'pull_request_review' && contains(github.event.review.body, '@claude')) ||
      (github.event_name == 'issues' && (contains(github.event.issue.body, '@claude') || contains(github.event.issue.title, '@claude')))
    runs-on: latchkey-small
    permissions:
      contents: read
      pull-requests: read
      issues: read
      id-token: write
      actions: read # Required for Claude to read CI results on PRs
    steps:
      - name: Checkout repository
        uses: actions/checkout@v7.0.0
        with:
          fetch-depth: 1
 
      - name: Run Claude Code
        id: claude
        uses: anthropics/claude-code-action@v1.0.161
        with:
          claude_code_oauth_token: ${{ secrets.CLAUDE_CODE_OAUTH_TOKEN }}
 
          # This is an optional setting that allows Claude to read CI results on PRs
          additional_permissions: |
            actions: read
          
          # Optional: Specify model (defaults to Claude Sonnet 4, uncomment for Claude Opus 4)
          # model: "claude-opus-4-20250514"
          
          # Optional: Customize the trigger phrase (default: @claude)
          # trigger_phrase: "/claude"
          
          # Optional: Trigger when specific user is assigned to an issue
          # assignee_trigger: "claude-bot"
          
          # Optional: Allow Claude to run specific commands
          # allowed_tools: "Bash(npm install),Bash(npm run build),Bash(npm run test:*),Bash(npm run lint:*)"
          
          # Optional: Add custom instructions for Claude to customize its behavior for your project
          # custom_instructions: |
          #   Follow our coding standards
          #   Ensure all new code has tests
          #   Use TypeScript for new files
          
          # Optional: Custom environment variables for Claude
          # claude_env: |
          #   NODE_ENV: test

What changed

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.

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:

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