CI workflow (public-clis/twitter-cli)

The CI workflow from public-clis/twitter-cli, explained and optimized by Latchkey.

What it does

This is the CI workflow from the public-clis/twitter-cli repository, a real project running GitHub Actions. It is shown here with attribution under its Apache-2.0 license.

Below, Latchkey shows a faster, safer version produced by its optimization engine.

The workflow

name: CI

on:
  push:
    branches: ["**"]
  pull_request:
  workflow_call:

jobs:
  test:
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    strategy:
      matrix:
        python-version: ["3.10", "3.11", "3.12"]
    steps:
      - name: Checkout
        uses: actions/checkout@v4

      - name: Setup uv
        uses: astral-sh/setup-uv@v6

      - name: Setup Python
        uses: actions/setup-python@v5
        with:
          python-version: ${{ matrix.python-version }}

      - name: Install dependencies
        run: uv sync --extra dev

      - name: Lint
        run: uv run ruff check .

      - name: Type check
        run: uv run mypy twitter_cli

      - name: Test
        run: uv run pytest -q

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: CI
 
on:
  push:
    branches: ["**"]
  pull_request:
  workflow_call:
 
concurrency:
  group: ${{ github.workflow }}-${{ github.ref }}
  cancel-in-progress: true
 
jobs:
  test:
    timeout-minutes: 30
    runs-on: latchkey-small
    strategy:
      matrix:
        python-version: ["3.10", "3.11", "3.12"]
    steps:
      - name: Checkout
        uses: actions/checkout@v4
 
      - name: Setup uv
        uses: astral-sh/setup-uv@v6
 
      - name: Setup Python
        uses: actions/setup-python@v5
        with:
          cache: 'pip'
          python-version: ${{ matrix.python-version }}
 
      - name: Install dependencies
        run: uv sync --extra dev
 
      - name: Lint
        run: uv run ruff check .
 
      - name: Type check
        run: uv run mypy twitter_cli
 
      - name: Test
        run: uv run pytest -q
 

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• Cancel superseded runs when a branch or PR gets a newer push.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.

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 (3 with the matrix expanded) per trigger. On Latchkey the same minutes cost up to 58% less than GitHub-hosted, with zero queue time.

Actions used in this workflow