Apply Skill Optimization workflow (SnailSploit/Claude-Red)

The Apply Skill Optimization workflow from SnailSploit/Claude-Red, explained and optimized by Latchkey.

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Source: SnailSploit/Claude-Red.github/workflows/skill-optimize-apply.ymlLicense MITView source

What it does

This is the Apply Skill Optimization workflow from the SnailSploit/Claude-Red 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: Apply Skill Optimization
on:
  issue_comment:
    types: [created]

jobs:
  apply:
    if: >
      github.event.issue.pull_request &&
      contains(github.event.comment.body, '/apply-optimize')
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    permissions:
      pull-requests: write
      contents: write
    steps:
      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
        with:
          fetch-depth: 0
      - uses: tesslio/skill-review-and-optimize@bff9490027d60847df6494fdac7dccfb3ad82948
        with:
          mode: apply

The same workflow, on Latchkey

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

name: Apply Skill Optimization
on:
  issue_comment:
    types: [created]
 
jobs:
  apply:
    timeout-minutes: 30
    if: >
      github.event.issue.pull_request &&
      contains(github.event.comment.body, '/apply-optimize')
    runs-on: latchkey-small
    permissions:
      pull-requests: write
      contents: write
    steps:
      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
        with:
          fetch-depth: 0
      - uses: tesslio/skill-review-and-optimize@bff9490027d60847df6494fdac7dccfb3ad82948
        with:
          mode: apply

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.
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