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Action: Add support workflow commands

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Assessment

Difficulty
4/5
Estimated time
3-5 days
Newbie friendliness
35/100
Issue type
Feature
Clarity
Mostly clear
Activity status
Stale
Tech stack
github-actions
Domain
devops

Research direction

Start with the linked GitHub Actions workflow-commands documentation and identify the repository entry point that handles workflow command output; no file or test is named in the issue. Implement the listed state, environment, logging, output, annotation, masking, and pause-command areas, with each checklist item covered and verified.

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Description

https://docs.github.com/en/actions/learn-github-actions/workflow-commands-for-github-actions

Namely:

  • $STATE ($STATE_, save state)
  • $ENV ($GITHUB_ENV and setting environment variables for next steps)
  • Logging (debug, group)
  • Outputs
  • Annotations (notice, warning, error)
  • Masking
  • Pausing workflow command processing
Dominant language
Xonsh
Stars
7
Forks
1
Avg merge
20m
Merged PRs (30d)
1

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