Github 2 -GitHub Actions Contexts

 

- run: echo "User: ${{ github.actor }}"              # github

- run: echo "Env: ${{ env.ENVIRONMENT }}"            # env

- run: echo "Secret: ${{ secrets.API_KEY }}"         # secrets

- run: echo "Runner OS: ${{ runner.os }}"            # runner

- run: echo "Job Status: ${{ job.status }}"          # job

- run: echo "Step Output: ${{ steps.build.outputs.version }}" # steps

- run: echo "Matrix: ${{ matrix.node_version }}"     # matrix

- run: echo "Input: ${{ inputs.target_env }}"        # inputs

- run: echo "Var: ${{ vars.REGION }}"                # vars

- run: echo "Total matrix jobs: ${{ strategy.job-total }}" # strategy

- run: echo "Output from build job: ${{ needs.build.outputs.url }}" # needs

Context	Description	Common Fields	Example Usage
github	Metadata about the workflow, repo, event, actor, commit, etc.	actor, event_name, ref, sha, repository, workflow, event, run_id	${{ github.actor }}, ${{ github.ref }}
env	Environment variables set at workflow/job/step level	Any custom env var	${{ env.MY_ENV_VAR }}
secrets	Encrypted secrets stored in GitHub UI	Your secret names (e.g. AWS_SECRET_KEY)	${{ secrets.MY_SECRET }}
runner	Information about the runner GitHub is using	os, arch, name, temp, tool_cache, workspace	${{ runner.os }}, ${{ runner.name }}
job	Info about the current job	status	${{ job.status }}
steps	Access to outputs and status of previous steps in a job	steps.<step_id>.outputs.<name>, steps.<step_id>.conclusion	${{ steps.build.outputs.version }}
matrix	Matrix values for jobs running with strategy.matrix	Your defined matrix keys	${{ matrix.node }}, ${{ matrix.os }}
inputs	Inputs provided via workflow_dispatch trigger	Your input names defined in YAML	${{ inputs.environment }}
vars	GitHub-defined or user-defined variables (repo/org level)	Your defined variable names	${{ vars.REGION }}
strategy	Info about the matrix strategy being used	job-total, fail-fast	${{ strategy.job-total }}
needs	Access to outputs from a job dependency	needs.<job_id>.outputs.<name>	${{ needs.build.outputs.artifact_url }}