gh workflow run

Run a workflow by creating a workflow_dispatch event

Synopsis

Create a workflow_dispatch event for a given workflow.

This command will trigger GitHub Actions to run a given workflow file. The given workflow file must support a workflow_dispatch 'on' trigger in order to be run in this way.

If the workflow file supports inputs, they can be specified in a few ways:

• Interactively
• via -f or -F flags
• As JSON, via STDIN

gh workflow run [<workflow-id> | <workflow-name>] [flags]

Examples

# Have gh prompt you for what workflow you'd like to run and interactively collect inputs
$ gh workflow run

# Run the workflow file 'triage.yml' at the remote's default branch
$ gh workflow run triage.yml

# Run the workflow file 'triage.yml' at a specified ref
$ gh workflow run triage.yml --ref my-branch

# Run the workflow file 'triage.yml' with command line inputs
$ gh workflow run triage.yml -f name=scully -f greeting=hello

# Run the workflow file 'triage.yml' with JSON via standard input
$ echo '{"name":"scully", "greeting":"hello"}' | gh workflow run triage.yml --json

Options

  -F, --field key=value       Add a string parameter in key=value format, respecting @ syntax
      --json                  Read workflow inputs as JSON via STDIN
  -f, --raw-field key=value   Add a string parameter in key=value format
  -r, --ref string            The branch or tag name which contains the version of the workflow file you'd like to run

Options inherited from parent commands

      --help                     Show help for command
  -R, --repo [HOST/]OWNER/REPO   Select another repository using the [HOST/]OWNER/REPO format