Pattern

GitHub Actions as agent runner

Use GitHub Actions' native event triggers (push, pull_request, schedule, workflow_dispatch, repository_dispatch) to invoke AI coding agents on a repository.

Classification — Event-trigger platform repurposed as an agent runner.

Full entry

The complete treatment — problem, how it works, when to use it, sources, and examples — lives in the volume below.

Vol. 04 The AI Agent Events & Triggers Catalog Workflow & Primitives

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