Add automated workflow update action

[Copilot]

Automates the process of initializing and compiling agentic workflow definitions via scheduled GitHub Actions workflow.

Implementation

Created .github/workflows/update-workflows.yml with:

• Installation: Uses official install-gh-aw.sh script to install the gh aw CLI extension
• Initialize & Compile: Executes gh aw init followed by gh aw compile
• Auto-commit: Detects changes and commits them with github-actions[bot] identity
• Scheduling: Runs weekly on Sundays at 00:23 UTC, with manual trigger support

Key Details

- name: Run gh aw init
  run: gh aw init
  
- name: Run gh aw compile
  run: gh aw compile

- name: Check for changes
  run: |
    if [[ -n $(git status --porcelain) ]]; then
      echo "changes=true" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
    fi

- name: Commit and push changes
  if: steps.check_changes.outputs.changes == 'true'
  run: |
    git config user.name "github-actions[bot]"
    git add .
    git commit -m "chore: update agentic workflows"
    git push

Workflow uses contents: write permission to enable pushing commits back to the repository. The gh CLI is pre-installed on GitHub Actions runners, so no additional installation is required. The cron schedule uses a randomized minute (23) to distribute load across GitHub Actions infrastructure.

Original prompt

Add update action workflow that install the gh aw cli, runs gh aw update and commits files if any changes.

gh extensions install githubnext/gh-aw
gh aw update
gh aw compile

then commit any changes

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[pelikhan]

@copilot remove, always installed

[Copilot]

Removed the gh CLI installation step in commit 5038584.

[pelikhan]

@copilot run gh aw init instead

[Copilot]

Changed to gh aw init in commit 5038584.