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Can you use Checks API Actions to trigger new workflows. #25826

Answered by francisfuzz
lannonbr asked this question in Actions
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Hey @lannonbr ! Great question. Events raised from the Actions app do not trigger workflows as mentioned here:

https://help.github.com/en/github/automating-your-workflow-with-github-actions/events-that-trigger-workflows#about-workflow-events

For example, if a check run is created by GitHub Actions and includes a requested action, pressing that requested action will trigger the check_run.requested_action webhook event but no new workflows will run if the repository contains a workflow configured to run when the check_run event occurs. 

However, if a check run is created by a different GitHub App and it presents a requested action, it is possible to trigger a workflow configured to run when…

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