How to Set Up GitHub Actions for Automatic Testing

Overview GitHub Actions provides built-in CI/CD capabilities for automating your testing workflow. This guide walks you through setting up automatic test execution on every push and pull request. Prerequisites GitHub repository Existing test suite (npm test, pytest, etc.) Basic familiarity with YAML Step 1: Create Workflow Directory In your repository root, create the workflows directory: 1 mkdir -p .github/workflows This is where GitHub Actions looks for workflow definitions. Step 2: Create Workflow File Create .github/workflows/test.yml: ...

January 20, 2026 · 3 min · TutorialHub