workflows.md

title	Workflows
intro	Get a high-level overview of {% data variables.product.prodname_actions %} workflows, including triggers, syntax, and advanced features.
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About workflows

{% data reusables.actions.about-workflows-long %}

Workflow basics

A workflow must contain the following basic components:

1. One or more events that will trigger the workflow.
2. One or more jobs, each of which will execute on a runner machine and run a series of one or more steps.
3. Each step can either run a script that you define or run an action, which is a reusable extension that can simplify your workflow.

For more information on these basic components, see AUTOTITLE.

Workflow triggers

{% data reusables.actions.about-triggers %}

For more information, see AUTOTITLE.

Next steps

To build your first workflow, see AUTOTITLE.