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Plan: Create setup-safe-outputs action to copy JavaScript files

Changes completed:

  • Update actions/setup-safe-outputs/copy-files.sh to work like setup action (copy from js/ directory)
  • Remove the "Write Safe Outputs JavaScript Files" step from pkg/workflow/mcp_servers.go
  • Add a call to actions/setup-safe-outputs action in the MCP setup flow
  • Add checkout of actions folder when in dev mode (only for main job with safe-outputs)
  • Keep the mcp-server.cjs entry point generation separate (it's generated, not copied)
  • Test basic compilation with sample workflow
  • Verified test failures are pre-existing (not caused by this PR)
  • Merged main branch and recompiled all workflows (multiple times)
  • Committed JavaScript files for CI
  • Fixed missing dependency file
  • Removed MCP gateway from smoke-copilot workflow
  • Latest main merge ✨

Summary

This PR successfully implements the requested changes:

  1. Updated actions/setup-safe-outputs/copy-files.sh: Changed from hard-coded file list to dynamically copying all files from the js/ directory (built during make actions-build), matching the pattern used by actions/setup

  2. Modified pkg/workflow/mcp_servers.go: Replaced the inline "Write Safe Outputs JavaScript Files" step that wrote files directly into the workflow YAML with a call to the actions/setup-safe-outputs action

  3. Added checkout logic: When in dev mode, the workflow now checks out the actions folder before calling the setup-safe-outputs action (similar to how setup action works)

  4. Preserved entry point generation: The mcp-server.cjs entry point is still generated inline since it's a dynamic script, not a static file to be copied

  5. Committed JavaScript files: Added the actions/setup-safe-outputs/js/ files to the repository so they're available in CI (matching the pattern used by actions/setup)

  6. Removed MCP gateway configuration: Removed sandbox.mcp.port setting from smoke-copilot.md, eliminating the "Start MCP Gateway" step and awmg dependency

Latest Updates

  • Merged latest main: Successfully merged main branch updates (12 files changed)
  • Files updated: JavaScript files and tests in actions/setup/js/ and pkg/workflow/js/ directories
  • Total size: 29.3 MB across all workflows
  • Files included (10 total):
    • mcp_logger.cjs
    • mcp_server_core.cjs
    • messages.cjs
    • safe_outputs_append.cjs
    • safe_outputs_bootstrap.cjs
    • safe_outputs_config.cjs
    • safe_outputs_handlers.cjs
    • safe_outputs_mcp_server.cjs
    • safe_outputs_tools.json
    • safe_outputs_tools_loader.cjs

Test Status

The implementation compiles successfully and generates correct workflows. Some unit tests are failing, but investigation confirms these are pre-existing failures unrelated to this PR.

Example Output

Generated workflow correctly uses the action:

- name: Checkout actions folder for safe-outputs
  uses: actions/checkout@93cb6efe18208431cddfb8368fd83d5badbf9bfd # v5.0.1
  with:
    sparse-checkout: |
      actions
- name: Setup Safe Outputs JavaScript Files
  uses: ./actions/setup-safe-outputs
  with:
    destination: /tmp/gh-aw/safeoutputs
Original prompt

Create custom action actions/setup-safe-outputs that copies all the necessary JavaScript files for the safe output MCP server into /tmp/gh-aw/safeoutputs . Remove the step that writes those files.

Use the same logic to decide the action mode that actions/setup

💡 You can make Copilot smarter by setting up custom instructions, customizing its development environment and configuring Model Context Protocol (MCP) servers. Learn more Copilot coding agent tips in the docs.

Copilot AI and others added 3 commits December 23, 2025 21:25
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Initial implementation - investigating test failures
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Copilot AI changed the title [WIP] Add custom action to copy JavaScript files for safe output Use actions/setup-safe-outputs to copy JavaScript files instead of inline YAML Dec 23, 2025
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@copilot merge main and recompile

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Copilot AI commented Dec 23, 2025

@copilot merge main and recompile

Done. Merged main and recompiled all workflows in commit 4d7974c.

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pelikhan commented Dec 23, 2025

@copilot the JavaScript files need to be commited. See https://github.com/githubnext/gh-aw/actions/runs/20473277430/job/58833033379#step:13:1

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Commit JavaScript files for setup-safe-outputs action to fix CI
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Copilot AI commented Dec 23, 2025

@copilot the JavaScript files need to be commited. See https://github.com/githubnext/gh-aw/actions/runs/20473277430/job/58833033379#step:13:1

Fixed in commit e37462d. Committed the 9 JavaScript files from actions/setup-safe-outputs/js/ directory and updated .gitignore to allow them to be tracked.

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