GitHub Actions 1 cheatsheet

GitHub Actions 1: Languages, caching and artifacts

5 common GitHub Actions 1 tasks.

Set up Node.js with caching

Install a Node.js version and cache npm downloads.

- uses: actions/setup-node@v4
  with:
    node-version: 24
    cache: npm

Install Python and cache pip downloads.

- uses: actions/setup-python@v5
  with:
    python-version: "3.13"
    cache: pip

Cache any folder, keyed by a hash of a lock file.

- uses: actions/cache@v4
  with:
    path: ~/.cache
    key: ${{ runner.os }}-cache-${{ hashFiles('**/lockfile') }}

Save files from a job so you can download them or use them in a later job.

- uses: actions/upload-artifact@v4
  with:
    name: dist
    path: dist/

Fetch an artifact produced earlier in the workflow.

- uses: actions/download-artifact@v4
  with:
    name: dist