GH_WorkflowStep

A single step within a GitHub Actions job — either a uses: action reference or a run: shell command

General Information

Represents a single step within a GitHub Actions job. A step is either a uses: action reference or a run: shell command. Steps are the leaf nodes of the workflow execution tree and are the primary location where secrets and variables are consumed.

Properties

Property	Type	Description
name	string	The node name used for matching and display.
displayname	string	The human-readable display name.
environmentid	string	The identifier of the GitHub environment where this node was collected.
last_seen	datetime	The timestamp when this node was last observed during collection.
node_id	string	The stable identifier used as the OpenGraph node ID; this is the native GitHub node ID where available.
step_index	integer	The zero-based step index within the parent job.
type	string	The step type: uses, run, or unknown.
action	string	The full action reference from uses.
action_slug	string	The action owner/name without ref.
action_owner	string	The action owner.
action_name	string	The action name.
action_ref	string	The action ref.
is_pinned	boolean	Whether the action ref is a full commit SHA.
run	string	The shell command body for run steps.
contents	string	The full parsed step definition.
job_node_id	string	The parent workflow job node ID.
workflow_node_id	string	The parent workflow node ID.
repository_name	string	The containing repository name.
repository_id	string	The containing repository node ID.
environment_name	string	The name of the GitHub organization.
query_repository	string	Query for containing repository.
query_references	string	Query for secrets and variables referenced by the step.

Diagram

Edges

The tables below list edges defined by the GitHub extension only. Additional edges to or from this node may be created by other extensions.

Inbound Edges

Edge Type	Source Node Types	Traversable
GH_Contains	GH_WorkflowJob	❌

Outbound Edges

Edge Type	Destination Node Types	Traversable
GH_UsesSecret	GH_EnvironmentSecret, GH_OrgSecret, GH_RepoSecret	❌
GH_UsesVariable	GH_EnvironmentVariable, GH_OrgVariable, GH_RepoVariable	❌

Properties

Property	Type	Description
name	str	-
displayname	str	-
environmentid	str	-
last_seen	datetime	-
node_id	str	-
step_index	int | None	The zero-based step index within the parent job.
type	str | None	The step type: uses, run, or unknown.
action	str | None	The full action reference from uses.
action_slug	str | None	The action owner/name without ref.
action_owner	str | None	The action owner.
action_name	str | None	The action name.
action_ref	str | None	The action ref.
is_pinned	bool	Whether the action ref is a full commit SHA.
run	str | None	The shell command body for run steps.
contents	str | None	The full parsed step definition.
job_node_id	str | None	The parent workflow job node ID.
workflow_node_id	str | None	The parent workflow node ID.
repository_name	str | None	The containing repository name.
repository_id	str | None	The containing repository node ID.
environment_name	str | None	The name of the GitHub organization.
query_repository	str | None	Query for containing repository.
query_references	str | None	Query for secrets and variables referenced by the step.