Creating checks and check suites
In GitHub, check runs and check suites are two related concepts in the Checks API. They represent the automated checks performed on code changes and pull requests during software development.
In this section, we will create an action that can be used from our workflows to easily create a check within pull requests. To do that, we will enhance a workflow we previously created. We will create a check via the GitHub API at the workflow’s start and end as a placeholder describing the output. We’ll show various bits of information from the build in an easy-to-read structure.
Let’s first learn the specifics of how check suites work.
Understanding how check suites work
Check suites are typically assigned automatically unless configured on the repository that the application will manage the check suite itself. The reasoning behind this might be that the backend application is operating as one product but wants to represent itself...