Question about how to setup this GitHub Action

[kwon-encored]

Hi, I hope this message finds you well

I am very new to github actions and was wondering if the direction shown in the website was all that I have to do?

At the bottom of the article I found

but was not sure if I need anything to create new action.yaml and do anything about it inside github file with .github/workflows/ai-pr-reviewer.yml.

Would ai-pr-reviewer.yml be the only file I need inside .github/workflows?

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Follow-up question 1
GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
Do I get the token somewhere and replace the secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN with my code or do I just leave it as it is?

Follow-up question 2
Once the system is set up, should I simply create a PR, and GitHub will automatically handle everything, including generating the AI review? The article mentions /reviewbot, so I was wondering if there's anything I need to do manually to activate this GitHub Action.

[tmokmss]

Hi @kwon-encored, yes the document you linked is what you can follow when installing the action. Also here is an example repository where the action is working. https://github.com/aws-samples/jp-prototyping-blog/blob/main/.github/workflows/review.yaml

Follow-up question 1

You can leave it as it is. GitHub Actions will take care of it.

Follow-up question 2

The workflow runs on the on triggers you set in the yaml file. By default it will run when you created a PR as well as you mentioned the bot.

[kwon-encored]

Hi, @tmokmss
Thank you for your response!

I’m still a bit confused about the action.yaml section on the website. Is the action.yaml file a mandatory step that I need to follow, or is it something I can skip? I couldn’t find clear instructions on what to do for this part.

Would ai-pr-reviewer.yml be the only file I need inside .github/workflows?

I really appreciate your time and help!

[tmokmss]

That action.yml just shows you the list of configuration variables and their default values. So

Would ai-pr-reviewer.yml be the only file I need inside .github/workflows?

yes, you only need a single yml to use the action.

[kwon-encored]

Thank you very much!!