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## GitHub Actions Toolkit
The GitHub Actions ToolKit provides a set of packages to make creating actions easier and drive consistency.
## Packages
The toolkit provides five separate packages. See the docs for each action.
| Package | Description |
| ------- | ----------- |
| [@actions/core](packages/core) | Core functions for getting inputs, setting outputs, setting results, logging, secrets and environment variables |
| [@actions/exec](packages/exec) | Functions necessary for running tools on the command line |
| [@actions/io](packages/io) | Core functions for CLI filesystem scenarios |
| [@actions/tool-cache](packages/tool-cache) | Functions necessary for downloading and caching tools |
| [@actions/github](packages/github) | An Octokit client hydrated with the context that the current action is being run in |
## Creating an Action with the Toolkit
Actions are units of work which can either run in a container or on the host machine.
[Choosing an action type](docs/action-types.md): Outlines the differences and why you would want to create a JavaScript or a container based action.
[JavaScript Action Walkthrough using a Template](docs/javascript-action.md): A full walkthrough creating an action using the toolkit along with TypeScript for compile time support and Jest for unit testing. It also covers a branching strategy for versioning and safely testing and releasing an action.
[Docker Action Walkthrough](docs/container-action.md): Create an action that is delivered as a container and run with docker.
[Docker Action Walkthrough with Octokit](docs/container-action-toolkit.md): Create an action that is delivered as a container which uses the toolkit. This example uses the GitHub context to construct an Octokit client.
[Versioning](docs/action-versioning.md): Recommendations on versioning, releases and tagging your action.
## Contributing
We welcome contributions. See [how to contribute](docs/contribute.md).