feat(examples): add workflow_dispatch example for on-demand Claude tasks #775
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Adds a new example showing how to trigger Claude manually via GitHub UI or API without creating an issue. This addresses the use case described in anthropics#764 where users want to run Claude on-demand. Features: - Trigger via GitHub Actions UI with custom task input - Trigger via GitHub API for external integrations - Optional issue number input for additional context - Includes curl example for API usage
ashwin-ant
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| anthropic_api_key: ${{ secrets.ANTHROPIC_API_KEY }} | ||
| github_token: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }} | ||
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| Repository: ${{ github.repository }} | ||
| Branch: ${{ github.ref_name }} | ||
| ${{ github.event.inputs.issue_number && format('Related Issue: #{0}', github.event.inputs.issue_number) || '' }} | ||
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| Task: ${{ github.event.inputs.task }} |
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This is cool, should we also include some allowed tools to make this work out of the box a bit better?
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Yeah good idea! I ran into similar issues with testing, so I updated the PR to allow some basic file editing tools so it works out of the box.
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Adds a new example showing how to trigger Claude manually via GitHub UI or API without creating an issue. This addresses the use case described in #764 where users want to run Claude on-demand.
Features: