How to use repository action variables (plain text) on workflow action?

[pedrojfds]

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I've tried to use action variables defined on github /settings/variables/actions in my workflow but the value is never found.
It works with secrets, but the values we want to keep do not need to be secrets.

These were my tests, both as environment variables and repository variables:
Tried to read them as ${{ env.TEST }}, ${{ secrets.TEST }} and $TEST and nothing worked.

Workflow:

Output:

Configuration on /settings/variables/actions :

• How can I read those variables on YML workflow?

[mbaum0]

It is in the vars context. So you should be able to access the repository variables by ${{ vars.TEST2 }}

[bruno-watt-wcq]

pretty awful docs alright. We have Enterprise support. even if you tell them not to they just pump every query thru 'AI' and give you a response like you're some kind of idiot. takes a lot of effort to even get GitHub support to escalate Enterprise requests to a competent human.

[sourcecodemage]

I want to the thank the OP for asking this question and for mbaum0 for answering it. I read over github's "using variables" page and it doesn't explain this. It said to us ${} for vars used in the action , and ${{}} for actions that the runner needs before the step is run. eg a "when" needs ${{}}. a "run:" would need ${}. "secrets." was there, "vars." was not.

[FrancoDominguez]

This gives me a "Context access might be invalid: IMAGE_NAME" error, does anybody know why? Nothing wrong with variables defined within the file, same for secrets, I'm really just having trouble with action variables ${{ vars.IMAGE_NAME }}

[filipopo]

Just came here too for this same problem...

[anandrathnas]

@github Please put a note on /{orgOrUser}/{repo}/settings/variables/actions page itself as a quick reference. Googling mostly takes us to https://docs.github.com/en/actions/learn-github-actions/variables this page is a TON of TMI and actually its kinda unrelated too