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Rizèl Scarlett •

Hi Anthony!!! Happy to answer these questions.

  1. Yes, you can create actions locally and then upload them to GitHub.com
  2. Yes, you can test them on a dev branch on GitHub.com
  3. You can treat GitHub Actions the same way you would treat your code. Feel free to add it to a dev branch and then merge it to your default branch afterwards.

Here's a reference on how to build your first workflow: dev.to/github/github-actions-build...