---
title: "7 advanced workflow automation features with GitHub Actions"
url: https://daily.dev/posts/7-advanced-workflow-automation-features-with-github-actions-71vyr-8gb
source_url: https://github.blog/2021-11-18-7-advanced-workflow-automation-features-with-github-actions/
type: article
source: "GitHub Blog"
published: 2021-11-18T17:17:22.737Z
updated: 2021-11-18T17:17:22.740Z
tags: ["github", "automation"]
reading_time: 3
upvotes: 11
comments: 1
language: en
---

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# 7 advanced workflow automation features with GitHub Actions

**[GitHub Blog](https://daily.dev/sources/ghblog)** · 3 min read · 11 upvotes · 1 comments

## Summary

GitHub Actions is designed to bring platform-native automation and CI/CD capabilities directly into the GitHub flow. It can also be used to build out more advanced, custom workflows for anything from triggering an alarm to orchestrating complex security test automations. If you’re looking to create advanced workflows, you can use the pre-built actions.

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**@bfornal** · 0 upvotes

> Awesome article ... definitely need to research Actions more. Loved seeing the "send an SMS" on failure ... can't wait to try that one.

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