--- title: Working with GitHub Actions from your best editor description: A walkthrough of the GitHub Actions VS Code extension by Christopher Schleiden, which lets developers monitor CI/CD workflow runs, view logs, and check action... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/working-with-github-actions-from-your-best-editor-a4pzsh1zk twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Working with GitHub Actions from your best editor | daily.dev og:description: A walkthrough of the GitHub Actions VS Code extension by Christopher Schleiden, which lets developers monitor CI/CD workflow runs, view logs, and check action... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/working-with-github-actions-from-your-best-editor-a4pzsh1zk og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/A4Pzsh1zk.png og:image:alt: Working with GitHub Actions from your best editor og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Working with GitHub Actions from your best editor **[Playful Programming](https://daily.dev/sources/playfulprogramming)** · [@puppo](https://daily.dev/puppo) · 3 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary A walkthrough of the GitHub Actions VS Code extension by Christopher Schleiden, which lets developers monitor CI/CD workflow runs, view logs, and check action statuses directly inside VS Code without switching to the browser. Covers installation, GitHub account sign-in, the three main UI sections (branch view, workflows view), and how to watch live run logs. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. 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