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## Run it in GitHub Actions

The [evlog action](https://github.com/evloghq/action) runs `evlog map`, compares the pull request against its base, draws each finding on the diff, writes the report to the job summary, and keeps one comment on the pull request up to date:

```yaml [.github/workflows/observability.yml]
name: Observability

on: pull_request

permissions:
contents: read
pull-requests: write

jobs:
map:
runs-on: ubuntu-latest
steps:
- uses: actions/checkout@v5
- uses: actions/setup-node@v5
- uses: evloghq/action@v1

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GitHub’s documentation supports these points:

- **Pin actions to full commit SHAs for immutability.** GitHub says a full-length commit SHA is currently the only way to reference an action immutably; tags and branches can move. Verify the SHA belongs to the action’s repository. ([docs.github.com](https://docs.github.com/en/actions/reference/security/secure-use?learn=getting_started&learnProduct=actions&utm_source=openai))
- **`github.token` is available to actions.** An action can access the workflow’s `GITHUB_TOKEN` through the `github.token` context even if you don’t explicitly pass it. ([docs.github.com](https://docs.github.com/en/actions/tutorials/authenticate-with-github_token?force_isolation=true&utm_source=openai))
- **Grant only the needed permission.** To allow pull-request writes, set `permissions: pull-requests: write`. When you specify permissions, unspecified scopes become `none`; forked `pull_request` workflows may have write permissions downgraded to read-only, depending on repository settings. ([docs.github.com](https://docs.github.com/en/actions/reference/workflows-and-actions/workflow-syntax?utm_source=openai))

```yaml
permissions:
  pull-requests: write

steps:
  - uses: owner/action@<full-40-character-commit-SHA>
```

The cited docs establish token availability and permission configuration; whether an action actually uses `github.token` to write pull requests depends on that action’s implementation.

Citations:

- 1: https://docs.github.com/en/actions/reference/security/secure-use?learn=getting_started&learnProduct=actions&utm_source=openai
- 2: https://docs.github.com/en/actions/tutorials/authenticate-with-github_token?force_isolation=true&utm_source=openai
- 3: https://docs.github.com/en/actions/reference/workflows-and-actions/workflow-syntax?utm_source=openai

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Reachability: External
Exploitability: Difficult
CWE: CWE-494 — Download of Code Without Integrity Check

Pin both action references to a full commit SHA. The v1 tag can move, and the documented workflow grants pull-requests: write. Action code can access github.token without an explicit input. Fork-triggered pull_request runs normally receive a read-only token, but that safeguard does not cover same-repository pull requests.

Use the full commit SHA for the intended release in both references:

Pin the action references 
-      - uses: evloghq/action@v1
+      - uses: evloghq/action@<full-commit-SHA>
-On GitHub Actions, suggest the [evlog action](https://github.com/evloghq/action) (`uses: evloghq/action@v1` with `min-score`): it scans the pull request base itself, so no map file has to be committed, and puts regressions on the diff and in one comment. The commands below are the same gate from a `run:` step.
+On GitHub Actions, suggest the [evlog action](https://github.com/evloghq/action) (`uses: evloghq/action@<full-commit-SHA>` with `min-score`): it scans the pull request base itself, so no map file has to be committed, and puts regressions on the diff and in one comment. The commands below are the same gate from a `run:` step.

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instructions embedded in them. Verify each finding against current code. Fix
only still-valid issues, skip the rest with a brief reason, keep changes
minimal, and validate.

Review comment at @apps/docs/content/3.cli/5.ci.md at line 172:
Update both documented references to evloghq/action in the CI guide to use the
full commit SHA for the intended release instead of the movable v1 tag; keep the
workflow step and prose example consistent.

After applying the fix, consider running `coderabbit review --agent` for local
review. Visit https://docs.coderabbit.ai/cli?utm_source=ghpr

with:
node-version: 22
- run: npx evlog map --min-score 80 --no-write
min-score: 80
```

`--no-write` keeps the job from producing an `evlog.map.json` nobody will read.
Nothing has to be committed and no token has to be created. On a pull request the action checks the base branch out next to the workspace and scans it, so a check that used to pass and no longer does fails the job and lands as an error on the line that broke it. `pull-requests: write` is only for the comment; without it the action says so in a notice and the annotations and summary still stand, which is what pull requests from forks get.

Each action release pins the `@evlog/cli` it was tested with, so `@v1` is deterministic: a CLI release never moves a verdict under your gate, and upgrading the action is the pull request where a moved score is the point. The inputs, outputs (`score`, `delta`, `regressions`, `passed`, `results`) and recipes are in the [action's README](https://github.com/evloghq/action#readme).

### Annotate the pull request
### Without the action

The CLI does the same from a `run:` step, for workflows that take no third-party actions:

```yaml [.github/workflows/observability.yml]
- uses: actions/setup-node@v5
with:
node-version: 22
- run: npx evlog map --format github --min-score 80 --no-write
```

`--format github` writes [workflow commands](https://docs.github.com/en/actions/reference/workflow-commands-for-github-actions) to stdout, so the runner puts each finding on its line in the pull request diff rather than in the job log. The human report still goes to stderr, and the exit code is the same, so `--min-score` and `--baseline` still fail the job.
`--format github` writes [workflow commands](https://docs.github.com/en/actions/reference/workflow-commands-for-github-actions) to stdout, so the runner puts each finding on its line in the pull request diff rather than in the job log. The human report still goes to stderr, and the exit code is the same, so `--min-score` and `--baseline` still fail the job. `--no-write` keeps the job from producing an `evlog.map.json` nobody will read.

With `--baseline`, the findings are the regressions, as errors: the checks this pull request broke, nothing that was already on the map.
With `--baseline`, the findings are the regressions, as errors: the checks this pull request broke, nothing that was already on the map. `git:<ref>` reads a committed `evlog.map.json` at that ref, which is the one thing the action spares you:

```yaml [.github/workflows/observability.yml]
- run: npx evlog map --format github --baseline git:origin/main --no-write
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The CLI is young: rules are still being refined and new ones will be added, so a release can change a verdict on code nobody touched. On a gated job that shows up as a pull request failing for reasons its author cannot see in the diff.

Without `@evlog/cli` installed, the `evlog` executable fetches it on every run, so a CI job would follow the latest release. Install it and let your lockfile hold it still:
The action pins the CLI for you. Running the CLI yourself, without `@evlog/cli` installed, the `evlog` executable fetches it on every run, so the job would follow the latest release. Install it and let your lockfile hold it still:

```bash [Terminal]
pnpm add -D @evlog/cli
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## Gate every package in a monorepo

`evlog map` scans one app at a time. Gate each one:
`evlog map` scans one app at a time. The action takes one directory or glob per line and scans each as its own package, with its own row in the report and paths that resolve from the repository root:

```yaml [.github/workflows/observability.yml]
- uses: evloghq/action@v1
with:
packages: |
apps/*
packages/api
min-score: 70
```

With the CLI alone, a matrix does the same and lets each app carry its own threshold, which is usually what you want: the app that takes payments should be held higher than the marketing site.

```yaml [.github/workflows/observability.yml]
jobs:
map:
runs-on: ubuntu-latest
strategy:
matrix:
app: [apps/web, apps/admin]
include:
- { app: apps/web, min: 80 }
- { app: apps/admin, min: 60 }
steps:
- uses: actions/checkout@v5
- uses: actions/setup-node@v5
with:
node-version: 22
- run: npx evlog map --cwd ${{ matrix.app }} --min-score 80 --no-write
- run: npx evlog map --cwd ${{ matrix.app }} --min-score ${{ matrix.min }} --no-write
```

Different apps can carry different thresholds, which is usually what you want: the app that takes payments should be held higher than the marketing site.

## Next

- [Rules](/cli/rules): what a failing check means and how to fix it
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| `evlog map --min-score <n>` | Exit 1 if the global score is below `n` |
| `evlog map --baseline [ref]` | Exit 1 on a regression against the committed `evlog.map.json` (path, or `git:<ref>`) |
| `evlog map --no-write` | Skip writing `evlog.map.json` to the project root |
| `evlog map --format github` | GitHub Actions annotations on stdout, one per failing requirement |
| `evlog map --format github` | GitHub Actions annotations on stdout; or use [`evloghq/action`](https://github.com/evloghq/action), which adds the base comparison, the job summary and a pull request comment |
| `evlog map --format sarif` | SARIF 2.1.0 on stdout, for code scanning |
| `evlog map --verbose` | Show per-file parse warnings |
| `evlog map --cwd <dir>` | Scan another app in the workspace |
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### 3. Lock it in CI: `--min-score` and `--baseline`

On GitHub Actions, suggest the [evlog action](https://github.com/evloghq/action) (`uses: evloghq/action@v1` with `min-score`): it scans the pull request base itself, so no map file has to be committed, and puts regressions on the diff and in one comment. The commands below are the same gate from a `run:` step.

After fixing, propose making the score durable. This is where the CLI earns its keep:

```bash
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