ithub-actions)
    * [ GitHub security features  ](/en/actions/security-guides/using-githubs-security-features-to-secure-your-use-of-github-actions)
    * [ Automatic token authentication  ](/en/actions/security-guides/automatic-token-authentication)

  * Creating actions 

    * [ About custom actions  ](/en/actions/creating-actions/about-custom-actions)
    * [ Create a Docker container action  ](/en/actions/creating-actions/creating-a-docker-container-action)
    * [ Create a JavaScript action  ](/en/actions/creating-actions/creating-a-javascript-action)
    * [ Create a composite action  ](/en/actions/creating-actions/creating-a-composite-action)
    * [ Metadata syntax  ](/en/actions/creating-actions/metadata-syntax-for-github-actions)
    * [ Dockerfile support  ](/en/actions/creating-actions/dockerfile-support-for-github-actions)
    * [ Set exit codes  ](/en/actions/creating-actions/setting-exit-codes-for-actions)
    * [ Publish in GitHub Marketplace  ](/en/actions/creating-actions/publishing-actions-in-github-marketplace)
    * [ Share from your private repository  ](/en/actions/creating-actions/sharing-actions-and-workflows-from-your-private-repository)
    * [ Share with your organization  ](/en/actions/creating-actions/sharing-actions-and-workflows-with-your-organization)
    * [ Release and maintain actions  ](/en/actions/creating-actions/releasing-and-maintaining-actions)
    * [ CLI setup action  ](/en/actions/creating-actions/developing-a-third-party-cli-action)

  * [ Guides for GitHub Actions  ](/en/actions/guides)

  * [ GitHub Actions ](/en/actions "GitHub Actions") / 
  * [ Using workflows ](/en/actions/using-workflows "Using workflows") / 
  * [ Create starter workflows ](/en/actions/using-workflows/creating-starter-workflows-for-your-organization "Create starter workflows")

#  Creating starter workflows for your organization

Learn how you can create starter workflows to help people in your team add new
workflows more easily.

##  In this article

  * Overview 
  * Creating a starter workflow 
  * Next steps 

##  Overview

Starter workflows allow everyone in your organization who has permission to
create workflows to do so more quickly and easily. When you create a new
workflow, you can choose a starter workflow and some or all of the work of
writing the workflow will be done for you. You can use starter workflows as a
starting place to build your custom workflow or use them as-is. This not only
saves time, it promotes consistency and best practice across your
organization.

GitHub provides ready-to-use starter workflows for the following high level
categories:

  * **Deployment (CD)** . For more information, see " [ About continuous deployment ](/en/actions/deployment/about-deployments/about-continuous-deployment) ." 
  * **Security** . For more information, see " [ Configuring advanced setup for code scanning ](/en/code-security/code-scanning/creating-an-advanced-setup-for-code-scanning/configuring-advanced-setup-for-code-scanning#configuring-code-scanning-using-third-party-actions) ." 
  * **Continuous Integration (CI)** . For more information, see " [ About continuous integration ](/en/actions/automating-builds-and-tests/about-continuous-integration) ." 
  * **Automation** . Automation starter workflows offer solutions for automating workflows, such as triaging pull requests and applying a label based on the paths that are modified in the pull request, or greeting users who are first time contributors to the repository. 

##  Creating a starter workflow

Starter workflows can be created by users with write access to the
organization's ` .github ` repository. These can then be used by organization
members who have permission to create workflows.

Starter workflows created by users can only be used to create workflows in
public repositories. Organizations using GitHub Enterprise Cloud can also use
starter workflows to create workflows in private repositories. For more
information, see the [ GitHub E