docs/data/reusables/actions/workflow-templates-metadata-keys.md

• name - Required. The name of the workflow. This is displayed in the list of available workflows.

• description - Required. The description of the workflow. This is displayed in the list of available workflows.

• iconName - Optional. Specifies an icon for the workflow that is displayed in the list of workflows. iconName can be one of the following types:

  • An SVG file that is stored in the workflow-templates directory. To reference a file, the value must be the file name without the file extension. For example, an SVG file named example-icon.svg is referenced as example-icon.
  • An icon from {% data variables.product.prodname_dotcom %}'s set of Octicons. To reference an octicon, the value must be octicon <icon name>. For example, octicon smiley.

• categories - Optional. Defines the categories that the workflow is shown under. You can use category names from the following lists:

  • General category names from the starter-workflows repository.
  • Linguist languages from the list in the linguist repository.
  • Supported tech stacks from the list in the starter-workflows repository.

• filePatterns - Optional. Allows the workflow to be used if the user's repository has a file in its root directory that matches a defined regular expression.