peter-evans/repository-dispatch

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What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-30, confidence not recorded

A GitHub Action that creates repository dispatch events via the GitHub API, triggering other workflows in the same or a remote repository. It supports custom event types and JSON client payloads, using GITHUB_TOKEN or a PAT for authentication.

Use cases

• trigger a downstream workflow from another GitHub Actions workflow
• dispatch a custom event to a remote repository using a PAT
• chain workflows together with custom webhook event types
• pass a JSON payload to a triggered workflow
• kick off deployment workflows from CI pipelines

When to choose

• you need to trigger one GitHub Actions workflow from another
• you want to send repository dispatch events to a different repository
• you need custom event types with client payloads for workflow orchestration

When to avoid

• you need cross-repository workflow triggers without PAT management (consider workflow_dispatch or GitHub App tokens)
• you are not using GitHub Actions
• you need general-purpose webhook delivery outside GitHub

Facets

plugin · maturity active

webhook ci-cd developer-tools workflow-automation developer-tools cloud github-action repository-dispatch github-api workflow-trigger devops automation web-server

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