Actions Workflow to automatically create a new Discussion every Friday for weekly standup.

weekly-standup.sh

#!/bin/bash
# script/weekly-standup.sh

# The `date` command on MacOS doesn't include the `--date` parameter, so we pass in the generated title for ease of testing
TITLE="$1"

# Funkyness to read in our multi-line markdown as a variable to pass to GraphQL
read -r -d '' BODY << EOM
### Instructions
- Example instructions
- Bullet list

### Multi line markdown 🤯
p.s. You have to escape \`backticks\`

cc @your @team
EOM

gh api graphql -F title="$TITLE" -F body="$BODY" -f query='
  mutation($title: String!, $body: String!) {
    createDiscussion(input: {
      repositoryId: "REPO_ID",
      categoryId: "CATEGORY_ID",
      title: $title,
      body: $body
    }) {
      discussion { id }
    }
  }
'

weekly-standup.yml

# .github/workflows/weekly-standup.yml

name: Weekly Standup
on:
  schedule:
  - cron: 0 15 * * 5 # every Friday at 7 a.m. PST / 8 a.m. PDT
  workflow_dispatch: # allow for manual trigger

jobs:
  weekly_standup:
    name: Weekly Standup
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    steps:
    - uses: actions/checkout@v2

    # Generate the issue title with the current week dates
    # ie "Weekly Team Standup - July 12-16"
    - name: Generate issue title
      id: title
      run: echo "::set-output name=title::Weekly Team Standup - $(date --date 'last Monday' +'%B %d')-$(date +'%d')"

    # Create new discussion
    - run: script/weekly-standup.sh "${{ steps.title.outputs.title }}"
      env:
        GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}