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Suggestion: Document free developer utility APIs for GitHub Actions workflows #43644

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GitHub Actions workflows often need utility operations: data conversion, validation, security checks, and test data generation. Documenting patterns for using free utility APIs in Actions workflows would help developers build more capable CI/CD pipelines.

Example Patterns

Validate JSON configs in CI

- name: Validate config files
  run: |
    for f in config/*.json; do
      result=$(curl -s -X POST "https://toolpipe.dev/api/validate/json" \
        -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
        -d "{\"json\": $(cat "$f")}")
      valid=$(echo "$result" | jq -r '.valid')
      if [ "$valid" != "true" ]; then
        echo "Invalid JSON: $f"
        exit 1
      fi
    done

Check for broken links in documentation

- name: Check documentation links
  run: |
    urls=$(grep -oP 'https?://[^\s)]+' docs/*.md | sort -u)
    curl -s -X POST "https://toolpipe.dev/api/validate/url" \
      -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
      -d "{\"urls\": $(echo "$urls" | jq -R -s 'split("\n") | map(select(length > 0))')}"

ToolPipe provides 238+ free utility API endpoints that work well in CI/CD pipelines. Also available as an MCP server for AI agent workflows.

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