publish-queue.yml

name: Publish queued content

# Publishes one pre-generated article per day from _manual/queue/. Content is
# authored + gated LOCALLY (agent-as-model) and committed to the queue, so this
# workflow never needs a model API / Anthropic credit — it only POSTs.

on:
  schedule:
    - cron: "0 13 * * *"   # 13:00 UTC = 9am US Eastern (EDT)
  workflow_dispatch:
    inputs:
      mode:
        description: "Publish mode for this manual run"
        type: choice
        options: [dry_run, live]
        default: dry_run

permissions:
  contents: write

concurrency:
  group: publish-queue
  cancel-in-progress: false

jobs:
  publish:
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    env:
      # scheduled runs publish live; manual dispatch defaults to dry_run
      PUBLISH_MODE: ${{ github.event.inputs.mode || 'live' }}
      ENABLED_PUBLISHERS: "dryrun,devto,bluesky,mastodon"
      DEVTO_PUBLISHED: "true"
      BRAND_BYLINE_URL: "https://www.agentpalisade.com"
      DEVTO_API_KEY: ${{ secrets.DEVTO_API_KEY }}
      BLUESKY_HANDLE: ${{ secrets.BLUESKY_HANDLE }}
      BLUESKY_APP_PASSWORD: ${{ secrets.BLUESKY_APP_PASSWORD }}
      MASTODON_BASE_URL: ${{ secrets.MASTODON_BASE_URL }}
      MASTODON_ACCESS_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.MASTODON_ACCESS_TOKEN }}
    steps:
      - uses: actions/checkout@v4

      - uses: actions/setup-python@v5
        with:
          python-version: "3.12"

      - name: Install
        run: pip install -e .

      - name: Publish next queued item
        run: python _manual/publish_queue.py

      - name: Persist queue (move published item out of the queue)
        if: always()
        run: |
          git config user.name "content-engine[bot]"
          git config user.email "41898282+github-actions[bot]@users.noreply.github.com"
          git add -A _manual/queue _manual/published 2>/dev/null || true
          if git diff --staged --quiet; then
            echo "no queue changes to commit"
          else
            git commit -m "chore: publish queued content $(date -u +%F) [skip ci]"
            # rebase-on-push to tolerate a concurrent state commit from palisade.yml
            for i in 1 2 3; do
              git pull --rebase --autostash origin main && git push && break
              echo "push retry $i"; sleep 3
            done
          fi