add-wizard: offer schedule frequency selection for scheduled workflows by Copilot · Pull Request #19709 · github/gh-aw

Copilot · 2026-03-05T09:43:37Z

gh aw add-wizard had no way to change the schedule of a workflow being added — users got whatever frequency was baked into the upstream workflow.

Changes

Schedule detection (`add_interactive_schedule.go`)

detectWorkflowScheduleInfo — extracts the raw schedule expression from frontmatter, handling both simple string form (on: daily) and map form (on: {schedule: [{cron: ...}], workflow_dispatch: null}). Skips multi-trigger workflows (e.g. on: schedule + push) to avoid clobbering unrelated triggers.
classifyScheduleFrequency — maps any schedule expression to hourly | 3-hourly | daily | weekly | monthly | custom, covering friendly strings (daily, every 3h), FUZZY placeholders (FUZZY:DAILY * * *), and standard cron patterns.
buildScheduleOptions — constructs the ordered huh select list; the current frequency is placed first and marked (current). Custom/unrecognised schedules get a Custom: <expr> (keep existing) option as the default.
selectScheduleFrequency — wizard step: presents the form, and on a changed selection rewrites wf.Content / wf.SourceInfo.Content in memory before the PR is created. No-op when user picks the same frequency or "Custom".

Wizard integration (`add_interactive_orchestrator.go`)

Inserts selectScheduleFrequency() as step 7b in RunAddInteractive, after file enumeration and before the confirmation prompt.

Frequency → expression mapping

Selection	Written to `on:`
Hourly	`every 1h`
Every 3 hours	`every 3h`
Daily	`daily`
Weekly	`weekly`
Monthly	`0 0 1 * *`
Custom / unchanged	(no change)

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<issue_title>gh aw add-wizard for scheduled workflow should offer choice of frequencies</issue_title>
<issue_description>gh aw add-wizard on a scheduled workflow should offer a choice of hourly/3-hourly, daily, weekly, monthly triggers

It should default to whatever is in the workflow

The workflow frontmatter should be adjusted carefully and reliably to reflect the choice. Unless the choice was the default in which case no change made.

Sometimes the frontmatter will have a custom schedule not corresponding to the above, in which case "Custom" should be listed as a choice. </issue_description>

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When adding a scheduled workflow via `gh aw add-wizard`, the wizard now detects the schedule trigger and offers a choice of standard frequencies: hourly, every 3 hours, daily, weekly, or monthly. - The form defaults to the workflow's existing schedule. - Custom schedules (not matching a standard frequency) are shown as a "Custom: <expr> (keep existing)" option which is the default. - If the user selects the same frequency or "Custom", the frontmatter is left unchanged. - For multi-trigger workflows (schedule + other triggers), the selector is skipped to avoid losing other triggers. New files: pkg/cli/add_interactive_schedule.go - detection & selection logic pkg/cli/add_interactive_schedule_test.go - unit tests Changed files: pkg/cli/add_interactive_orchestrator.go - calls selectScheduleFrequency as step 7b in RunAddInteractive Co-authored-by: dsyme <7204669+dsyme@users.noreply.github.com>

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Adds a new gh aw add-wizard step to detect scheduled workflows and let users choose a standard schedule frequency (hourly/3-hourly/daily/weekly/monthly) while preparing the PR.

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Introduces schedule detection/classification + interactive selection, and applies the selected schedule to in-memory workflow content before PR creation.
Integrates the new schedule-selection step into the interactive add orchestrator flow.
Adds unit tests for schedule classification/detection and option-building.
Updates the create_pull_request safe-output handler (context guarding, run URL construction, footer args, and permission-denied handling).

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pkg/cli/add_interactive_schedule.go	Adds schedule detection/classification, builds select options, and attempts to rewrite frontmatter based on user choice.
pkg/cli/add_interactive_schedule_test.go	Adds unit tests for schedule frequency classification, schedule detection, and option ordering.
pkg/cli/add_interactive_orchestrator.go	Inserts the schedule-frequency selection step into the wizard flow.
actions/setup/js/create_pull_request.cjs	Adjusts PR creation handler behavior around context usage, footer generation, run URL construction, and permission-denied flow.

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The same manual runUrl construction is duplicated in the git-push failure fallback path. Consider factoring this back to the shared buildWorkflowRunUrl helper (and/or a local function) to avoid divergence and to ensure the URL always targets the workflow-run repo even when repoParts is a different target repo.

        const runId = context.runId;
        const githubServer = process.env.GITHUB_SERVER_URL || "https://github.com";
        const runUrl = context.payload.repository ? `${context.payload.repository.html_url}/actions/runs/${runId}` : `${githubServer}/${repoParts.owner}/${repoParts.repo}/actions/runs/${runId}`;

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Schedule detection (add_interactive_schedule.go)

Wizard integration (add_interactive_orchestrator.go)

Frequency → expression mapping

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Schedule detection (`add_interactive_schedule.go`)

Wizard integration (`add_interactive_orchestrator.go`)