openclaw - 💡(How to fix) Fix CI/CD: Refactor complex workflow matrices into reusable workflows and JSON configs [1 participants]

# Lines 30-50: Preflight outputs 20+ conditions
outputs:
  docs_only: ${{ steps.manifest.outputs.docs_only }}
  docs_changed: ${{ steps.manifest.outputs.docs_changed }}
  run_node: ${{ steps.manifest.outputs.run_node }}
  run_macos: ${{ steps.manifest.outputs.run_macos }}
  # ... 17 more outputs

# Lines 200-250: Downstream jobs check these conditions
if: always() && needs.preflight.outputs.run_checks == 'true' && needs.build-artifacts.result == 'success'

---

// .github/matrices/node-tests.json
{
  "include": [
    { "check_name": "test (shard 1/3)", "task": "test", "shard_count": 3, "shard_index": 1 },
    { "check_name": "test (shard 2/3)", "task": "test", "shard_count": 3, "shard_index": 2 },
    { "check_name": "test (shard 3/3)", "task": "test", "shard_count": 3, "shard_index": 3 },
    { "check_name": "channels", "task": "channels" }
  ]
}

---

strategy:
  matrix: ${{ fromJson(needs.preflight.outputs.checks_matrix) }}

---

# .github/workflows/_setup-node.yml
name: Setup Node Environment
on:
  workflow_call:
    inputs:
      node-version:
        type: string
        default: '24.x'
      install-bun:
        type: string
        default: 'false'
    outputs:
      cache-hit:
        value: ${{ steps.cache.outputs.cache-hit }}

jobs:
  setup:
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    steps:
      - uses: actions/checkout@v6
      - uses: ./.github/actions/setup-node-env
        with:
          node-version: ${{ inputs.node-version }}
          install-bun: ${{ inputs.install-bun }}

---

jobs:
  preflight:
    uses: ./.github/workflows/_preflight.yml
  
  checks-fast:
    needs: preflight
    if: needs.preflight.outputs.run_checks_fast
    uses: ./.github/workflows/_checks-fast.yml
    with:
      matrix: ${{ needs.preflight.outputs.checks_fast_matrix }}
  
  checks:
    needs: [preflight, build-artifacts]
    if: needs.preflight.outputs.run_checks
    uses: ./.github/workflows/_checks.yml
    with:
      matrix: ${{ needs.preflight.outputs.checks_matrix }}