# chainctl actions discover

URL: https://edu.chainguard.dev/chainguard/chainctl/chainctl-docs/chainctl_actions_discover.md
Last Modified: May 12, 2026
Tags: chainctl, Reference, Product

 chainctl actions discover Discover GitHub Actions dependencies used by your workflows.
Synopsis Discover GitHub Actions dependencies.
Walks the target’s workflows and composite-action definitions and resolves every action and container image they (transitively) use.
TARGET may be:
a local directory (default: current directory) — scans .github/workflows/ and action.{yml,yaml} a repo “owner/repo” — scans the repo’s workflows and action.{yml,yaml} a single action ref “owner/repo[/subpath]@version” Requires a GitHub token via $GITHUB_TOKEN or ‘gh auth token’.
chainctl actions discover [TARGET] [flags] Examples chainctl actions discover chainctl actions discover . chainctl actions discover actions/checkout@v4 chainctl actions discover chainguard-dev/mono Options --cache-dir string Directory for caching GitHub API responses (default: $TMPDIR/chainctl-discover-cache) --clear-cache Clear the cache directory before running --timeout duration Maximum time to spend resolving dependencies (default 5m0s) Options inherited from parent commands --api string The url of the Chainguard platform API. (default "https://console-api.enforce.dev") --audience string The Chainguard token audience to request. (default "https://console-api.enforce.dev") --config string A specific chainctl config file. Uses CHAINCTL_CONFIG environment variable if a file is not passed explicitly. --console string The url of the Chainguard platform Console. (default "https://console.chainguard.dev") --force-color Force color output even when stdout is not a TTY. -h, --help Help for chainctl --issuer string The url of the Chainguard STS endpoint. (default "https://issuer.enforce.dev") --log-level string Set the log level (debug, info) (default "ERROR") -o, --output string Output format. One of: [csv, env, go-template, id, json, markdown, none, table, terse, tree, wide] -v, --v int Set the log verbosity level. SEE ALSO chainctl actions	- Interact with the Chainguard Actions product.