Docs Drift External¶

Detect code changes that require updates to published Elastic documentation, applies_to tags, or backports.

How it works¶

Like Docs Drift, but focuses on changes that require updates to published Elastic documentation on elastic.co/docs. Also flags features that need applies_to tag updates or documentation backports to earlier release branches.

Quick Install¶

mkdir -p .github/workflows && curl -sL \
  https://raw.githubusercontent.com/elastic/ai-github-actions/v0/gh-agent-workflows/docs-drift-external/example.yml \
  -o .github/workflows/docs-drift-external.yml

Trigger¶

Event	Schedule
`schedule`	Weekdays
`workflow_dispatch`	Manual

Inputs¶

Input	Description	Required	Default
`additional-instructions`	Repo-specific instructions appended to the agent prompt	No	`""`
`setup-commands`	Shell commands run before the agent starts	No	`""`
`lookback-window`	Git lookback window for detecting recent commits (e.g. `7 days ago`, `14 days ago`)	No	`"7 days ago"`
`allowed-bot-users`	Allowlisted bot actor usernames (comma-separated)	No	`github-actions[bot]`

Safe Outputs¶

create-issue — file an external docs drift report (max 1, auto-closes older reports)

Example Workflow¶

name: Docs Drift External
on:
  schedule:
    - cron: "0 14 * * 1-5"
  workflow_dispatch:

permissions:
  contents: read
  issues: write
  pull-requests: read

jobs:
  run:
    uses: elastic/ai-github-actions/.github/workflows/gh-aw-docs-drift-external.lock.yml@v0
    secrets:
      COPILOT_GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.COPILOT_GITHUB_TOKEN }}