From 2e1523db681c151256732f4cb3ab8040d6735c16 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Pavel Feldman <pavel.feldman@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 9 Nov 2026 17:37:09 -0800
Subject: [PATCH] chore(bots): add the "Agent: task" workflow

---
 .github/workflows/task.yml | 36 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 AGENTS.md                  |  1 +
 2 files changed, 37 insertions(+)
 create mode 100644 .github/workflows/task.yml

diff --git a/.github/workflows/task.yml b/.github/workflows/task.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..5220645
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/task.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+# Starts the Playwright bot with the task that you type. The bot does it with the skills of this
+# repo, and opens the pull request as the app. Start it from the Actions tab.
+name: "Agent: task"
+
+on:
+  workflow_dispatch:
+    inputs:
+      task:
+        description: What the bot should do
+        type: string
+        required: true
+
+permissions: {}
+
+jobs:
+  start:
+    name: Hand the task to the bot
+    if: github.repository == 'microsoft/playwright-cli'
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    timeout-minutes: 5
+    steps:
+    - uses: actions/create-github-app-token@64ab729a6294000f5aa4a4bc0b73d1f32bc45510 # v3.3.0
+      id: app-token
+      with:
+        client-id: ${{ vars.PLAYWRIGHT_APP_CLIENT_ID }}
+        private-key: ${{ secrets.PLAYWRIGHT_PRIVATE_KEY }}
+        owner: microsoft
+        repositories: devops.playwright.dev
+        permission-actions: write
+    - name: Start the bot
+      env:
+        GH_TOKEN: ${{ steps.app-token.outputs.token }}
+        TASK: ${{ inputs.task }}
+      run: >-
+        gh workflow run task.yml --repo microsoft/devops.playwright.dev --ref main
+        -f repo="$GITHUB_REPOSITORY" -f task="$TASK"
diff --git a/AGENTS.md b/AGENTS.md
index 0930d71..65aab32 100644
--- a/AGENTS.md
+++ b/AGENTS.md
@@ -63,5 +63,6 @@ The Playwright bot does the work below. It opens pull requests as the
 - `agent-task` on an issue: does what the issue asks, with the skills of this repo.
 - `agent-review` on a PR: revises the PR, as the maintainers' review comments say.
 - [roll.yml](.github/workflows/roll.yml) and [release.yml](.github/workflows/release.yml), from the Actions tab: they hand a task to the bot. Roll Playwright to `playwright@next`, as the roll skill says. Or open the `chore: mark v<version>` PR with the release notes as its description, as the release skill says. Copy the notes into the release draft.
+- [task.yml](.github/workflows/task.yml), from the Actions tab: hands the bot the task that you type, with the skills of this repo.
 
 Apply a label again to start another run.