Example of triggering a reusable test.yml GitHub Action workflow from a main.yml (CumulusCI)

main.yml

name: Main

on:
  push:
    branches:
      - 'main'

env:
  CUMULUSCI_KEYCHAIN_CLASS: cumulusci.core.keychain.EnvironmentProjectKeychain
  CUMULUSCI_SERVICE_github: ${{ secrets.CUMULUSCI_SERVICE_github }}

jobs:
  release_beta:
    uses: ./.github/workflows/tests.yml
    with:
      ci_flow: release_beta
    secrets:
      sfdx_auth_url_julian: ${{ secrets.SFDX_AUTH_URL_JULIAN }}
      CUMULUSCI_KEYCHAIN_CLASS: cumulusci.core.keychain.EnvironmentProjectKeychain
      CUMULUSCI_SERVICE_github: ${{ secrets.CUMULUSCI_SERVICE_github }}

test.yml

name: Tests

on:
  push:
    branches:
      - '**'
  workflow_call:
    inputs:
      ci_flow:
        description: 'CumulusCI flow name'
        required: true
        type: string
        # could never get this default value to work
        default: 'ci_feature'
    secrets:
      sfdx_auth_url_julian:
        required: true
      CUMULUSCI_KEYCHAIN_CLASS:
      CUMULUSCI_SERVICE_github:

env:
  CUMULUSCI_KEYCHAIN_CLASS: cumulusci.core.keychain.EnvironmentProjectKeychain
  CUMULUSCI_SERVICE_github: ${{ secrets.CUMULUSCI_SERVICE_github }}

jobs:
  apex_unit_tests:
    name: 'Run Apex Unit Tests'
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    steps:
    
    # Excluding a lot here since the focus is on using the reusable parameters below
    
    
    # Had to include this step which does a null check as well as converts the input variable into a step variable since I could never get the "default" veriable to work.
    # I think these don't actually work with workflow calls like they do with workflow dispatch.

      - name: Check if ci_flow is empty otherwise set to ci_feature
        run: |
          if [ -z "${{ inputs.ci_flow }}" ]; then
            echo "ci_flow=ci_feature" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
          else
            echo "ci_flow=${{ inputs.ci_flow }}" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
          fi
        id: ci_value_check
      - name: Deploy and Run Tests
        run: |
          cci flow run ${{ steps.ci_value_check.outputs.ci_flow }} -o run_tests__managed true --org dev --delete-org