.github/workflows/status.yml

name: status
on:
  workflow_run:
    workflows: [test]
    types: [completed]

jobs:
  status:
    runs-on: ubuntu-20.04
    steps:
      # custom statuses?
      - uses: dawidd6/action-download-artifact@v2
        continue-on-error: true
        with:
          workflow: ${{github.event.workflow_run.name}}
          run_id: ${{github.event.workflow_run.id}}
          name: status
          path: status
      - name: update-status
        continue-on-error: true
        run: |
          ls status
          for s in $(shopt -s nullglob ; echo status/*.json)
          do
            # parse requested status
            export STATE="$(jq -er '.state' $s)"
            export CONTEXT="$(jq -er '.context' $s)"
            export DESCRIPTION="$(jq -er '.description' $s)"
            # help lookup URL for job/steps because GitHub makes
            # it VERY HARD to link to specific jobs
            export TARGET_URL="$(
              jq -er '.target_url // empty' $s || (
                export TARGET_JOB="$(jq -er '.target_job' $s)"
                export TARGET_STEP="$(jq -er '.target_step // ""' $s)"
                curl -sS -H "authorization: token ${{secrets.BOT_TOKEN}}" \
                  "$GITHUB_API_URL/repos/$GITHUB_REPOSITORY/actions/runs/`
                    `${{github.event.workflow_run.id}}/jobs" \
                  | jq -er '.jobs[]
                    | select(.name == env.TARGET_JOB)
                    | .html_url
                      + "?check_suite_focus=true"
                      + ((.steps[]
                        | select(.name == env.TARGET_STEP)
                        | "#step:\(.number):0") // "")'))"
            # update status
            curl -sS -X POST -H "authorization: token ${{secrets.BOT_TOKEN}}" \
              "$GITHUB_API_URL/repos/$GITHUB_REPOSITORY/statuses/`
                `${{github.event.workflow_run.head_sha}}" \
              -d "$(jq -n '{
                state: env.STATE,
                context: env.CONTEXT,
                description: env.DESCRIPTION,
                target_url: env.TARGET_URL}' \
                | tee /dev/stderr)"
          done