Simple, unofficial extension to interact with GitHub Actions from within VS Code.

1. Install extension
2. Open a repository with a github.com origin
3. When prompted, enter a PAT with repo scope to authenticate against the API

If a workflow uses repository_dispatch as a trigger, you can start a new workflow run from the workflow context menu:

Or from the workflow list:

Or from the editor when editing a workflow:

You can pin workflows to the status bar per workspace, and automatically see the status of the most recent run. For example, to see if the change you just pushed passes the CI Build:

1. To setup, configure the "github-actions.workflows.pinned.workflows" property on a global level, or per workspace (.vscode/settings.json):

{
    "github-actions.workflows.pinned.workflows": [".github/workflows/build.yml", ".github/workflows/create.yml"],
}

2. To enable auto-refresh via polling, set refresh.enabled to true. This works by polling the workflow runs API with a default interval of 30 seconds. You can customized the interal via refresh.interval:

{
    "github-actions.workflows.pinned.workflows": [".github/workflows/build.yml", ".github/workflows/create.yml"],
    "github-actions.workflows.pinned.refresh.enabled": true,
    "github-actions.workflows.pinned.refresh.interval": 65,
}