rd_slackbot_checkout.yml

name: slackbot r+d checkout

on:
  schedule:
    # run on Fridays at 4:25pm (8:25 UTC) [early in case of lag]
    # - cron: "25 20 * * FRI" # standard time
    - cron: "25 21 * * FRI" # daylight savings (?)

env:
  MSG_FILENAME: ".github/slackbot_text/rd_checkout.txt"

jobs:
  slackbot:
    name: slackbot message
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    steps:
      - name: Checkout repository
        uses: actions/checkout@v3
      - name: Select random message from file
        id: select_message
        run: echo "random_message=$(shuf -n 1 $MSG_FILENAME)" >>  $GITHUB_OUTPUT
      - name: Send message to Slack
        id: slack
        uses: slackapi/slack-github-action@v1.23.0
        with:
          channel-id: "staff-r-and-d"
          # post as a simple plain text message
          slack-message: "${{ steps.select_message.outputs.random_message }}"
        env:
          SLACK_BOT_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GHBOT_SLACK_BOT_TOKEN }}