Install Cinc Workstation

Install Cinc Workstation on GitHub Actions runners.

This action provides a versionable replacement for inline installer steps and for actionshub/chef-install in Sous Chefs workflows. Cinc Workstation includes the Chef-compatible command wrappers expected by cookbook CI, including chef.

Usage

steps:
  - name: Install Cinc Workstation
    uses: sous-chefs/install-workstation@v1

Pin a major Cinc Workstation series:

steps:
  - name: Install Cinc Workstation
    uses: sous-chefs/install-workstation@v1
    with:
      version: "25"

Use the current channel when needed:

steps:
  - name: Install Cinc Workstation
    uses: sous-chefs/install-workstation@v1
    with:
      channel: current

Inputs

Input	Required	Default	Description
version	No	latest	Cinc Workstation version to install. Use 24, 25, or 26 for the latest stable release in that major series, an exact version, or latest.
channel	No	stable	Cinc release channel. Usually stable; current is also accepted.

Tested Versions

CI tests the action on Ubuntu, macOS, and Windows with these version inputs:

Input	Current resolved stable version
24	24.12.1073
25	25.13.7
26	26.1.0
latest	26.1.0

The resolved versions above were checked against Cinc Omnitruck metadata on 2026-06-09.

Supported Runners

• ubuntu-latest
• macos-latest
• windows-latest

The action uses the Cinc Omnitruck shell installer on Linux and macOS, and the Cinc Omnitruck PowerShell installer on Windows.

Releases

Releases are managed by Cocogitto from conventional commits. Merges to main run the release workflow, create the next SemVer tag with a v prefix, update CHANGELOG.md, and publish a GitHub release.

The release workflow uses GITHUB_TOKEN by default. If branch protection or organization policy requires a bot identity, configure a PORTER_GITHUB_TOKEN repository secret and the workflow will use it for checkout pushes and GitHub release publication.