Beacon Analysis

Version updated for https://github.com/insideon/beacon to version v1.3.0.

  • This action is used across all versions by 0 repositories.

Action Type

This is a Composite action.

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Action Summary

Beacon is a GitHub Action and command-line tool designed for continuous and persistent analysis of codebases, leveraging AI to provide structured insights, prioritized task lists, health metrics, and strategic recommendations. Unlike session-based AI tools, Beacon operates unattended via CI/CD pipelines, schedules, or terminal commands, ensuring ongoing monitoring and tracking of project trends over time. It automates project management tasks, enhances team collaboration, and supports multiple data sources and AI models to maintain a shared, comprehensive understanding of codebase health and trajectory.

What’s Changed

What’s New

Continuous Monitoring

  • beacon trend — Health score trends over time with ASCII charts
  • beacon gate — CI quality gate with configurable thresholds
  • beacon diff [base] — Branch-to-branch health comparison
  • beacon schedule — Daily reminder notifications (macOS/Linux)
  • Dependency alerts via npm audit/outdated
  • Automatic health snapshot recording per analysis

Team Visibility

  • beacon sprint — Git activity based sprint/standup reports
  • beacon webhook <url> — Send results to Slack/Discord
  • beacon report — Stakeholder-friendly project health reports
  • beacon multi-repo <paths> — Analyze multiple repositories
  • beacon dashboard — Local web UI with Chart.js visualizations
  • beacon issues — Auto-create GitHub Issues from recommendations

AI Tool Integration

  • beacon onboard — Getting-started guide for new developers
  • beacon autopilot — Dispatch tasks to Claude Code automatically

Extensibility

  • Custom prompt templates in .beacon/prompts/
  • beacon analyze --consensus — Multi-model consensus analysis
  • Ollama provider for local/offline LLM analysis
  • beacon monorepo — Per-package analysis for monorepos
  • Plugin system for custom collectors (.beacon/plugins/)

Improvements

  • User-friendly error messages (raw API errors hidden by default)
  • 6 LLM providers: Claude, OpenAI, Google Gemini, GitHub Copilot, OpenRouter, Ollama