Add support for multiple slash command identifiers by Copilot · Pull Request #8943 · github/gh-aw

Copilot · 2026-01-04T23:03:04Z

Add Multiple Slash Command Support ✅

Summary

Successfully implemented full support for multiple identifiers in the on.slash_command.name field. Workflows can now be triggered by multiple slash command names, and the matched command is available as needs.activation.outputs.slash_command.

Completed Work

Key Changes

1. Schema Updates

slash_command.name and deprecated command.name now accept string or array of strings
Example: name: ["cmd.add", "cmd.remove"]

2. Command Matching

JavaScript check_command_position.cjs checks all commands with OR logic
Outputs the matched command identifier
Removed legacy support for GH_AW_COMMAND (compiler always generates GH_AW_COMMANDS)

3. Activation Output

New slash_command output contains the matched command identifier
Available as needs.activation.outputs.slash_command in workflow content

4. Speckit Dispatcher Update

Now supports 10 commands: speckit, speckit.specify, speckit.clarify, speckit.plan, speckit.tasks, speckit.implement, speckit.analyze, speckit.checklist, speckit.constitution, speckit.taskstoissues
Workflow content references /${{ needs.activation.outputs.slash_command }}

Example Usage

---
name: Multi-Command Handler
on:
  slash_command:
    name: ["cmd.add", "cmd.remove", "cmd.list"]
---

# Handler

Command used: /${{ needs.activation.outputs.slash_command }}

Testing

✅ All unit tests pass
✅ Speckit-dispatcher compiles with multiple commands
✅ Test workflow compiles successfully
✅ Commands correctly passed as JSON array
✅ Matched command output works correctly

Original prompt

Add support for multiple identifier in the on.slash_command.name field:

on:
slash_command:
name: ["cmd.add", "cmd.remove"]

Additionally, the parsed slash command identifier should be available as the needs.activation.outputs.slash_command value

Update the speckit.dispatcher agentic workflow to support all the spec kit commands (aside from execute)

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Changeset

Type: patch
Description: Added support for multiple identifiers in on.slash_command.name, exposed the matched command as needs.activation.outputs.slash_command, and updated speckit.dispatcher to support additional speckit commands.

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- Update JSON schema to allow array of command names in slash_command.name field - Change Command field from string to []string in WorkflowData - Update extractCommandConfig to handle string or array of command names - Modify check_command_position.cjs to check multiple commands and output matched command - Add slash_command output to activation job containing the matched command name - Update all references to data.Command throughout the codebase - Update speckit-dispatcher workflow to support all speckit commands except execute Co-authored-by: pelikhan <4175913+pelikhan@users.noreply.github.com>

…tion - Fix Command field assignment from empty string to nil - Update buildEventAwareCommandCondition to accept []string instead of string - Support checking multiple commands with OR logic - Build succeeds and speckit-dispatcher compiles correctly with all commands Co-authored-by: pelikhan <4175913+pelikhan@users.noreply.github.com>

- Update test structs to use []string for Command field - Fix command comparisons in tests to check array length and values - All unit tests now pass - Recompiled all workflows successfully Co-authored-by: pelikhan <4175913+pelikhan@users.noreply.github.com>

pelikhan · 2026-01-04T23:39:14Z

-  const command = process.env.GH_AW_COMMAND;
+  const commandsJSON = process.env.GH_AW_COMMANDS;
+  // Legacy support for single command
+  const legacyCommand = process.env.GH_AW_COMMAND;


@copilot remove legacy support, the compiler always generates GH_AW_COMMANDS

Removed legacy GH_AW_COMMAND support in commit b7be9e9. The script now only uses GH_AW_COMMANDS which the compiler always generates.

The compiler always generates GH_AW_COMMANDS, so legacy support for GH_AW_COMMAND is no longer needed. Co-authored-by: pelikhan <4175913+pelikhan@users.noreply.github.com>

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Last 2 merged PRs:

Add support for multiple slash command identifiers #8943: Add support for multiple slash command identifiers
[WIP] Update logs command to download agentic workflows by default #8944: [WIP] Update logs command to download agentic workflows by default

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Latest merged PRs:

Add support for multiple slash command identifiers
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…puts Updated documentation to reflect two new features merged on 2026-01-04: 1. Multiple slash command identifiers (#8943): - Documented array syntax for slash_command.name - Added needs.activation.outputs.slash_command output variable - Provided examples for command aliases and grouped handlers 2. Go language support in safe-inputs (#8941): - Added go: as fourth scripting option - Documented Go-specific syntax and standard library - Provided calculation and API call examples 🤖 Generated with [gh-aw](https://github.com/githubnext/gh-aw) Co-Authored-By: Daily Documentation Updater <noreply@github.com>

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Remove legacy GH_AW_COMMAND support from check_command_position.cjs

b7be9e9

The compiler always generates GH_AW_COMMANDS, so legacy support for GH_AW_COMMAND is no longer needed. Co-authored-by: pelikhan <4175913+pelikhan@users.noreply.github.com>

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[docs] Update documentation for features from 2026-01-04 #8946

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