in vscode

the @actions/core package provides an interface to the commands in the workflow and helps with input and output variables

npm install @actions/core

the @actions/github package returns the Octokit REST client and GitHub actions contexts

npm install @actions/github

[actions/toolkit repository](https://github.com/actions/toolkit)



# Hello world JavaScript action

This action prints "Hello World" or "Hello" + the name of a person to greet to the log. To learn how this action was built, see "[Creating a JavaScript action](https://help.github.com/en/articles/creating-a-javascript-action)" in the GitHub Help documentation.

## Inputs

### `who-to-greet`

**Required** The name of the person to greet. Default `"World"`.

## Outputs

### `time`

The time we greeted you.

## Example usage

```yaml
uses: actions/hello-world-javascript-action@master
with:
  who-to-greet: 'Mona the Octocat'