Energy Rules

Rule	Severity	Description
Missing dependency cache	high	No cache action detected for package manager (pip, npm, gradle, cargo, etc.). Caching dependencies dramatically reduces …
Build artifacts not reused	medium	Dependent jobs rebuild artifacts already produced by upstream jobs instead of downloading them via actions/download-arti…
Redundant steps across jobs	medium	Identical setup steps (checkout, dependency install) are duplicated across jobs without using reusable workflows or job …
Oversized runner for job complexity	medium	Job uses a large runner (8+ vCPUs) but contains only lightweight steps like linting or unit tests. Downsize to a standar…
Large runner without justification	low	A GPU or large runner is used but no compute-intensive steps (model training, heavy compilation) are present.
Sequential jobs without dependency	low	Multiple jobs run sequentially but have no dependency on each other. Running them in parallel would reduce total pipelin…