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+# GitHub SAST (static application security testing) tool that scans code for security bugs and unsafe coding practices
+
+name: "CodeQL Scan"
+
+# Events that triggers CodeQL to run
+on:
+  push:
+    branches: [ master ]
+  pull_request:
+    branches: [ master ]
+
+# Option to configure as a scheduled action to monitor for drift in code
+#  schedule:
+#    - cron: '0 6 * * 1'
+
+jobs:
+  analyze:
+    name: CodeQL Analysis
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    # Skip any PR created by dependabot to avoid permission issues (if used)
+    if: (github.actor != 'dependabot[bot]')
+    permissions:
+      actions: read
+      contents: read
+      security-events: write
+
+    strategy:
+      fail-fast: false
+      matrix:
+        # Add more languages if relevnt to the project
+        language: [ 'javascript' ]
+        # CodeQL supports [ 'cpp', 'csharp', 'go', 'java', 'javascript', 'python', 'ruby' ]
+
+    steps:
+    - name: Checkout repository
+      uses: actions/checkout@v2
+
+    # Initialises the CodeQL tools for scanning (sorry Americans)
+    - name: Initialise CodeQL
+      uses: github/codeql-action/init@v1
+      with:
+        languages: ${{ matrix.language }}
+        # If you wish to specify custom queries, you can do so here or in a config file.
+        # By default, queries listed here will override any specified in a config file.
+        # Prefix the list here with "+" to use these queries and those in the config file.
+        # queries: ./path/to/local/query, your-org/your-repo/queries@main
+
+    # Run the analysis and upload results to the security tab
+    - name: Perform CodeQL Analysis
+      uses: github/codeql-action/analyze@v1