As a teacher, every exam I wrote in LaTeX had to be compiled locally — managing fonts, logos, paths… a real headache. I decided to automate it completely: push and the PDF generates itself.
How it works
edit exam.tex → git push → GitHub Actions compiles → PDF in the repoGitHub Actions runs XeLaTeX inside a Docker container with texlive-full. Fonts (Noto Sans) and logos are bundled inside the repository itself, so there are no local dependencies: it works from any machine, without installing anything.
Once compiled, the bot commits the PDF back to the repo ([skip ci] to avoid infinite loops) and saves it as a downloadable artifact for 90 days.
Exam Template
The corporate template includes:
- Logos from the school and the Generalitat on every page (via
\fancyhdr) - Rotating colours per section: BrightPurple → BrightGreen → BrightBlue
- Multiple-choice section with an answer grid and configurable penalties
- Problem section with checkboxes (
tcolorbox) and TikZ graphs - Numbered pages with a circle at the bottom right
Everything is configurable from a variables block at the top of the file:
\newcommand{\assignatura}{Matemàtiques I}
\newcommand{\curs}{1r Batxillerat}
\newcommand{\dataexamen}{20 de març del 2026}
\newcommand{\puntstest}{4}
\newcommand{\puntsproblemes}{6}Example Generated PDF
Mathematics I — 1st Year Bachillerato · Algebra and Trigonometry
Impact
Every LaTeX exam I produced used to cost me 10–15 minutes of environment setup. Now: zero. I open the .tex, write the questions, push. Two minutes later the print-ready PDF is there, with perfect corporate styling.