locus313 · locus313 · Aug 5, 2026 · Aug 5, 2026
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
@@ -330,6 +330,7 @@ cd org-admin/github-archive-old-repos
 | Variable | Description | Default |
 |----------|-------------|---------|
 | `YEARS_THRESHOLD` | Age threshold in years | `5` |
+| `REPORT_DIR` | Output directory for the CSV report | `./reports` |
 
 ---
 
@@ -409,6 +410,7 @@ cd org-admin/github-close-archived-repo-security-alerts
 | `DEPENDABOT_REASON` | Dismiss reason for Dependabot alerts | `tolerable_risk` |
 | `CODE_SCANNING_REASON` | Dismiss reason for code scanning alerts | `won't fix` |
 | `SECRET_SCANNING_RESOLUTION` | Resolution for secret scanning alerts | `wont_fix` |
+| `REPORT_DIR` | Output directory for the CSV report | `./reports` |
 
 **What it does:**
 - Enumerates all repositories in the organization
@@ -561,7 +563,11 @@ cd reporting/github-repo-permissions-report
 |------|-------------|----------|
 | `-r, --repo OWNER/REPO` | Target repository (required) | — |
 | `-b, --branch NAME` | Branch to evaluate | Repository default branch |
-| `-o, --output FILE` | Output CSV path | `OWNER-REPO-permissions-BRANCH-YYYYMMDD.csv` |
+| `-o, --output FILE` | Output CSV path | `$REPORT_DIR/OWNER-REPO-permissions-BRANCH-YYYYMMDD.csv` |
+
+| Variable | Description | Default |
+|----------|-------------|---------|
+| `REPORT_DIR` | Output directory for the CSV report when `-o/--output` is not given | `./reports` |
 
 **What it does:**
 - Fetches all collaborators and teams with repository access
@@ -617,10 +623,14 @@ az login   # optional; needed only for Entra ID department enrichment
 | `-e, --enterprise SLUG` | GitHub Enterprise slug (or `$GITHUB_ENTERPRISE`) | — |
 | `-d, --upn-domain DOM` | Email domain for Entra lookup when GitHub carries no email (or `$UPN_DOMAIN`) | — |
 | `--credits N` | Override credits-per-seat value (or `$CREDITS_PER_SEAT_OVERRIDE`) | Auto-detected |
-| `--output FILE` | Output CSV filename | `copilot-report-YYYYMMDD.csv` |
+| `--output FILE` | Output CSV filename | `$REPORT_DIR/copilot-report-YYYYMMDD.csv` |
 | `--no-entra` | Skip Entra ID department lookup | — |
 | `--no-budgets` | Skip per-user AI credit budget lookup (Universal/Individual) | — |
 
+| Variable | Description | Default |
+|----------|-------------|---------|
+| `REPORT_DIR` | Output directory for the CSV report when `--output` is not given | `./reports` |
+
 **What it does:**
 - Fetches all Copilot seats across the enterprise (deduplicated by user)
 - Fetches per-user AI credit consumption for the current billing month

diff --git a/org-admin/github-archive-old-repos/github-archive-old-repos.sh b/org-admin/github-archive-old-repos/github-archive-old-repos.sh
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@
 #   GITHUB_TOKEN      Required. PAT with repo scope
 #   ORG               Required. GitHub organization name
 #   YEARS_THRESHOLD   Optional. Age threshold in years (default: 5)
+#   REPORT_DIR        Optional. Output directory for the CSV report (default: ./reports)
 #   API_URL_PREFIX    Optional. GitHub API base URL (default: https://api.github.com)
 #
 # Requirements:
@@ -36,7 +37,7 @@ ORG=${ORG:-''}
 API_URL_PREFIX=${API_URL_PREFIX:-'https://api.github.com'}
 YEARS_THRESHOLD=${YEARS_THRESHOLD:-5}
 TIMESTAMP=$(date +"%Y%m%d_%H%M%S")
-REPORT_DIR="${REPORT_DIR:-$(dirname "$0")/reports}"
+REPORT_DIR="${REPORT_DIR:-./reports}"
 REPORT_FILE="${REPORT_DIR}/old_repos_${TIMESTAMP}.csv"
 TEMP_FILE=$(mktemp)
 

diff --git a/org-admin/github-close-archived-repo-security-alerts/action.yml b/org-admin/github-close-archived-repo-security-alerts/action.yml
@@ -31,6 +31,10 @@ inputs:
     description: 'GitHub API base URL'
     required: false
     default: 'https://api.github.com'
+  report-dir:
+    description: 'Output directory for the CSV report'
+    required: false
+    default: './reports'
 runs:
   using: composite
   steps:
@@ -43,6 +47,7 @@ runs:
         CODE_SCANNING_REASON: ${{ inputs.code-scanning-reason }}
         SECRET_SCANNING_RESOLUTION: ${{ inputs.secret-scanning-resolution }}
         API_URL_PREFIX: ${{ inputs.api-url-prefix }}
+        REPORT_DIR: ${{ inputs.report-dir }}
       run: |
         ARGS=(--type "${{ inputs.type }}")
         [[ "${{ inputs.dry-run }}" == "true" ]] && ARGS+=(--dry-run)

diff --git a/.../github-close-archived-repo-security-alerts/github-close-archived-repo-security-alerts.sh b/.../github-close-archived-repo-security-alerts/github-close-archived-repo-security-alerts.sh
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@
 #   DEPENDABOT_REASON              Optional. Dismiss reason for Dependabot alerts (default: tolerable_risk)
 #   CODE_SCANNING_REASON           Optional. Dismiss reason for code scanning (default: won't fix)
 #   SECRET_SCANNING_RESOLUTION     Optional. Resolution for secret scanning (default: wont_fix)
+#   REPORT_DIR                     Optional. Output directory for the CSV report (default: ./reports)
 #
 # Requirements:
 #   - curl
@@ -40,8 +41,8 @@ GITHUB_TOKEN=${GITHUB_TOKEN:-''}
 ORG=${ORG:-''}
 API_URL_PREFIX=${API_URL_PREFIX:-'https://api.github.com'}
 TIMESTAMP=$(date +"%Y%m%d_%H%M%S")
-REPORTS_DIR="$(dirname "$0")/reports"
-REPORT_FILE="${REPORTS_DIR}/security_alerts_closed_${TIMESTAMP}.csv"
+REPORT_DIR="${REPORT_DIR:-./reports}"
+REPORT_FILE="${REPORT_DIR}/security_alerts_closed_${TIMESTAMP}.csv"
 
 # Dismiss/resolve reasons — override via env if needed
 DEPENDABOT_REASON=${DEPENDABOT_REASON:-'tolerable_risk'}       # fix_started | inaccurate | no_bandwidth | not_used | tolerable_risk
@@ -117,7 +118,7 @@ TOTAL_ERRORS=0
 ## CSV REPORT HEADER
 ###
 if [ "${DRY_RUN}" = false ]; then
-  mkdir -p "${REPORTS_DIR}"
+  mkdir -p "${REPORT_DIR}"
   echo "timestamp,org,repo,alert_type,alert_number,alert_summary,action" > "${REPORT_FILE}"
 fi
 

diff --git a/org-admin/github-get-repo-list/github-get-repo-list.sh b/org-admin/github-get-repo-list/github-get-repo-list.sh
@@ -75,11 +75,10 @@ process_repos () {
 
       printf '%s,%s,%s,%s,%s,"%s",%s,%s,%s,%s\n' \
         "${i}" "${REPO_FULLNAME}" "${REPO_OWNER}" "${REPO_PRIVATE}" "${REPO_HTMLURL}" \
-        "${ESCAPED_DESCRIPTION}" "${REPO_FORK}" "${REPO_PUSHEDAT}" "${REPO_CREATEDAT}" "${REPO_UPDATEDAT}" \
-        >> repo-list.csv
+        "${ESCAPED_DESCRIPTION}" "${REPO_FORK}" "${REPO_PUSHEDAT}" "${REPO_CREATEDAT}" "${REPO_UPDATEDAT}"
     done < <(echo "${repos_json}" | jq -r 'sort_by(.name) | .[] | .name')
   done
 }
 
-echo "name,full_name,owner,private,html_url,description,fork,pushed_at,created_at,updated_at" > repo-list.csv
+echo "name,full_name,owner,private,html_url,description,fork,pushed_at,created_at,updated_at"
 process_repos
diff --git a/reporting/github-copilot-report/action.yml b/reporting/github-copilot-report/action.yml
@@ -20,9 +20,13 @@ inputs:
     required: false
     default: ''
   output:
-    description: 'Output CSV file path (default: copilot-report-YYYYMMDD.csv)'
+    description: 'Output CSV file path (default: $REPORT_DIR/copilot-report-YYYYMMDD.csv)'
     required: false
     default: ''
+  report-dir:
+    description: 'Output directory for the CSV report when output is not given'
+    required: false
+    default: './reports'
   no-entra:
     description: 'Skip Entra ID department lookup'
     required: false
@@ -42,6 +46,7 @@ runs:
         UPN_DOMAIN: ${{ inputs.upn-domain }}
         ENTRA_TENANT: ${{ inputs.entra-tenant }}
         CREDITS_PER_SEAT_OVERRIDE: ${{ inputs.credits }}
+        REPORT_DIR: ${{ inputs.report-dir }}
       run: |
         ARGS=()
         [[ -n "${{ inputs.output }}" ]]   && ARGS+=(--output "${{ inputs.output }}")

diff --git a/reporting/github-copilot-report/github-copilot-report.sh b/reporting/github-copilot-report/github-copilot-report.sh
@@ -45,6 +45,9 @@
 #   amount plus an override_budget_id when an Individual budget applies.
 #   Requires the token owner to be an enterprise admin or billing manager.
 #   Use --no-budgets to skip.
+#
+# REPORT_DIR (optional, default: ./reports) — output directory for the CSV
+# report when --output is not given.
 # =============================================================================
 
 set -euo pipefail
@@ -60,7 +63,8 @@ API_URL_PREFIX="${API_URL_PREFIX:-https://api.github.com}"
 UPN_DOMAIN="${UPN_DOMAIN:-}"
 ENTRA_TENANT="${ENTRA_TENANT:-}"
 CREDITS_PER_SEAT_OVERRIDE="${CREDITS_PER_SEAT_OVERRIDE:-}"
-OUTPUT_CSV="copilot-report-$(date +%Y%m%d).csv"
+REPORT_DIR="${REPORT_DIR:-./reports}"
+OUTPUT_CSV=""
 NO_ENTRA=false
 NO_BUDGETS=false
 GRAPH_TOKEN=""
@@ -127,7 +131,7 @@ Options:
                          when not set; only needed to override that result.
       --credits N        Override credits-per-seat value  (or $CREDITS_PER_SEAT_OVERRIDE)
                          Use if your portal shows a different pool size than expected
-      --output FILE      Output CSV (default: copilot-report-YYYYMMDD.csv)
+      --output FILE      Output CSV (default: $REPORT_DIR/copilot-report-YYYYMMDD.csv)
       --no-entra         Skip Entra ID department lookup
       --no-budgets       Skip per-user AI credit budget lookup (Universal/Individual)
   -h, --help             Show this message
@@ -165,6 +169,11 @@ require_command jq
 require_env_var GITHUB_TOKEN
 validate_github_token "bearer"
 
+if [[ -z "$OUTPUT_CSV" ]]; then
+    mkdir -p "$REPORT_DIR"
+    OUTPUT_CSV="${REPORT_DIR}/copilot-report-$(date +%Y%m%d).csv"
+fi
+
 # ── Acquire Microsoft Graph token via az CLI ──────────────────────────────────
 if [[ "$NO_ENTRA" == "true" ]]; then
     print_warning "Entra ID lookup disabled (--no-entra). Department column will be N/A."

diff --git a/reporting/github-repo-permissions-report/action.yml b/reporting/github-repo-permissions-report/action.yml
@@ -15,13 +15,18 @@ inputs:
     description: 'Output CSV file path'
     required: false
     default: ''
+  report-dir:
+    description: 'Output directory for the CSV report when output is not given'
+    required: false
+    default: './reports'
 runs:
   using: composite
   steps:
     - name: Generate repository permissions report
       shell: bash
       env:
         GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ inputs.github-token || github.token }}
+        REPORT_DIR: ${{ inputs.report-dir }}
       run: |
         ARGS=(-r "${{ inputs.repo }}")
         [[ -n "${{ inputs.branch }}" ]] && ARGS+=(-b "${{ inputs.branch }}")

diff --git a/reporting/github-repo-permissions-report/github-repo-permissions-report.sh b/reporting/github-repo-permissions-report/github-repo-permissions-report.sh
@@ -14,6 +14,8 @@
 #   GITHUB_TOKEN    Required. PAT with repo and read:org scope
 #                   (or provided automatically from an active gh auth session)
 #   API_URL_PREFIX  Optional. GitHub API base URL (default: https://api.github.com)
+#   REPORT_DIR      Optional. Output directory for the CSV report when -o/--output
+#                   is not given (default: ./reports)
 #
 # Requirements:
 #   - curl
@@ -27,6 +29,7 @@ SCRIPT_DIR="$(cd "$(dirname "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}")" && pwd)"
 source "${SCRIPT_DIR}/../../lib/github-common.sh"
 
 API_URL_PREFIX=${API_URL_PREFIX:-'https://api.github.com'}
+REPORT_DIR=${REPORT_DIR:-'./reports'}
 REPO=""
 BRANCH=""
 OUTPUT_CSV=""
@@ -104,7 +107,8 @@ if [[ -z "$BRANCH" ]]; then
 fi
 
 if [[ -z "$OUTPUT_CSV" ]]; then
-  OUTPUT_CSV="${REPO//\//-}-permissions-${BRANCH}-$(date +%Y%m%d).csv"
+  mkdir -p "$REPORT_DIR"
+  OUTPUT_CSV="${REPORT_DIR}/${REPO//\//-}-permissions-${BRANCH}-$(date +%Y%m%d).csv"
 fi
 
 print_status "Fetching collaborators..."