try wget

.github/workflows/setup_notebooks.yml

@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@
 #name: Target Workflow
 
 on:
+  workflow_dispatch:
   repository_dispatch:
     types: [Integration-with-Automation]
 
@@ -27,7 +28,14 @@ jobs:
   build:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
 
+    env:
+      NAME: ebrains-experimental 
+      DISPLAY_NAME: "EBRAINS-experimental"
+
     steps:
+      - name: Get NEST version
+        run: NEST_VERSION = $(wget -q -O - "https://gitlab.ebrains.eu/ri/tech-hub/platform/esd/ebrains-spack-builds/-/raw/master/spack.yaml?ref_type=heads&inline=false" | sed -rn 's/^\s.*nest@([0-9]\.[0-9]).*/\1/p')
+             echo $NEST_VERSION
 
       - name: Check out repository code
         uses: actions/checkout@v4