ci-cd-patterns

name	ci-cd-patterns
description	Provides CI/CD pipeline best practices for GitHub Actions, deployment strategies, and pipeline optimization. Use when setting up pipelines, configuring GitHub Actions, managing deployments, or when user mentions 'CI', 'CD', 'pipeline', 'GitHub Actions', 'deploy', 'workflow', 'build'.
type	skill
category	patterns
status	stable
origin	tibsfox
modified	false
first_seen	"2026-02-07T00:00:00.000Z"
first_path	examples/ci-cd-patterns/SKILL.md
superseded_by	null

CI/CD Patterns

Best practices for building reliable, secure, and fast CI/CD pipelines with GitHub Actions.

Pipeline Stages

A well-structured pipeline follows this progression. Each stage gates the next.

lint --> test --> build --> security-scan --> deploy-staging --> deploy-production

Stage	Purpose	Failure Means
Lint	Code style, formatting	Code doesn't meet standards
Test	Unit + integration tests	Broken functionality
Build	Compile, bundle	Code won't package
Security Scan	Dependency + code analysis	Vulnerabilities detected
Deploy Staging	Pre-production verification	Environment issue
Deploy Production	Live release	Requires approval gate

GitHub Actions: Complete Workflow Templates

Standard CI Workflow

name: CI

on:
  pull_request:
    branches: [main]
  push:
    branches: [main]

# Cancel in-progress runs for the same branch/PR
concurrency:
  group: ci-${{ github.ref }}
  cancel-in-progress: true

permissions:
  contents: read

jobs:
  lint:
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    steps:
      - uses: actions/checkout@v4

      -  
        
           
           

         
          
          

  
     
     
    
      
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