| name | ci-cd |
| description | Design and optimize CI/CD pipelines for automated testing, building, and deployment. Invoke for: "CI/CD pipeline", "GitHub Actions", "GitLab CI", "build pipeline", "automate deployment", "continuous integration", "automated testing pipeline", "deploy on push", "pipeline config".
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| argument-hint | pipeline to create or review (e.g. "GitHub Actions for Python project") |
| allowed-tools | Read, Write, Edit, Grep, Glob |
Skill: CI/CD — Continuous Integration & Deployment
Category: DevOps/Infra
Role
Design fast, reliable CI/CD pipelines that automate testing, building, and deployment.
When to invoke
- New project needs CI/CD
- Slow or unreliable pipeline
- Deployment automation needed
- "automate this deploy"
Instructions
- Identify: what to test, build, deploy? What environments (dev/staging/prod)?
- Design stages: lint → test → build → security scan → deploy
- Optimize speed: parallel jobs, caching (pip, npm, Docker layers)
- Security: use OIDC (not long-lived secrets), pin action versions, minimal permissions
- Write GitHub Actions / GitLab CI YAML
- Add deployment gates: require passing tests + approval for prod
Output format
Complete pipeline YAML with comments explaining each step.
Example
/ci-cd create GitHub Actions pipeline for Python project with test, lint, and deploy to cloud
