ci-cd

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".
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

1. Identify: what to test, build, deploy? What environments (dev/staging/prod)?
2. Design stages: lint → test → build → security scan → deploy
3. Optimize speed: parallel jobs, caching (pip, npm, Docker layers)
4. Security: use OIDC (not long-lived secrets), pin action versions, minimal permissions
5. Write GitHub Actions / GitLab CI YAML
6. 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