When should I use cicd-skill?

cicd-skill is useful in the following scenarios: • Automated Pipeline Orchestration: Setting up and managing complex workflows for building, testing, and deploying applications automatically upon code commits or pull requests. • Advanced Deployment Strategies: Implementing sophisticated release patterns like Canary, Blue-Green, or Rolling updates to minimize deployment risks and ensure service availability. • Git Workflow Standardization: Optimizing team collaboration through trunk-based development or GitFlow, including automated PR management and branch protection rules. • Infrastructure Recovery: Rapidly diagnosing pipeline failures using structured logs and executing automated rollbacks to maintain system stability during failed deployments.

When & Why to Use This Skill

This Claude skill automates the end-to-end software delivery lifecycle by managing CI/CD pipelines across major platforms like GitHub Actions, GitLab CI, and Jenkins. It streamlines Git workflows, enforces testing standards, and implements advanced deployment strategies such as Blue-Green and Canary releases to ensure high-quality, zero-downtime production updates while providing robust troubleshooting and rollback procedures.

Use Cases

Automated Pipeline Orchestration: Setting up and managing complex workflows for building, testing, and deploying applications automatically upon code commits or pull requests.
Advanced Deployment Strategies: Implementing sophisticated release patterns like Canary, Blue-Green, or Rolling updates to minimize deployment risks and ensure service availability.
Git Workflow Standardization: Optimizing team collaboration through trunk-based development or GitFlow, including automated PR management and branch protection rules.
Infrastructure Recovery: Rapidly diagnosing pipeline failures using structured logs and executing automated rollbacks to maintain system stability during failed deployments.

name	cicd-skill
description	CI/CD pipelines with Git, GitHub Actions, GitLab CI, Jenkins, and deployment strategies.
sasmp_version	"1.3.0"
bonded_agent	05-cicd-automation
bond_type	PRIMARY_BOND
- name	operation
type	string
required	true
enum	["build", "test", "deploy", "rollback"]
default	"github-actions"
strategy	exponential_backoff
initial_delay_ms	1000
max_retries	3
logging	structured
metrics	enabled

name

cicd-skill

description

CI/CD pipelines with Git, GitHub Actions, GitLab CI, Jenkins, and deployment strategies.

sasmp_version

"1.3.0"

bonded_agent

05-cicd-automation

bond_type

PRIMARY_BOND

- name

operation

type

string

required

true

enum

["build", "test", "deploy", "rollback"]

default

"github-actions"

strategy

exponential_backoff

initial_delay_ms

1000

max_retries

logging

structured

metrics

enabled

CI/CD Automation Skill

Overview

Master CI/CD pipelines for automated software delivery.

Parameters

Name	Type	Required	Default	Description
platform	string	No	github-actions	CI/CD platform
operation	string	Yes	-	Pipeline operation

Core Topics

MANDATORY

Git workflows (trunk-based, GitFlow)
Pull request best practices
GitHub Actions workflows
GitLab CI pipelines
Deployment strategies

OPTIONAL

Jenkins pipelines
ArgoCD GitOps
Artifact management
Security scanning

ADVANCED

Multi-environment promotion
Feature flags
Chaos engineering integration
Custom actions/runners

Quick Reference

# Git
git checkout -b feature/name
git add -p
git commit -m "type: description"
git rebase -i HEAD~3
git push -u origin feature/name

# GitHub CLI
gh pr create --title "feat: add X"
gh pr checkout 123
gh pr merge --squash
gh run list
gh run view 12345 --log

# Rollback
kubectl rollout undo deployment/app
kubectl rollout history deployment/app

Deployment Strategies

Strategy	Rollback	Use Case
Rolling	Slow	Low-risk
Blue-Green	Instant	Zero-downtime
Canary	Fast	High-risk

Troubleshooting

Common Failures

Symptom	Root Cause	Solution
Timeout	Slow build	Add caching
Test flaky	Unreliable test	Fix isolation
Secret missing	Not configured	Add in settings
Deploy failed	Auth issue	Check credentials