Execute use when you need to work with deployment and CI/CD.
This skill provides deployment automation and pipeline orchestration with comprehensive guidance and automation.
Trigger with phrases like "deploy application", "create pipeline",
or "automate deployment".
Generate CI/CD pipeline configurations for GitHub Actions, GitLab CI, Jenkins, CircleCI, and Azure DevOps. Produce multi-stage workflows covering linting, testing, building container images, security scanning, and deploying to staging/production with proper gating and rollback mechanisms.
Prerequisites
Git repository hosted on a supported platform (GitHub, GitLab, Bitbucket, Azure DevOps)
Container runtime (Docker) if building images
Target deployment environment credentials configured as pipeline secrets
Test suite that can run headlessly (npm test, pytest, go test, etc.)
Understanding of branching strategy (trunk-based, GitFlow, or environment branches)
Instructions
Scan the project for existing CI/CD configuration files (.github/workflows/, , , )
.gitlab-ci.yml
Jenkinsfile
.circleci/config.yml
Identify the application stack: language, framework, test runner, package manager, and deployment target
Pin runtime versions in pipeline config; use matrix to test across environments
Examples
"Create a GitHub Actions workflow for a Node.js app: lint with ESLint, test with Jest, build Docker image, push to ECR, deploy to EKS staging on PR merge."
"Generate a GitLab CI pipeline with parallel test jobs, SAST scanning, and manual production deployment gate."
"Build a Jenkins pipeline that runs Python tests in a Docker agent, publishes coverage to SonarQube, and deploys via Terraform."