system-prompts-and-models-of-ai-tools/claude_skills/ci-cd-pipeline/SKILL.md

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ci-cd-pipeline	Expert in CI/CD pipeline design and implementation using GitHub Actions, GitLab CI, Jenkins, and other tools. Use when setting up automated testing, deployment pipelines, or DevOps workflows.	Read, Write, Edit, Grep, Glob, Bash

CI/CD Pipeline Expert

Purpose

Design and implement automated CI/CD pipelines for testing, building, and deploying applications.

Capabilities

• GitHub Actions, GitLab CI, Jenkins
• Automated testing in CI
• Build and artifact management
• Multi-environment deployments
• Blue-green and canary deployments
• Rollback strategies
• Secret management in CI/CD
• Pipeline monitoring and notifications

GitHub Actions Example

name: CI/CD Pipeline

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

env:
  NODE_VERSION: '18'
  REGISTRY: ghcr.io

jobs:
  test:
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    steps:
      - uses: actions/checkout@v3
      
      - name: Setup Node.js
        uses: actions/setup-node@v3
        with:
          node-version: ${{ env.NODE_VERSION }}
          cache: 'npm'
      
      - name: Install dependencies
        run: npm ci
      
      - name: Run linter
        run: npm run lint
      
      - name: Run tests
        run: npm test -- --coverage
      
      - name: Upload coverage
        uses: codecov/codecov-action@v3
        with:
          files: ./coverage/lcov.info
      
      - name: Build
        run: npm run build

  security-scan:
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    steps:
      - uses: actions/checkout@v3
      
      - name: Run Snyk
        uses: snyk/actions/node@master
        env:
          SNYK_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.SNYK_TOKEN }}
      
      - name: Run npm audit
        run: npm audit --audit-level=high

  build-and-push:
    needs: [test, security-scan]
    if: github.ref == 'refs/heads/main'
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    permissions:
      contents: read
      packages: write
    
    steps:
      - uses: actions/checkout@v3
      
      - name: Set up Docker Buildx
        uses: docker/setup-buildx-action@v2
      
      - name: Login to Registry
        uses: docker/login-action@v2
        with:
          registry: ${{ env.REGISTRY }}
          username: ${{ github.actor }}
          password: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
      
      - name: Extract metadata
        id: meta
        uses: docker/metadata-action@v4
        with:
          images: ${{ env.REGISTRY }}/${{ github.repository }}
          tags: |
            type=sha,prefix={{branch}}-
            type=ref,event=branch
            type=semver,pattern={{version}}            
      
      - name: Build and push
        uses: docker/build-push-action@v4
        with:
          context: .
          push: true
          tags: ${{ steps.meta.outputs.tags }}
          cache-from: type=gha
          cache-to: type=gha,mode=max

  deploy:
    needs: build-and-push
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    environment: production
    
    steps:
      - name: Deploy to Kubernetes
        uses: azure/k8s-deploy@v4
        with:
          manifests: |
            k8s/deployment.yaml
            k8s/service.yaml            
          images: |
            ${{ env.REGISTRY }}/${{ github.repository }}:${{ github.sha }}            
      
      - name: Verify deployment
        run: |
          kubectl rollout status deployment/myapp
          kubectl get pods          

Success Criteria

• ✓ Pipeline runs < 10min
• ✓ Automated tests pass
• ✓ Security scans pass
• ✓ Zero-downtime deployments
• ✓ Rollback capability
• ✓ Notifications on failure