# buildkite

Seven Buildkite skills for Claude. The agent writes pipeline YAML, runs bk and buildkite-agent, calls the API and plans a CI move.

- plugin · `type=plugin` · Claude Code · ★ 18
- Author: Buildkite
- License: MIT · policy=mirror · the beginning of the file is at the end of this page
- Source: https://github.com/buildkite/skills
- Updated: 2026-10-22
- HTML: https://affpapa.org/en/nevibecode/plugins/buildkite

## What it does

The plugin drops seven skills into your agent, each covering one area of Buildkite work. Pipelines handles YAML, step types, plugins, caching, parallelism, dynamic pipelines, matrix builds, artifacts and hooks. Migration plans a move off GitHub Actions, Jenkins, CircleCI, Bitbucket Pipelines or GitLab CI using `bk pipeline convert`. The rest cover preflight, agent runtime, cache, CLI and API.

What you get is judgement, not a reference dump. Skills teach the agent which defaults to pick and which mistakes to dodge, while the long material sits in `references/` subdirectories and loads only when needed. The agent is expected to already know YAML and CI/CD concepts, so this will not help someone who has never written a build step.

You can install through the Claude marketplace, run `npx skills add buildkite/skills`, or copy the `skills/buildkite-*` directories into `.claude/skills`. Claude users get a separate route with the Buildkite MCP server. MIT licensed.

## Install

### Claude Code (native platform)

**Plugin marketplace**
In the agent chat (not a shell):
```text
/plugin install buildkite@claude-plugins-official
```
In the agent chat (not a shell):
```text
/plugin marketplace add anthropics/claude-plugins-official
```

## When to use it
- write correct Buildkite pipeline YAML with the right step types
- move a build from Jenkins or GitHub Actions to Buildkite
- run a CI build against local uncommitted changes
- call `buildkite-agent` subcommands inside a running job step
- work with the Buildkite REST and GraphQL APIs and webhooks

## Example prompts
- Write a Buildkite pipeline that builds and tests our Python service with dependency caching
- Convert our GitHub Actions workflow into a Buildkite pipeline with `bk pipeline convert`
- Run a preflight build against my local changes

## Source text · SKILL.md · MIT

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# Buildkite Skills

The official Buildkite skills for Claude Code, Cursor, and other AI coding
agents. Install them into your agent of choice so it can generate correct
pipeline YAML, run `bk` and `buildkite-agent` CLI commands, call the API,
configure agents, and run preflight builds.

## Installation

```bash
npx skills add buildkite/skills
```

See [skills.sh](https://skills.sh) for supported agents and options.

### Claude Code

Add the marketplace and install the plugin:

```
/plugin marketplace add buildkite/skills
/plugin install buildkite@buildkite-skills
```

### Cursor

Search for **Buildkite Skills** in the Cursor Marketplace, or run `/add-plugin` and search for "Buildkite".

### Kiro

Recommended (one install): add the Buildkite **power** in the Powers panel, pointing at
`github.com/buildkite/skills`. The root `POWER.md`, `mcp.json`, and `steering/`
together give Kiro the Buildkite MCP server plus all seven workflows (pipelines,
migration, preflight, agent-runtime, cache, CLI, API), loaded automatically when relevant.

Alternatively, install individual workflows as Kiro **skills** via the Skills panel —
each `skills/buildkite-*/` directory already conforms to the open Agent Skills standard.

### Manual

Copy skill directories into your agent's skills folder:

```bash
# Claude Code
mkdir -p .claude/skills
cp -r skills/buildkite-pipelines .claude/skills/
cp -r skills/buildkite-preflight .claude/skills/
cp -r skills/buildkite-agent-runtime .claude/skills/
cp -r skills/buildkite-cache .claude/skills/
cp -r skills/buildkite-cli .claude/skills/
cp -r skills/buildkite-api .claude/skills/
cp -r skills/buildkite-migration .claude/skills/

# Cursor
mkdir -p .cursor/skills
cp -r skills/buildkite-pipelines .cursor/skills/
cp -r skills/buildkite-preflight .cursor/skills/
cp -r skills/buildkite-agent-runtime .cursor/skills/
cp -r skills/buildkite-cache .cursor/skills/
cp -r skills/buildkite-cli .cursor/skills/
cp -r skills/buildkite-api .cursor/skills/
cp -r skills/buildkite-migration .cursor/skills/
```

## Skills

### Journey Skills

Skills organized by what you are trying to accomplish.

| Skill | Directory | Description |
|-------|-----------|-------------|
| **Pipelines** | [skills/buildkite-pipelines/](skills/buildkite-pipelines/SKILL.md) | Pipeline YAML, step types, plugins, caching, parallelism, dynamic pipelines, matrix builds, artifacts, hooks |
| **Migration** | [skills/buildkite-migration/](skills/buildkite-migration/SKILL.md) | CI migration planning, converting from GitHub Actions, Jenkins, CircleCI, Bitbucket Pipelines, GitLab CI using `bk pipeline convert` |

### Cross-Cutting Skills

Skills needed across all journeys.

| Skill | Directory | Description |
|-------|-----------|-------------|
| **Preflight** | [skills/buildkite-preflight/](skills/buildkite-preflight/SKILL.md) | `bk preflight` runs a CI build against local uncommitted changes |
| **Agent Runtime** | [skills/buildkite-agent-runtime/](skills/buildkite-agent-runtime/SKILL.md) | `buildkite-agent` subcommands inside running job steps — annotate, artifact, meta-data, pipeline upload, OIDC, locks |
| **Cache** | [skills/buildkite-cache/](skills/buildkite-cache/SKILL.md) | Buildkite Cache (preview) — `buildkite-agent cache save/restore`, `.buildkite/cache.yml`, cache keys, fallbacks, registries |
| **CLI** | [skills/buildkite-cli/](skills/buildkite-cli/SKILL.md) | `bk` commands for builds, jobs, pipelines, secrets, artifacts, and auth |
| **API** | [skills/buildkite-api/](skills/buildkite-api/SKILL.md) | REST API, GraphQL API, webhooks, authentication, pagination |

## How Skills Differ from Docs

Buildkite docs at [buildkite.com/docs](https://buildkite.com/docs) are the canonical
reference for what Buildkite features exist and how they work.

Skills serve a different purpose: they encode **expertise**. Where docs explain every
option, skills teach agents the right defaults, common patterns, and mistakes to avoid.
A skill captures the judgment an experienced Buildkite user applies — which step type to
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