# devops-cicd

A skill that hands your agent working templates for pipelines, infrastructure as code and deployment strategies. Useful when you need a real workflow file, not vague advice.

- skill · `type=skill` · Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, GitHub Copilot, Gemini CLI, OpenCode · 606 installs · ★ 26
- Author: miles990
- License: MIT · policy=mirror · the beginning of the file is at the end of this page
- Source: https://github.com/miles990/claude-software-skills/tree/HEAD/software-engineering/devops-cicd/SKILL.md
- Updated: 2026-01-20
- HTML: https://affpapa.org/en/nevibecode/skills/devops-cicd

## What it does

The skill activates on devops, CI/CD, pipeline, GitHub Actions, deployment and Docker, plus secondary terms like kubernetes, terraform, ansible, helm and argocd. Context markers such as frontend, design and ux lower its priority, so it stays out of the way on UI work.

What you get: a pipeline broken into commit, build, test, staging and production stages; a GitHub Actions workflow with lint, type check, tests and artifact upload; matrix builds across several operating systems and Node versions. Deployment strategies come next — blue-green, canary through Argo Rollouts with traffic weights and pauses, and a rolling update with `maxSurge` and `maxUnavailable`. For infrastructure there is Terraform with an S3 backend, variables, resources and modules.

The examples assume Node.js, npm, Kubernetes and AWS. Swap in your own runtime or cloud and the templates need rewriting rather than copying. The skill file itself sits at `~/.claude/skills/devops-cicd/SKILL.md`.

## Requirements
- Works with: Docker, Kubernetes, Terraform

## Install

### Claude Code (native platform)

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add miles990/claude-software-skills --skill devops-cicd -a claude-code
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `~/.claude/skills/devops-cicd/SKILL.md` — Copy the whole skill folder; for one project use .claude/skills/devops-cicd/

### Codex

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add miles990/claude-software-skills --skill devops-cicd -a codex
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.agents/skills/devops-cicd/SKILL.md` — For all projects use ~/.agents/skills/

### Cursor

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add miles990/claude-software-skills --skill devops-cicd -a cursor
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.cursor/skills/devops-cicd/SKILL.md` — Cursor also reads .agents/skills/ and .claude/skills/

### GitHub Copilot

1. **GitHub CLI**
```bash
gh skill install miles990/claude-software-skills devops-cicd
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.github/skills/devops-cicd/SKILL.md`

### Gemini CLI

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add miles990/claude-software-skills --skill devops-cicd -a gemini-cli
```

2. **Platform CLI**
```bash
gemini skills install https://github.com/miles990/claude-software-skills --path software-engineering/devops-cicd
```

### Windsurf (Devin Desktop)

**Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.devin/skills/devops-cicd/SKILL.md` — The legacy .windsurf/skills/ path still works

### OpenCode

**Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add miles990/claude-software-skills --skill devops-cicd -a opencode
```

### Claude.ai

**Claude.ai**
- Zip the folder and upload it in Settings → Capabilities → Skills

Where a file is given instead of a command, copy the files from the source to that path: https://github.com/miles990/claude-software-skills/tree/HEAD/software-engineering/devops-cicd/SKILL.md

## When to use it
- write a GitHub Actions workflow with lint, types and tests
- split a pipeline into stages from commit to release
- define a VPC and instances in Terraform with modules
- pick between blue-green, canary and rolling updates
- set up a matrix build across OS versions and Node releases

## Example prompts
- Write a GitHub Actions workflow with lint, type check, tests with coverage, build and artifact upload
- Describe a Kubernetes canary deploy with Argo Rollouts at 10, 30, 50 and 100 percent traffic
- Create a Terraform config with an S3 backend, an environment variable and a VPC module

## Source text · SKILL.md · MIT

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````text
---
name: devops-cicd
description: CI/CD pipelines, infrastructure as code, and deployment strategies
domain: software-engineering
version: 1.0.0
tags: [ci, cd, github-actions, kubernetes, docker, terraform, gitops]
triggers:
  keywords:
    primary: [devops, ci, cd, cicd, pipeline, github actions, deployment, docker]
    secondary: [kubernetes, k8s, terraform, ansible, jenkins, gitlab ci, argocd, helm]
  context_boost: [automation, infrastructure, deploy, release]
  context_penalty: [frontend, design, ux]
  priority: high
---

# DevOps & CI/CD

## Overview

Practices for automating build, test, and deployment pipelines.

---

## CI/CD Pipeline

### Pipeline Stages

```
┌──────────┐   ┌──────────┐   ┌──────────┐   ┌──────────┐   ┌──────────┐
│  Commit  │ → │  Build   │ → │   Test   │ → │  Deploy  │ → │ Release  │
│          │   │          │   │          │   │ Staging  │   │   Prod   │
└──────────┘   └──────────┘   └──────────┘   └──────────┘   └──────────┘
     │              │              │              │              │
     │         ┌────┴────┐    ┌────┴────┐        │              │
     │         │ Compile │    │  Unit   │        │              │
     │         │  Lint   │    │  Integ  │        │              │
     │         │  Type   │    │   E2E   │        │              │
     │         └─────────┘    └─────────┘        │              │
     │                                           │              │
   Trigger                                    Manual?       Approval?
```

### GitHub Actions

```yaml
# .github/workflows/ci.yml
name: CI

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

jobs:
  build:
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest

    steps:
      - uses: actions/checkout@v4

      - name: Setup Node.js
        uses: actions/setup-node@v4
        with:
          node-version: '20'
          cache: 'npm'

      - name: Install dependencies
        run: npm ci

      - name: Lint
        run: npm run lint

      - name: Type check
        run: npm run type-check

      - name: Test
````
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