# jenkins-pipeline

A skill that helps write Jenkinsfiles: declarative and scripted pipelines with stages, agents, parameters and plugins.

- skill · `type=skill` · Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, GitHub Copilot, Gemini CLI, OpenCode · 2000 installs · ★ 371
- Author: aj-geddes
- License: MIT · policy=mirror · the beginning of the file is at the end of this page
- Source: https://github.com/aj-geddes/useful-ai-prompts/tree/HEAD/skills/jenkins-pipeline/SKILL.md
- Updated: 2026-03-04
- HTML: https://affpapa.org/en/nevibecode/skills/jenkins-pipeline

## What it does

The skill covers both ways of describing a Jenkins build — declarative and scripted Groovy. It ships reference guides: one for the declarative Jenkinsfile, another for scripted pipelines that walks through multi-branch setups, parameterized builds and credentials. There is also a short working example: checkout, dependency install, lint, tests with a junit report, and artifact archiving.

For the agent this is scaffolding when you need stages, secrets pulled from the credentials plugin, or an approval gate before production. The author's advice is to keep pipelines modular and never keep passwords in pipeline code.

What it will not do is inspect your Jenkins instance or know which plugins you have. If a plugin is missing, the stage fails at runtime — worth checking your plugin list first. Install is a single `npx skills add` command.

## Install

### Claude Code (native platform)

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add aj-geddes/useful-ai-prompts --skill jenkins-pipeline -a claude-code
```

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

### Codex

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add aj-geddes/useful-ai-prompts --skill jenkins-pipeline -a codex
```

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

### Cursor

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add aj-geddes/useful-ai-prompts --skill jenkins-pipeline -a cursor
```

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

### GitHub Copilot

1. **GitHub CLI**
```bash
gh skill install aj-geddes/useful-ai-prompts jenkins-pipeline
```

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

### Gemini CLI

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add aj-geddes/useful-ai-prompts --skill jenkins-pipeline -a gemini-cli
```

2. **Platform CLI**
```bash
gemini skills install https://github.com/aj-geddes/useful-ai-prompts --path skills/jenkins-pipeline
```

### Windsurf (Devin Desktop)

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

### OpenCode

**Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add aj-geddes/useful-ai-prompts --skill jenkins-pipeline -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/aj-geddes/useful-ai-prompts/tree/HEAD/skills/jenkins-pipeline/SKILL.md

## When to use it
- write a declarative Jenkinsfile with build and test stages
- port an old scripted pipeline to Groovy without losing steps
- set up a multi-branch build across several branches
- move secrets into the credentials plugin instead of code
- add an approval gate before a production deploy

## Example prompts
- Write a Jenkinsfile for a Node project: checkout, npm ci, lint, tests with junit, archive artifacts
- Create a parameterized pipeline that picks the environment from DEPLOY_ENV
- Rewrite this scripted pipeline as declarative and add an approval before production

## Source text · SKILL.md · MIT

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---
name: jenkins-pipeline
description: >
  Build Jenkins declarative and scripted pipelines with stages, agents,
  parameters, and plugins. Implement multi-branch pipelines and deployment
  automation.
---

# Jenkins Pipeline

## Table of Contents

- [Overview](#overview)
- [When to Use](#when-to-use)
- [Quick Start](#quick-start)
- [Reference Guides](#reference-guides)
- [Best Practices](#best-practices)

## Overview

Create enterprise-grade Jenkins pipelines using declarative and scripted approaches to automate building, testing, and deploying with advanced control flow.

## When to Use

- Enterprise CI/CD infrastructure
- Complex multi-stage builds
- On-premise deployment automation
- Parameterized builds

## Quick Start

Minimal working example:

```groovy
pipeline {
    agent { label 'linux-docker' }
    environment {
        REGISTRY = 'docker.io'
        IMAGE_NAME = 'myapp'
    }
    parameters {
        string(name: 'DEPLOY_ENV', defaultValue: 'staging')
    }
    stages {
        stage('Checkout') { steps { checkout scm } }
        stage('Install') { steps { sh 'npm ci' } }
        stage('Lint') { steps { sh 'npm run lint' } }
        stage('Test') {
            steps {
                sh 'npm run test:coverage'
                junit 'test-results.xml'
            }
        }
        stage('Build') {
            steps {
                sh 'npm run build'
                archiveArtifacts artifacts: 'dist/**/*'
            }
        }
// ... (see reference guides for full implementation)
```

## Reference Guides

Detailed implementations in the `references/` directory:

| Guide | Contents |
|---|---|
| [Declarative Pipeline (Jenkinsfile)](references/declarative-pipeline-jenkinsfile.md) | Declarative Pipeline (Jenkinsfile) |
| [Scripted Pipeline](references/scripted-pipeline.md) | Scripted Pipeline (Groovy), Multi-Branch Pipeline, Parameterized Pipeline, Pipeline with Credentials |

## Best Practices

### ✅ DO

- Use declarative pipelines for clarity
- Use credentials plugin for secrets
- Archive artifacts and reports
- Implement approval gates for production
- Keep pipelines modular and reusable

### ❌ DON'T

- Store credentials in pipeline code
- Ignore pipeline errors
- Skip test coverage reporting
- Use deprecated plugins
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