# CircleCI Orb Builder

> Builds reusable CircleCI Orbs with the Orb SDK and orb-tools pipeline, packaging commands, executors, and jobs with automated semantic versioning.

- Skill: `agentskillexchange/circleci-orb-builder` (Agent Skill)
- Install (CLI): `npx skillmds add agentskillexchange/circleci-orb-builder`
- Raw SKILL.md: https://api.skillmd.com/api/skills/agentskillexchange/circleci-orb-builder/raw
- Safety review: PASS (external: skill-scanner PASS, skillspector PASS)
- Works with: Claude Code, Claude.ai, OpenAI Codex
- Category: DevOps & Infra, Coding & Dev Tools, CI/CD, Dev Tooling
- Tags: Ci Cd, Circleci, Circleci Cli, Orb Sdk, Orbs, Semantic Versioning
- Author: agentskillexchange (https://skillmd.com/u/agentskillexchange)
- Updated: 2026-08-22
- Page: https://skillmd.com/skills/agentskillexchange/circleci-orb-builder

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# CircleCI Orb Builder

Creates reusable CircleCI Orbs using the CircleCI Orb SDK and circleci/orb-tools@12 pipeline. Packages commands, executors, and jobs into publishable orbs with automated semantic versioning via the CircleCI CLI.

## Installation

Use the upstream install or setup path that matches your environment:
- git clone https://github.com/circleci/circleci-docs.git
- npm ci
- npm run start:dev

Basic usage or getting-started notes:
- [Getting Started](#getting-started)
- | [README.md](README.md) | Project overview and basic usage |
- ### For Contributors

- Source: https://github.com/circleci/circleci-docs
- Extracted from upstream docs: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/circleci/circleci-docs/HEAD/README.md

## Source

- [Agent Skill Exchange](https://agentskillexchange.com/skills/circleci-orb-builder/)