Cicd Pipeline Setup

🚢 CI/CD Pipeline Setup

Group Skill — Orchestrates sub-skills for setting up automated build, test, and deployment pipelines. Activate by saying: "Set up CI/CD pipeline" or "automate deployment"

When to Use

• Setting up automated build, test, and deployment pipelines
• Need to standardize CI/CD across projects
• Implementing GitOps workflows

Step-by-Step Workflow

Step 1: GitHub Actions

Skill: github-actions-templates

• Create workflow templates
• Set up build and test jobs
• Configure environment secrets

Step 2: GitLab CI

Skill: gitlab-ci-patterns

• Define pipeline stages
• Set up job artifacts
• Configure runners

Step 3: Docker Build

Skill: docker-expert

• Create multi-stage Dockerfiles
• Optimize image layers
• Set up container registry

Step 4: Kubernetes

Skill: kubernetes-deployment / k8s-manifest-generator

• Create deployment manifests
• Configure service discovery
• Set up ingress

Step 5: Helm Charts

Skill: helm-chart-scaffolding

• Package Kubernetes resources
• Create reusable chart templates
• Manage release versions

Step 6: Terraform

Skill: terraform-skill

• Define infrastructure as code
• Manage state and backends
• Plan and apply changes

Step 7: Secrets

Skill: secrets-management

• Inject secrets in CI/CD
• Set up vault integration
• Rotate credentials

Step 8: Monitoring

Skill: grafana-dashboards / prometheus-configuration

• Pipeline observability dashboards
• Alert on pipeline failures
• Track deployment metrics

Step 9: GitOps

Skill: gitops-workflow

• Implement ArgoCD or Flux
• Sync git to cluster
• Manage rollbacks

Completion

CI/CD pipeline is fully automated with monitoring and GitOps. 🚢

Sub-Skills Referenced

1. github-actions-templates
2. gitlab-ci-patterns
3. docker-expert
4. kubernetes-deployment
5. k8s-manifest-generator
6. helm-chart-scaffolding
7. terraform-skill
8. secrets-management
9. grafana-dashboards
10. prometheus-configuration
11. gitops-workflow